Developer Jobs in Scotland

Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Developer salary in Scotland is £53,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 14 4
Rank change year-on-year -25 -10 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 652 679 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.72% 14.69% 20.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.03% 16.35% 21.73%
Number of salaries quoted 438 493 767
10th Percentile £36,175 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,453 £82,500 £83,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +12.99%

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 6,500 4,154 5,559
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 89.87% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 2,259 2,968
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,693
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 £66,250
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 10 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 10 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 -50 319 £55,000 - 58
Edinburgh +1 186 £60,000 - 29
Aberdeen 0 53 £42,500 - 9
Dundee +8 39 £47,500 +20.25% 4
Fife +11 27 £50,000 - 3
Aberdeenshire +13 7 £45,000 -30.77% 5
Inverclyde - 3 £50,000 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £39,000 -
Lanarkshire -15 2 - - 14
Stirling -3 1 £49,500 +350.00% 2
Renfrewshire -3 1 £52,500 +28.51%
West Lothian -7 1 £72,500 +38.10% 3
North Lanarkshire - 1 £24,000 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Highlands - 1 £65,000 -
Orkney Islands - 1 £35,000 -
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 237 (36.35%) Agile
2 175 (26.84%) JavaScript
3 174 (26.69%) AWS
4 170 (26.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (25.46%) Java
6 156 (23.93%) Finance
7 145 (22.24%) Software Engineering
8 144 (22.09%) SQL
8 144 (22.09%) React
9 140 (21.47%) .NET
10 139 (21.32%) C#
11 126 (19.33%) CI/CD
12 122 (18.71%) Python
13 121 (18.56%) AngularJS
14 120 (18.40%) Azure
15 117 (17.94%) Microservices
15 117 (17.94%) Full Stack Development
16 111 (17.02%) Artificial Intelligence
17 110 (16.87%) Law
18 108 (16.56%) SDLC
19 107 (16.41%) Front End Development
20 98 (15.03%) Machine Learning
21 97 (14.88%) TypeScript
22 96 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
22 96 (14.72%) CSS
23 94 (14.42%) Social Skills
24 93 (14.26%) Git
25 91 (13.96%) Visualisation
25 91 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
26 90 (13.80%) 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 (10.58%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.69%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.38%) CMS
4 9 (1.38%) WordPress
5 4 (0.61%) OpenEdge
5 4 (0.61%) SAS
6 3 (0.46%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) Apache
7 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) Mendix
8 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 14 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.61%) Sonata
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 174 (26.69%) AWS
2 120 (18.40%) Azure
3 48 (7.36%) SaaS
4 31 (4.75%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (1.99%) GitHub
8 12 (1.84%) Power Automate
8 12 (1.84%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.84%) Serverless
9 10 (1.53%) GCP
10 4 (0.61%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.61%) 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%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.23%) HTTP
2 7 (1.07%) Internet
2 7 (1.07%) 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 71 (10.89%) NoSQL
2 69 (10.58%) Apache Hive
3 56 (8.59%) Hadoop
3 56 (8.59%) HBase
4 54 (8.28%) SQL Server
5 33 (5.06%) MySQL
5 33 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (3.83%) Power BI
7 20 (3.07%) Big Data
8 15 (2.30%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.99%) Oracle Database
9 13 (1.99%) Oracle Database 11g
9 13 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.23%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.61%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 93 (14.26%) Git
2 89 (13.65%) Jenkins
3 56 (8.59%) Bitbucket Server
4 12 (1.84%) Jasmine
4 12 (1.84%) Karma Test Runner
5 11 (1.69%) CircleCI
5 11 (1.69%) GitLab
5 11 (1.69%) Maven
6 10 (1.53%) webpack
7 9 (1.38%) Visual Studio Code
8 8 (1.23%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.77%) JIRA
10 4 (0.61%) JUnit
11 3 (0.46%) Mockito
11 3 (0.46%) Postman
12 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.31%) Eclipse
13 1 (0.15%) MSBuild
13 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
General
1 170 (26.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 156 (23.93%) Finance
3 110 (16.87%) Law
4 94 (14.42%) Social Skills
5 47 (7.21%) Banking
6 45 (6.90%) Marketing
7 38 (5.83%) Legal
8 22 (3.37%) Private Banking
9 14 (2.15%) Games
9 14 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.38%) Retail
12 8 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.23%) Multimedia
12 8 (1.23%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.07%) Electronics
14 6 (0.92%) Front Office
15 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.46%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (22.09%) React
2 140 (21.47%) .NET
3 121 (18.56%) AngularJS
4 96 (14.72%) CSS
5 76 (11.66%) HTML
6 57 (8.74%) Node.js
6 57 (8.74%) Spring
7 54 (8.28%) Vue
8 51 (7.82%) ASP.NET
9 50 (7.67%) .NET Framework
10 45 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
11 36 (5.52%) Entity Framework
12 35 (5.37%) .NET Core
13 32 (4.91%) REST
14 30 (4.60%) ASP.NET MVC
15 26 (3.99%) JSON
16 22 (3.37%) Django
16 22 (3.37%) Laravel
16 22 (3.37%) RESTful
16 22 (3.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 90 (13.80%) Algorithms
2 62 (9.51%) Greenfield Project
3 22 (3.37%) Data Structures
4 20 (3.07%) Mobile App
5 15 (2.30%) Social Media
6 12 (1.84%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.84%) Video\Live Streaming
7 11 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
7 11 (1.69%) IoT
7 11 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.69%) Virtual Reality
8 9 (1.38%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.23%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.07%) Arduino
10 7 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.07%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (0.92%) BBC
11 6 (0.92%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.61%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 69 (10.58%) Unix
2 10 (1.53%) Linux
2 10 (1.53%) Windows
3 9 (1.38%) Android
4 8 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (36.35%) Agile
2 145 (22.24%) Software Engineering
3 126 (19.33%) CI/CD
4 117 (17.94%) Full Stack Development
4 117 (17.94%) Microservices
5 111 (17.02%) Artificial Intelligence
6 108 (16.56%) SDLC
7 107 (16.41%) Front End Development
8 98 (15.03%) Machine Learning
9 96 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 91 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (13.96%) Visualisation
11 87 (13.34%) TDD
12 86 (13.19%) Test Automation
13 80 (12.27%) Community of Practice
13 80 (12.27%) Operational Stability
14 73 (11.20%) Open Source
15 65 (9.97%) Computer Science
16 60 (9.20%) DevOps
17 56 (8.59%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 175 (26.84%) JavaScript
2 166 (25.46%) Java
3 144 (22.09%) SQL
4 139 (21.32%) C#
5 122 (18.71%) Python
6 97 (14.88%) TypeScript
7 80 (12.27%) PL/SQL
8 44 (6.75%) PHP
9 38 (5.83%) C++
10 24 (3.68%) T-SQL
11 23 (3.53%) C
12 19 (2.91%) Ruby
13 12 (1.84%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.53%) Go
15 5 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.77%) GLSL
16 4 (0.61%) Groovy
16 4 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.61%) Swift
17 3 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (12.58%) Degree
2 32 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.61%) SC Cleared
3 17 (2.61%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.07%) 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 (4.75%) QA
2 9 (1.38%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.38%) WAI
3 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 56 (8.59%) HDFS
2 37 (5.67%) Docker
3 14 (2.15%) Firmware
4 7 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (9.82%) Terraform
2 25 (3.83%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.07%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 57 (8.74%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.59%) Cloudera
2 56 (8.59%) Databricks
2 56 (8.59%) Informatica
3 36 (5.52%) Oracle
4 13 (1.99%) Google
5 7 (1.07%) Apple
5 7 (1.07%) NVIDIA
5 7 (1.07%) SAP
5 7 (1.07%) Xamarin
6 6 (0.92%) Facebook
6 6 (0.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.92%) Sony
6 6 (0.92%) Yahoo!
7 5 (0.77%) ForgeRock
8 3 (0.46%) Cadence
8 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.15%) Rollbar
9 1 (0.15%) Sage
9 1 (0.15%) Vermilion