Software Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Software Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Software Engineer salary in Glasgow is £61,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 71 43
Rank change year-on-year +64 -28 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2,059 58 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 51.41% 3.84% 5.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 52.39% 4.47% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 57 31 26
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £73,750 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,405
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.29% +22.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,930 1,298 1,576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.13% 85.85% 97.59%
Number of salaries quoted 904 634 868
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,150 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,146 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,102
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Glasgow

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Glasgow

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Glasgow

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 Glasgow region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2,059 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1,984 (96.36%) Agile
3 1,960 (95.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,950 (94.71%) Finance
4 1,950 (94.71%) Law
5 1,825 (88.64%) SDLC
6 1,746 (84.80%) Operational Stability
7 1,708 (82.95%) CI/CD
8 1,417 (68.82%) Java
9 1,285 (62.41%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1,265 (61.44%) Machine Learning
11 1,245 (60.47%) Community of Practice
12 1,025 (49.78%) AWS
13 903 (43.86%) SQL
14 894 (43.42%) Marketing
15 790 (38.37%) Visualisation
16 789 (38.32%) Python
17 780 (37.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 767 (37.25%) Algorithms
19 680 (33.03%) Risk Management
20 647 (31.42%) Legal
21 609 (29.58%) Cloud Native
22 572 (27.78%) Spring
23 547 (26.57%) NoSQL
24 497 (24.14%) Apache Spark
25 495 (24.04%) React
26 417 (20.25%) Decision-Making
27 412 (20.01%) Microservices
28 408 (19.82%) Big Data
29 390 (18.94%) Architectural Design

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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
1 497 (24.14%) Apache Spark
2 115 (5.59%) Apache Airflow
3 104 (5.05%) Apache
4 98 (4.76%) FileNet
5 32 (1.55%) Cloud Foundry
6 30 (1.46%) ArcGIS
6 30 (1.46%) GeoServer
7 21 (1.02%) GemFire
8 19 (0.92%) Camunda
9 11 (0.53%) CICS
10 10 (0.49%) Tomcat
11 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.049%) Tuxedo
Cloud Services
1 1,025 (49.78%) AWS
2 135 (6.56%) Azure
3 101 (4.91%) Datadog
4 98 (4.76%) Amazon S3
5 93 (4.52%) GCP
6 68 (3.30%) Amazon EKS
7 55 (2.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 55 (2.67%) Serverless
8 53 (2.57%) Amazon ECS
9 50 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
9 50 (2.43%) Amazon EMR
9 50 (2.43%) Amazon SQS
9 50 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
10 45 (2.19%) GitHub
11 42 (2.04%) BlazeMeter
12 41 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
13 25 (1.21%) Google Play
14 7 (0.34%) Amazon MSK
14 7 (0.34%) Amazon SageMaker
15 5 (0.24%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 82 (3.98%) Kerberos
2 13 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.58%) Modbus
4 2 (0.097%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 547 (26.57%) NoSQL
2 408 (19.82%) Big Data
3 228 (11.07%) Hadoop
4 152 (7.38%) Apache Cassandra
5 145 (7.04%) Elasticsearch
6 128 (6.22%) Apache Hive
7 103 (5.00%) Relational Database
8 100 (4.86%) HBase
9 87 (4.23%) MongoDB
10 65 (3.16%) Metadata
11 50 (2.43%) Electronic Patient Records
12 44 (2.14%) Data Lake
13 39 (1.89%) Qlik Sense
14 38 (1.85%) CockroachDB
15 35 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
16 30 (1.46%) GIS
16 30 (1.46%) QGIS
17 28 (1.36%) MySQL
18 21 (1.02%) Hazelcast
19 19 (0.92%) Looker
Development Applications
1 243 (11.80%) Jenkins
2 204 (9.91%) JUnit
3 177 (8.60%) Git
4 112 (5.44%) Jasmine
5 85 (4.13%) Bitbucket Server
6 84 (4.08%) Cypress.io
7 70 (3.40%) Bitbucket
8 66 (3.21%) Artifactory
8 66 (3.21%) Karma Test Runner
9 62 (3.01%) Maven
10 60 (2.91%) Protractor
10 60 (2.91%) Selenium
10 60 (2.91%) WebDriver
11 45 (2.19%) Mockito
12 29 (1.41%) Gradle
13 27 (1.31%) JMeter
14 26 (1.26%) JIRA
15 25 (1.21%) Android Studio
16 24 (1.17%) Cucumber
17 21 (1.02%) Jaeger
General
1 1,960 (95.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1,950 (94.71%) Finance
2 1,950 (94.71%) Law
3 894 (43.42%) Marketing
4 647 (31.42%) Legal
5 370 (17.97%) Banking
6 299 (14.52%) Investment Banking
7 134 (6.51%) Social Skills
8 125 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
9 71 (3.45%) Private Banking
10 58 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 36 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.07%) Prime Brokerage
13 21 (1.02%) Games
14 18 (0.87%) Front Office
15 15 (0.73%) Publishing
16 9 (0.44%) Analytical Skills
17 5 (0.24%) Electronics
17 5 (0.24%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.24%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 572 (27.78%) Spring
2 495 (24.04%) React
3 369 (17.92%) AngularJS
4 331 (16.08%) Kafka
5 254 (12.34%) HTML
6 248 (12.04%) Spring Boot
7 247 (12.00%) CSS
8 244 (11.85%) J2EE
9 202 (9.81%) JSON
10 193 (9.37%) Hibernate
11 186 (9.03%) Node.js
12 172 (8.35%) PySpark
13 171 (8.31%) JMS
14 163 (7.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 145 (7.04%) jQuery
16 136 (6.61%) Web Services
17 131 (6.36%) RESTful
18 124 (6.02%) GraphQL
19 111 (5.39%) XML
20 100 (4.86%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 767 (37.25%) Algorithms
2 609 (29.58%) Cloud Native
3 231 (11.22%) Public Cloud
4 154 (7.48%) Onboarding
5 128 (6.22%) Reference Data
6 106 (5.15%) Management Information System
7 91 (4.42%) Data Structures
8 65 (3.16%) Enterprise Cloud
9 42 (2.04%) Legacy Code
10 29 (1.41%) Private Cloud
11 27 (1.31%) Market Risk
12 25 (1.21%) Product Ownership
13 23 (1.12%) Credit Risk
14 21 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 21 (1.02%) Replication
15 20 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
16 16 (0.78%) Distributed Applications
17 11 (0.53%) Mainframe
17 11 (0.53%) VSAM
18 8 (0.39%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 128 (6.22%) Unix
2 104 (5.05%) Linux
3 25 (1.21%) Android
4 12 (0.58%) Windows
5 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,059 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1,984 (96.36%) Agile
3 1,825 (88.64%) SDLC
4 1,746 (84.80%) Operational Stability
5 1,708 (82.95%) CI/CD
6 1,285 (62.41%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1,265 (61.44%) Machine Learning
8 1,245 (60.47%) Community of Practice
9 790 (38.37%) Visualisation
10 780 (37.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 680 (33.03%) Risk Management
12 417 (20.25%) Decision-Making
13 412 (20.01%) Microservices
14 390 (18.94%) Architectural Design
15 372 (18.07%) Information Architecture
16 356 (17.29%) Full Stack Development
17 320 (15.54%) Continuous Delivery
18 272 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
19 229 (11.12%) Test Automation
20 209 (10.15%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,417 (68.82%) Java
2 903 (43.86%) SQL
3 789 (38.32%) Python
4 327 (15.88%) JavaScript
5 243 (11.80%) Scala
6 198 (9.62%) TypeScript
7 128 (6.22%) PL/SQL
8 83 (4.03%) Go
9 81 (3.93%) C#
10 65 (3.16%) Prolog
10 65 (3.16%) SPARQL
11 37 (1.80%) Groovy
12 28 (1.36%) Kotlin
12 28 (1.36%) T-SQL
13 25 (1.21%) C++
14 23 (1.12%) Ruby
15 11 (0.53%) COBOL
15 11 (0.53%) JCL
15 11 (0.53%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.49%) C
Qualifications
1 53 (2.57%) Degree
2 41 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (1.60%) Security Cleared
4 31 (1.51%) Master's Degree
5 30 (1.46%) SC Cleared
6 18 (0.87%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.049%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.049%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.049%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (2.67%) Accessibility
2 42 (2.04%) SLA
3 33 (1.60%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.92%) PMO
5 11 (0.53%) QA
6 6 (0.29%) WAI
7 1 (0.049%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.049%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 100 (4.86%) HDFS
2 65 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.65%) Docker
4 11 (0.53%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.097%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.097%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 295 (14.33%) Kubernetes
2 238 (11.56%) Terraform
3 153 (7.43%) Grafana
4 63 (3.06%) Prometheus
5 26 (1.26%) ITRS Geneos
6 21 (1.02%) HAProxy
6 21 (1.02%) Kibana
6 21 (1.02%) Zipkin
7 7 (0.34%) Graphite
Vendors
1 329 (15.98%) Oracle
2 210 (10.20%) Databricks
3 164 (7.97%) Splunk
4 141 (6.85%) Dynatrace
5 86 (4.18%) Informatica
6 70 (3.40%) Cloudera
7 47 (2.28%) Google
8 39 (1.89%) Alteryx
9 30 (1.46%) ESRI
10 19 (0.92%) Atlassian
10 19 (0.92%) Pega
11 18 (0.87%) SaltStack
12 10 (0.49%) Microsoft
13 9 (0.44%) TOWER Software
14 5 (0.24%) AppDynamics
14 5 (0.24%) CA
14 5 (0.24%) Sybase
15 2 (0.097%) IBM
16 1 (0.049%) Coverity
16 1 (0.049%) Thales