Software Engineering Jobs in Scotland

Software Engineering
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 524 3,082 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.59% 45.75% 17.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.20% 49.26% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 407 538 473
10th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,801 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,938 £77,715
90th Percentile £91,661 £98,474 £97,290
UK median annual salary £66,206 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -10.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,594 6,257 4,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.05% 92.89% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 2,424 2,232
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,488
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Scotland

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Scotland

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Scotland

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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 -6 168 £66,500 +10.83% 96
South Ayrshire - 79 £58,033 - 3
Glasgow -2 72 £58,033 -5.64% 77
East Ayrshire - 59 £58,033 - 2
Ayrshire - 47 £58,033 - 6
North Ayrshire - 24 £58,033 - 1
West Lothian +3 20 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Fife -7 17 £51,250 +2.50% 3
Moray - 13 £49,050 -
Lanarkshire +12 12 £75,000 - 10
Aberdeenshire +2 5 £62,500 +47.06% 1
Aberdeen -9 5 £58,000 +10.48% 10
Dundee -6 1 - - 18
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
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 5 (0.95%) Apache
2 4 (0.76%) Confluence
2 4 (0.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.19%) CICS
4 1 (0.19%) Solana
Applications
1 207 (39.50%) Simulink
2 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 62 (11.83%) AWS
2 59 (11.26%) Azure
2 59 (11.26%) GCP
3 19 (3.63%) GitHub
4 11 (2.10%) SaaS
5 10 (1.91%) OpenShift
6 7 (1.34%) Amazon S3
6 7 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.34%) Serverless
7 5 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (0.95%) Amazon SageMaker
7 5 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.76%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (0.76%) Google Analytics
9 3 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (0.57%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.91%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.15%) Ethernet
2 6 (1.15%) RS-232
3 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.38%) FTP
3 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.38%) Wireless
4 1 (0.19%) Internet
4 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.19%) Multicast
4 1 (0.19%) RTP
4 1 (0.19%) RTSP
4 1 (0.19%) SpaceWire
4 1 (0.19%) VoIP
4 1 (0.19%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.67%) NoSQL
2 11 (2.10%) MongoDB
3 10 (1.91%) MySQL
4 9 (1.72%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.15%) Big Data
7 6 (1.15%) DB2
7 6 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.76%) SQLite
9 3 (0.57%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.57%) Metadata
10 2 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.38%) Power BI
11 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.19%) Flink
Development Applications
1 20 (3.82%) Git
1 20 (3.82%) Jenkins
2 10 (1.91%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.53%) JIRA
3 8 (1.53%) webpack
4 5 (0.95%) Eclipse
4 5 (0.95%) Eclipse RCP
4 5 (0.95%) IBM UrbanCode
5 4 (0.76%) JUnit
5 4 (0.76%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.57%) GitLab
6 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.57%) Xcode
6 3 (0.57%) XCTest
6 3 (0.57%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.38%) Maven
7 2 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 96 (18.32%) Finance
2 77 (14.69%) Banking
3 64 (12.21%) Electronics
4 42 (8.02%) Social Skills
5 22 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.24%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.67%) Games
8 8 (1.53%) Legal
9 6 (1.15%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.95%) Tech for Good
11 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.38%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.38%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.38%) Marketing
12 2 (0.38%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.38%) Wearables
13 1 (0.19%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.19%) Military
13 1 (0.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 207 (39.50%) Systems Engineer
2 168 (32.06%) Software Engineer
3 95 (18.13%) Senior
4 72 (13.74%) Senior Software Engineer
5 45 (8.59%) Principal Engineer
6 37 (7.06%) Software Assurance Engineer
7 28 (5.34%) Embedded Engineer
7 28 (5.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 21 (4.01%) Lead
9 20 (3.82%) Architect
10 19 (3.63%) Developer
11 17 (3.24%) Junior
12 15 (2.86%) Junior Software Engineer
13 10 (1.91%) Junior Embedded Engineer
13 10 (1.91%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
13 10 (1.91%) Senior Architect
13 10 (1.91%) Senior Software Architect
13 10 (1.91%) Senior Systems Architect
13 10 (1.91%) Software Architect
13 10 (1.91%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.97%) React
2 46 (8.78%) CSS
3 43 (8.21%) HTML
4 33 (6.30%) .NET
5 32 (6.11%) Spring
6 28 (5.34%) Spring Boot
7 20 (3.82%) AngularJS
8 17 (3.24%) Node.js
9 16 (3.05%) Kafka
10 15 (2.86%) RESTful
11 12 (2.29%) .NET Framework
11 12 (2.29%) Software Packaging
12 11 (2.10%) .NET Core
12 11 (2.10%) Middleware
13 10 (1.91%) Laravel
13 10 (1.91%) Redux
13 10 (1.91%) REST
14 7 (1.34%) Hibernate
14 7 (1.34%) OAuth
14 7 (1.34%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.01%) Embedded Systems
1 21 (4.01%) Public Cloud
2 13 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (2.10%) Algorithms
3 11 (2.10%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.10%) Private Cloud
4 7 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.15%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.15%) Life Science
5 6 (1.15%) Mainframe
6 5 (0.95%) Hackathon
6 5 (0.95%) Learning Management System
6 5 (0.95%) Robotics
7 4 (0.76%) Wiki
8 3 (0.57%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.57%) Device Driver
8 3 (0.57%) IoT
8 3 (0.57%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.38%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.49%) Linux
2 10 (1.91%) Unix
2 10 (1.91%) Windows
3 7 (1.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.95%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.38%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Rocky
7 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (46.56%) Systems Engineering
2 239 (45.61%) Mathematics
3 213 (40.65%) Validation
4 209 (39.89%) Verification and Validation
5 207 (39.50%) Digital Twin
5 207 (39.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 207 (39.50%) SysML
6 120 (22.90%) Agile
7 72 (13.74%) DevOps
8 68 (12.98%) Mentoring
8 68 (12.98%) Microservices
9 56 (10.69%) CI/CD
10 47 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (8.21%) Test Automation
12 42 (8.02%) Decision-Making
13 39 (7.44%) TDD
14 37 (7.06%) Software Assurance
15 34 (6.49%) Artificial Intelligence
15 34 (6.49%) Customer Experience
15 34 (6.49%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 208 (39.69%) MATLAB
2 98 (18.70%) Java
3 56 (10.69%) JavaScript
4 55 (10.50%) SQL
5 52 (9.92%) C++
6 51 (9.73%) C#
7 47 (8.97%) C
8 43 (8.21%) Python
9 33 (6.30%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.86%) PHP
11 14 (2.67%) Rust
12 8 (1.53%) Go
12 8 (1.53%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.15%) Bash
14 6 (1.15%) Embedded C
14 6 (1.15%) JCL
14 6 (1.15%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.15%) Objective-C
15 5 (0.95%) Ada
Qualifications
1 261 (49.81%) Degree
2 208 (39.69%) HND
3 207 (39.50%) HNC
4 42 (8.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.53%) PhD
7 7 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.76%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.76%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.38%) CCA
9 2 (0.38%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.67%) QA
2 5 (0.95%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.38%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.38%) MISRA
4 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.19%) ECSS
5 1 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 33 (6.30%) Docker
2 5 (0.95%) Firmware
3 4 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) NDS
Systems Management
1 49 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.10%) Terraform
3 5 (0.95%) CA Endevor
3 5 (0.95%) Grafana
4 2 (0.38%) Ansible
4 2 (0.38%) Istio
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.19%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.19%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (3.44%) Google
2 14 (2.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (1.34%) IBM
4 4 (0.76%) Adobe
4 4 (0.76%) Oracle
4 4 (0.76%) Ping Identity
4 4 (0.76%) Splunk
4 4 (0.76%) Tealium
5 3 (0.57%) Dynatrace
5 3 (0.57%) Sybase
6 2 (0.38%) ForgeRock
6 2 (0.38%) Mentor Graphics
6 2 (0.38%) SAP
7 1 (0.19%) Apple
7 1 (0.19%) Cisco
7 1 (0.19%) Epicor
7 1 (0.19%) NetIQ
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.19%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.19%) Yahoo!