Software Engineering Job Trends in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 19 5
Rank change year-on-year -22 -14 +12
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 15 62 547
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.16% 8.44% 46.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 9.16% 47.73%
Number of salaries quoted 11 40 59
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,150 £42,250
25th Percentile £47,749 £51,563 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +21.95% +7.52%
75th Percentile £78,750 £110,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 - £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 529 677 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 76.22% 92.11% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 330 312 470
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,850 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £40,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £93,175 £76,375
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -7.08%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
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 1 (6.67%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) GitHub
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (26.67%) SaaS
4 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (6.67%) Azure AI
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (6.67%) ChatGPT
5 1 (6.67%) GCP
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (6.67%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Avionics
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
3 3 (20.00%) Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Java Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) React Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Control Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Ruby Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) React
2 5 (33.33%) .NET
2 5 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 5 (33.33%) RESTful
3 4 (26.67%) Spring
4 3 (20.00%) Blazor
4 3 (20.00%) Hibernate
5 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
5 2 (13.33%) Vue
6 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
6 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET
6 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (6.67%) Entity Framework
6 1 (6.67%) Node.js
6 1 (6.67%) REST
6 1 (6.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 4 (26.67%) DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) Microservices
4 4 (26.67%) OO
5 3 (20.00%) AI
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 3 (20.00%) OOP
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (20.00%) Web Development
6 2 (13.33%) Application Security
6 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
6 2 (13.33%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
7 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (26.67%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) Python
5 1 (6.67%) Ada
5 1 (6.67%) Bicep
5 1 (6.67%) C
5 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
5 1 (6.67%) Ruby
5 1 (6.67%) Scala
5 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) IEC 61131
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Rockwell
1 1 (6.67%) Siemens