Senior Developer Job Trends in West Lothian

Senior Developer
Scotland > West Lothian

The median Senior Developer salary in West Lothian is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 4.31% 0.83% 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% 1.15% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £87,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -10.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Lothian

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Lothian. 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 West Lothian with a recognized job title 115 87 129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.14% 71.90% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 48 54 71
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,800 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,700 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -38.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in West Lothian.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in West Lothian

Senior Developer
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 11 August 2026. 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
Livingston 0 5 £85,000 - 2
Senior Developer
Scotland

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Lothian region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) LDAP
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) OAuth
2 2 (40.00%) OpenID
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) SAML
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (20.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) QA

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (20.00%) Games
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) LDAP
1 2 (40.00%) OAuth
1 2 (40.00%) OpenID
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) SAML
1 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Order Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) SOQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Google