Software Developer Jobs in Scotland

Software Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Software Developer salary in Scotland is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 123 83
Rank change year-on-year -54 -40 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 109 102 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.62% 2.17% 3.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 2.41% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 89 92 69
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,975 £66,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 6,527 4,234 5,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 90.05% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,624 2,303 3,003
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Scotland

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Scotland

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Scotland

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 Software Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 May 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 -105 34 £57,500 +9.52% 3
Aberdeen +1 27 £52,500 +23.53% 4
Edinburgh +26 23 £60,500 +34.44% 5
Dundee - 10 £47,500 -
Fife -4 6 £50,000 -
Inverclyde - 2 £47,500 -
Aberdeenshire - 2 £58,750 - 3
Lanarkshire -10 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 51 (46.79%) Software Engineering
2 31 (28.44%) Agile
2 31 (28.44%) C#
2 31 (28.44%) Computer Science
3 29 (26.61%) .NET
3 29 (26.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (22.02%) Azure
5 23 (21.10%) Degree
5 23 (21.10%) CI/CD
6 22 (20.18%) SDLC
6 22 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (19.27%) Front End Development
7 21 (19.27%) JavaScript
7 21 (19.27%) Python
8 20 (18.35%) AWS
8 20 (18.35%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (17.43%) Ruby
9 19 (17.43%) AngularJS
10 15 (13.76%) SaaS
10 15 (13.76%) HTML
10 15 (13.76%) Finance
11 14 (12.84%) CSS
11 14 (12.84%) Social Skills
12 13 (11.93%) Full Stack Development
12 13 (11.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (11.93%) C
12 13 (11.93%) SQL Server
12 13 (11.93%) TypeScript
13 12 (11.01%) DevOps
13 12 (11.01%) User Experience

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.59%) WordPress
2 4 (3.67%) OpenEdge
3 1 (0.92%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.02%) Azure
2 20 (18.35%) AWS
3 15 (13.76%) SaaS
4 6 (5.50%) Serverless
5 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.83%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.92%) GitHub
7 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.09%) MySQL
3 5 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.67%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.83%) Power BI
7 1 (0.92%) GIS
7 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.92%) Vite
2 1 (0.92%) webpack
General
1 29 (26.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (13.76%) Finance
3 14 (12.84%) Social Skills
4 12 (11.01%) Law
5 11 (10.09%) Marketing
6 4 (3.67%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Banking
8 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (26.61%) .NET
2 19 (17.43%) AngularJS
3 15 (13.76%) HTML
4 14 (12.84%) CSS
5 11 (10.09%) React
6 8 (7.34%) .NET Framework
7 7 (6.42%) .NET Core
7 7 (6.42%) Node.js
7 7 (6.42%) Vue
7 7 (6.42%) XML
8 6 (5.50%) JSON
8 6 (5.50%) Serverless Framework
9 5 (4.59%) Entity Framework
10 4 (3.67%) Blazor
10 4 (3.67%) REST
11 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (1.83%) HTML5
11 2 (1.83%) Spring
12 1 (0.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.35%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (11.01%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.75%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Linux
1 1 (0.92%) Unix
1 1 (0.92%) VMS
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
1 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (46.79%) Software Engineering
2 31 (28.44%) Agile
2 31 (28.44%) Computer Science
3 23 (21.10%) CI/CD
4 22 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (20.18%) SDLC
5 21 (19.27%) Front End Development
6 13 (11.93%) Full Stack Development
7 12 (11.01%) DevOps
7 12 (11.01%) Machine Learning
7 12 (11.01%) User Experience
7 12 (11.01%) UX Design
8 11 (10.09%) Artificial Intelligence
8 11 (10.09%) Community of Practice
8 11 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (10.09%) Operational Stability
8 11 (10.09%) Visualisation
9 9 (8.26%) Design Patterns
10 8 (7.34%) Customer Experience
11 7 (6.42%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 31 (28.44%) C#
2 21 (19.27%) JavaScript
2 21 (19.27%) Python
3 19 (17.43%) Ruby
4 13 (11.93%) C
4 13 (11.93%) TypeScript
5 12 (11.01%) Java
6 11 (10.09%) PHP
6 11 (10.09%) SQL
7 9 (8.26%) C++
8 1 (0.92%) Elixir
8 1 (0.92%) Go
8 1 (0.92%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.92%) Perl
8 1 (0.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (21.10%) Degree
2 13 (11.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.67%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.42%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (6.42%) Firmware
2 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.59%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.92%) Vermilion