Systems Developer Jobs in Scotland

System Developer
UK > Scotland

The median System Developer salary in Scotland is £42,396 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 283 228
Rank change year-on-year +136 -55 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.015% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.015% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £34,999 - -
25th Percentile £36,872 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,396 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.13% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £46,572 - £55,000
90th Percentile £47,636 - -
UK median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,619 6,527 4,267
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 96.90% 90.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 2,623 2,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,800 £31,491
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,369 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in Scotland

Systems Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in Scotland

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £47,292 -
Fife - 1 £37,500 -
Systems Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Epicor
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) OCI
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Enterprise
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSL
2 1 (33.33%) HND
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse

Systems 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Enterprise
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Input Data Acquisition
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Epicor
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle