The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 121 150 141
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 31 10 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.948% 0.293% 0.393%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.996% 0.311% 0.418%
Number of salaries quoted 23 5 12
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £39,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -4.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £36,600 £35,350
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £43,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+0.58% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3114 3217 3353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.20% 94.23% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1951 2316 2528
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Senior Software Developer
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Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Scotland region.

Scotland Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +7 11 £42,500 +13.33% 2
Aberdeen +8 9 £42,500 -5.55% 1
Glasgow -4 6 £45,000 - 1
Dundee -4 2 £35,000 -2.77% 1
Angus - 2 £35,000 -
Fife - 1 £40,000 -
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Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Software Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Developer in their job title.

1 26 (54.17%) Java
2 25 (52.08%) .NET
3 22 (45.83%) C#
4 21 (43.75%) C++
5 18 (37.50%) SQL
6 16 (33.33%) OO
7 14 (29.17%) Degree
8 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
9 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
9 11 (22.92%) PHP
10 10 (20.83%) JavaScript
10 10 (20.83%) Scrum
10 10 (20.83%) WinForms
10 10 (20.83%) Computer Science
10 10 (20.83%) GWT
10 10 (20.83%) TDD
11 9 (18.75%) Spring
11 9 (18.75%) J2EE
11 9 (18.75%) Visual Studio
11 9 (18.75%) Windows
11 9 (18.75%) Python
12 8 (16.67%) Linux
12 8 (16.67%) Oracle
12 8 (16.67%) Finance
12 8 (16.67%) WPF
12 8 (16.67%) .NET Framework
13 7 (14.58%) jQuery
13 7 (14.58%) Continuous Integration
13 7 (14.58%) Web Services
13 7 (14.58%) MySQL

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior Software Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (52.08%) .NET
2 10 (20.83%) WinForms
2 10 (20.83%) GWT
3 9 (18.75%) Spring
3 9 (18.75%) J2EE
4 8 (16.67%) WPF
4 8 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 7 (14.58%) jQuery
5 7 (14.58%) Web Services
6 6 (12.50%) HTML
6 6 (12.50%) XML
6 6 (12.50%) CSS
7 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET
8 4 (8.333%) JSP
8 4 (8.333%) Hibernate
8 4 (8.333%) Silverlight
8 4 (8.333%) Ext JS
9 3 (6.250%) WCF
9 3 (6.250%) XSLT
10 2 (4.167%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.167%) Apache Qpid
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.58%) MySQL
3 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (4.167%) MarkLogic
5 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.083%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (4.167%) Ant
3 2 (4.167%) Maven
3 2 (4.167%) Flash Builder
General
1 8 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (4.167%) Legal
2 2 (4.167%) Banking
3 1 (2.083%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Computer Science
2 4 (8.333%) Client/Server
3 3 (6.250%) Visualisation
3 3 (6.250%) Mathematics
4 2 (4.167%) NHS
4 2 (4.167%) DTV
4 2 (4.167%) Reference Data
4 2 (4.167%) Open Source
5 1 (2.083%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.75%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) Linux
3 4 (8.333%) Android
3 4 (8.333%) Apple iOS
4 3 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) OO
2 10 (20.83%) Scrum
2 10 (20.83%) TDD
3 7 (14.58%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 4 (8.333%) OOD
5 4 (8.333%) Business Development
5 4 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (8.333%) Refactoring
6 3 (6.250%) Waterfall
6 3 (6.250%) Multithreading
6 3 (6.250%) MVC
6 3 (6.250%) SOA
6 3 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.250%) DSDM
7 2 (4.167%) Content Management
7 2 (4.167%) Document Management
7 2 (4.167%) Unit Testing
8 1 (2.083%) Web Application Development
8 1 (2.083%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (54.17%) Java
2 22 (45.83%) C#
3 21 (43.75%) C++
4 18 (37.50%) SQL
5 11 (22.92%) PHP
6 10 (20.83%) JavaScript
7 9 (18.75%) Python
8 5 (10.42%) C
9 3 (6.250%) MATLAB
9 3 (6.250%) Assembly Language
9 3 (6.250%) VB.NET
10 2 (4.167%) T-SQL
10 2 (4.167%) XQuery
11 1 (2.083%) Delphi
11 1 (2.083%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Degree
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (6.250%) VMware
3 3 (6.250%) Citrix
4 2 (4.167%) Google
Aberdeen, Scotland
An Oil and Gas company is looking for a senior software developer to join their team.This forward thinking company is looking for a strong object orientated languages...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £52000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key skills: C#, .Net, SQL, Winforms,TFS... The successful candidate will have in-depth commercial experience using Visual Studio 2010/2012 (C# .NET, Winforms) and creating T-SQL...
EMIS
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on level of experience together with
Posted: 4 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The successful candidate will have experience of Object Orientated Programming in at least one of PHP (or comparable dynamic language), Java (with GWT) or C++ (with Win 32)...
Search Consultancy
Salary: benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Dundee or Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Skilled in PHP?... Required Skills of the Software Developer (Developer, PHP, C++, Java): • Object Oriented Programming in PHP, Java or C++ • Test Driven Development • Design Patterns • Refactoring • Relational...
GFI Max Ltd
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013