Software director vs software analyst

The differences between software directors and software analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a software director, becoming a software analyst takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a software director has an average salary of $150,380, which is higher than the $78,400 average annual salary of a software analyst.

The top three skills for a software director include software development, CRM and java. The most important skills for a software analyst are java, C++, and software development.

Software director vs software analyst overview

	Software Director	Software Analyst
Yearly salary	$150,380	$78,400
Hourly rate	$72.30	$37.69
Growth rate	21%	9%
Number of jobs	207,295	274,053
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	39	43
Years of experience	4	6

Software director vs software analyst salary

Software directors and software analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Software Director	Software Analyst
Average salary	$150,380	$78,400
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $218,000	Between $61,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Oregon
Best paying company	NVIDIA	ConocoPhillips
Best paying industry	Start-up	Manufacturing

Differences between software director and software analyst education

There are a few differences between a software director and a software analyst in terms of educational background:

	Software Director	Software Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Software director vs software analyst demographics

Here are the differences between software directors' and software analysts' demographics:

	Software Director	Software Analyst
Average age	39	43
Gender ratio	Male, 88.7% Female, 11.3%	Male, 67.7% Female, 32.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Asian, 29.8% White, 52.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% Asian, 17.2% White, 56.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between software director and software analyst duties and responsibilities

Software director example responsibilities.

Manage staff of architects, analysts and UI design personnel.
Lead configuration, and optimization of open source embed Linux distribution on the OMAP-L processor to achieve optimal boot performance.
Hire and manage blended team, design and implement test lab leveraging existing infrastructure and execute application test plans.
Extend department s bandwidth into new technologies, including cloud computing, compute continuum and data sharing and application software.
Establish and maintain SQA testing laboratory, prepare acceptance, certification, regression, and Y2K test plans and product specifications.
Perform browser compatibility testing and user acceptance testing (UAT )

Software analyst example responsibilities.

Lead detailed level requirement (DLR), CCL and UI sync up.
Contribute to implementing microservices used to manage entities and maintain a synchronize state between supplier and distributor.
Provide testing support to meet DITSCAP, DII COE, JTA-A, and DoD standards.
Implement the controller using J2EE (Servlets).
Design and develop the infrastructure for the API product line.
Net API development to replace VB6 code and simplify customer facing interfaces.

Software director vs software analyst skills

Common software director skills

Software Development, 16%
CRM, 8%
Java, 8%
Cloud, 8%
Product Management, 5%
Lifecycle Management, 5%

Common software analyst skills

Java, 8%
C++, 7%
Software Development, 7%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Test Data, 4%
Scrum, 4%