Entry Level Developer

• Salary range: £32,617 to £35,259
• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Hybrid working from Holyrood, Edinburgh and from home
• Leave: 41.5 days (including public holidays)
• Working Pattern: This is a full-time post working 35 hours. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood and from home.
• Right to Work in the UK: The Scottish Parliament does not sponsor job applicants for employment visas. Applicants must have the legal right to live and work in the UK before starting employment.
• Pension: Although not a civil service employer, we offer civil service pension arrangements with an employer contribution of 28.97% of basic annual salary
• Clearance Required: CTC security clearance will be processed at job offer stage

Closing Date: 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 30 September 2026

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Applications Team as an Entry Level Developer. The Applications Team delivers innovative solutions and services to support the work of the Parliament and is made up of around 28 staff. We offer a structured career path and a highly interesting and innovative IT project environment.

As an Entry Level Developer, you will work on a broad portfolio of projects delivering a dynamic, digitally enabled Parliament. Our Digital Services team is proud to have won an award for developing the bespoke digital voting application which enabled hybrid parliamentary business to continue during the pandemic. This enabled the transformation of the voting system for MSPs.

We work in an Agile DevOps environment and provide structured training and development. We offer our teams certification opportunities and will support you to develop your skills.

As an Entry Level Developer, you will:

• be contributing to the development, implementation and unit testing and support of software solutions and services
• actively collaborate with colleagues in response to developing services with a user-centric approach
• be working collaboratively with architects, developers, and business analysts, you’ll be making a positive contribution to the team
• work with the team to help identify opportunities to improve on current working practices, and deliver effective and efficient business focused solutions

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and candidates with a disability. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.

We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym facility, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

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