Senior Developer Job Trends in Livingston

Senior Developer
West Lothian > Livingston

The median Senior Developer salary in Livingston is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Livingston 7.35% 3.33% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.35% 3.33% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £87,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Lothian median annual salary £85,000 - £60,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Livingston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Livingston. 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 Livingston with a recognized job title 68 30 81
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 97.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 48
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,900 £31,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +81.82%
75th Percentile £44,375 - £63,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,500 £71,250
West Lothian median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -38.33% +33.33%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Livingston

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Livingston

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Livingston.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Livingston

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, Senior Developer 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 Livingston region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) LDAP
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) OAuth
2 2 (40.00%) OpenID
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) SAML
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (20.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) QA

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (20.00%) Games
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) LDAP
1 2 (40.00%) OAuth
1 2 (40.00%) OpenID
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) SAML
1 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Order Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) SOQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Google