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Aberdeen, United KingdomDundee, United KingdomEdinburgh, United KingdomGalashiels, United KingdomGlasgow, United KingdomKilwinning, United Kingdom

27

Open roles

9

New this week

9

Closing in 7 days

6

Locations

9 open roles near Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Non-Executive Board Member - Scottish Courts & Tribunals ServiceNew

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

Fee PaidCentral governmentHybridPosted 2 days agoCloses in 14 days

IT Service Desk Analyst

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

£31,231Central governmentHybridPosted 5 days agoCloses in 7 days

Non-Executive Director

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

Fee PaidCentral governmentHybridPosted 6 days agoCloses in 21 days

Test Manager (ARE)

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

£62,111Central governmentHybridPosted 9 days agoCloses in 14 days

Chief People Officer

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

£111,916Central governmentHybridPosted 11 days agoCloses in 17 days

Principal Azure Architect

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

£62,111Central governmentHybridPosted 12 days agoCloses in 7 days

Independent Non-Executive Member

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

Fee PaidCentral governmentHybridPosted 12 days agoCloses in 7 days

Appointment of a Commissioner to the Scottish Fiscal Commission

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

Central governmentPosted 25 days agoCloses in 8 days

Appointment of Members to NHS Lothian

Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh, United Kingdom, Scotland

Central governmentPosted 26 days agoCloses tomorrow

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What Scottish Government is recruiting for

GovJobs is currently tracking 27 open vacancies at Scottish Government. The biggest groups are digital and IT (6), finance (2) and legal and governance (1). 26 of them were advertised in the last 30 days. Roles are spread across 6 named locations.

16 of these adverts publish a salary. The median advertised starting figure is £49,401, and the published range runs from £27,164 to £111,916. That is above the £37,417 median across Civil Service roles on GovJobs.

20 offer remote or hybrid working. Their adverts typically stay open for about 23 days, so it is worth checking back rather than waiting for a monthly look.

These figures are calculated from the vacancies GovJobs holds for Scottish Government today, not from published workforce statistics, and they change as adverts open and close. We collect them from Scottish Government.

How pay works at a central government body

Civil Service pay is set by grade — from Administrative Officer up through Executive Officer, the Higher and Senior Executive Officer grades, and the Grade 7/6 and Senior Civil Service tiers. Each department sets its own ranges within its pay remit, so the same grade pays differently across departments, and London roles carry a separate national/London range.

How to apply to Scottish Government

Recruitment runs on Success Profiles: a mix of behaviours, strengths, experience, technical skills and ability, with the advert stating which apply and which are lead criteria. Behaviour examples are written to the published framework at the level of the grade advertised, normally in STAR form. The sift is anonymised, so what counts is the evidence, not where you worked.

GovJobs never takes the application itself — every listing above links to Scottish Government’s own advert, where you apply directly.