Low Latency Job Trends in Edinburgh

Low Latency
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Low Latency skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 93 88
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 -31
Permanent jobs citing Low Latency 1 3 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.094% 0.27% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.28% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 20
10th Percentile - £36,261 £49,500
25th Percentile - £40,028 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,557 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - -25.40% -8.20%
75th Percentile - £55,379 £91,934
90th Percentile - £59,321 -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £50,029 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.05% -23.03% -6.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Low Latency 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 910 1,065 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.45% 96.21% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 390 405 777
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Low Latency relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Low Latency job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Low Latency
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Low Latency.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Low Latency

Low Latency
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python