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The median annual salary for a Software Engineer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies in Scotland during the 6 months to 16 August 2018. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Software Engineer |
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6 months to
16 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
35 |
47 |
78 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+12 |
+31 |
+6 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
368 |
298 |
188 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland |
6.74% |
5.58% |
3.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
7.04% |
5.85% |
3.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
246 |
201 |
126 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+12.50% |
- |
+3.90% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,736 |
£26,000 |
£28,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£67,500 |
£57,500 |
£60,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
- |
+5.88% |
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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies Scotland |
| Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title |
5,227 |
5,093 |
5,429 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.73% |
95.43% |
95.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,512 |
3,163 |
3,270 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£44,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
-3.41% |
+3.53% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,724 |
£27,500 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£69,375 |
£67,500 |
£65,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
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