Developer Jobs in Scotland

Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Developer salary in Scotland is £54,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 15 4
Rank change year-on-year -23 -11 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 648 656 1,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.66% 14.28% 20.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.97% 15.88% 21.56%
Number of salaries quoted 434 476 776
10th Percentile £35,300 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,078 £81,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,501 4,130 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.92% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,225 3,030
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,453 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Scotland

Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Developer in Scotland

Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Scotland

Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -51 319 £55,000 - 63
Edinburgh +3 181 £60,000 - 37
Aberdeen +2 53 £42,500 - 11
Dundee +8 37 £47,500 +20.25% 4
Fife +12 27 £50,000 - 1
Aberdeenshire +13 9 £45,000 -30.77% 5
Inverclyde - 3 £50,000 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £39,000 - 1
Lanarkshire -15 2 - - 18
Renfrewshire -3 1 £52,500 +28.51%
Stirling -5 1 £49,500 +350.00% 4
Orkney Islands - 1 £35,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £24,000 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Highlands - 1 £65,000 -
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 235 (36.27%) Agile
2 174 (26.85%) AWS
3 169 (26.08%) JavaScript
4 164 (25.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (25.15%) Java
6 156 (24.07%) Finance
7 145 (22.38%) .NET
7 145 (22.38%) Software Engineering
8 142 (21.91%) SQL
9 141 (21.76%) C#
9 141 (21.76%) React
10 125 (19.29%) CI/CD
11 121 (18.67%) Azure
12 120 (18.52%) AngularJS
13 118 (18.21%) Python
14 117 (18.06%) Microservices
15 116 (17.90%) Full Stack Development
16 111 (17.13%) Artificial Intelligence
17 110 (16.98%) Law
18 108 (16.67%) SDLC
19 105 (16.20%) Front End Development
20 98 (15.12%) Machine Learning
21 95 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
21 95 (14.66%) TypeScript
22 94 (14.51%) CSS
23 92 (14.20%) Git
24 91 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
24 91 (14.04%) Social Skills
25 90 (13.89%) Visualisation
26 89 (13.73%) Algorithms

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 69 (10.65%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.70%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.39%) CMS
4 9 (1.39%) WordPress
5 4 (0.62%) OpenEdge
5 4 (0.62%) SAS
6 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) Drupal
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Mendix
7 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 14 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.62%) Sonata
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 174 (26.85%) AWS
2 121 (18.67%) Azure
3 49 (7.56%) SaaS
4 32 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (1.85%) GitHub
8 12 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 12 (1.85%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.85%) Serverless
9 10 (1.54%) GCP
10 4 (0.62%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.46%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.46%) Google Play
12 2 (0.31%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.23%) HTTP
2 7 (1.08%) Internet
2 7 (1.08%) MQTT
3 3 (0.46%) Intranet
3 3 (0.46%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.65%) Apache Hive
1 69 (10.65%) NoSQL
2 56 (8.64%) Hadoop
2 56 (8.64%) HBase
3 54 (8.33%) SQL Server
4 32 (4.94%) MySQL
4 32 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (4.01%) Power BI
6 20 (3.09%) Big Data
7 14 (2.16%) Relational Database
8 13 (2.01%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.01%) Oracle Database 11g
8 13 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.23%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.62%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 92 (14.20%) Git
2 88 (13.58%) Jenkins
3 56 (8.64%) Bitbucket Server
4 12 (1.85%) Jasmine
4 12 (1.85%) Karma Test Runner
5 11 (1.70%) CircleCI
5 11 (1.70%) GitLab
5 11 (1.70%) Maven
6 10 (1.54%) webpack
7 9 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 8 (1.23%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.62%) JIRA
11 3 (0.46%) JUnit
11 3 (0.46%) Mockito
12 2 (0.31%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.31%) Postman
13 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.15%) JHipster
13 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 164 (25.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 156 (24.07%) Finance
3 110 (16.98%) Law
4 91 (14.04%) Social Skills
5 46 (7.10%) Banking
6 45 (6.94%) Marketing
7 38 (5.86%) Legal
8 22 (3.40%) Private Banking
9 14 (2.16%) Games
9 14 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (1.39%) Retail
12 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.23%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.08%) Electronics
13 7 (1.08%) Multimedia
14 5 (0.77%) Front Office
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
15 3 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (22.38%) .NET
2 141 (21.76%) React
3 120 (18.52%) AngularJS
4 94 (14.51%) CSS
5 75 (11.57%) HTML
6 56 (8.64%) Node.js
6 56 (8.64%) Spring
7 54 (8.33%) Vue
8 52 (8.02%) .NET Framework
9 51 (7.87%) ASP.NET
10 46 (7.10%) ASP.NET Web API
11 37 (5.71%) Entity Framework
12 35 (5.40%) .NET Core
13 31 (4.78%) REST
14 30 (4.63%) ASP.NET MVC
15 26 (4.01%) JSON
16 22 (3.40%) Laravel
16 22 (3.40%) RESTful
17 21 (3.24%) Spring Boot
18 20 (3.09%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 89 (13.73%) Algorithms
2 60 (9.26%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (3.24%) Data Structures
4 20 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.47%) Social Media
6 12 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.85%) Video\Live Streaming
7 11 (1.70%) IoT
7 11 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.54%) Augmented Reality
8 10 (1.54%) Virtual Reality
9 9 (1.39%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.08%) Arduino
11 7 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.08%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (0.93%) BBC
13 5 (0.77%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (10.65%) Unix
2 10 (1.54%) Windows
3 9 (1.39%) Android
4 8 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.08%) Linux
6 6 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (36.27%) Agile
2 145 (22.38%) Software Engineering
3 125 (19.29%) CI/CD
4 117 (18.06%) Microservices
5 116 (17.90%) Full Stack Development
6 111 (17.13%) Artificial Intelligence
7 108 (16.67%) SDLC
8 105 (16.20%) Front End Development
9 98 (15.12%) Machine Learning
10 95 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
12 90 (13.89%) Visualisation
13 86 (13.27%) TDD
14 84 (12.96%) Test Automation
15 80 (12.35%) Community of Practice
15 80 (12.35%) Operational Stability
16 72 (11.11%) Open Source
17 65 (10.03%) Computer Science
18 60 (9.26%) DevOps
19 56 (8.64%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 169 (26.08%) JavaScript
2 163 (25.15%) Java
3 142 (21.91%) SQL
4 141 (21.76%) C#
5 118 (18.21%) Python
6 95 (14.66%) TypeScript
7 79 (12.19%) PL/SQL
8 44 (6.79%) PHP
9 35 (5.40%) C++
10 24 (3.70%) T-SQL
11 22 (3.40%) C
12 19 (2.93%) Ruby
13 12 (1.85%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.54%) Go
15 5 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.77%) GLSL
16 4 (0.62%) Groovy
16 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.62%) Swift
17 3 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (12.65%) Degree
2 31 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.62%) SC Cleared
3 17 (2.62%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.08%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.46%) PhD
6 2 (0.31%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.78%) QA
2 9 (1.39%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.39%) WAI
3 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 56 (8.64%) HDFS
2 36 (5.56%) Docker
3 14 (2.16%) Firmware
4 7 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (9.88%) Terraform
2 24 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.93%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 57 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.64%) Cloudera
2 56 (8.64%) Databricks
2 56 (8.64%) Informatica
3 35 (5.40%) Oracle
4 13 (2.01%) Google
5 7 (1.08%) Apple
5 7 (1.08%) NVIDIA
5 7 (1.08%) SAP
5 7 (1.08%) Xamarin
6 6 (0.93%) Facebook
6 6 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.93%) Sony
6 6 (0.93%) Yahoo!
7 5 (0.77%) ForgeRock
8 3 (0.46%) Cadence
8 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.15%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.15%) Sage
9 1 (0.15%) Vermilion