Senior Jobs in Scotland

Senior
UK > Scotland

The median Senior salary in Scotland is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,024 681 810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.03% 15.24% 13.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.48% 16.98% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 516 376 449
10th Percentile £46,000 £44,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,160 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,419 £86,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +12.00%

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 6,613 4,010 5,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.04% 89.73% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,749 2,142 3,042
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,800 £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 £82,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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 -19 582 £60,000 - 71
Edinburgh +7 292 £60,000 -7.69% 81
Aberdeen -4 50 £60,000 -1.32% 12
West Lothian +12 40 £60,000 -11.11% 2
Dundee - 12 £60,000 - 3
Fife -2 9 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Aberdeenshire +1 7 £75,000 +15.38% 11
Midlothian +3 6 - - 22
Argyll and Bute -5 4 £75,000 +50.00% 1
South Lanarkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
Highlands - 3 £45,000 -
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Angus -1 1 £65,000 -
Stirling -4 1 £32,150 +192.27%
Lanarkshire -11 1 - - 25
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 1
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 -
Senior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 489 (47.75%) Software Engineering
2 415 (40.53%) Agile
3 405 (39.55%) Finance
4 362 (35.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 297 (29.00%) Law
6 262 (25.59%) Marketing
7 228 (22.27%) SDLC
8 225 (21.97%) AWS
9 223 (21.78%) Java
10 219 (21.39%) Azure
11 216 (21.09%) Operational Stability
12 210 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
13 199 (19.43%) SQL
14 173 (16.89%) Artificial Intelligence
15 157 (15.33%) Tech Ops
16 149 (14.55%) Machine Learning
17 143 (13.96%) Python
18 140 (13.67%) .NET
19 137 (13.38%) C#
20 128 (12.50%) JavaScript
21 127 (12.40%) React
22 126 (12.30%) Decision-Making
23 113 (11.04%) Computer Science
24 112 (10.94%) CI/CD
25 110 (10.74%) Cloud Native
26 109 (10.64%) DevOps
27 101 (9.86%) CSS
28 97 (9.47%) Security Cleared
28 97 (9.47%) Actionable Insight
29 96 (9.38%) Social Skills

Senior 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 84 (8.20%) Apache Spark
2 40 (3.91%) ArcGIS
2 40 (3.91%) GeoServer
3 18 (1.76%) FileNet
4 17 (1.66%) Cloud Foundry
5 9 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.59%) SAS
8 4 (0.39%) Confluence
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.098%) WildFly
Applications
1 21 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.56%) Sketch
3 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.78%) InVision
6 5 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.098%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.098%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (0.78%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.39%) Sonata
3 4 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.20%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.098%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 225 (21.97%) AWS
2 219 (21.39%) Azure
3 65 (6.35%) GCP
4 42 (4.10%) SaaS
5 22 (2.15%) Amazon S3
5 22 (2.15%) Figma
5 22 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (2.05%) Power Platform
7 16 (1.56%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.17%) Miro
9 11 (1.07%) GitHub
9 11 (1.07%) SurveyMonkey
10 8 (0.78%) Heroku
11 7 (0.68%) PaaS
12 6 (0.59%) Serverless
13 5 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.49%) IaaS
14 4 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 59 (5.76%) Kerberos
2 26 (2.54%) Wireless
3 19 (1.86%) Network Security
3 19 (1.86%) TCP/IP
3 19 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.56%) Ethernet
5 15 (1.46%) Firewall
6 14 (1.37%) RS-232
7 13 (1.27%) Modbus
8 10 (0.98%) Broadband
8 10 (0.98%) WAN
9 7 (0.68%) Bluetooth
9 7 (0.68%) DNS
9 7 (0.68%) SAN
9 7 (0.68%) VoIP
10 6 (0.59%) DHCP
11 4 (0.39%) BGP
11 4 (0.39%) NetScaler
11 4 (0.39%) OSPF
12 3 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (8.40%) NoSQL
2 60 (5.86%) Big Data
2 60 (5.86%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (4.20%) GIS
3 43 (4.20%) Metadata
4 40 (3.91%) QGIS
5 26 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.05%) SQL Server
7 19 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.76%) Apache Cassandra
8 18 (1.76%) Power BI
9 17 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
9 17 (1.66%) CockroachDB
10 13 (1.27%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.27%) Oracle Database
11 11 (1.07%) Oracle Database 11g
11 11 (1.07%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.98%) Tableau
13 8 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 62 (6.05%) Git
2 52 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.10%) Artifactory
3 42 (4.10%) Bitbucket
4 30 (2.93%) JIRA
5 20 (1.95%) JUnit
6 13 (1.27%) GitLab
7 12 (1.17%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.39%) Maven
9 2 (0.20%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.20%) Mockito
9 2 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.20%) webpack
10 1 (0.098%) GoCD
10 1 (0.098%) JHipster
10 1 (0.098%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.098%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.098%) Vite
General
1 405 (39.55%) Finance
2 362 (35.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 297 (29.00%) Law
4 262 (25.59%) Marketing
5 96 (9.38%) Social Skills
6 85 (8.30%) Banking
7 54 (5.27%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (4.10%) Legal
9 41 (4.00%) Investment Banking
10 30 (2.93%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.44%) Public Sector
12 22 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
13 21 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.17%) Electronics
15 12 (1.17%) Police
16 11 (1.07%) General Ledger
17 10 (0.98%) Games
18 9 (0.88%) Local Government
19 7 (0.68%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (13.67%) .NET
2 127 (12.40%) React
3 101 (9.86%) CSS
4 76 (7.42%) HTML
5 73 (7.13%) JSON
6 71 (6.93%) AngularJS
7 58 (5.66%) .NET Core
8 55 (5.37%) RESTful
9 54 (5.27%) Web Services
10 53 (5.18%) Kafka
11 52 (5.08%) XML
12 48 (4.69%) SAML
12 48 (4.69%) Spring
13 47 (4.59%) OpenID
14 42 (4.10%) JSON-LD
14 42 (4.10%) LDAP
15 40 (3.91%) Leaflet
15 40 (3.91%) OpenLayers
15 40 (3.91%) PostGIS
16 39 (3.81%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 110 (10.74%) Cloud Native
2 60 (5.86%) Management Information System
3 47 (4.59%) Public Cloud
4 43 (4.20%) Reference Data
5 42 (4.10%) Enterprise Cloud
6 36 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (2.44%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.37%) Device Driver
9 12 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.17%) Video\Live Streaming
10 11 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.07%) Market Risk
11 10 (0.98%) Social Media
12 8 (0.78%) Credit Risk
13 7 (0.68%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.59%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.59%) Private Cloud
15 5 (0.49%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
16 4 (0.39%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 68 (6.64%) Linux
2 59 (5.76%) Windows
3 25 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.78%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.68%) Unix
7 4 (0.39%) Android
7 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.098%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (47.75%) Software Engineering
2 415 (40.53%) Agile
3 228 (22.27%) SDLC
4 216 (21.09%) Operational Stability
5 210 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 173 (16.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 157 (15.33%) Tech Ops
8 149 (14.55%) Machine Learning
9 126 (12.30%) Decision-Making
10 113 (11.04%) Computer Science
11 112 (10.94%) CI/CD
12 109 (10.64%) DevOps
13 97 (9.47%) Actionable Insight
14 90 (8.79%) Microservices
15 89 (8.69%) Coaching
15 89 (8.69%) Roadmaps
16 83 (8.11%) Mathematics
17 68 (6.64%) Performance Tuning
18 62 (6.05%) Test Automation
19 59 (5.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 223 (21.78%) Java
2 199 (19.43%) SQL
3 143 (13.96%) Python
4 137 (13.38%) C#
5 128 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 67 (6.54%) C
7 64 (6.25%) C++
8 51 (4.98%) Scala
9 44 (4.30%) Go
10 42 (4.10%) Prolog
10 42 (4.10%) SPARQL
11 40 (3.91%) TypeScript
12 31 (3.03%) Ruby
13 30 (2.93%) Embedded C
14 19 (1.86%) PL/SQL
15 14 (1.37%) PowerShell
16 13 (1.27%) Bash
17 10 (0.98%) PHP
18 6 (0.59%) Perl
18 6 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (9.47%) Security Cleared
2 94 (9.18%) SC Cleared
3 67 (6.54%) Degree
4 12 (1.17%) Azure Certification
4 12 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.07%) AWS Certification
6 10 (0.98%) ACCA
6 10 (0.98%) CIMA
6 10 (0.98%) CISM
6 10 (0.98%) CISSP
7 9 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.49%) CCNP
10 5 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.49%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.49%) MCSE
10 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.49%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.81%) Accessibility
2 37 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.73%) QA
4 12 (1.17%) GDPR
5 11 (1.07%) WCAG
6 9 (0.88%) NIST
7 6 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.49%) GMP
8 5 (0.49%) PMO
8 5 (0.49%) SLA
9 4 (0.39%) DICOM
9 4 (0.39%) HL7
9 4 (0.39%) IFRS
9 4 (0.39%) IFRS 9
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 13485
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.39%) ITGC
10 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.098%) NCSC
System Software
1 53 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.54%) Docker
3 19 (1.86%) Firmware
4 16 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 12 (1.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.49%) RACF
8 4 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.39%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.91%) Terraform
3 10 (0.98%) Ansible
4 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.49%) Grafana
6 4 (0.39%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.39%) Puppet
6 4 (0.39%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.37%) Oracle
3 40 (3.91%) ESRI
4 33 (3.22%) Google
5 22 (2.15%) VMware
6 18 (1.76%) SAP
7 10 (0.98%) CA
7 10 (0.98%) Databricks
8 8 (0.78%) NEC
9 6 (0.59%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.49%) JD Edwards
10 5 (0.49%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.39%) Citrix
11 4 (0.39%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.39%) Epicor
11 4 (0.39%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.39%) IFS
11 4 (0.39%) Nimble Storage
11 4 (0.39%) Sage
11 4 (0.39%) Veeam