Backend Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Backend Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Backend Developer salary in Edinburgh is £56,318 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 143 141
Rank change year-on-year +32 -2 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 4 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.27% 0.049% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.051% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £59,750
25th Percentile £50,686 £79,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £83,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.15% +27.69% +52.94%
75th Percentile £61,949 £87,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £54,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% -19.23% +62.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,441 1,958 2,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.94% 95.05% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 1,162 1,467
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,775 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £94,116 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £56,868 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.68% +8.32% +10.53%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Backend Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in Edinburgh

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Backend Developer in Edinburgh

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Backend 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 Edinburgh region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Maven
1 4 (100.00%) JSON
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 4 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 4 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) JSON
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 4 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes