Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £71,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
54 |
35 |
87 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-19 |
+52 |
-6 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
40 |
99 |
68 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
4.35% |
6.51% |
3.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
4.69% |
6.79% |
3.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
37 |
61 |
47 |
| 10th Percentile |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
£53,450 |
| 25th Percentile |
£53,750 |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£71,500 |
£60,000 |
£62,706 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+19.17% |
-4.32% |
+0.33% |
| 75th Percentile |
£90,250 |
£62,500 |
£77,715 |
| 90th Percentile |
£93,778 |
£75,000 |
£78,629 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£62,500 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.17% |
- |
-4.00% |
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 |
852 |
1,457 |
2,032 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.61% |
95.86% |
95.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
420 |
1,029 |
1,201 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,375 |
£32,700 |
£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% |
