The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 84 85 95
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 8 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.757% 0.597% 0.389%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.793% 0.623% 0.408%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 5
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -2.59%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+9.75% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
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 £26,000 £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%
Senior Software Developer
Scotland

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Edinburgh Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title.

1 7 (58.33%) C#
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
4 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 4 (33.33%) Web Services
4 4 (33.33%) C++
4 4 (33.33%) Windows
4 4 (33.33%) TDD
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Business Development
5 3 (25.00%) WCF
5 3 (25.00%) Silverlight
5 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
5 3 (25.00%) MVC
5 3 (25.00%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
6 2 (16.67%) CSS
6 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
6 2 (16.67%) HTML
6 2 (16.67%) Java
6 2 (16.67%) OO
6 2 (16.67%) Ajax
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
6 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 4 (33.33%) Web Services
3 3 (25.00%) WCF
3 3 (25.00%) Silverlight
4 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 2 (16.67%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) Ajax
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 1 (8.333%) NHibernate
5 1 (8.333%) WinForms
5 1 (8.333%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.333%) Visualisation
3 1 (8.333%) ASIC
3 1 (8.333%) VHDL
3 1 (8.333%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) TDD
2 3 (25.00%) Business Development
2 3 (25.00%) MVC
2 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (8.333%) OOD
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Web Application Development
4 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
4 1 (8.333%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) C++
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) Java
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (8.333%) C
5 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
5 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Salary: £45,000 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £50,000 to £55,000
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