Software Developer Jobs in West Lothian

Software Developer
Scotland > West Lothian

The median Software Developer salary in West Lothian is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 0.81% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -9.76%

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 89 285 63
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 72.36% 98.28% 98.44%
Number of salaries quoted 54 71 57
10th Percentile £24,800 £27,000 £20,750
25th Percentile £25,600 £36,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £51,313 £65,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in West Lothian

Software Developer
Salary Trend in West Lothian

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in West Lothian

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Software Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle