Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Scotland is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 119 139
Rank change year-on-year +59 +20 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 411 111 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.12% 2.34% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 2.60% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 147 69 61
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,385 £75,000
90th Percentile £68,400 £77,715 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 6,504 4,273 5,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 90.24% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 2,331 2,950
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,569 £28,247
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 £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 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
Glasgow +35 266 £61,500 +11.82% 5
Edinburgh +54 98 £60,000 -11.29% 17
West Lothian +6 17 £60,000 -11.11% 3
Aberdeen +4 16 £60,000 -7.69% 1
South Lanarkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Dundee - 1 £50,000 -
Angus - 1 £65,000 -
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
Senior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 411 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 299 (72.75%) Agile
3 225 (54.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 201 (48.91%) Finance
5 196 (47.69%) SDLC
6 194 (47.20%) Law
6 194 (47.20%) Operational Stability
7 183 (44.53%) Java
8 180 (43.80%) Marketing
9 163 (39.66%) Problem-Solving
10 151 (36.74%) Tech Ops
11 142 (34.55%) AWS
12 134 (32.60%) Artificial Intelligence
13 130 (31.63%) Machine Learning
14 111 (27.01%) SQL
15 102 (24.82%) Python
16 101 (24.57%) Azure
17 99 (24.09%) Decision-Making
18 91 (22.14%) C#
19 86 (20.92%) Microservices
20 85 (20.68%) Apache Spark
21 79 (19.22%) CSS
22 78 (18.98%) .NET
23 77 (18.73%) NoSQL
24 74 (18.00%) React
25 73 (17.76%) JavaScript
25 73 (17.76%) CI/CD
26 64 (15.57%) JSON
27 59 (14.36%) Kerberos
28 58 (14.11%) Test Automation

Senior Software Engineer 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 85 (20.68%) Apache Spark
2 40 (9.73%) ArcGIS
2 40 (9.73%) GeoServer
3 18 (4.38%) FileNet
4 17 (4.14%) Cloud Foundry
5 4 (0.97%) JBoss
5 4 (0.97%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.49%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 142 (34.55%) AWS
2 101 (24.57%) Azure
3 45 (10.95%) GCP
4 20 (4.87%) SaaS
5 18 (4.38%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.49%) Serverless
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.24%) Datadog
7 1 (0.24%) IaaS
7 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 59 (14.36%) Kerberos
2 20 (4.87%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (4.87%) Wireless
3 18 (4.38%) Ethernet
4 15 (3.65%) Network Security
5 14 (3.41%) Modbus
5 14 (3.41%) RS-232
6 13 (3.16%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.46%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (18.73%) NoSQL
2 52 (12.65%) Big Data
3 42 (10.22%) Metadata
3 42 (10.22%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (9.73%) GIS
4 40 (9.73%) QGIS
5 25 (6.08%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (4.38%) Apache Cassandra
7 17 (4.14%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (4.14%) CockroachDB
8 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.24%) MySQL
10 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (10.71%) Git
2 42 (10.22%) Artifactory
2 42 (10.22%) Bitbucket
2 42 (10.22%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.38%) JUnit
4 16 (3.89%) JIRA
5 15 (3.65%) GitLab
6 13 (3.16%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.97%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.24%) Postman
8 1 (0.24%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 225 (54.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 201 (48.91%) Finance
3 194 (47.20%) Law
4 180 (43.80%) Marketing
5 53 (12.90%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (3.41%) Banking
6 14 (3.41%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.92%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.70%) Tech for Good
9 6 (1.46%) Legal
9 6 (1.46%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.46%) Social Skills
10 2 (0.49%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.49%) Games
10 2 (0.49%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (19.22%) CSS
2 78 (18.98%) .NET
3 74 (18.00%) React
4 64 (15.57%) JSON
5 58 (14.11%) RESTful
6 48 (11.68%) Web Services
6 48 (11.68%) XML
7 47 (11.44%) HTML
8 46 (11.19%) .NET Core
8 46 (11.19%) Spring
9 42 (10.22%) JSON-LD
9 42 (10.22%) Kafka
9 42 (10.22%) LDAP
9 42 (10.22%) OpenID
9 42 (10.22%) SAML
10 40 (9.73%) AngularJS
10 40 (9.73%) Leaflet
10 40 (9.73%) OpenLayers
10 40 (9.73%) PostGIS
11 35 (8.52%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 58 (14.11%) Cloud Native
2 42 (10.22%) Enterprise Cloud
2 42 (10.22%) Management Information System
2 42 (10.22%) Reference Data
3 31 (7.54%) Public Cloud
4 17 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (3.41%) Device Driver
6 10 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.22%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.24%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.24%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.24%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.92%) Linux
2 22 (5.35%) Windows
3 14 (3.41%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (2.19%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 299 (72.75%) Agile
3 196 (47.69%) SDLC
4 194 (47.20%) Operational Stability
5 163 (39.66%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (36.74%) Tech Ops
7 134 (32.60%) Artificial Intelligence
8 130 (31.63%) Machine Learning
9 99 (24.09%) Decision-Making
10 86 (20.92%) Microservices
11 73 (17.76%) CI/CD
12 58 (14.11%) Test Automation
13 54 (13.14%) DevOps
14 52 (12.65%) Computer Science
15 51 (12.41%) Performance Tuning
16 46 (11.19%) Actionable Insight
17 43 (10.46%) Continuous Delivery
17 43 (10.46%) Data Pipeline
17 43 (10.46%) Roadmaps
18 42 (10.22%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 183 (44.53%) Java
2 111 (27.01%) SQL
3 102 (24.82%) Python
4 91 (22.14%) C#
5 73 (17.76%) JavaScript
6 52 (12.65%) C
7 51 (12.41%) Scala
8 49 (11.92%) C++
9 44 (10.71%) Go
10 42 (10.22%) Prolog
10 42 (10.22%) SPARQL
11 21 (5.11%) Embedded C
11 21 (5.11%) TypeScript
12 13 (3.16%) Ruby
13 1 (0.24%) Bash
13 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (11.44%) Security Cleared
2 46 (11.19%) SC Cleared
3 12 (2.92%) Degree
4 8 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.97%) DICOM
2 4 (0.97%) HL7
2 4 (0.97%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.24%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 42 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.68%) Docker
3 6 (1.46%) Firmware
4 4 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (11.19%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) Grafana
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (9.73%) ESRI
2 18 (4.38%) Oracle
3 17 (4.14%) Google
4 9 (2.19%) Dell
5 4 (0.97%) Databricks
6 1 (0.24%) Coverity
6 1 (0.24%) Klocwork
6 1 (0.24%) Thales