Backend Developer Jobs in Glasgow

Backend Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Backend Developer salary in Glasgow is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 90 105
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 3 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.29% 0.11% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.11% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -23.08% +57.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 979 881 1,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 98.44% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 534 497 788
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,569
25th Percentile £39,285 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,400 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in Glasgow

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Backend Developer in Glasgow

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Backend 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 Glasgow region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) WordPress
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
1 2 (66.67%) WooCommerce
1 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (66.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) WooCommerce