Developer Jobs in Scotland

Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Developer salary in Scotland is £54,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 14 4
Rank change year-on-year -20 -10 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 687 611 1,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.04% 14.06% 20.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.34% 15.70% 21.62%
Number of salaries quoted 464 435 792
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,375 £79,000 £83,125
UK median annual salary £55,173 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.12% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,642 3,891 5,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.51% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 2,122 3,059
10th Percentile £27,710 £30,500 £29,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £68,138
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Scotland

Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Developer in Scotland

Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Scotland

Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -46 333 £55,000 - 41
Edinburgh +8 193 £60,000 - 46
Aberdeen +6 58 £42,500 - 10
Dundee +8 40 £47,500 +20.25% 4
Fife +10 28 £50,000 -
Aberdeenshire +14 12 £48,750 -25.00% 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £39,000 -
Inverclyde - 3 £50,000 -
Stirling -4 2 £49,750 +352.27% 2
Lanarkshire -15 2 - - 14
Renfrewshire -3 1 £52,500 +28.51%
North Lanarkshire - 1 £24,000 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £65,000 -
Orkney Islands - 1 £35,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 1
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 231 (33.62%) Agile
2 173 (25.18%) JavaScript
2 173 (25.18%) AWS
3 165 (24.02%) Java
4 162 (23.58%) .NET
5 158 (23.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 152 (22.13%) Finance
7 151 (21.98%) C#
8 147 (21.40%) React
9 144 (20.96%) SQL
10 141 (20.52%) Software Engineering
11 129 (18.78%) Azure
12 126 (18.34%) AngularJS
13 125 (18.20%) CI/CD
14 120 (17.47%) Full Stack Development
15 118 (17.18%) Microservices
15 118 (17.18%) Python
16 107 (15.57%) Artificial Intelligence
17 106 (15.43%) SDLC
18 104 (15.14%) Front End Development
18 104 (15.14%) Law
19 95 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
19 95 (13.83%) TypeScript
19 95 (13.83%) Social Skills
20 94 (13.68%) Machine Learning
21 92 (13.39%) CSS
22 90 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
23 86 (12.52%) Visualisation
24 85 (12.37%) Git
24 85 (12.37%) Algorithms

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 65 (9.46%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.60%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.31%) WordPress
5 7 (1.02%) CMS
6 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.58%) OpenEdge
6 4 (0.58%) SAS
7 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.29%) WildFly
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Sonata
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 173 (25.18%) AWS
2 129 (18.78%) Azure
3 52 (7.57%) SaaS
4 33 (4.80%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (1.75%) GCP
8 12 (1.75%) GitHub
8 12 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 12 (1.75%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.75%) Serverless
9 7 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.58%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.44%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.44%) Google Play
12 2 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.16%) HTTP
2 7 (1.02%) Internet
2 7 (1.02%) MQTT
3 3 (0.44%) Intranet
3 3 (0.44%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.90%) NoSQL
2 65 (9.46%) Apache Hive
3 55 (8.01%) SQL Server
4 54 (7.86%) Hadoop
4 54 (7.86%) HBase
5 35 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (4.66%) MySQL
7 27 (3.93%) Power BI
8 16 (2.33%) Big Data
9 15 (2.18%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.89%) Oracle Database
10 13 (1.89%) Oracle Database 11g
10 13 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.16%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.73%) MS Access
14 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 85 (12.37%) Git
2 83 (12.08%) Jenkins
3 54 (7.86%) Bitbucket Server
4 11 (1.60%) CircleCI
4 11 (1.60%) GitLab
5 10 (1.46%) Jasmine
5 10 (1.46%) Karma Test Runner
5 10 (1.46%) Maven
5 10 (1.46%) webpack
6 8 (1.16%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.44%) JUnit
9 3 (0.44%) Mockito
10 2 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.29%) JIRA
10 2 (0.29%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) JHipster
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 158 (23.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 152 (22.13%) Finance
3 104 (15.14%) Law
4 95 (13.83%) Social Skills
5 43 (6.26%) Marketing
6 41 (5.97%) Banking
7 38 (5.53%) Legal
8 18 (2.62%) Private Banking
8 18 (2.62%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.04%) Games
10 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.16%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.02%) Electronics
13 7 (1.02%) Multimedia
14 6 (0.87%) Front Office
14 6 (0.87%) Retail
15 4 (0.58%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.44%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (23.58%) .NET
2 147 (21.40%) React
3 126 (18.34%) AngularJS
4 92 (13.39%) CSS
5 73 (10.63%) HTML
6 60 (8.73%) Node.js
7 58 (8.44%) .NET Framework
8 56 (8.15%) Vue
9 53 (7.71%) Spring
10 49 (7.13%) ASP.NET
11 47 (6.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 40 (5.82%) Entity Framework
13 38 (5.53%) .NET Core
14 29 (4.22%) REST
15 28 (4.08%) ASP.NET MVC
16 24 (3.49%) JSON
17 22 (3.20%) Spring Boot
18 21 (3.06%) Django
18 21 (3.06%) Laravel
19 20 (2.91%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.37%) Algorithms
2 59 (8.59%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (2.91%) Mobile App
4 19 (2.77%) Data Structures
5 18 (2.62%) Social Media
6 14 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
8 11 (1.60%) IoT
9 10 (1.46%) Augmented Reality
9 10 (1.46%) Virtual Reality
10 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.02%) Arduino
11 7 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (0.87%) BBC
12 6 (0.87%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.73%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (10.04%) Unix
2 12 (1.75%) Windows
3 9 (1.31%) Android
3 9 (1.31%) Linux
3 9 (1.31%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (33.62%) Agile
2 141 (20.52%) Software Engineering
3 125 (18.20%) CI/CD
4 120 (17.47%) Full Stack Development
5 118 (17.18%) Microservices
6 107 (15.57%) Artificial Intelligence
7 106 (15.43%) SDLC
8 104 (15.14%) Front End Development
9 95 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
10 94 (13.68%) Machine Learning
11 90 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (12.52%) Visualisation
13 84 (12.23%) TDD
14 79 (11.50%) Test Automation
15 76 (11.06%) Community of Practice
15 76 (11.06%) Operational Stability
16 71 (10.33%) Open Source
17 64 (9.32%) Computer Science
18 62 (9.02%) DevOps
19 54 (7.86%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 173 (25.18%) JavaScript
2 165 (24.02%) Java
3 151 (21.98%) C#
4 144 (20.96%) SQL
5 118 (17.18%) Python
6 95 (13.83%) TypeScript
7 78 (11.35%) PL/SQL
8 44 (6.40%) PHP
9 34 (4.95%) C++
10 22 (3.20%) T-SQL
11 21 (3.06%) C
11 21 (3.06%) Ruby
12 12 (1.75%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.46%) Go
14 5 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.73%) GLSL
15 4 (0.58%) Groovy
15 4 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.58%) Swift
16 3 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 81 (11.79%) Degree
2 30 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (2.18%) SC Cleared
3 15 (2.18%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.02%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.44%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.44%) PhD
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.66%) QA
2 7 (1.02%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.02%) WAI
3 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 54 (7.86%) HDFS
2 37 (5.39%) Docker
3 14 (2.04%) Firmware
4 7 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (9.02%) Terraform
2 25 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.87%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 61 (8.88%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.86%) Cloudera
2 54 (7.86%) Databricks
2 54 (7.86%) Informatica
3 45 (6.55%) Oracle
4 13 (1.89%) Google
5 7 (1.02%) Apple
5 7 (1.02%) NVIDIA
5 7 (1.02%) SAP
5 7 (1.02%) Xamarin
6 6 (0.87%) Facebook
6 6 (0.87%) Sony
6 6 (0.87%) Yahoo!
7 5 (0.73%) ForgeRock
7 5 (0.73%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.44%) Cadence
8 3 (0.44%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.15%) Sage
9 1 (0.15%) Sybase
9 1 (0.15%) Vermilion