Software Developer Jobs in Scotland

The median annual salary for a Software Developer was £40,000 in advertised job vacancies in Scotland during the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

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

Software Developer UK / Scotland
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	61	93	108
Rank change year-on-year	+32	+15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer	110	69	58
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland	4.05%	2.41%	1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category	4.31%	2.49%	1.95%
Number of salaries quoted	94	51	39
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	-5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£35,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£47,500	£50,000	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£39,500
% change year-on-year	-	+1.26%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles Scotland
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	2552	2769	2967
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland	94.03%	96.62%	95.19%
Number of salaries quoted	1640	1596	1883
Median salary	£43,000	£43,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+1.17%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£27,500	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£60,000	£61,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Scotland that featured Software Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Scotland

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Software Developer in Scotland

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Developer in Scotland over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Scotland

Software 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 Software Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Edinburgh	+25	67	£40,000	-11.11%	10
Glasgow	+16	42	£40,000	+6.66%	8
West Lothian	-5	3	£23,000	-48.88%
Fife	+7	2	£42,500	+57.40%
Aberdeen	-	2	£35,000	-	1
Dundee	-10	1	£22,500	-44.09%	2
Falkirk	-	1	£37,500	-
Stirling	-	1	£27,500	-
Lothian	-	1	£40,000	-
Software Developer UK

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, Software Developer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Scotland region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1	126 (67.38%)	C#
2	115 (61.50%)	.NET
3	85 (45.45%)	Agile Software Development
4	73 (39.04%)	JavaScript
5	72 (38.50%)	SQL Server
6	71 (37.97%)	MVC
7	65 (34.76%)	Java
7	65 (34.76%)	SQL
8	64 (34.22%)	ASP.NET
9	57 (30.48%)	Software Engineering
10	53 (28.34%)	HTML
11	51 (27.27%)	SDLC
12	40 (21.39%)	CSS
13	37 (19.79%)	Microsoft
14	33 (17.65%)	Finance

14	33 (17.65%)	ASP.NET MVC
14	33 (17.65%)	Degree
15	29 (15.51%)	Web Services
16	27 (14.44%)	OO
16	27 (14.44%)	.NET Framework
16	27 (14.44%)	TDD
16	27 (14.44%)	AngularJS
17	26 (13.90%)	Microsoft Azure
17	26 (13.90%)	Open Source
18	25 (13.37%)	Security Cleared
18	25 (13.37%)	SOAP
19	24 (12.83%)	Visual Studio
19	24 (12.83%)	MongoDB
19	24 (12.83%)	WCF
20	23 (12.30%)	Unit Testing

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	6 (3.21%)	BizTalk Server
2	4 (2.14%)	JBoss
2	4 (2.14%)	Tomcat
3	3 (1.60%)	SharePoint
4	2 (1.07%)	Apache
4	2 (1.07%)	CMS
4	2 (1.07%)	Confluence
4	2 (1.07%)	Oracle SOA Suite
5	1 (0.53%)	Cloud Foundry
5	1 (0.53%)	IIS
5	1 (0.53%)	Tornado

Applications
1	1 (0.53%)	Microsoft Excel

Cloud Services
1	26 (13.90%)	Microsoft Azure
2	10 (5.35%)	Amazon AWS
3	7 (3.74%)	GitHub
4	3 (1.60%)	iPaaS
4	3 (1.60%)	PaaS
4	3 (1.60%)	SaaS
5	1 (0.53%)	Slack
5	1 (0.53%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	2 (1.07%)	Internet
2	1 (0.53%)	HTTP
2	1 (0.53%)	HTTPS
2	1 (0.53%)	Intranet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	72 (38.50%)	SQL Server
2	24 (12.83%)	MongoDB
3	21 (11.23%)	Neo4j
4	20 (10.70%)	Hadoop
5	17 (9.09%)	Relational Database
6	9 (4.81%)	NoSQL
7	8 (4.28%)	Azure SQL Database
7	8 (4.28%)	SQL Server 2008
8	7 (3.74%)	MySQL
8	7 (3.74%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	6 (3.21%)	SQL Server 2005
10	5 (2.67%)	PostgreSQL
10	5 (2.67%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
11	4 (2.14%)	CouchDB
11	4 (2.14%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
12	3 (1.60%)	Spatial Data
13	2 (1.07%)	Oracle Database
13	2 (1.07%)	Redis
13	2 (1.07%)	SQL Server 2012
13	2 (1.07%)	SQL Server 2014

Development Applications
1	24 (12.83%)	Visual Studio
2	14 (7.49%)	NUnit
2	14 (7.49%)	Team Foundation Server
3	12 (6.42%)	Git (software)
4	10 (5.35%)	Jenkins
5	9 (4.81%)	Moq
6	8 (4.28%)	Eclipse
6	8 (4.28%)	Maven
7	7 (3.74%)	JIRA
7	7 (3.74%)	JUnit
7	7 (3.74%)	Subversion
8	5 (2.67%)	Rhino Mocks
9	4 (2.14%)	Ant
9	4 (2.14%)	JMeter
10	3 (1.60%)	NSubstitute
10	3 (1.60%)	TeamCity
11	2 (1.07%)	Appium
11	2 (1.07%)	Calabash
11	2 (1.07%)	Gatling
11	2 (1.07%)	SpecFlow

General
1	33 (17.65%)	Finance
2	9 (4.81%)	Marketing
3	7 (3.74%)	Financial Institution
4	6 (3.21%)	Local Government
5	5 (2.67%)	Banking
6	3 (1.60%)	Electronics
7	1 (0.53%)	Games
7	1 (0.53%)	Manufacturing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	115 (61.50%)	.NET
2	64 (34.22%)	ASP.NET
3	53 (28.34%)	HTML
4	40 (21.39%)	CSS
5	33 (17.65%)	ASP.NET MVC
6	29 (15.51%)	Web Services
7	27 (14.44%)	.NET Framework
7	27 (14.44%)	AngularJS
8	25 (13.37%)	SOAP
9	24 (12.83%)	WCF
10	23 (12.30%)	XML
11	21 (11.23%)	jQuery
12	16 (8.56%)	ASP.NET Web API
13	15 (8.02%)	RESTful
14	14 (7.49%)	HTML5
14	14 (7.49%)	REST
15	11 (5.88%)	Spring
16	10 (5.35%)	Entity Framework
17	9 (4.81%)	Hibernate
17	9 (4.81%)	JSON

Miscellaneous
1	17 (9.09%)	Computer Science
2	7 (3.74%)	Greenfield Project
2	7 (3.74%)	Mobile App
3	4 (2.14%)	Tandem
4	3 (1.60%)	Analytical Skills
4	3 (1.60%)	Spread Betting
5	2 (1.07%)	Algorithms
5	2 (1.07%)	Data Structures
5	2 (1.07%)	Driving Licence
5	2 (1.07%)	Fintech
5	2 (1.07%)	W3C
6	1 (0.53%)	Blackberry
6	1 (0.53%)	STB
6	1 (0.53%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	23 (12.30%)	Windows
2	16 (8.56%)	Android
3	12 (6.42%)	Linux
4	11 (5.88%)	Apple iOS
5	2 (1.07%)	Embedded Linux
5	2 (1.07%)	Solaris
5	2 (1.07%)	Unix
6	1 (0.53%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.53%)	Windows Phone
6	1 (0.53%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	85 (45.45%)	Agile Software Development
2	71 (37.97%)	MVC
3	57 (30.48%)	Software Engineering
4	51 (27.27%)	SDLC
5	27 (14.44%)	OO
5	27 (14.44%)	TDD
6	26 (13.90%)	Open Source
7	23 (12.30%)	Scrum
7	23 (12.30%)	Unit Testing
8	22 (11.76%)	Open Source Development
9	21 (11.23%)	Continuous Integration
10	19 (10.16%)	Mentoring
11	8 (4.28%)	OOD
11	8 (4.28%)	Test Automation
12	7 (3.74%)	Cash Management
12	7 (3.74%)	Mobile Development
12	7 (3.74%)	SOA
12	7 (3.74%)	Web Application Development
12	7 (3.74%)	Web Development
13	6 (3.21%)	Front End Development

Programming Languages
1	126 (67.38%)	C#
2	73 (39.04%)	JavaScript
3	65 (34.76%)	Java
3	65 (34.76%)	SQL
4	23 (12.30%)	Python
5	19 (10.16%)	C++
6	13 (6.95%)	VB
7	10 (5.35%)	C
8	7 (3.74%)	PL/SQL
8	7 (3.74%)	Scala
8	7 (3.74%)	T-SQL
9	6 (3.21%)	Ruby
9	6 (3.21%)	VB.NET
9	6 (3.21%)	VB6
10	4 (2.14%)	PHP
11	3 (1.60%)	PowerShell
11	3 (1.60%)	TypeScript
11	3 (1.60%)	XPath
12	2 (1.07%)	Objective-C
12	2 (1.07%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	33 (17.65%)	Degree
2	25 (13.37%)	Security Cleared
3	8 (4.28%)	Microsoft Certification
4	6 (3.21%)	Computer Science Degree
5	5 (2.67%)	SC Cleared
6	3 (1.60%)	Master's Degree
6	3 (1.60%)	MCAD
6	3 (1.60%)	MCSD
6	3 (1.60%)	MCTS
7	1 (0.53%)	Sun Certification