Development Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Development Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Development Engineer salary in Scotland is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 275 212
Rank change year-on-year +135 -63 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Engineer 5 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.030% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.031% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £45,250 - £43,695
25th Percentile £47,500 - £52,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £77,542
90th Percentile £64,750 - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -19.23% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,557 6,524 4,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 96.85% 90.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,368 2,620 2,315
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,449
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Engineer in Scotland

Development Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Development Engineer in Scotland

Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Engineer in Scotland

Development Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 2 £55,000 - 19
Fife - 2 - - 1
West Lothian - 1 - -
Development Engineer
UK

Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Development 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 Scotland region featuring Development Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Tech for Good
3 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) API Testing
3 2 (40.00%) SDET
3 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (40.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Postman
3 2 (40.00%) Playwright
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) SoapUI
3 2 (40.00%) Mentor Graphics
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (40.00%) CCA
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) LabVIEW

Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (40.00%) LabVIEW
1 2 (40.00%) Postman
1 2 (40.00%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Playwright
2 1 (20.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) API Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (40.00%) SDET
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Data Acquisition
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Observability
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCA
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk