Senior Job Trends in Glasgow

Senior
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior salary in Glasgow is £64,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 December 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 87 122 123
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 11.54% 13.90% 16.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.54% 14.35% 16.62%
Number of salaries quoted 46 65 91
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £79,000 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 694 850 740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 96.81% 98.14%
Number of salaries quoted 388 434 471
10th Percentile £29,175 £31,267 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £54,389 £51,514
% change year-on-year -17.26% +5.58% -6.34%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Senior
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Glasgow

Senior
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Glasgow over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Glasgow

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, Senior 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 Glasgow region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 13 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (13.79%) SAP
3 10 (11.49%) Agile
3 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (10.34%) Azure
4 9 (10.34%) Project Management
4 9 (10.34%) SDLC
5 8 (9.20%) Business Development
6 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.05%) Coaching
6 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (6.90%) AI
7 6 (6.90%) Degree
7 6 (6.90%) Python
7 6 (6.90%) Software Engineering
8 5 (5.75%) Analytics
8 5 (5.75%) ERP
8 5 (5.75%) Lean Six Sigma
8 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (5.75%) QA
8 5 (5.75%) Six Sigma
8 5 (5.75%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (4.60%) AWS
9 4 (4.60%) BPMN
9 4 (4.60%) C++
9 4 (4.60%) Customer Experience
9 4 (4.60%) Decision-Making
9 4 (4.60%) Due Diligence

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.30%) WordPress
3 1 (1.15%) Apache
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.15%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.60%) SAP CO
1 4 (4.60%) SAP FI
1 4 (4.60%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (4.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.30%) Shopify
3 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.34%) Azure
2 4 (4.60%) AWS
2 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.45%) GitHub
4 2 (2.30%) Azure AI
4 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.30%) GCP
4 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.30%) SaaS
5 1 (1.15%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.15%) Datadog
5 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) Firewall
2 1 (1.15%) LAN
2 1 (1.15%) Modbus
2 1 (1.15%) Network Security
2 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.15%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.15%) WAN
2 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.30%) Power BI
2 2 (2.30%) Tableau
3 1 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Hudi
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (1.15%) Big Data
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.15%) Parquet
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.15%) JUnit
General
1 14 (16.09%) Finance
2 7 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (8.05%) Law
2 7 (8.05%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.60%) Banking
5 3 (3.45%) Local Government
5 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.15%) Games
7 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Legal
7 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) .NET
1 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 3 (3.45%) React
1 3 (3.45%) RESTful
2 2 (2.30%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.30%) Blazor
2 2 (2.30%) Kafka
3 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.15%) OAuth
3 1 (1.15%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.15%) OpenID
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.15%) SAML
3 1 (1.15%) Spring
3 1 (1.15%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.30%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Windows
1 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (11.49%) Agile
2 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (10.34%) Project Management
3 9 (10.34%) SDLC
4 8 (9.20%) Business Development
5 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (8.05%) Coaching
5 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (6.90%) AI
6 6 (6.90%) Software Engineering
7 5 (5.75%) Analytics
7 5 (5.75%) ERP
7 5 (5.75%) Lean Six Sigma
7 5 (5.75%) Six Sigma
7 5 (5.75%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (4.60%) Decision-Making
8 4 (4.60%) Due Diligence
8 4 (4.60%) IT Strategy
8 4 (4.60%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) Python
2 4 (4.60%) C++
3 3 (3.45%) C#
3 3 (3.45%) Go
3 3 (3.45%) Java
3 3 (3.45%) SQL
4 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.90%) Degree
2 4 (4.60%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 3 (3.45%) ACCA
3 3 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.45%) HND
4 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) CIPD
5 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.15%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) QA
2 4 (4.60%) PMO
3 3 (3.45%) GAAP
3 3 (3.45%) IFRS
4 1 (1.15%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.15%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (4.60%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (4.60%) Firmware
2 2 (2.30%) Docker
2 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.79%) SAP
3 2 (2.30%) Screaming Frog
3 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.30%) VMware
4 1 (1.15%) Anaplan
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco
4 1 (1.15%) Databricks
4 1 (1.15%) Facebook
4 1 (1.15%) Genesys
4 1 (1.15%) Google
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle
4 1 (1.15%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.15%) Siemens
4 1 (1.15%) Verint