Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Aberdeen

Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Aberdeen is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 33 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 16 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 5.28% 0.53% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.44% 0.69% -
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 0
10th Percentile £58,125 - -
25th Percentile - £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 294 144 121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 76.19% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 238 78 73
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,275 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Aberdeen

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Aberdeen

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Aberdeen

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Aberdeen region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (56.25%) C#
3 8 (50.00%) C
3 8 (50.00%) Data Management
4 7 (43.75%) Ruby
4 7 (43.75%) Front End Development
4 7 (43.75%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) React
6 2 (12.50%) .NET
7 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
7 1 (6.25%) CSS
7 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
7 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
7 1 (6.25%) HTML
7 1 (6.25%) Java
7 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.25%) SQL
7 1 (6.25%) MVC
7 1 (6.25%) Finance
7 1 (6.25%) Agile
7 1 (6.25%) TDD
7 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
7 1 (6.25%) Azure
7 1 (6.25%) AWS
7 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (6.25%) Modbus
7 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
7 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET Web API

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Modbus
General
1 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) React
2 2 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (6.25%) .NET Core
3 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (6.25%) CSS
3 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (50.00%) Data Management
3 7 (43.75%) Front End Development
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
5 1 (6.25%) MVC
5 1 (6.25%) SOLID
5 1 (6.25%) TDD
5 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) C#
2 8 (50.00%) C
3 7 (43.75%) Ruby
4 1 (6.25%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) SQL