Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Scotland is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 60 108
Rank change year-on-year -21 +48 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 72 418 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.57% 6.20% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.81% 6.40% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 62 150 73
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £50,250
25th Percentile £52,688 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,706
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.32% +0.33%
75th Percentile £82,751 £65,000 £76,385
90th Percentile £93,778 £67,725 £77,715
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 2,560 6,531 4,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 96.88% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,366 2,624 2,338
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,744 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software 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 Senior Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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 -20 40 £71,500 +19.17% 20
Glasgow +30 13 £55,000 -10.57% 6
West Lothian +5 9 £62,500 +4.17% 9
Fife - 3 £58,000 - 1
Moray - 2 £58,000 -
East Ayrshire - 2 £58,000 -
South Ayrshire - 2 £58,000 -
Dundee +16 1 - - 2
Senior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Software 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 Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (48.61%) Agile
3 29 (40.28%) Java
3 29 (40.28%) GCP
4 27 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 27 (37.50%) Azure
5 25 (34.72%) AWS
6 24 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 24 (33.33%) Finance
7 23 (31.94%) CI/CD
8 21 (29.17%) DevOps
8 21 (29.17%) TDD
9 20 (27.78%) Microservices
9 20 (27.78%) React
10 18 (25.00%) Kubernetes
10 18 (25.00%) Banking
11 16 (22.22%) Python
12 15 (20.83%) HTML
12 15 (20.83%) CSS
13 13 (18.06%) Linux
13 13 (18.06%) C++
13 13 (18.06%) Spring
13 13 (18.06%) Spring Boot
14 12 (16.67%) Games
15 11 (15.28%) C
15 11 (15.28%) Git
15 11 (15.28%) Degree
15 11 (15.28%) Docker
15 11 (15.28%) TypeScript
15 11 (15.28%) Customer Experience

Senior Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 29 (40.28%) GCP
2 27 (37.50%) Azure
3 25 (34.72%) AWS
4 4 (5.56%) Adobe Analytics
4 4 (5.56%) Google Analytics
4 4 (5.56%) SaaS
5 3 (4.17%) GitHub
6 2 (2.78%) Apigee
6 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.78%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.39%) npm
7 1 (1.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 6 (8.33%) RS-232
2 1 (1.39%) Multicast
2 1 (1.39%) RTP
2 1 (1.39%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) MySQL
2 3 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.78%) Big Data
3 2 (2.78%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.78%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (15.28%) Git
2 8 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 8 (11.11%) webpack
3 3 (4.17%) JIRA
3 3 (4.17%) SonarQube
3 3 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (2.78%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.78%) JUnit
4 2 (2.78%) Maven
5 1 (1.39%) GitLab
5 1 (1.39%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (1.39%) Postman
5 1 (1.39%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.39%) Subversion
General
1 24 (33.33%) Finance
2 18 (25.00%) Banking
3 12 (16.67%) Games
4 6 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.56%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.78%) Agriculture
7 2 (2.78%) Electronics
7 2 (2.78%) Tech for Good
7 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.39%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (27.78%) React
2 15 (20.83%) CSS
2 15 (20.83%) HTML
3 13 (18.06%) Spring
3 13 (18.06%) Spring Boot
4 10 (13.89%) RESTful
5 9 (12.50%) Redux
6 8 (11.11%) .NET
7 7 (9.72%) .NET Core
7 7 (9.72%) Node.js
8 6 (8.33%) AngularJS
9 5 (6.94%) Jest
10 4 (5.56%) Enzyme
10 4 (5.56%) JWT
10 4 (5.56%) Kafka
10 4 (5.56%) LAMP
10 4 (5.56%) Laravel
10 4 (5.56%) OAuth
10 4 (5.56%) OAuth2
10 4 (5.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.17%) Device Driver
3 3 (4.17%) Life Science
4 2 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.39%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.39%) IPTV
5 1 (1.39%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.39%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.39%) MPEG
5 1 (1.39%) PCIe
5 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.06%) Linux
2 7 (9.72%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (5.56%) Unix
4 3 (4.17%) Windows
5 1 (1.39%) Android
5 1 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.39%) Rocky
5 1 (1.39%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (48.61%) Agile
3 24 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 23 (31.94%) CI/CD
5 21 (29.17%) DevOps
5 21 (29.17%) TDD
6 20 (27.78%) Microservices
7 11 (15.28%) Customer Experience
8 10 (13.89%) Clean Code
8 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
8 10 (13.89%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (13.89%) Mentoring
8 10 (13.89%) Software Testing
9 9 (12.50%) DevSecOps
9 9 (12.50%) E-Commerce
9 9 (12.50%) Mathematics
9 9 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (12.50%) SDLC
9 9 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
10 8 (11.11%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 29 (40.28%) Java
2 27 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 16 (22.22%) Python
4 13 (18.06%) C++
5 11 (15.28%) C
5 11 (15.28%) TypeScript
6 10 (13.89%) PHP
7 9 (12.50%) Rust
7 9 (12.50%) SQL
8 8 (11.11%) C#
9 7 (9.72%) Go
10 3 (4.17%) Embedded C
11 1 (1.39%) Bash
11 1 (1.39%) JCL
11 1 (1.39%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.39%) Perl
11 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (15.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.94%) QA
System Software
1 11 (15.28%) Docker
2 4 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.94%) Terraform
3 2 (2.78%) Istio
4 1 (1.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) CA Endevor
4 1 (1.39%) Opsgenie
4 1 (1.39%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (5.56%) Adobe
1 4 (5.56%) Google
1 4 (5.56%) Tealium
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.39%) ForgeRock
3 1 (1.39%) Ping Identity
3 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.39%) Splunk