Developer Job Trends in East Kilbride

Developer
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The median Developer salary in East Kilbride is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 4 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in East Kilbride 19.05% 40.00% 28.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.05% 40.00% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile £57,500 - £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.34%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £35,750
90th Percentile - - £36,800
South Lanarkshire median annual salary £60,000 - £32,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Kilbride

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Kilbride. 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 East Kilbride with a recognized job title 21 5 7
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 6
10th Percentile £27,500 - £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 - £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.25%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £76,250
90th Percentile £73,750 - £80,000
South Lanarkshire median annual salary £55,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +31.25%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride.

Developer job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

Developer
Salary Trend in East Kilbride

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Kilbride.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Kilbride

Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride

For the 6 months to 9 August 2026, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Kilbride region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certified Developer
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) React Native
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certified Developer