Software Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Software Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Software Engineer salary in Glasgow is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 15 53
Rank change year-on-year -15 +38 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 54 143 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 5.88% 15.29% 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.14% 15.53% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 35 40
10th Percentile £24,000 £46,750 £38,325
25th Percentile £40,000 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +11.63% +7.50%
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £74,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +25.00%

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 879 921 1,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.75% 98.50% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 458 466 778
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,188 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £53,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.92% -7.27% +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Glasgow

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Glasgow

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 4 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2024, Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (44.44%) C#
3 19 (35.19%) Azure
4 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
4 17 (31.48%) AWS
5 14 (25.93%) .NET
6 11 (20.37%) JavaScript
6 11 (20.37%) TypeScript
6 11 (20.37%) React
6 11 (20.37%) .NET Core
7 10 (18.52%) Mentoring
7 10 (18.52%) SQL
7 10 (18.52%) HTML
7 10 (18.52%) CSS
7 10 (18.52%) MVC
7 10 (18.52%) .NET Framework
8 9 (16.67%) ASP.NET
8 9 (16.67%) Fintech
9 7 (12.96%) DevOps
9 7 (12.96%) AngularJS
9 7 (12.96%) Test Automation
9 7 (12.96%) Finance
9 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (11.11%) C
10 6 (11.11%) Data Management
10 6 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (9.26%) Agile
11 5 (9.26%) Software Testing
11 5 (9.26%) SQL Server

Software Engineer 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.56%) CPLEX
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.19%) Azure
2 17 (31.48%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon MSK
3 1 (1.85%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.85%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.85%) GCP
3 1 (1.85%) GitHub
3 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.85%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) LabVIEW
2 2 (3.70%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (12.96%) Finance
2 5 (9.26%) Electronics
2 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.56%) Games
3 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.56%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.85%) French Language
4 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.93%) .NET
2 11 (20.37%) .NET Core
2 11 (20.37%) React
3 10 (18.52%) .NET Framework
3 10 (18.52%) CSS
3 10 (18.52%) HTML
4 9 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 7 (12.96%) AngularJS
6 5 (9.26%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 5 (9.26%) HTML5
6 5 (9.26%) Razor View Engine
6 5 (9.26%) Vue
7 4 (7.41%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (5.56%) Web Services
9 2 (3.70%) Micronaut
9 2 (3.70%) Node.js
9 2 (3.70%) RESTful
10 1 (1.85%) Kafka
10 1 (1.85%) Laravel
10 1 (1.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Educational Technology
2 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.85%) IoT
3 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Android
1 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (18.52%) Mentoring
2 10 (18.52%) MVC
3 9 (16.67%) Fintech
4 7 (12.96%) DevOps
4 7 (12.96%) Test Automation
5 6 (11.11%) Data Management
5 6 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (9.26%) Agile
6 5 (9.26%) Project Management
6 5 (9.26%) Software Testing
7 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.56%) E-Commerce
8 3 (5.56%) Unit Testing
9 2 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence
9 2 (3.70%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (3.70%) OO
9 2 (3.70%) OOD
9 2 (3.70%) Software Architecture
9 2 (3.70%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (44.44%) C#
2 11 (20.37%) JavaScript
2 11 (20.37%) TypeScript
3 10 (18.52%) SQL
4 6 (11.11%) C
5 5 (9.26%) C++
6 4 (7.41%) T-SQL
7 3 (5.56%) Java
7 3 (5.56%) PHP
8 2 (3.70%) Kotlin
8 2 (3.70%) Python
9 1 (1.85%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft