Rust Job Trends in Edinburgh

Rust
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Rust 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 - 90 97
Rank change year-on-year - +7 +58
Permanent jobs citing Rust 0 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh - 0.54% 1.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.27% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £100,000 £100,000
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary - £58,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year - -42.00% -

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

Rust falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 442 474 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.50% 42.82% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 168 247 398
10th Percentile £27,475 £39,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £33,952 £45,000 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,375 £57,500 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% -12.01% +4.56%
75th Percentile £77,890 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £55,498 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +0.91% -7.60% +3.52%

Rust
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Rust job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Rust
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Rust.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Rust