Senior Jobs in West Lothian

Senior
Scotland > West Lothian

The median Senior salary in West Lothian is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 22 36 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 31.43% 31.86% 11.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 37.93% 34.95% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 9
10th Percentile £26,929 £45,000 £52,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -18.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,793 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% -7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 58 103 76
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.86% 91.15% 98.70%
Number of salaries quoted 39 60 65
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,450 £20,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £39,063 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% -30.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,462
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.34% +5.64%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in West Lothian

Senior
Salary Trend in West Lothian

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in West Lothian.

Salary trend for Senior in West Lothian

Senior
Salary Histogram in West Lothian

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in West Lothian over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

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 10 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
Linlithgow 0 3 £60,000 +14.29% 4
Livingston -5 2 - - 1
Bathgate - 1 - -
Senior
Scotland

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Senior 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 West Lothian region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 8 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) C
3 7 (31.82%) Linux
3 7 (31.82%) Ethernet
3 7 (31.82%) RS-232
4 6 (27.27%) Wireframes
4 6 (27.27%) Prototyping
4 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 6 (27.27%) User Experience
4 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 6 (27.27%) Design Thinking
4 6 (27.27%) Accessibility
4 6 (27.27%) User Research
4 6 (27.27%) UX Research
4 6 (27.27%) Journey Map
4 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 6 (27.27%) BT
4 6 (27.27%) Banking
4 6 (27.27%) Retail
4 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (27.27%) Games
4 6 (27.27%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (27.27%) Usability Testing
4 6 (27.27%) UX Design
5 4 (18.18%) C++
6 3 (13.64%) Embedded C

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Ethernet
1 7 (31.82%) RS-232
General
1 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 6 (27.27%) Banking
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Games
2 6 (27.27%) Retail
3 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.09%) Electronics
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Device Driver
2 2 (9.09%) FPGA
2 2 (9.09%) Life Science
2 2 (9.09%) VHDL
3 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 6 (27.27%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
4 6 (27.27%) Design Thinking
4 6 (27.27%) Journey Map
4 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 6 (27.27%) Prototyping
4 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (27.27%) Usability Testing
4 6 (27.27%) User Experience
4 6 (27.27%) User Research
4 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 6 (27.27%) UX Design
4 6 (27.27%) UX Research
4 6 (27.27%) Wireframes
5 2 (9.09%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (9.09%) FPGA Design
5 2 (9.09%) Schematic Capture
5 2 (9.09%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) C
2 4 (18.18%) C++
3 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (9.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) BT
2 2 (9.09%) EMC