Senior Jobs in Scotland

Senior
UK > Scotland

The median Senior salary in Scotland is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 5 12 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 473 791 755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 16.57% 15.67% 16.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.05% 16.37% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 286 481 509
10th Percentile £46,903 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,385 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,774 4,833 4,392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.16% 95.74% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,777 2,760 2,872
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £78,725
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Senior in Scotland

Senior
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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 +5 242 £68,000 +0.64% 92
Glasgow 0 154 £60,000 - 48
Aberdeen +6 43 £60,000 +9.09% 15
West Lothian +4 8 £60,000 +20.00% 8
Roxburghshire - 8 £37,500 -
Stirling -3 3 £57,000 -18.57% 2
Fife +11 2 - - 5
South Lanarkshire +4 2 £65,000 +100.00% 2
Lanarkshire +8 1 £75,000 +27.66% 14
South Ayrshire 0 1 £70,000 -
Senior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 175 (37.00%) Agile
2 121 (25.58%) Software Engineering
3 116 (24.52%) SQL
4 113 (23.89%) Social Skills
5 103 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
6 100 (21.14%) Java
7 92 (19.45%) Python
7 92 (19.45%) AWS
8 91 (19.24%) Finance
9 85 (17.97%) Azure
10 76 (16.07%) React
11 69 (14.59%) Windows
12 68 (14.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 67 (14.16%) JavaScript
13 67 (14.16%) Degree
14 61 (12.90%) DevOps
15 59 (12.47%) Actionable Insight
15 59 (12.47%) Banking
16 55 (11.63%) CI/CD
17 54 (11.42%) CSS
18 53 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
19 52 (10.99%) Linux
19 52 (10.99%) Customer Service
20 50 (10.57%) Mentoring
20 50 (10.57%) HTML
20 50 (10.57%) Computer Science
21 49 (10.36%) AngularJS
21 49 (10.36%) C#
21 49 (10.36%) .NET
21 49 (10.36%) Microsoft

Senior 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 29 (6.13%) Confluence
2 14 (2.96%) JBoss
2 14 (2.96%) Red Hat Fuse
3 7 (1.48%) IIS
4 6 (1.27%) SAS
5 5 (1.06%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.85%) CMS
7 2 (0.42%) Apache
7 2 (0.42%) WordPress
8 1 (0.21%) Jetty
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.27%) Simulink
2 6 (1.27%) Stateflow
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.63%) Abaqus
5 2 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.42%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.21%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.21%) Primavera
2 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 92 (19.45%) AWS
2 85 (17.97%) Azure
3 41 (8.67%) GCP
4 36 (7.61%) SaaS
5 35 (7.40%) GitHub
6 21 (4.44%) Serverless
7 19 (4.02%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.33%) OpenShift
11 11 (2.33%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (1.90%) Azure Functions
13 7 (1.48%) Azure API Management
14 5 (1.06%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.06%) PaaS
15 3 (0.63%) Adobe Analytics
15 3 (0.63%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.82%) WAN
2 30 (6.34%) LAN
3 27 (5.71%) Firewall
4 23 (4.86%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.23%) Network Security
6 15 (3.17%) Ethernet
7 12 (2.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.48%) Wireless
10 6 (1.27%) RS-232
11 4 (0.85%) BGP
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 4 (0.85%) HSRP
11 4 (0.85%) OSPF
11 4 (0.85%) VLAN
12 3 (0.63%) Modbus
12 3 (0.63%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 30 (6.34%) MySQL
3 24 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.75%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (2.33%) MongoDB
10 10 (2.11%) Power BI
10 10 (2.11%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.90%) Tableau
12 6 (1.27%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.27%) Oracle Database 11g
13 5 (1.06%) Big Data
13 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.85%) DB2
14 4 (0.85%) JasperReports
14 4 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 45 (9.51%) Jenkins
2 41 (8.67%) JIRA
3 38 (8.03%) Git
4 33 (6.98%) IntelliJ
5 27 (5.71%) Maven
6 13 (2.75%) Cucumber
7 11 (2.33%) Selenium
8 10 (2.11%) GitLab
9 8 (1.69%) IBM UrbanCode
10 7 (1.48%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.48%) Subversion
11 6 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (1.06%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (1.06%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.06%) Mocha
12 5 (1.06%) Postman
12 5 (1.06%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.85%) NUnit
14 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (23.89%) Social Skills
2 91 (19.24%) Finance
3 68 (14.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (12.47%) Banking
5 33 (6.98%) Marketing
6 32 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (6.34%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.13%) Games
9 21 (4.44%) Retail
10 15 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.11%) Law
12 9 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.06%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.85%) Legal
17 3 (0.63%) Advertising
17 3 (0.63%) Electronics
17 3 (0.63%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (16.07%) React
2 54 (11.42%) CSS
3 50 (10.57%) HTML
4 49 (10.36%) .NET
4 49 (10.36%) AngularJS
5 32 (6.77%) Spring
6 31 (6.55%) RESTful
7 26 (5.50%) Node.js
7 26 (5.50%) REST
8 23 (4.86%) React Native
9 20 (4.23%) .NET Framework
10 19 (4.02%) J2EE
10 19 (4.02%) jOOQ
10 19 (4.02%) Redux
10 19 (4.02%) XML
11 17 (3.59%) JSON
12 16 (3.38%) Spring Boot
13 15 (3.17%) .NET Core
13 15 (3.17%) JPA
13 15 (3.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.92%) Virtual Team
3 26 (5.50%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.86%) Public Cloud
5 21 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.23%) Data Structures
6 20 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.54%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.90%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.69%) Clustering
12 7 (1.48%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.27%) Device Driver
14 5 (1.06%) Driving Licence
14 5 (1.06%) Robotics
15 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
15 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
15 4 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.59%) Windows
2 52 (10.99%) Linux
3 36 (7.61%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.77%) Mac OS
4 32 (6.77%) Unix
5 6 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.85%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.63%) Android
7 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (37.00%) Agile
2 121 (25.58%) Software Engineering
3 103 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (12.90%) DevOps
5 59 (12.47%) Actionable Insight
6 55 (11.63%) CI/CD
7 53 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
8 52 (10.99%) Customer Service
9 50 (10.57%) Computer Science
9 50 (10.57%) Mentoring
10 43 (9.09%) Analytics
11 41 (8.67%) Microservices
12 40 (8.46%) Full Stack Development
13 36 (7.61%) Design Patterns
14 35 (7.40%) Scrum
15 31 (6.55%) Front End Development
16 30 (6.34%) Project Management
16 30 (6.34%) Test Automation
17 29 (6.13%) Prototyping
18 28 (5.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 116 (24.52%) SQL
2 100 (21.14%) Java
3 92 (19.45%) Python
4 67 (14.16%) JavaScript
5 49 (10.36%) C#
6 30 (6.34%) Bash
7 25 (5.29%) C++
8 21 (4.44%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.59%) C
10 16 (3.38%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.54%) PowerShell
12 10 (2.11%) Ruby
13 7 (1.48%) MATLAB
14 6 (1.27%) Embedded C
14 6 (1.27%) VBA
15 5 (1.06%) Scala
15 5 (1.06%) SOQL
16 4 (0.85%) Groovy
16 4 (0.85%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (14.16%) Degree
2 48 (10.15%) Security Cleared
3 39 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (7.40%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.02%) CCNA
7 12 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (2.11%) CISM
8 10 (2.11%) CISSP
8 10 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.11%) SSCP
9 8 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.85%) CISA
11 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.85%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.63%) CCIE
12 3 (0.63%) CCNP
12 3 (0.63%) OCP
12 3 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.59%) QA
2 16 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.33%) GDPR
4 9 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.06%) PMO
5 5 (1.06%) SLA
6 4 (0.85%) ITGC
7 3 (0.63%) CRD IV
7 3 (0.63%) SEPA
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.42%) IFRS
8 2 (0.42%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.21%) GRC
9 1 (0.21%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.21%) IASME
9 1 (0.21%) NIST
9 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 48 (10.15%) Docker
2 45 (9.51%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.33%) Firmware
4 4 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 41 (8.67%) Kubernetes
2 37 (7.82%) Terraform
3 13 (2.75%) Ansible
4 7 (1.48%) Puppet
4 7 (1.48%) SCCM
5 6 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.06%) Kibana
6 5 (1.06%) Nagios
6 5 (1.06%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.85%) vRealize
7 4 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.63%) WMI
9 2 (0.42%) MIIS
9 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) Grafana
10 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (10.36%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.71%) VMware
3 18 (3.81%) Oracle
4 17 (3.59%) Google
5 16 (3.38%) Acronis
5 16 (3.38%) Citrix
5 16 (3.38%) Symantec
6 15 (3.17%) NEC
7 14 (2.96%) Cisco
7 14 (2.96%) SAP
8 13 (2.75%) Dell
9 11 (2.33%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.69%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.48%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.48%) Veracode
12 6 (1.27%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.27%) Splunk
13 5 (1.06%) New Relic
13 5 (1.06%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.85%) Dataiku