Software Engineering Jobs in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Scotland > Aberdeen

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 15 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 +6 -15
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 80 20 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 22.92% 10.15% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.53% 11.17% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 79 15 6
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £63,750 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +17.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 262 179 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 75.07% 90.86% 90.30%
Number of salaries quoted 211 65 76
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Aberdeen.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 10 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.75%) Azure
3 2 (2.50%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (1.25%) AWS
4 1 (1.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.75%) Wireless
2 2 (2.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.50%) Power BI
2 7 (8.75%) Power Query
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.25%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (53.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 14 (17.50%) Aviation
4 12 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.00%) Automotive
5 1 (1.25%) Electronics
5 1 (1.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 44 (55.00%) Software Engineer
2 22 (27.50%) Senior
3 15 (18.75%) Embedded Engineer
4 12 (15.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 12 (15.00%) Developer
4 12 (15.00%) Full Stack Engineer
4 12 (15.00%) Full Stack Software Engineer
4 12 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (15.00%) Software Developer
5 11 (13.75%) Graduate
6 10 (12.50%) Junior
6 10 (12.50%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (12.50%) React Developer
6 10 (12.50%) Senior Developer
6 10 (12.50%) Senior React Developer
6 10 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
7 9 (11.25%) Consultant
7 9 (11.25%) Power BI Consultant
8 7 (8.75%) C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) .NET
2 9 (11.25%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.75%) .NET Core
3 3 (3.75%) CSS
3 3 (3.75%) HTML
4 2 (2.50%) HTML5
4 2 (2.50%) MFC
4 2 (2.50%) React
5 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.25%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (3.75%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Linux
2 4 (5.00%) Windows
2 4 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 16 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 15 (18.75%) Physics
4 13 (16.25%) Front End Development
4 13 (16.25%) Full Stack Development
5 9 (11.25%) Agile
5 9 (11.25%) Logistics
5 9 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (10.00%) Data Management
7 6 (7.50%) Scrum
8 4 (5.00%) Machine Learning
8 4 (5.00%) SDLC
9 3 (3.75%) DevOps
9 3 (3.75%) MVC
9 3 (3.75%) Test Automation
10 2 (2.50%) Data Analysis
10 2 (2.50%) Kalman Filter
11 1 (1.25%) Data Acquisition
11 1 (1.25%) SOLID
11 1 (1.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 26 (32.50%) C#
2 25 (31.25%) C
3 15 (18.75%) Embedded C
4 13 (16.25%) Ruby
4 13 (16.25%) SQL
5 12 (15.00%) C++
6 8 (10.00%) TypeScript
7 7 (8.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.50%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 15 (18.75%) Firmware
2 5 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.25%) iManage