The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 342 352 354
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 32.14% 25.75% 22.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 33.50% 26.99% 23.41%
Number of salaries quoted 227 274 272
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,150 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1021 1304 1512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.96% 95.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 593 952 1095
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Scotland

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Edinburgh Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Developer in their job title.

1 342 (53.44%) .NET
2 327 (51.09%) C#
3 288 (45.00%) SQL Server
4 228 (35.63%) ASP.NET
5 215 (33.59%) JavaScript
6 205 (32.03%) SQL
7 195 (30.47%) Java
8 183 (28.59%) CSS
9 178 (27.81%) HTML
10 161 (25.16%) Finance
11 155 (24.22%) jQuery
12 151 (23.59%) Microsoft
13 144 (22.50%) Degree
14 114 (17.81%) MVC
15 110 (17.19%) XML
16 104 (16.25%) Linux
16 104 (16.25%) TDD
17 102 (15.94%) Oracle
18 101 (15.78%) Visual Studio
19 88 (13.75%) .NET Framework
20 87 (13.59%) Web Services
21 86 (13.44%) Agile Software Development
22 77 (12.03%) Ajax
23 73 (11.41%) WCF
24 71 (11.09%) MS Excel
25 69 (10.78%) SQL Server 2008
26 68 (10.63%) Windows
27 67 (10.47%) ASP.NET MVC
27 67 (10.47%) Computer Science
27 67 (10.47%) Continuous Integration

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 342 (53.44%) .NET
2 228 (35.63%) ASP.NET
3 183 (28.59%) CSS
4 178 (27.81%) HTML
5 155 (24.22%) jQuery
6 110 (17.19%) XML
7 88 (13.75%) .NET Framework
8 87 (13.59%) Web Services
9 77 (12.03%) Ajax
10 73 (11.41%) WCF
11 67 (10.47%) ASP.NET MVC
12 60 (9.375%) J2EE
13 56 (8.750%) HTML5
14 53 (8.281%) Hibernate
15 49 (7.656%) Spring
16 45 (7.031%) XSLT
17 43 (6.719%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 39 (6.094%) JSP
18 39 (6.094%) Servlets
18 39 (6.094%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 48 (7.500%) Apache
2 37 (5.781%) SharePoint
3 26 (4.063%) Tomcat
4 23 (3.594%) Drupal
5 18 (2.813%) IIS
5 18 (2.813%) CMS
6 17 (2.656%) Windows Azure
7 13 (2.031%) ESB
8 12 (1.875%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (1.875%) WebSphere Application Server
9 10 (1.563%) BizTalk Server
10 9 (1.406%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.781%) SAS
12 4 (0.625%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (0.625%) WebSphere Portal
12 4 (0.625%) nginx
12 4 (0.625%) TeamSite
13 3 (0.469%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.469%) MSMQ
13 3 (0.469%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 71 (11.09%) MS Excel
2 12 (1.875%) MS Office
3 2 (0.313%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.156%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.156%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (2.500%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.094%) assyst
3 4 (0.625%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.313%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.313%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.313%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.313%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.156%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.156%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.375%) Internet
2 15 (2.344%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (2.344%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.719%) HTTP
4 4 (0.625%) Intranet
5 3 (0.469%) Network Security
6 1 (0.156%) DNS
6 1 (0.156%) DHCP
6 1 (0.156%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (45.00%) SQL Server
2 69 (10.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 42 (6.563%) SQL Server 2005
4 39 (6.094%) MySQL
5 37 (5.781%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 37 (5.781%) RDBMS
6 29 (4.531%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (3.281%) SQL Server 2012
8 18 (2.813%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (2.344%) DB2
10 14 (2.188%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (1.875%) PowerCenter
12 9 (1.406%) NoSQL
13 7 (1.094%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.938%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (0.938%) Oracle 11g
14 6 (0.938%) Informix
15 5 (0.781%) OLAP
15 5 (0.781%) Oracle 8/8i
15 5 (0.781%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 101 (15.78%) Visual Studio
2 47 (7.344%) Team Foundation Server
3 34 (5.313%) Subversion
4 31 (4.844%) Eclipse
5 21 (3.281%) JUnit
6 19 (2.969%) Maven
7 16 (2.500%) Git (software)
8 10 (1.563%) Ant
9 9 (1.406%) Selenium
9 9 (1.406%) Oracle APEX
9 9 (1.406%) CruiseControl
9 9 (1.406%) MSTest
10 7 (1.094%) Jenkins
11 6 (0.938%) PhoneGap
11 6 (0.938%) Appcelerator Titanium
11 6 (0.938%) NUnit
11 6 (0.938%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.781%) Xcode
12 5 (0.781%) JIRA
13 4 (0.625%) Fiddler
General
1 161 (25.16%) Finance
2 27 (4.219%) Games
3 19 (2.969%) Banking
4 15 (2.344%) Financial Institution
5 14 (2.188%) Advertising
6 12 (1.875%) Marketing
6 12 (1.875%) Telecoms
7 10 (1.563%) Publishing
8 9 (1.406%) Legal
9 8 (1.250%) Front Office
10 5 (0.781%) Billing
10 5 (0.781%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.625%) Back Office
12 2 (0.313%) Retail
12 2 (0.313%) Law
12 2 (0.313%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.156%) Electronics
13 1 (0.156%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.156%) Music
13 1 (0.156%) Music Industry
Miscellaneous
1 67 (10.47%) Computer Science
2 29 (4.531%) Mathematics
3 18 (2.813%) Client/Server
4 15 (2.344%) Mobile Computing
5 12 (1.875%) Open Source
6 11 (1.719%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.563%) Web 2.0
8 8 (1.250%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.250%) Physics
9 7 (1.094%) N-Tier
9 7 (1.094%) Derivative
10 6 (0.938%) SaaS
10 6 (0.938%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.938%) Grid Computing
10 6 (0.938%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.781%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.781%) SWIFT
12 4 (0.625%) W3C
12 4 (0.625%) Equities
12 4 (0.625%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 104 (16.25%) Linux
2 68 (10.63%) Windows
3 29 (4.531%) Android
4 28 (4.375%) Apple iOS
5 19 (2.969%) UNIX
6 6 (0.938%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.625%) Windows Phone
8 3 (0.469%) Solaris
8 3 (0.469%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.156%) HPUX
9 1 (0.156%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (17.81%) MVC
2 104 (16.25%) TDD
3 86 (13.44%) Agile Software Development
4 67 (10.47%) Continuous Integration
5 63 (9.844%) Scrum
6 62 (9.688%) Web Development
7 57 (8.906%) OO
8 55 (8.594%) Unit Testing
9 45 (7.031%) Software Engineering
10 35 (5.469%) Business Intelligence
11 33 (5.156%) SOA
12 29 (4.531%) BPMN
13 23 (3.594%) CRM
14 21 (3.281%) OOP
15 20 (3.125%) Analytics
15 20 (3.125%) UML
15 20 (3.125%) Workflow
16 19 (2.969%) OOD
17 18 (2.813%) Extreme Programming
18 17 (2.656%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 327 (51.09%) C#
2 215 (33.59%) JavaScript
3 205 (32.03%) SQL
4 195 (30.47%) Java
5 62 (9.688%) Python
6 61 (9.531%) PHP
7 54 (8.438%) C++
8 47 (7.344%) Perl
9 46 (7.188%) T-SQL
10 41 (6.406%) VB.NET
11 31 (4.844%) PL/SQL
12 24 (3.750%) Ruby
13 16 (2.500%) Objective-C
14 15 (2.344%) VBA
15 14 (2.188%) VB
16 11 (1.719%) C
17 10 (1.563%) XPath
18 9 (1.406%) Bash shell
19 8 (1.250%) Korn
19 8 (1.250%) VC++
Qualifications
1 144 (22.50%) Degree
2 24 (3.750%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (1.875%) MCPD
4 11 (1.719%) PhD
5 6 (0.938%) MCTS
6 5 (0.781%) Sun Certification
7 4 (0.625%) MCDBA
8 3 (0.469%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.469%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.313%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.313%) MCSD
9 2 (0.313%) MCP
10 1 (0.156%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.250%) QA
2 5 (0.781%) SLA
3 1 (0.156%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.313%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (0.313%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.156%) Samba
Systems Management
1 4 (0.625%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 3 (0.469%) Nagios
2 3 (0.469%) Munin
2 3 (0.469%) Puppet
Vendors
1 151 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 102 (15.94%) Oracle
3 26 (4.063%) JBoss
4 17 (2.656%) Informatica
5 8 (1.250%) Sybase
6 7 (1.094%) Twitter
7 6 (0.938%) DevExpress
8 5 (0.781%) Razor Risk
9 4 (0.625%) Canoo
9 4 (0.625%) IBM
9 4 (0.625%) Unisys
10 3 (0.469%) Business Objects
10 3 (0.469%) SAP
10 3 (0.469%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.469%) Ektron
10 3 (0.469%) Pega
10 3 (0.469%) Netezza
10 3 (0.469%) Google
11 2 (0.313%) Talend
11 2 (0.313%) Alterian
Edinburgh, Scotland
They provide IVA's, and other debt management arrangements. They currently have 30,000 customers and they are growing very quickly. You will be required to develop their...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
They ensure that their clients get the best level of service and that regulations are full adhered to. They are experts in their field and are looking for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The successful Software Developer (C#, ASP.Net, MVC, CSS, HTML) should also have knowledge and experience of front end development using CSS and HTML Skills required for the...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + 10% bonus + pension + health
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Web Developer - Graduate - Edinburgh - C#, ASP.Net, SQL Serve Our Client is an innovative business which provides an excellent working environment for their employees... The successful applicant will...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + unique benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The key software skills that my client is looking for applicants to have are thus: Microsoft .NET, C#, ASP.NET (MVC would be good but not crucial) and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £47000 per annum + Tremendous employee benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This is a key role within a motivated and energetic development team, working with the latest Microsoft .NET technologies. Applicants must be able to demonstrate * Significant experience developing...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client, a very successful fund management firm are recruiting for a C# /.Net developer in Edinburgh. The role is open to anyone from a recent graduate to...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: competitve
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are helping one of our clients recruit for a .NET skilled developer for their team... The work is all Microsoft focussed and the successful candidate will...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
For these positions, I am very keen to speak with candidates who have at least 2+years commercial experience developing with the following technologies: .Net, C#, ASP.Net,...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
They are experiencing rapid growth and would like to take on an enthusiastic developer to help them drive their software forward and to maximize revenues. You will be...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial institution, is seeking a C# Web Developer to join their expanding team in Edinburgh. The job requires C# coding experience and extensive...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
They are looking for an Agile Senior .NET Developer (C#/WPF/UI Design) to come in and add something to an already talented and highly technical team.The...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful Software Developers will be joining an existing team of highly skilled C# .Net Developers who work in an Agile environment where cutting edge Microsoft development tools...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience: *Java development experience *Exposure to Objective-C/C# *Oracle/SQL Server *Android *Any ASP.NET exposure If you...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your day-to-day duties will include: - Delivering a wide range of web application features, developing using ASP.Net MVC, ASP.Net & C# - Utilise modern client side development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Relocation Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Software Engineer - Rapidly expanding entrepreneurial org - Edinburgh or Glasgow - Relocation paid One of the UK's fastest growing entrepreneurial organisation has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer /...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will need to be proficient in ASP.NET, MVC, SQL as well as web technologies including JavaScript, JQuery, XHTML and CSS. This is an excellent opportunity to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be able to demonstrate a strong technical understanding of ASP.NET, C#, HTML / DHTML, AJAX and CSS and you will be able to communicate effectively with...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Undertake database design work, primarily on Microsoft SQL server... The candidate should be able to demonstrate: Excellent knowledge of software development using C# and ASP.NET and Microsoft ...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £40000 per annum + Excellent company benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland, Lothian
As well as excellent C# and ASP.Net you should have strong SQL skills, ideally some experience of web based development and some knowledge of Javascript/JQuery. SQL...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: £0 - £43,000 per year + Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
As a Software Developer you will be joining an existing team of highly skilled C# .Net Developers who work in an Agile environment where cutting edge Microsoft development...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
They have a new requirement for an experienced C# & SQL developer to join a dedicated software development & support team working on a variety of client based products. As...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful Senior Developer must have experience of building solutions for brands or marketing and have a can do attitude, inspire and enthuse the team, plus the following...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Company The client is seeking a successful ASP.NET/C# Developer to work on software for financial applications within their securities team... The Position This position requires...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum + bonuses + benefites
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful candidate will be an expert developer in a range of scripting and programming languages. You will be involved in managing projects and also mentoring other developers...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Extensive knowledge and proven experience in the following technologies is critical to the success: Java (Web development) JavaScript / AJAX/ JQuery. JBOSS / Apache / Linux. XML/XSLT. HTML/CSS. Oracle...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
The Junior Developer must have good knowledge of at least one Microsoft visual programming language (C#, .Net, VB etc) as well as experience with relational databases and MySQL...
Boston Capel
Salary: £18k to £25k depending on experience
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Skills Essential: C#.NET Visual Studio Desirable: SQL Server Publish/subscribe Middleware (DDS) Comms (Ethernet, WiFi, ...) Mobile computing We require the successful candidate to be self-motivated, flexible...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £35000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client has recently won a considerable amount of new business and is now looking to grow their Dynamics CRM team. As I'm looking for Developers of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have skills in cross-platform Java, JavaScript / AJAX, HTML5, XHTML and CSS. You will have an excellent understanding of agile methodology. The ideal candidate will also...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
As a result, you will have already gained the following experience: *A degree in Software Engineering, Computing or equivalent *Java development experience *Experience in HTML/CSS *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Required knowledge, skills and experience: Significant experience developing enterprise scale ASP.NET C# web applications... Experience of the following tools and technologies are essential: Microsoft .NET 4.0...
Resource Management
Salary: £36000 - £44000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
THE SKILLS Working in an application support team providing 3rd line support to external customers Expertise in developing using the Microsoft .NET framework, automated unit testing and continuous...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Pension, Bonus and Healthcare
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The roleAn opportunity has arisen for a skilled Java Developer to join my market leading client in central Edinburgh... They have recently won a number of exciting projects...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
PHP/Drupal Developer- Edinburgh A high profile agency based in Edinburgh are seeking talented Developers to join their team... You will be reporting to the technical lead day-...
Salt
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have experience of various open source CMS such as joomla, drupal or symphony, combined with solid front-end skills.Key skills include;- PHP- Drupal- HTML, CSS,...
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Java Developer / Senior Java Developer - Java, J2EE, EJB, Servlets - Ideally Grails or Groovy - Exciting new development team being created - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - £30 - 45K + bens An expanding organisation...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have excellent skills in cross-platform HTML5, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript / AJAX... The ideal candidate will also have experience of test-driven development and continuous integration...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013