Senior Jobs in Glasgow

Senior
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior salary in Glasgow is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 562 226 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 14.22% 14.40% 16.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.51% 16.74% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 177 108 133
10th Percentile £45,450 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,950 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% +14.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,375 £72,250
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,874 1,350 1,574
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.03% 86.04% 97.95%
Number of salaries quoted 840 687 900
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% +1.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,075 £77,500 £72,757
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Glasgow over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Glasgow

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 Glasgow region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 324 (57.65%) Finance
2 320 (56.94%) Software Engineering
3 310 (55.16%) Agile
4 303 (53.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 293 (52.14%) Law
6 255 (45.37%) Marketing
7 217 (38.61%) Operational Stability
8 215 (38.26%) SDLC
9 214 (38.08%) Java
10 198 (35.23%) Problem-Solving
11 157 (27.94%) Tech Ops
12 155 (27.58%) Artificial Intelligence
13 145 (25.80%) AWS
13 145 (25.80%) Machine Learning
14 140 (24.91%) SQL
15 122 (21.71%) Azure
16 116 (20.64%) Decision-Making
17 112 (19.93%) Cloud Native
18 87 (15.48%) CI/CD
18 87 (15.48%) Python
19 86 (15.30%) Apache Spark
20 80 (14.23%) Mathematics
21 79 (14.06%) Computer Science
22 75 (13.35%) React
23 70 (12.46%) NoSQL
23 70 (12.46%) JSON
24 68 (12.10%) JavaScript
25 67 (11.92%) Microservices
26 66 (11.74%) CSS
27 65 (11.57%) Roadmaps

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 86 (15.30%) Apache Spark
2 20 (3.56%) ArcGIS
2 20 (3.56%) GeoServer
3 18 (3.20%) FileNet
4 17 (3.02%) Cloud Foundry
5 8 (1.42%) IIS
6 6 (1.07%) Confluence
6 6 (1.07%) SAS
7 2 (0.36%) JBoss
7 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
7 2 (0.36%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (1.25%) Sketch
2 3 (0.53%) InVision
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Simulink
4 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Sonata
2 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 145 (25.80%) AWS
2 122 (21.71%) Azure
3 37 (6.58%) GCP
4 18 (3.20%) Amazon S3
4 18 (3.20%) Figma
5 15 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (1.96%) SurveyMonkey
7 9 (1.60%) SaaS
8 7 (1.25%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.07%) Miro
10 5 (0.89%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.71%) Heroku
11 4 (0.71%) IaaS
11 4 (0.71%) OCI
12 3 (0.53%) PaaS
13 2 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.36%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.18%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (10.50%) Kerberos
2 13 (2.31%) Modbus
2 13 (2.31%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.42%) WAN
4 7 (1.25%) SAN
4 7 (1.25%) VoIP
5 6 (1.07%) Firewall
6 4 (0.71%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.53%) BGP
7 3 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (0.53%) HSRP
7 3 (0.53%) MPLS
7 3 (0.53%) OSPF
7 3 (0.53%) VLAN
7 3 (0.53%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.46%) NoSQL
2 56 (9.96%) Big Data
3 43 (7.65%) Metadata
4 35 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.56%) GIS
5 20 (3.56%) QGIS
6 18 (3.20%) Apache Cassandra
6 18 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.02%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (3.02%) CockroachDB
8 16 (2.85%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.60%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.25%) Oracle Database 11g
12 6 (1.07%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.89%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.36%) Power BI
14 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (8.72%) Git
2 47 (8.36%) Jenkins
3 42 (7.47%) Artifactory
3 42 (7.47%) Bitbucket
4 31 (5.52%) JIRA
5 21 (3.74%) JUnit
6 15 (2.67%) GitLab
7 13 (2.31%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.53%) Mockito
9 2 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.36%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.36%) Maven
10 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.18%) GoCD
10 1 (0.18%) Postman
10 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 324 (57.65%) Finance
2 303 (53.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 293 (52.14%) Law
4 255 (45.37%) Marketing
5 54 (9.61%) Banking
6 53 (9.43%) Influencing Skills
7 46 (8.19%) Social Skills
8 40 (7.12%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.74%) Legal
10 11 (1.96%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (1.25%) Police
13 6 (1.07%) Games
13 6 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.89%) Publishing
15 4 (0.71%) Retail
15 4 (0.71%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.53%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.53%) Polish Language
17 2 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.35%) React
2 70 (12.46%) JSON
3 66 (11.74%) CSS
4 57 (10.14%) .NET
5 53 (9.43%) HTML
6 51 (9.07%) XML
7 48 (8.54%) RESTful
7 48 (8.54%) SAML
8 47 (8.36%) Spring
9 46 (8.19%) Web Services
10 42 (7.47%) JSON-LD
10 42 (7.47%) LDAP
10 42 (7.47%) OpenID
11 41 (7.30%) Kafka
12 38 (6.76%) AngularJS
13 35 (6.23%) GraphQL
14 34 (6.05%) PySpark
15 29 (5.16%) REST
16 25 (4.45%) .NET Framework
17 23 (4.09%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 112 (19.93%) Cloud Native
2 48 (8.54%) Management Information System
3 43 (7.65%) Reference Data
4 42 (7.47%) Enterprise Cloud
5 36 (6.41%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.96%) Market Risk
6 11 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.42%) Clustering
8 6 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.89%) Credit Risk
10 4 (0.71%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.53%) Graphic Design
11 3 (0.53%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.53%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.36%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.36%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.80%) Windows
2 12 (2.14%) Linux
3 8 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (56.94%) Software Engineering
2 310 (55.16%) Agile
3 217 (38.61%) Operational Stability
4 215 (38.26%) SDLC
5 198 (35.23%) Problem-Solving
6 157 (27.94%) Tech Ops
7 155 (27.58%) Artificial Intelligence
8 145 (25.80%) Machine Learning
9 116 (20.64%) Decision-Making
10 87 (15.48%) CI/CD
11 80 (14.23%) Mathematics
12 79 (14.06%) Computer Science
13 67 (11.92%) Microservices
14 65 (11.57%) Roadmaps
15 62 (11.03%) Performance Tuning
16 61 (10.85%) Coaching
17 54 (9.61%) Actionable Insight
18 53 (9.43%) Test Automation
19 49 (8.72%) Identity Access Management
20 48 (8.54%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 214 (38.08%) Java
2 140 (24.91%) SQL
3 87 (15.48%) Python
4 68 (12.10%) JavaScript
5 64 (11.39%) C#
6 52 (9.25%) Scala
7 45 (8.01%) Go
8 42 (7.47%) Prolog
8 42 (7.47%) SPARQL
9 23 (4.09%) C++
10 21 (3.74%) TypeScript
11 13 (2.31%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.25%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.89%) Bash
13 5 (0.89%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.71%) PHP
14 4 (0.71%) R
14 4 (0.71%) Ruby
15 2 (0.36%) C
15 2 (0.36%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 61 (10.85%) Security Cleared
2 58 (10.32%) SC Cleared
3 30 (5.34%) Degree
4 8 (1.42%) CISM
4 8 (1.42%) CISSP
5 6 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (0.89%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.53%) CCIE
8 3 (0.53%) CCNP
8 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.53%) PMP
9 2 (0.36%) OCA
9 2 (0.36%) OCP
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.36%) PhD
9 2 (0.36%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.36%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.23%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.49%) QA
4 8 (1.42%) NIST
5 7 (1.25%) GDPR
5 7 (1.25%) WCAG
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS 9
7 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.36%) GMP
8 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (7.65%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.78%) Docker
4 8 (1.42%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.25%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.07%) Firmware
7 4 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 53 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.34%) Terraform
3 3 (0.53%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.36%) Puppet
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (6.41%) Oracle
2 34 (6.05%) Microsoft
3 20 (3.56%) ESRI
4 19 (3.38%) Google
5 16 (2.85%) VMware
6 6 (1.07%) Databricks
7 3 (0.53%) Cisco
8 2 (0.36%) NEC
9 1 (0.18%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.18%) Coverity
9 1 (0.18%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.18%) Klocwork
9 1 (0.18%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.18%) SAP
9 1 (0.18%) Teradata
9 1 (0.18%) Thales
9 1 (0.18%) Workday