Software Engineer Jobs in Livingston

Software Engineer
West Lothian > Livingston

The median Software Engineer salary in Livingston is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 2 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +29 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 25 28 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Livingston 31.25% 43.08% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 33.78% 43.75% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 2
10th Percentile - - £34,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £28,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +33.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £40,625
90th Percentile - £65,000 £41,000
West Lothian median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +60.00% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Livingston

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Livingston. 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 Livingston with a recognized job title 74 64 174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 98.46% 98.31%
Number of salaries quoted 44 51 100
10th Percentile £33,075 £20,750 £31,025
25th Percentile £45,000 £28,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £66,357
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -35.95% +39.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £67,750 £63,750 £83,000
West Lothian median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -30.77% +52.94%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Livingston.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Livingston

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Livingston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Livingston.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Livingston

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Livingston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Livingston over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Livingston

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Livingston

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 Livingston region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (92.00%) Manufacturing
3 17 (68.00%) Linux
4 16 (64.00%) OOD
5 15 (60.00%) Device Driver
5 15 (60.00%) Embedded C
5 15 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (60.00%) Wireless
5 15 (60.00%) Ethernet
5 15 (60.00%) C
5 15 (60.00%) Embedded Linux
5 15 (60.00%) RS-232
5 15 (60.00%) Yocto
6 7 (28.00%) Electronics
7 3 (12.00%) WPF
7 3 (12.00%) C#
8 2 (8.00%) C++
8 2 (8.00%) SQL
8 2 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (4.00%) Data Acquisition
9 1 (4.00%) Degree
9 1 (4.00%) SQLite
9 1 (4.00%) Visualisation
9 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (4.00%) Entity Framework
9 1 (4.00%) Data Visualisation
9 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
9 1 (4.00%) Software Testing
9 1 (4.00%) .NET

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Livingston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (60.00%) Ethernet
1 15 (60.00%) RS-232
1 15 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
1 15 (60.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQLite
General
1 23 (92.00%) Manufacturing
2 7 (28.00%) Electronics
3 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (60.00%) Yocto
2 3 (12.00%) WPF
3 1 (4.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (4.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) Device Driver
2 2 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (68.00%) Linux
2 15 (60.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (64.00%) OOD
3 1 (4.00%) Agile
3 1 (4.00%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (4.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (4.00%) MVC
3 1 (4.00%) OO
3 1 (4.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (4.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) C
1 15 (60.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (12.00%) C#
3 2 (8.00%) C++
3 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft