Software Engineering Jobs in Fife

Software Engineering
Scotland > Fife

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Fife requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +17
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 17 17 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 12.06% 15.04% 22.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.41% 18.89% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 4
10th Percentile £40,552 £42,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £45,018 £42,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £54,813 £57,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £56,725 - £74,875
Scotland median annual salary £58,033 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.28% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Fife

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Fife.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 137 90 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 97.16% 79.65% 56.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37 59 18
10th Percentile £37,574 £33,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,700 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £48,002
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -1.05% +20.01%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £55,938
90th Percentile £55,450 - £71,625
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Fife.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Fife

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Fife

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Fife.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Fife

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Fife

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Fife over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Fife

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Fife region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Inverkeithing - 12 £49,050 -
Glenrothes - 2 - - 1
Software Engineering
Scotland

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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 1 (5.88%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Multicast
1 1 (5.88%) RTP
1 1 (5.88%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) LabVIEW
2 1 (5.88%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.88%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Subversion
General
1 12 (70.59%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Military
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Principal Engineer
1 9 (52.94%) Software Assurance Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Development Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Development Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Test Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Test Development Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Test Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.88%) JSP
2 1 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) Node.js
2 1 (5.88%) React
2 1 (5.88%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Digital Signage
2 1 (5.88%) IPTV
2 1 (5.88%) MPEG
2 1 (5.88%) PCIe
2 1 (5.88%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Rocky
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Decision-Making
1 9 (52.94%) Software Assurance
1 9 (52.94%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) DevSecOps
5 2 (11.76%) Functional Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Schematic Capture
5 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.76%) Validation
5 2 (11.76%) Verification and Validation
6 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
6 1 (5.88%) Scrum
6 1 (5.88%) SDLC
6 1 (5.88%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C++
2 3 (17.65%) C
2 3 (17.65%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) Rust
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) Ada
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded C++
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.88%) PHP
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) CCA
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Mentor Graphics
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat