Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 88 90
Rank change year-on-year +58 +2 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 101 63 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.77% 3.09% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.06% 3.25% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 66 43 50
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £49,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £53,805
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,050 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £81,250
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

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 1,430 1,940 2,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.84% 95.00% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 1,154 1,491
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,733 £33,488
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% +10.53%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Senior Software Engineer 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 Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 101 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 52 (51.49%) Agile
3 41 (40.59%) .NET
4 37 (36.63%) Azure
5 34 (33.66%) JavaScript
6 32 (31.68%) AWS
7 30 (29.70%) DevOps
8 29 (28.71%) React
8 29 (28.71%) .NET Core
8 29 (28.71%) C#
8 29 (28.71%) CSS
9 28 (27.72%) C
10 25 (24.75%) Python
11 24 (23.76%) Linux
11 24 (23.76%) C++
12 21 (20.79%) PostgreSQL
12 21 (20.79%) SaaS
12 21 (20.79%) SC Cleared
12 21 (20.79%) Security Cleared
12 21 (20.79%) Actionable Insight
13 20 (19.80%) Leaflet
13 20 (19.80%) PostGIS
13 20 (19.80%) GeoServer
13 20 (19.80%) OpenLayers
13 20 (19.80%) QGIS
13 20 (19.80%) TDD
13 20 (19.80%) Web Development
13 20 (19.80%) GIS
13 20 (19.80%) ESRI
13 20 (19.80%) ArcGIS

Senior Software Engineer 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 20 (19.80%) ArcGIS
1 20 (19.80%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.99%) JBoss
2 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 37 (36.63%) Azure
2 32 (31.68%) AWS
3 21 (20.79%) SaaS
4 9 (8.91%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.82%) Network Security
2 6 (5.94%) Bluetooth
2 6 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (5.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (20.79%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (19.80%) GIS
2 20 (19.80%) QGIS
3 8 (7.92%) NoSQL
4 7 (6.93%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.98%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.99%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) IntelliJ
General
1 10 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (5.94%) Finance
2 6 (5.94%) Legal
3 5 (4.95%) Tech for Good
4 4 (3.96%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.98%) Games
6 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (40.59%) .NET
2 29 (28.71%) .NET Core
2 29 (28.71%) CSS
2 29 (28.71%) React
3 20 (19.80%) Leaflet
3 20 (19.80%) OpenLayers
3 20 (19.80%) PostGIS
4 16 (15.84%) AngularJS
5 13 (12.87%) ASP.NET Web API
5 13 (12.87%) HTML
6 12 (11.88%) ASP.NET
7 8 (7.92%) RESTful
8 7 (6.93%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (6.93%) Kafka
9 6 (5.94%) Django
9 6 (5.94%) Vue
10 4 (3.96%) FHIR
11 3 (2.97%) Spring
12 2 (1.98%) .NET Framework
12 2 (1.98%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.90%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (7.92%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.92%) Virtual Team
3 6 (5.94%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (23.76%) Linux
2 8 (7.92%) Mac OS
2 8 (7.92%) Windows
3 4 (3.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 52 (51.49%) Agile
3 30 (29.70%) DevOps
4 21 (20.79%) Actionable Insight
5 20 (19.80%) TDD
5 20 (19.80%) Web Development
6 17 (16.83%) Microservices
7 14 (13.86%) MVC
8 13 (12.87%) Test Automation
9 12 (11.88%) Computer Science
10 10 (9.90%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (7.92%) Component Testing
11 8 (7.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 8 (7.92%) Data Science
11 8 (7.92%) Full Stack Development
11 8 (7.92%) Performance Optimisation
11 8 (7.92%) Security Analytics
11 8 (7.92%) Threat Analysis
11 8 (7.92%) Threat Detection
11 8 (7.92%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 34 (33.66%) JavaScript
2 29 (28.71%) C#
3 28 (27.72%) C
4 25 (24.75%) Python
5 24 (23.76%) C++
6 8 (7.92%) SQL
7 4 (3.96%) Java
8 3 (2.97%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.98%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 21 (20.79%) SC Cleared
1 21 (20.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.88%) Degree
3 8 (7.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) DICOM
1 4 (3.96%) HL7
1 4 (3.96%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (19.80%) ESRI
2 8 (7.92%) Dell