Senior Job Trends in West Lothian

Senior
Scotland > West Lothian

The median Senior salary in West Lothian is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 15 3
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 21 16 18
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 16.41% 16.16% 29.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.44% 16.67% 29.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 17
10th Percentile £45,000 - £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile - £66,875 -
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 108 96 62
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.38% 96.97% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 59 26 55
10th Percentile £25,600 - £25,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -11.50%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Senior job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Senior
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Lothian.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Lothian

Senior
Salary Histogram in West Lothian

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in West Lothian over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in West Lothian

Senior
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 within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Linlithgow - 6 - - 1
Livingston +7 2 £45,000 - 4
Bathgate - 1 £26,000 -
Bo'ness - 1 - -
Senior
Scotland

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 11 (52.38%) Software Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) Ethernet
2 9 (42.86%) RS-232
3 5 (23.81%) Agile
3 5 (23.81%) EMC
3 5 (23.81%) FPGA Design
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Schematic Capture
3 5 (23.81%) Scrum
4 4 (19.05%) Broadband
4 4 (19.05%) C
4 4 (19.05%) C++
4 4 (19.05%) Embedded C
4 4 (19.05%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (19.05%) Linux
4 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (19.05%) Yocto
5 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 3 (14.29%) Azure
5 3 (14.29%) Bash
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (14.29%) Google Workspace
5 3 (14.29%) GraphQL
5 3 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (14.29%) LDAP
5 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 3 (14.29%) NCSC
5 3 (14.29%) NIST
5 3 (14.29%) OAuth

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 3 (14.29%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Ethernet
1 9 (42.86%) RS-232
2 4 (19.05%) Broadband
General
1 5 (23.81%) Electronics
2 3 (14.29%) Games
2 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Yocto
2 3 (14.29%) GraphQL
2 3 (14.29%) LDAP
2 3 (14.29%) OAuth
2 3 (14.29%) OpenID
2 3 (14.29%) REST
2 3 (14.29%) SAML
2 3 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) FPGA
1 5 (23.81%) VHDL
2 4 (19.05%) Device Driver
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (14.29%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) Agile
2 5 (23.81%) FPGA Design
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Schematic Capture
2 5 (23.81%) Scrum
3 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 3 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (4.76%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (4.76%) B2B
5 1 (4.76%) CRM
5 1 (4.76%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (4.76%) Kanban
5 1 (4.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (4.76%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (4.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C
1 4 (19.05%) C++
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded C
2 3 (14.29%) Bash
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) NCSC
1 3 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) EMC
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce