Software Engineering
Scotland > Scottish Borders
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Scottish Borders 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 1 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +2 | -1 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders | - | 55.56% | 29.63% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 71.43% | 29.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £26,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £26,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £30,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -47.83% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £32,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £58,033 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.28% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Scottish Borders
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 the Scottish Borders.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders | - | 77.78% | 100.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £33,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £23,000 | £36,904 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -37.68% | -35.82% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £43,375 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £70,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | +6.48% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Scottish Borders
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders.
Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Scottish Borders
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the Scottish Borders.