Junior Software Developer Jobs in Scotland

Junior Software Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Junior Software Developer salary in Scotland is £29,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 219 243
Rank change year-on-year -62 +24 -60
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.015% 0.063% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.070% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £25,250 £23,600
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,625 £24,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +3.77% +15.22%
75th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £29,125
90th Percentile - £34,750 £29,800
UK median annual salary £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

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 6,437 4,309 5,474
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 90.26% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,345 2,951
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,300 £28,193
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Developer in Scotland

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Junior Software Developer in Scotland

Junior Software 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 Junior Software Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Junior Software Developer
UK

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Junior Software 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 Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Junior Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL