Software Engineering Jobs in South Ayrshire

Software Engineering
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Ayrshire 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 88 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 43.56% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 45.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 72 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,801 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 - -
75th Percentile £60,265 - -
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
South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 195 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 96.53% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 104 2 0
10th Percentile - £54,625 -
25th Percentile £47,683 £55,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £61,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% - -
75th Percentile £60,265 £65,938 -
90th Percentile - £66,875 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in South Ayrshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in South Ayrshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in South Ayrshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in South Ayrshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in South Ayrshire

Software Engineering
Job Locations in South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Prestwick - 37 £58,033 - 2
Maybole - 26 £58,033 -
Ayr - 25 £58,033 -
Software Engineering
Scotland

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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 (1.14%) Apache
Applications
1 76 (86.36%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Eclipse
1 1 (1.14%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 9 (10.23%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 76 (86.36%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (10.23%) Principal Engineer
2 9 (10.23%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 3 (3.41%) Software Engineer
4 2 (2.27%) Senior
4 2 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (1.14%) Junior
5 1 (1.14%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.14%) CSS
1 1 (1.14%) HTML
1 1 (1.14%) JSP
1 1 (1.14%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.14%) Linux
1 1 (1.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (96.59%) Systems Engineering
2 79 (89.77%) Mathematics
3 76 (86.36%) Digital Twin
3 76 (86.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 76 (86.36%) SysML
3 76 (86.36%) Validation
3 76 (86.36%) Verification and Validation
4 9 (10.23%) Decision-Making
4 9 (10.23%) Software Assurance
5 3 (3.41%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (2.27%) Agile
6 2 (2.27%) CI/CD
6 2 (2.27%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.27%) DevSecOps
6 2 (2.27%) Software Testing
6 2 (2.27%) Test Automation
7 1 (1.14%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.14%) OO
7 1 (1.14%) Physics
7 1 (1.14%) UML
Programming Languages
1 76 (86.36%) MATLAB
2 3 (3.41%) Java
2 3 (3.41%) Python
2 3 (3.41%) Rust
3 1 (1.14%) Ada
3 1 (1.14%) C#
3 1 (1.14%) C++
3 1 (1.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (89.77%) Degree
2 76 (86.36%) HNC
2 76 (86.36%) HND
3 10 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance