Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Developer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 15 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -12 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 185 316 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.08% 14.89% 21.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.60% 15.60% 22.02%
Number of salaries quoted 144 239 396
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +15.79%

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 1,468 2,025 2,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 95.43% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 1,187 1,415
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,298 £32,925
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
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 £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 64 (34.59%) React
2 49 (26.49%) JavaScript
3 43 (23.24%) CSS
3 43 (23.24%) Azure
4 41 (22.16%) AWS
4 41 (22.16%) Node.js
4 41 (22.16%) TypeScript
5 39 (21.08%) .NET
6 38 (20.54%) Full Stack Development
7 37 (20.00%) Agile
8 35 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (18.38%) Front End Development
10 32 (17.30%) AngularJS
11 27 (14.59%) C#
12 26 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (13.51%) SQL
14 24 (12.97%) DevOps
15 23 (12.43%) HTML
16 22 (11.89%) Social Skills
17 19 (10.27%) Java
18 18 (9.73%) Computer Science
19 17 (9.19%) CI/CD
20 16 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
20 16 (8.65%) Degree
20 16 (8.65%) GraphQL
21 15 (8.11%) Mentoring
21 15 (8.11%) SaaS
21 15 (8.11%) Software Engineering
21 15 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
22 14 (7.57%) Banking

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.78%) CMS
2 2 (1.08%) Apache
2 2 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.08%) Drupal
2 2 (1.08%) SAS
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.54%) Confluence
3 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.24%) Azure
2 41 (22.16%) AWS
3 15 (8.11%) SaaS
4 12 (6.49%) GitHub
5 8 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.70%) Serverless
8 4 (2.16%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.62%) GCP
9 3 (1.62%) Google Play
10 2 (1.08%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (1.08%) PaaS
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.49%) MySQL
2 11 (5.95%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.32%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.78%) Oracle Database
4 7 (3.78%) Oracle Database 11g
5 5 (2.70%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.70%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.16%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.08%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau Desktop
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 14 (7.57%) Git
2 12 (6.49%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.78%) Maven
4 2 (1.08%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.08%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.08%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.08%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.54%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.54%) JHipster
5 1 (0.54%) JIRA
5 1 (0.54%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.54%) webpack
General
1 35 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 22 (11.89%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.57%) Banking
4 13 (7.03%) Finance
5 9 (4.86%) Multimedia
6 8 (4.32%) Tech for Good
7 7 (3.78%) Games
8 6 (3.24%) Law
9 3 (1.62%) Marketing
10 2 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Aviation
11 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.54%) Police
11 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (34.59%) React
2 43 (23.24%) CSS
3 41 (22.16%) Node.js
4 39 (21.08%) .NET
5 32 (17.30%) AngularJS
6 23 (12.43%) HTML
7 16 (8.65%) GraphQL
8 14 (7.57%) WebGL
9 12 (6.49%) .NET Framework
9 12 (6.49%) REST
10 11 (5.95%) Django
11 10 (5.41%) Spring
12 9 (4.86%) Laravel
12 9 (4.86%) Vue
13 8 (4.32%) .NET Core
13 8 (4.32%) Blazor
13 8 (4.32%) JSON
14 7 (3.78%) Spring Boot
14 7 (3.78%) Web Services
15 6 (3.24%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (4.86%) Algorithms
2 9 (4.86%) Augmented Reality
2 9 (4.86%) Data Structures
2 9 (4.86%) Virtual Reality
3 6 (3.24%) e-Learning
4 4 (2.16%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.16%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.62%) iPhone
5 3 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.08%) CMDB
6 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.08%) Kindle
6 2 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.08%) W3C
7 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.24%) Linux
2 4 (2.16%) Android
3 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.54%) Full Stack Development
2 37 (20.00%) Agile
3 34 (18.38%) Front End Development
4 26 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (12.97%) DevOps
6 18 (9.73%) Computer Science
7 17 (9.19%) CI/CD
8 16 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (8.11%) Mentoring
9 15 (8.11%) Software Engineering
10 13 (7.03%) User Experience
11 12 (6.49%) Open Source
12 11 (5.95%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.95%) Unit Testing
13 10 (5.41%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (5.41%) Data Visualisation
13 10 (5.41%) Visualisation
14 9 (4.86%) Microservices
15 8 (4.32%) Secure Coding
15 8 (4.32%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 49 (26.49%) JavaScript
2 41 (22.16%) TypeScript
3 27 (14.59%) C#
4 25 (13.51%) SQL
5 19 (10.27%) Java
6 14 (7.57%) Python
7 9 (4.86%) PHP
8 8 (4.32%) Ruby
9 7 (3.78%) C++
9 7 (3.78%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.70%) C
10 5 (2.70%) GLSL
11 4 (2.16%) Groovy
12 1 (0.54%) Bash
12 1 (0.54%) Delphi
12 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (8.65%) Degree
2 10 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.24%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.08%) OCP
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.08%) PhD
5 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.08%) QA
2 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (6.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.32%) Kubernetes
1 8 (4.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (7.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.32%) Oracle
3 4 (2.16%) ForgeRock
3 4 (2.16%) Google
3 4 (2.16%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.62%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.08%) Rollbar
5 2 (1.08%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.54%) Apple
6 1 (0.54%) Vermilion