Lead Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 88 | 106 | 103 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | -3 | +48 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer | 7 | 9 | 44 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 0.76% | 0.59% | 2.06% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.82% | 0.61% | 2.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £53,750 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £100,000 | £79,632 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £120,360 | £88,480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.69% | +36.03% | +41.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £140,677 | £137,913 | £117,236 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £124,619 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £75,000 | £100,000 | £88,480 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +13.02% | +36.12% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 | 849 | 1,464 | 2,039 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.58% | 95.87% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 420 | 1,034 | 1,200 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,375 | £32,575 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £72,433 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,474 | £91,934 | £90,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | +9.52% |
Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings that featured Lead Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Edinburgh.
Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer in the job title.
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Lead 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: