Computer Science Jobs in Edinburgh

Computer Science
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 78 70
Rank change year-on-year +48 -8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 108 79 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.06% 3.71% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.81% 3.85% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 100 61 25
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% +41.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,715 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,383 2,052 2,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.39% 96.25% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 972 1,175 1,342
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,000 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,404 £90,773 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,654 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.94% +9.82% +5.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Edinburgh

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Edinburgh

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Edinburgh

Computer Science
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 2 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.41%) AWS
2 7 (6.48%) Azure
3 6 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (3.70%) Google Docs
5 3 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (2.78%) SaaS
6 2 (1.85%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.85%) GCP
6 2 (1.85%) MailChimp
6 2 (1.85%) Route 53
6 2 (1.85%) Serverless
6 2 (1.85%) Zapier
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.93%) GitHub
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.81%) Wireless
2 10 (9.26%) Network Security
3 2 (1.85%) DHCP
3 2 (1.85%) DNS
3 2 (1.85%) LAN
3 2 (1.85%) WAN
3 2 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.93%) MySQL
3 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Git
1 2 (1.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) IntelliJ
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) Maven
General
1 49 (45.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 39 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.48%) Finance
5 6 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.63%) Games
6 5 (4.63%) Legal
7 4 (3.70%) Electronics
7 4 (3.70%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.85%) Aviation
9 2 (1.85%) Banking
9 2 (1.85%) Marketing
10 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (40.74%) Software Engineer
2 24 (22.22%) Senior
3 18 (16.67%) Developer
4 14 (12.96%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (8.33%) Graduate
6 9 (8.33%) React Developer
6 9 (8.33%) Senior Developer
6 9 (8.33%) Senior React Developer
6 9 (8.33%) Software Developer
7 8 (7.41%) C Software Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) Senior C Software Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Database Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Firmware Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Junior
8 7 (6.48%) Research Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Research Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (24.07%) React
2 16 (14.81%) WebGL
3 6 (5.56%) .NET
4 5 (4.63%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.63%) Django
5 4 (3.70%) CSS
5 4 (3.70%) FHIR
5 4 (3.70%) HTML
5 4 (3.70%) LDAP
6 2 (1.85%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.85%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.85%) DPDK
6 2 (1.85%) Vue
7 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.93%) CSS3
7 1 (0.93%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.93%) HTML5
7 1 (0.93%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.81%) Algorithms
2 10 (9.26%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (4.63%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.63%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (3.70%) Unix
2 4 (3.70%) Windows
3 2 (1.85%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (61.11%) Software Engineering
2 39 (36.11%) Mathematics
3 36 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (27.78%) Physics
5 13 (12.04%) Machine Learning
6 11 (10.19%) Agile
6 11 (10.19%) Roadmaps
7 10 (9.26%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (9.26%) Mentoring
8 8 (7.41%) Coaching
8 8 (7.41%) Data Management
8 8 (7.41%) Front End Development
8 8 (7.41%) Prototyping
8 8 (7.41%) SDLC
9 7 (6.48%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (5.56%) Data Modelling
10 6 (5.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (5.56%) Decision-Making
10 6 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 41 (37.96%) C
2 25 (23.15%) C++
3 21 (19.44%) Java
4 19 (17.59%) Rust
5 18 (16.67%) TypeScript
6 16 (14.81%) GLSL
6 16 (14.81%) Python
7 14 (12.96%) Embedded C
8 7 (6.48%) Haskell
9 6 (5.56%) C#
9 6 (5.56%) Ruby
10 5 (4.63%) Go
10 5 (4.63%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.85%) SQL
12 1 (0.93%) Bash
12 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 71 (65.74%) Degree
2 27 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 15 (13.89%) PhD
5 3 (2.78%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.78%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.93%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.93%) MCSE
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.70%) DICOM
1 4 (3.70%) HL7
1 4 (3.70%) ISO 13485
2 2 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 18 (16.67%) Firmware
2 11 (10.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.78%) Docker
4 1 (0.93%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.85%) Ansible
2 2 (1.85%) Autotask
2 2 (1.85%) vRealize
2 2 (1.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 6 (5.56%) Google
2 5 (4.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.70%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (3.70%) CyberArk
4 3 (2.78%) Anaplan
5 2 (1.85%) Apple
5 2 (1.85%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.85%) Dell
5 2 (1.85%) Facebook
5 2 (1.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.93%) Citrix
6 1 (0.93%) ConnectWise
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle
6 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.93%) Rapid7