Software Developer Jobs in Scotland

Software Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Software Developer salary in Scotland is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 134 83
Rank change year-on-year -36 -51 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 112 97 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.68% 2.08% 3.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.31% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 92 88 67
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £31,450
25th Percentile £43,438 £38,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,425 £66,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 6,478 4,194 5,619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.90% 90.04% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,276 3,002
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Scotland

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Scotland

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -106 35 £57,500 +9.52% 8
Aberdeen 0 27 £52,500 +23.53% 4
Edinburgh +24 24 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Dundee - 10 £47,500 -
Fife -2 6 £50,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 3 £65,000 - 3
Inverclyde - 2 £47,500 -
Lanarkshire -8 1 - - 6
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 51 (45.54%) Software Engineering
2 32 (28.57%) Agile
2 32 (28.57%) C#
3 31 (27.68%) .NET
3 31 (27.68%) Computer Science
4 29 (25.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (23.21%) Azure
6 23 (20.54%) Degree
6 23 (20.54%) CI/CD
7 22 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (19.64%) SDLC
7 22 (19.64%) AWS
8 21 (18.75%) JavaScript
8 21 (18.75%) Python
8 21 (18.75%) Front End Development
8 21 (18.75%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (17.86%) AngularJS
10 19 (16.96%) Ruby
11 16 (14.29%) SaaS
12 15 (13.39%) HTML
12 15 (13.39%) Finance
13 14 (12.50%) CSS
13 14 (12.50%) TypeScript
13 14 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
13 14 (12.50%) Social Skills
14 13 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (11.61%) DevOps
14 13 (11.61%) C
14 13 (11.61%) SQL Server
14 13 (11.61%) Java

Software Developer 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 5 (4.46%) WordPress
2 4 (3.57%) OpenEdge
3 1 (0.89%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.21%) Azure
2 22 (19.64%) AWS
3 16 (14.29%) SaaS
4 6 (5.36%) Serverless
5 3 (2.68%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.89%) GCP
7 1 (0.89%) GitHub
7 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.89%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.82%) MySQL
3 5 (4.46%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.79%) Power BI
6 1 (0.89%) GIS
6 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.89%) Vite
2 1 (0.89%) webpack
General
1 29 (25.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (13.39%) Finance
3 14 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 12 (10.71%) Law
5 11 (9.82%) Marketing
6 4 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Banking
8 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (27.68%) .NET
2 20 (17.86%) AngularJS
3 15 (13.39%) HTML
4 14 (12.50%) CSS
5 11 (9.82%) React
6 9 (8.04%) .NET Framework
7 8 (7.14%) .NET Core
8 7 (6.25%) Node.js
8 7 (6.25%) Vue
8 7 (6.25%) XML
9 6 (5.36%) JSON
9 6 (5.36%) Serverless Framework
10 5 (4.46%) Entity Framework
11 4 (3.57%) Blazor
11 4 (3.57%) REST
12 3 (2.68%) Spring
13 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET
13 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
13 2 (1.79%) HTML5
14 1 (0.89%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.75%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (10.71%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.57%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.89%) Linux
1 1 (0.89%) Unix
1 1 (0.89%) VMS
1 1 (0.89%) Windows
1 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (45.54%) Software Engineering
2 32 (28.57%) Agile
3 31 (27.68%) Computer Science
4 23 (20.54%) CI/CD
5 22 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (19.64%) SDLC
6 21 (18.75%) Front End Development
7 14 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
8 13 (11.61%) DevOps
9 12 (10.71%) Machine Learning
9 12 (10.71%) User Experience
9 12 (10.71%) UX Design
10 11 (9.82%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (9.82%) Community of Practice
10 11 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (9.82%) Operational Stability
10 11 (9.82%) Visualisation
11 10 (8.93%) Design Patterns
12 8 (7.14%) Customer Experience
13 7 (6.25%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 32 (28.57%) C#
2 21 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 21 (18.75%) Python
3 19 (16.96%) Ruby
4 14 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 13 (11.61%) C
5 13 (11.61%) Java
6 11 (9.82%) PHP
6 11 (9.82%) SQL
7 9 (8.04%) C++
8 1 (0.89%) Elixir
8 1 (0.89%) Go
8 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.89%) Perl
8 1 (0.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (20.54%) Degree
2 13 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (6.25%) Firmware
2 1 (0.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.89%) Vermilion