Senior Jobs in Glasgow

Senior
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior salary in Glasgow is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 582 214 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 14.60% 14.25% 16.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.88% 16.61% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 186 104 134
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,125 £41,881
25th Percentile £50,125 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +7.73% -2.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £68,750
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,400 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.66% +0.67% +9.09%

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 3,910 1,288 1,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.12% 85.75% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 923 629 861
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,833 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +13.40% +7.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Glasgow region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 335 (57.56%) Finance
2 310 (53.26%) Software Engineering
3 301 (51.72%) Agile
4 295 (50.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 291 (50.00%) Law
6 258 (44.33%) Marketing
7 213 (36.60%) Operational Stability
8 212 (36.43%) SDLC
9 199 (34.19%) Java
10 184 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
11 154 (26.46%) Tech Ops
12 151 (25.95%) Artificial Intelligence
13 139 (23.88%) Machine Learning
14 138 (23.71%) AWS
14 138 (23.71%) SQL
15 119 (20.45%) Azure
16 115 (19.76%) Decision-Making
17 110 (18.90%) Cloud Native
18 91 (15.64%) CI/CD
19 86 (14.78%) Python
20 82 (14.09%) Apache Spark
21 81 (13.92%) Mathematics
22 80 (13.75%) Computer Science
23 76 (13.06%) React
24 72 (12.37%) Roadmaps
25 70 (12.03%) Coaching
26 69 (11.86%) JavaScript
27 68 (11.68%) JSON
27 68 (11.68%) NoSQL
28 64 (11.00%) CSS

Senior 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 82 (14.09%) Apache Spark
2 20 (3.44%) ArcGIS
2 20 (3.44%) GeoServer
3 18 (3.09%) FileNet
4 17 (2.92%) Cloud Foundry
5 6 (1.03%) SAS
6 4 (0.69%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) Confluence
7 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.17%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.20%) Sketch
3 3 (0.52%) InVision
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.37%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.69%) Sonata
3 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.34%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 138 (23.71%) AWS
2 119 (20.45%) Azure
3 33 (5.67%) GCP
4 18 (3.09%) Amazon S3
4 18 (3.09%) Figma
5 17 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.06%) Entra ID
7 11 (1.89%) SaaS
7 11 (1.89%) SurveyMonkey
8 6 (1.03%) Miro
9 5 (0.86%) IaaS
9 5 (0.86%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.69%) Heroku
10 4 (0.69%) OCI
10 4 (0.69%) PaaS
11 2 (0.34%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.34%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.17%) Amazon SQS
12 1 (0.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 59 (10.14%) Kerberos
2 12 (2.06%) Modbus
2 12 (2.06%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.37%) Firewall
4 7 (1.20%) SAN
4 7 (1.20%) VoIP
5 4 (0.69%) WAN
6 2 (0.34%) BGP
6 2 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.34%) HSRP
6 2 (0.34%) MPLS
6 2 (0.34%) OSPF
6 2 (0.34%) VLAN
6 2 (0.34%) VRRP
7 1 (0.17%) DHCP
7 1 (0.17%) DNS
7 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.68%) NoSQL
2 53 (9.11%) Big Data
3 43 (7.39%) Metadata
4 34 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (3.44%) GIS
5 20 (3.44%) QGIS
6 18 (3.09%) Apache Cassandra
7 17 (2.92%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (2.92%) CockroachDB
8 12 (2.06%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.37%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.37%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.03%) Oracle Database 11g
12 6 (1.03%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.52%) MySQL
15 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (8.25%) Git
2 45 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 42 (7.22%) Artifactory
3 42 (7.22%) Bitbucket
4 25 (4.30%) JIRA
5 20 (3.44%) JUnit
6 12 (2.06%) GitLab
6 12 (2.06%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.69%) Maven
8 2 (0.34%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.34%) Mockito
9 1 (0.17%) GoCD
9 1 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 335 (57.56%) Finance
2 295 (50.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 291 (50.00%) Law
4 258 (44.33%) Marketing
5 62 (10.65%) Banking
6 52 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (8.59%) Social Skills
8 41 (7.04%) Investment Banking
9 34 (5.84%) Legal
10 15 (2.58%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.06%) Police
12 10 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
13 8 (1.37%) Local Government
13 8 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.03%) Games
15 5 (0.86%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.86%) Publishing
15 5 (0.86%) Retail
16 4 (0.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (13.06%) React
2 68 (11.68%) JSON
3 64 (11.00%) CSS
4 55 (9.45%) .NET
5 51 (8.76%) HTML
6 49 (8.42%) XML
7 48 (8.25%) SAML
8 44 (7.56%) Web Services
9 43 (7.39%) RESTful
10 42 (7.22%) JSON-LD
10 42 (7.22%) Kafka
10 42 (7.22%) LDAP
10 42 (7.22%) OpenID
11 41 (7.04%) Spring
12 38 (6.53%) AngularJS
13 35 (6.01%) GraphQL
14 32 (5.50%) PySpark
15 25 (4.30%) .NET Core
16 23 (3.95%) Node.js
16 23 (3.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 110 (18.90%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.14%) Management Information System
3 43 (7.39%) Reference Data
4 42 (7.22%) Enterprise Cloud
5 35 (6.01%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.89%) Market Risk
7 9 (1.55%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.20%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.69%) Clustering
11 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.52%) Graphic Design
11 3 (0.52%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.52%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.34%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.34%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.34%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.34%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.47%) Windows
2 12 (2.06%) Linux
3 8 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (53.26%) Software Engineering
2 301 (51.72%) Agile
3 213 (36.60%) Operational Stability
4 212 (36.43%) SDLC
5 184 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
6 154 (26.46%) Tech Ops
7 151 (25.95%) Artificial Intelligence
8 139 (23.88%) Machine Learning
9 115 (19.76%) Decision-Making
10 91 (15.64%) CI/CD
11 81 (13.92%) Mathematics
12 80 (13.75%) Computer Science
13 72 (12.37%) Roadmaps
14 70 (12.03%) Coaching
15 59 (10.14%) Microservices
15 59 (10.14%) Performance Tuning
16 54 (9.28%) Identity Access Management
17 53 (9.11%) Test Automation
18 48 (8.25%) Actionable Insight
18 48 (8.25%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 199 (34.19%) Java
2 138 (23.71%) SQL
3 86 (14.78%) Python
4 69 (11.86%) JavaScript
5 61 (10.48%) C#
6 50 (8.59%) Scala
7 44 (7.56%) Go
8 42 (7.22%) Prolog
8 42 (7.22%) SPARQL
9 21 (3.61%) TypeScript
10 20 (3.44%) C++
11 14 (2.41%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.72%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.86%) PHP
15 4 (0.69%) Bash
15 4 (0.69%) R
15 4 (0.69%) Ruby
16 2 (0.34%) C
16 2 (0.34%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 54 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 51 (8.76%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.67%) Degree
4 10 (1.72%) CISM
4 10 (1.72%) CISSP
5 9 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.69%) SSCP
9 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.52%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.52%) PMP
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.34%) OCA
10 2 (0.34%) OCP
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.50%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.12%) QA
4 10 (1.72%) GDPR
5 9 (1.55%) NIST
6 7 (1.20%) WCAG
7 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.86%) GMP
9 4 (0.69%) IFRS
9 4 (0.69%) IFRS 9
9 4 (0.69%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.17%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.72%) Docker
4 8 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.86%) RACF
6 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (9.11%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.81%) Terraform
3 2 (0.34%) Ansible
3 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.34%) Puppet
4 1 (0.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 42 (7.22%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.70%) Oracle
3 20 (3.44%) ESRI
4 18 (3.09%) Google
5 13 (2.23%) VMware
6 8 (1.37%) NEC
7 6 (1.03%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.03%) Databricks
8 2 (0.34%) Cisco
8 2 (0.34%) SAP
8 2 (0.34%) Workday
9 1 (0.17%) Coverity
9 1 (0.17%) Klocwork
9 1 (0.17%) Quadient
9 1 (0.17%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.17%) Teradata
9 1 (0.17%) Thales