Software Engineering Jobs in Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Software Engineering Scotland / Glasgow
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	32	37	50
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering	86	89	60
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow	7.29%	6.90%	4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	7.89%	7.34%	5.19%
Number of salaries quoted	55	30	32
Median salary	£40,000	£38,750	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.22%	-3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£24,750	£24,100
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£45,550	£61,750
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£45,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-5.55%	+12.50%

Software Engineering is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Glasgow
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	1090	1213	1155
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow	92.45%	94.03%	90.52%
Number of salaries quoted	696	625	732
Median salary	£47,000	£45,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.44%	+5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£30,000	£34,100
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£60,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Glasgow citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Glasgow

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Engineering in Glasgow over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Glasgow region with a requirement for Software Engineering.

1	81 (51.59%)	Java
2	59 (37.58%)	Agile Software Development
3	43 (27.39%)	SQL
4	35 (22.29%)	Linux
5	31 (19.75%)	Degree
6	28 (17.83%)	SDLC
7	27 (17.20%)	Open Source
7	27 (17.20%)	Hadoop
7	27 (17.20%)	Security Cleared
8	25 (15.92%)	Microsoft
9	24 (15.29%)	Python
9	24 (15.29%)	MongoDB
10	23 (14.65%)	JavaScript
10	23 (14.65%)	C
10	23 (14.65%)	Computer Science

11	22 (14.01%)	C++
12	21 (13.38%)	Open Source Development
13	20 (12.74%)	Neo4j
14	19 (12.10%)	Relational Database
14	19 (12.10%)	HTML
14	19 (12.10%)	SQL Server
14	19 (12.10%)	CSS
14	19 (12.10%)	Web Services
14	19 (12.10%)	Unit Testing
15	18 (11.46%)	Embedded Linux
15	18 (11.46%)	Oracle
15	18 (11.46%)	Finance
16	17 (10.83%)	Android
16	17 (10.83%)	Mobile Development
17	16 (10.19%)	Analytics

Software Engineering
Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	4 (2.55%)	Oracle SOA Suite
1	4 (2.55%)	Tomcat
2	3 (1.91%)	Apache Spark
3	2 (1.27%)	Apache
3	2 (1.27%)	SharePoint
3	2 (1.27%)	WordPress
4	1 (0.64%)	Apache Pig
4	1 (0.64%)	DNN
4	1 (0.64%)	Drupal
4	1 (0.64%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	7 (4.46%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.64%)	Windchill

Business Applications
1	1 (0.64%)	Pega PRPC
1	1 (0.64%)	Teamcenter

Cloud Services
1	6 (3.82%)	Amazon AWS
2	4 (2.55%)	Microsoft Azure
3	3 (1.91%)	SaaS
4	1 (0.64%)	Amazon CloudWatch
4	1 (0.64%)	Amazon EC2
4	1 (0.64%)	Amazon S3
4	1 (0.64%)	IaaS
4	1 (0.64%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	6 (3.82%)	Internet
2	5 (3.18%)	LAN
2	5 (3.18%)	WAN
3	2 (1.27%)	Bluetooth
3	2 (1.27%)	RS-232
4	1 (0.64%)	HTTP
4	1 (0.64%)	SNMP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	27 (17.20%)	Hadoop
2	24 (15.29%)	MongoDB
3	20 (12.74%)	Neo4j
4	19 (12.10%)	Relational Database
4	19 (12.10%)	SQL Server
5	11 (7.01%)	Big Data
6	10 (6.37%)	RDBMS
7	4 (2.55%)	Oracle Database
8	3 (1.91%)	CouchDB
9	2 (1.27%)	Data Warehouse
9	2 (1.27%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
9	2 (1.27%)	PostgreSQL
9	2 (1.27%)	SQL Server 2014
9	2 (1.27%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	2 (1.27%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	2 (1.27%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	2 (1.27%)	SSDT
10	1 (0.64%)	Apache Hive
10	1 (0.64%)	Flink
10	1 (0.64%)	MySQL

Development Applications
1	12 (7.64%)	Jenkins
1	12 (7.64%)	Selenium
2	7 (4.46%)	Git (software)
2	7 (4.46%)	Team Foundation Server
3	5 (3.18%)	Cucumber
3	5 (3.18%)	HP UFT
3	5 (3.18%)	LoadRunner
3	5 (3.18%)	SoapUI
4	4 (2.55%)	Maven
4	4 (2.55%)	Visual Studio
5	3 (1.91%)	Ant
5	3 (1.91%)	Hudson
6	2 (1.27%)	PHPUnit
7	1 (0.64%)	Bitbucket
7	1 (0.64%)	Eclipse
7	1 (0.64%)	JIRA
7	1 (0.64%)	JUnit
7	1 (0.64%)	Subversion

General
1	18 (11.46%)	Finance
2	8 (5.10%)	Electronics
3	6 (3.82%)	Retail
4	5 (3.18%)	Banking
4	5 (3.18%)	Manufacturing
4	5 (3.18%)	Telecoms
5	3 (1.91%)	Legal
6	2 (1.27%)	Marketing
6	2 (1.27%)	Music Industry
6	2 (1.27%)	Publishing
7	1 (0.64%)	Games

Job Titles
1	70 (44.59%)	Software Engineer
2	66 (42.04%)	Developer
3	40 (25.48%)	Java Developer
4	30 (19.11%)	Software Developer
5	28 (17.83%)	Java Engineer
6	24 (15.29%)	Developer/Software Engineer
7	23 (14.65%)	Java Software Developer
7	23 (14.65%)	Java Software Engineer
8	16 (10.19%)	Embedded Engineer
8	16 (10.19%)	Embedded Software Engineer
9	14 (8.92%)	Senior Developer
10	13 (8.28%)	C Software Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Embedded C Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Embedded C Software Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Embedded Linux Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Kernel Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Kernel Software Engineer
11	12 (7.64%)	Linux Engineer
12	10 (6.37%)	Senior Java Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	19 (12.10%)	CSS
1	19 (12.10%)	HTML
1	19 (12.10%)	Web Services
2	16 (10.19%)	JSON
3	15 (9.55%)	SOAP
3	15 (9.55%)	XML
4	14 (8.92%)	.NET
4	14 (8.92%)	Spring
5	13 (8.28%)	REST
6	10 (6.37%)	Gherkin
7	9 (5.73%)	Hibernate
7	9 (5.73%)	J2EE
7	9 (5.73%)	jQuery
7	9 (5.73%)	RESTful
8	7 (4.46%)	Ajax
8	7 (4.46%)	HTML5
8	7 (4.46%)	Java EE
9	5 (3.18%)	CSS3
9	5 (3.18%)	Ext JS
9	5 (3.18%)	Qt

Miscellaneous
1	23 (14.65%)	Computer Science
2	16 (10.19%)	Enterprise Software
3	13 (8.28%)	Device Driver
4	12 (7.64%)	Mobile App
5	9 (5.73%)	Algorithms
6	7 (4.46%)	Data Structures
7	6 (3.82%)	Analytical Skills
8	5 (3.18%)	Tandem
9	3 (1.91%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
9	3 (1.91%)	Internet of Things
9	3 (1.91%)	Linux Command Line
9	3 (1.91%)	User Experience
9	3 (1.91%)	Verilog
9	3 (1.91%)	VHDL
10	2 (1.27%)	Greenfield Project
10	2 (1.27%)	Hybrid Cloud
10	2 (1.27%)	Management Information System
11	1 (0.64%)	Public Cloud
11	1 (0.64%)	W3C

Operating Systems
1	35 (22.29%)	Linux
2	18 (11.46%)	Embedded Linux
3	17 (10.83%)	Android
4	16 (10.19%)	Apple iOS
5	13 (8.28%)	Windows
6	7 (4.46%)	Unix
7	5 (3.18%)	Windows 2000
7	5 (3.18%)	Windows Server 2003
7	5 (3.18%)	Windows Server 2008
8	1 (0.64%)	CentOS
8	1 (0.64%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	1 (0.64%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	59 (37.58%)	Agile Software Development
2	28 (17.83%)	SDLC
3	27 (17.20%)	Open Source
4	21 (13.38%)	Open Source Development
5	19 (12.10%)	Unit Testing
6	17 (10.83%)	Mobile Development
7	16 (10.19%)	Analytics
7	16 (10.19%)	OO
7	16 (10.19%)	Test Automation
8	15 (9.55%)	Android Development
8	15 (9.55%)	Scrum
9	14 (8.92%)	iOS Development
9	14 (8.92%)	TDD
10	13 (8.28%)	Device Driver Development
11	12 (7.64%)	Continuous Improvement
12	11 (7.01%)	BDD
12	11 (7.01%)	Kanban
12	11 (7.01%)	Web Development
13	10 (6.37%)	Exploratory Testing
13	10 (6.37%)	Performance Testing

Programming Languages
1	81 (51.59%)	Java
2	43 (27.39%)	SQL
3	24 (15.29%)	Python
4	23 (14.65%)	C
4	23 (14.65%)	JavaScript
5	22 (14.01%)	C++
6	16 (10.19%)	C#
7	11 (7.01%)	Scala
8	9 (5.73%)	PL/SQL
9	8 (5.10%)	PHP
10	5 (3.18%)	GraphQL
10	5 (3.18%)	Groovy
10	5 (3.18%)	VB
11	4 (2.55%)	Assembly Language
12	3 (1.91%)	Bash Shell
12	3 (1.91%)	Perl
13	2 (1.27%)	Embedded C
13	2 (1.27%)	T-SQL
13	2 (1.27%)	VBA
13	2 (1.27%)	XAML

Qualifications
1	31 (19.75%)	Degree
2	27 (17.20%)	Security Cleared
3	10 (6.37%)	Computer Science Degree
4	8 (5.10%)	Numerate Degree
5	6 (3.82%)	OCP
5	6 (3.82%)	Oracle Certification
6	5 (3.18%)	ISTQB
6	5 (3.18%)	MCP
6	5 (3.18%)	Microsoft Certification
6	5 (3.18%)	SAP Certification
7	4 (2.55%)	PhD
8	1 (0.64%)	ITIL Certification
8	1 (0.64%)	Master's Degree
8	1 (0.64%)	OCA
8	1 (0.64%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	6 (3.82%)	QA
2	2 (1.27%)	JTAG

System Software
1	5 (3.18%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	2 (1.27%)	Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
2	2 (1.27%)	Docker
3	1 (0.64%)	Apache Flume
3	1 (0.64%)	Firmware

Systems Management
1	1 (0.64%)	Docker Swarm
1	1 (0.64%)	Kubernetes
1	1 (0.64%)	Mesos

Vendors
1	25 (15.92%)	Microsoft
2	18 (11.46%)	Oracle
3	9 (5.73%)	Xamarin
4	5 (3.18%)	HP
4	5 (3.18%)	SAP
4	5 (3.18%)	Verint
4	5 (3.18%)	VMware
5	2 (1.27%)	IBM
6	1 (0.64%)	AVEVA
6	1 (0.64%)	Pega
6	1 (0.64%)	Red Hat
6	1 (0.64%)	Splunk
6	1 (0.64%)	Sybase