Software Developer Jobs in Glasgow

Software Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Software Developer salary in Glasgow is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 97 71
Rank change year-on-year -103 -26 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 34 33 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.86% 2.10% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 2.44% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 21 29 22
10th Percentile - £38,250 £33,317
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,188
90th Percentile - £75,000 £66,250
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -

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 3,879 1,352 1,581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.03% 86.01% 97.89%
Number of salaries quoted 840 686 908
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,313 £28,175
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 £68,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,075 £77,500 £72,772
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Glasgow

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Glasgow

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 24 (70.59%) Agile
2 15 (44.12%) SDLC
3 13 (38.24%) CI/CD
4 12 (35.29%) Finance
5 11 (32.35%) Law
5 11 (32.35%) Python
5 11 (32.35%) Artificial Intelligence
5 11 (32.35%) Software Engineering
5 11 (32.35%) Marketing
5 11 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (32.35%) Machine Learning
5 11 (32.35%) Visualisation
5 11 (32.35%) Operational Stability
5 11 (32.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (32.35%) Algorithms
5 11 (32.35%) Community of Practice
6 10 (29.41%) C#
6 10 (29.41%) .NET
7 8 (23.53%) Customer Experience
8 7 (20.59%) Full Stack Development
8 7 (20.59%) Azure
9 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
9 6 (17.65%) React
9 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (14.71%) Design Patterns
10 5 (14.71%) AWS
10 5 (14.71%) Unit Testing
10 5 (14.71%) WordPress
10 5 (14.71%) UX Design
10 5 (14.71%) JSON

Software Developer 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 5 (14.71%) WordPress
2 1 (2.94%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) MySQL
2 4 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.94%) Power BI
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (32.35%) Law
2 11 (32.35%) Marketing
3 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) .NET
2 6 (17.65%) React
3 5 (14.71%) JSON
3 5 (14.71%) XML
4 2 (5.88%) CSS
4 2 (5.88%) HTML
4 2 (5.88%) HTML5
4 2 (5.88%) Spring
5 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Agile
2 15 (44.12%) SDLC
3 13 (38.24%) CI/CD
4 11 (32.35%) Artificial Intelligence
4 11 (32.35%) Community of Practice
4 11 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (32.35%) Machine Learning
4 11 (32.35%) Operational Stability
4 11 (32.35%) Software Engineering
4 11 (32.35%) Visualisation
5 8 (23.53%) Customer Experience
6 7 (20.59%) Full Stack Development
7 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (14.71%) Design Patterns
8 5 (14.71%) DevOps
8 5 (14.71%) Process Improvement
8 5 (14.71%) Unit Testing
8 5 (14.71%) User Experience
8 5 (14.71%) UX Design
8 5 (14.71%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) Python
2 10 (29.41%) C#
3 5 (14.71%) PHP
4 4 (11.76%) Java
5 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft