Junior Developer Jobs in Scotland

Junior Developer
UK > Scotland

As of 4 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Junior Developer salary in Scotland.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 272 202
Rank change year-on-year +127 -70 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 3 8 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.12% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 14
10th Percentile - - £27,000
25th Percentile - £27,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile - £32,813 £41,250
90th Percentile - £33,375 -
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -

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 2,621 6,525 4,272
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 96.88% 90.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,375 2,619 2,331
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £32,000
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,443 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in Scotland

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in Scotland

Junior Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Glasgow +176 2 - - 1
Aberdeen +29 1 - -
Junior Developer
UK

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Junior Developer 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 Junior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Stability
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon MSK
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Micro Frontends
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (33.33%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Grafana
3 1 (33.33%) BlazeMeter
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation

Junior Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon MSK
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (33.33%) BlazeMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (33.33%) DynamoDB
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Stability
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Enablement
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Micro Frontends
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) HND
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
1 1 (33.33%) Epicor
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk