The median tech salary in Scotland is £73K in 2026, across 59 roles in software, data, cybersecurity, product, and design. See every role's salary, its year-on-year change, and how it stacks up against the United Kingdom national median below.
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59
Roles covered
2026 salary guide
£73K
Median salary
City benchmark midpoint
£22K – £300K
Salary range
Lowest to highest tracked
Chief Information Officer
Highest-paying role
£135K median
Project & Delivery
Most represented category
Most tracked roles
-6%
vs. national median
£5K lower
Moderate Confidence
Confidence
How much we trust this number
Market snapshot
City overview
Scotland tracks 59 distinct tech roles across 8 categories in the United Kingdom's salary data, rated moderate confidence for how much we trust the numbers.
Local hiring market
Project & Delivery is Scotland's most represented category, accounting for roughly 20% of tracked roles, ahead of Cloud & Infrastructure and Cybersecurity.
How it compares
Scotland's median tracked salary of £73K sits 6% below the United Kingdom national median (£5K lower). Chief Information Officer is the highest-paying role tracked here, at £135K.
59 roles, each linked to its full country-wide salary page. Sort by any column or search for a specific title.
Showing 59 of 59 tracked roles
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| Chief Information Officer Technology Leadership | £135K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Chief Technology Officer Technology Leadership | £120K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GRC Specialist Cybersecurity | £118K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Security Architect Cybersecurity | £118K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IT Security Operations Manager Cybersecurity | £118K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Chief Data Officer Technology Leadership | £115K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Chief Information Security Officer Technology Leadership | £110K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Transformation Director Project & Delivery | £106K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Programme Director Project & Delivery | £99K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Engineering Director Software Engineering | £98K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Penetration Tester Cybersecurity | £95K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Architect Data & Analytics | £90K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Enterprise Architect Software Engineering | £90K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IT Director Technology Leadership | £89K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Engineering Manager Software Engineering | £85K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GRC Manager Cybersecurity | £85K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Architect Cloud & Infrastructure | £83K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Head of Projects / Change Project & Delivery | £83K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Programme Manager Project & Delivery | £83K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Solutions Architect Software Engineering | £80K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Head of Infrastructure Technology Leadership | £78K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Lead Software Engineer Software Engineering | £78K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Scientist Data & Analytics | £76K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Product Manager Product & Design | £76K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| SAP Specialist Enterprise Applications & ERP | £75K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Portfolio Manager Project & Delivery | £73K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £70K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Manager Data & Analytics | £70K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| DevOps Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £70K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| PMO Analyst Project & Delivery | £70K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Security Engineer Cybersecurity | £70K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Engineer Data & Analytics | £68K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| ERP/CRM Specialist Enterprise Applications & ERP | £66K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Threat Intelligence Analyst Cybersecurity | £66K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Product Owner Product & Design | £65K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Project Manager Project & Delivery | £64K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IT Manager Technology Leadership | £63K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Site Reliability Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £63K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Platform Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £61K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Service Delivery Manager Cloud & Infrastructure | £60K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| .NET Developer Software Engineering | £59K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Business Analyst Project & Delivery | £58K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Database Administrator Data & Analytics | £58K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Front End Developer Software Engineering | £58K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Scrum Master Project & Delivery | £58K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cybersecurity Analyst Cybersecurity | £55K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GRC Analyst Cybersecurity | £55K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Change Manager Project & Delivery | £54K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| SharePoint Developer Enterprise Applications & ERP | £54K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| VMware Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £54K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| BI Developer Data & Analytics | £53K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| RPA Developer Enterprise Applications & ERP | £53K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Network Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £51K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Analytics Engineer Data & Analytics | £50K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Analyst Data & Analytics | £48K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Service Designer Product & Design | £45K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Systems Administrator Cloud & Infrastructure | £44K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Application Support Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | £42K | N/A | N/A | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IT Support Specialist Cloud & Infrastructure | £33K | N/A | N/A | High ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
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Mid
£65K
Range £30K – £180K
Senior
£63K
Range £40K – £125K
Lead
£70K
Range £40K – £95K
Manager
£60K
Range £22K – £110K
Director
£95K
Range £35K – £300K
The median tech salary in Scotland is £73K, while the average is £74K. The median is less skewed by a small number of very high or very low outlier salaries, which is why it's usually the more reliable figure to benchmark your own offer against.
The benchmark median salary in Scotland is £73K in 2026, based on published market compensation data.
Scotland is currently below the national benchmark by £5K (-6%).
Chief Information Officer is the highest-paying tech role tracked in Scotland, with a median salary of £135K. See the full role table on this page for salary ranges across every tracked discipline.
Project & Delivery has more tracked roles in Scotland than any other category, ahead of the other disciplines tracked on this page.
This city benchmark is marked Moderate Confidence. High Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only.
A city's tech salaries move with its own mix of employers, its cost of living, and which specific roles are actually being hired there, plus how much data we've been able to collect for that city. All of that can pull a city's numbers away from the national average, in either direction.
Meaningfully. See the salary by seniority breakdown on this page for how median pay in Scotland moves from entry-level through to senior and lead roles.