Principal Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £102,500 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 |
93 |
75 |
144 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-18 |
+69 |
+10 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer |
2 |
40 |
3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
0.22% |
2.62% |
0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.24% |
2.73% |
0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
7 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£96,500 |
£64,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£96,250 |
- |
£70,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£102,500 |
£100,000 |
£85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+2.50% |
+17.65% |
-5.56% |
| 75th Percentile |
£108,750 |
- |
£103,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£101,500 |
£113,500 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£75,000 |
£100,000 |
£81,250 |
| % change year-on-year |
-25.00% |
+23.08% |
+8.33% |
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% |
