Computer Science Jobs in Edinburgh

Computer Science
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 27 63
Rank change year-on-year -38 +36 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 20 104 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.30% 6.92% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 7.81% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12 98 61
10th Percentile £38,550 £35,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,188 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,207 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - £100,000 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £40,300 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.24% -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 846 1,331 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.13% 88.56% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 360 934 1,082
10th Percentile £26,156 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,063 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

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 28 May 2025.

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 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 3 (15.00%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (15.00%) GCP
3 3 (15.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) DHCP
1 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Agriculture
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Electronics
3 1 (5.00%) Games
3 1 (5.00%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Data Scientist
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Trainer
4 1 (5.00%) Applications Developer
4 1 (5.00%) C++ Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Graduate
4 1 (5.00%) Programmer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Kafka
1 3 (15.00%) REST
2 2 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) Google JAX
2 2 (10.00%) JAX
2 2 (10.00%) JSON
2 2 (10.00%) NumPy
2 2 (10.00%) PyTorch
2 2 (10.00%) scikit-learn
2 2 (10.00%) Spring
2 2 (10.00%) TensorFlow
3 1 (5.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.00%) gRPC
3 1 (5.00%) Node.js
3 1 (5.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.00%) Life Science
2 2 (10.00%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (15.00%) Data Science
4 3 (15.00%) DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
4 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (10.00%) Line Management
5 2 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (10.00%) Physics
5 2 (10.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 2 (10.00%) TDD
5 2 (10.00%) Time Series Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) Java
2 8 (40.00%) Python
3 6 (30.00%) C++
4 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.00%) C
5 1 (5.00%) C#
5 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.00%) Kotlin
5 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
4 4 (20.00%) PhD
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GDPR
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Databricks
2 2 (10.00%) PayPal
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle