Software Engineer Jobs in West Lothian

Software Engineer
Scotland > West Lothian

The median Software Engineer salary in West Lothian is £60,000 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 4 2 43
Rank change year-on-year -2 +41 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 31 35 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 27.93% 42.68% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.69% 43.21% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 31 28 2
10th Percentile £40,000 - £34,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £28,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +60.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £40,625
90th Percentile - £71,250 £41,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +21.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Lothian

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Lothian. 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 West Lothian with a recognized job title 101 81 283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 98.78% 97.92%
Number of salaries quoted 58 66 105
10th Percentile £27,350 £20,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,188 £28,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -30.77% +52.94%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £83,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in West Lothian

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in West Lothian

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in West Lothian

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Lothian

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in West Lothian over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in West Lothian

Software Engineer
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the West Lothian 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
Livingston -1 25 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Bathgate -4 4 £30,000 -55.56%
Linlithgow - 2 £52,500 -
Software Engineer
Scotland

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 West Lothian region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (74.19%) Manufacturing
3 18 (58.06%) OOD
4 17 (54.84%) Linux
5 15 (48.39%) Ethernet
5 15 (48.39%) C
5 15 (48.39%) Embedded C
5 15 (48.39%) Device Driver
5 15 (48.39%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (48.39%) Wireless
5 15 (48.39%) Embedded Linux
5 15 (48.39%) RS-232
5 15 (48.39%) Yocto
6 7 (22.58%) Electronics
7 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
8 5 (16.13%) C#
8 5 (16.13%) SQL
9 4 (12.90%) C++
9 4 (12.90%) Visualisation
9 4 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning
10 3 (9.68%) WPF
10 3 (9.68%) Innovative Thinking
10 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
10 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
10 3 (9.68%) Power BI
10 3 (9.68%) Data Security
10 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (9.68%) OO

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (48.39%) Ethernet
1 15 (48.39%) RS-232
1 15 (48.39%) Wi-Fi
1 15 (48.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) SQLite
General
1 23 (74.19%) Manufacturing
2 7 (22.58%) Electronics
3 3 (9.68%) Publishing
3 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (48.39%) Yocto
2 3 (9.68%) WPF
3 1 (3.23%) .NET
3 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.23%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 15 (48.39%) Device Driver
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (54.84%) Linux
2 15 (48.39%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 18 (58.06%) OOD
3 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
4 4 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (12.90%) Visualisation
5 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis
5 3 (9.68%) Data Security
5 3 (9.68%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning
5 3 (9.68%) Neural Network
5 3 (9.68%) OO
6 2 (6.45%) Front End Development
6 2 (6.45%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) SDLC
7 1 (3.23%) Agile
7 1 (3.23%) Data Acquisition
7 1 (3.23%) MVC
7 1 (3.23%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) C
1 15 (48.39%) Embedded C
2 5 (16.13%) C#
2 5 (16.13%) SQL
3 4 (12.90%) C++
4 3 (9.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft