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 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 15 4
Rank change year-on-year -21 -11 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 679 623 1,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.00% 13.93% 20.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.31% 15.52% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 459 444 783
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,625 £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 £72,750 £79,250 £83,125
UK median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.31% +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 6,588 4,015 5,795
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 89.76% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,725 2,153 3,053
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -45 333 £55,000 - 46
Edinburgh +6 191 £60,000 - 40
Aberdeen +4 56 £42,500 - 11
Dundee +8 38 £47,500 +20.25% 3
Fife +11 27 £50,000 - 1
Aberdeenshire +14 11 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £39,000 -
Inverclyde - 3 £50,000 -
Stirling -4 2 £49,750 +352.27% 2
Lanarkshire -17 2 - - 13
Renfrewshire -3 1 £52,500 +28.51%
Orkney Islands - 1 £35,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £24,000 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Highlands - 1 £65,000 -
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 234 (34.46%) Agile
2 174 (25.63%) AWS
3 172 (25.33%) JavaScript
4 165 (24.30%) Java
5 160 (23.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 157 (23.12%) .NET
7 156 (22.97%) Finance
8 149 (21.94%) C#
9 145 (21.35%) React
10 144 (21.21%) SQL
11 143 (21.06%) Software Engineering
12 126 (18.56%) AngularJS
12 126 (18.56%) Azure
12 126 (18.56%) CI/CD
13 118 (17.38%) Python
13 118 (17.38%) Microservices
13 118 (17.38%) Full Stack Development
14 109 (16.05%) Artificial Intelligence
15 107 (15.76%) Law
15 107 (15.76%) SDLC
16 105 (15.46%) Front End Development
17 96 (14.14%) Machine Learning
18 95 (13.99%) TypeScript
18 95 (13.99%) Social Skills
19 94 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
20 93 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
21 92 (13.55%) CSS
22 88 (12.96%) Visualisation
23 87 (12.81%) Git
23 87 (12.81%) 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 67 (9.87%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.62%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.33%) WordPress
5 7 (1.03%) CMS
6 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.59%) OpenEdge
6 4 (0.59%) SAS
7 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 14 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.59%) Sonata
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 174 (25.63%) AWS
2 126 (18.56%) Azure
3 52 (7.66%) SaaS
4 33 (4.86%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (1.77%) Power Automate
8 12 (1.77%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.77%) Serverless
9 11 (1.62%) GCP
9 11 (1.62%) GitHub
10 7 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.59%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.44%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.44%) Google Play
13 2 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.18%) HTTP
2 7 (1.03%) Internet
2 7 (1.03%) 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 69 (10.16%) NoSQL
2 67 (9.87%) Apache Hive
3 56 (8.25%) SQL Server
4 55 (8.10%) Hadoop
4 55 (8.10%) HBase
5 34 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (4.71%) MySQL
7 27 (3.98%) Power BI
8 18 (2.65%) Big Data
9 14 (2.06%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.91%) Oracle Database
10 13 (1.91%) Oracle Database 11g
11 12 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.18%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.74%) MS Access
15 4 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.59%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 87 (12.81%) Git
2 85 (12.52%) Jenkins
3 55 (8.10%) Bitbucket Server
4 11 (1.62%) CircleCI
4 11 (1.62%) GitLab
4 11 (1.62%) Jasmine
4 11 (1.62%) Karma Test Runner
4 11 (1.62%) Maven
5 10 (1.47%) webpack
6 8 (1.18%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.74%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.44%) JUnit
8 3 (0.44%) Mockito
9 2 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.29%) JIRA
9 2 (0.29%) Postman
10 1 (0.15%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 160 (23.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 156 (22.97%) Finance
3 107 (15.76%) Law
4 95 (13.99%) Social Skills
5 44 (6.48%) Banking
5 44 (6.48%) Marketing
6 38 (5.60%) Legal
7 20 (2.95%) Private Banking
8 18 (2.65%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.06%) Games
10 11 (1.62%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.18%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.03%) Electronics
13 7 (1.03%) Multimedia
14 6 (0.88%) Front Office
14 6 (0.88%) Retail
15 4 (0.59%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.44%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (23.12%) .NET
2 145 (21.35%) React
3 126 (18.56%) AngularJS
4 92 (13.55%) CSS
5 73 (10.75%) HTML
6 59 (8.69%) Node.js
7 57 (8.39%) .NET Framework
8 55 (8.10%) Vue
9 54 (7.95%) Spring
10 50 (7.36%) ASP.NET
11 47 (6.92%) ASP.NET Web API
12 39 (5.74%) Entity Framework
13 38 (5.60%) .NET Core
14 29 (4.27%) ASP.NET MVC
14 29 (4.27%) REST
15 25 (3.68%) JSON
16 22 (3.24%) Spring Boot
17 21 (3.09%) Laravel
17 21 (3.09%) RESTful
18 20 (2.95%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 87 (12.81%) Algorithms
2 59 (8.69%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (2.95%) Data Structures
3 20 (2.95%) Mobile App
4 17 (2.50%) Social Media
5 14 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.77%) Video\Live Streaming
7 11 (1.62%) IoT
8 10 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
8 10 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.47%) Virtual Reality
9 8 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.03%) Arduino
10 7 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.03%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.03%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (0.88%) BBC
12 5 (0.74%) e-Learning
12 5 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (10.16%) Unix
2 10 (1.47%) Windows
3 9 (1.33%) Android
4 8 (1.18%) Linux
4 8 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (34.46%) Agile
2 143 (21.06%) Software Engineering
3 126 (18.56%) CI/CD
4 118 (17.38%) Full Stack Development
4 118 (17.38%) Microservices
5 109 (16.05%) Artificial Intelligence
6 107 (15.76%) SDLC
7 105 (15.46%) Front End Development
8 96 (14.14%) Machine Learning
9 94 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
10 93 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (12.96%) Visualisation
12 86 (12.67%) TDD
13 82 (12.08%) Test Automation
14 78 (11.49%) Community of Practice
14 78 (11.49%) Operational Stability
15 71 (10.46%) Open Source
16 65 (9.57%) Computer Science
17 62 (9.13%) DevOps
18 55 (8.10%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 172 (25.33%) JavaScript
2 165 (24.30%) Java
3 149 (21.94%) C#
4 144 (21.21%) SQL
5 118 (17.38%) Python
6 95 (13.99%) TypeScript
7 78 (11.49%) PL/SQL
8 43 (6.33%) PHP
9 33 (4.86%) C++
10 22 (3.24%) T-SQL
11 21 (3.09%) C
11 21 (3.09%) Ruby
12 12 (1.77%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.47%) Go
14 5 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.74%) GLSL
15 4 (0.59%) Groovy
15 4 (0.59%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.59%) Swift
16 3 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (12.08%) Degree
2 30 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (2.21%) SC Cleared
3 15 (2.21%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.03%) 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 (4.71%) QA
2 8 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.18%) WAI
3 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 55 (8.10%) HDFS
2 37 (5.45%) Docker
3 14 (2.06%) Firmware
4 7 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 63 (9.28%) Terraform
2 26 (3.83%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 61 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.10%) Cloudera
2 55 (8.10%) Databricks
2 55 (8.10%) Informatica
3 44 (6.48%) Oracle
4 13 (1.91%) Google
5 7 (1.03%) Apple
5 7 (1.03%) NVIDIA
5 7 (1.03%) SAP
5 7 (1.03%) Xamarin
6 6 (0.88%) Facebook
6 6 (0.88%) Sony
6 6 (0.88%) Yahoo!
7 5 (0.74%) ForgeRock
7 5 (0.74%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.44%) Cadence
8 3 (0.44%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.15%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.15%) Sage
9 1 (0.15%) Vermilion