Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
13 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
64 |
48 |
82 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-16 |
+34 |
+23 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
13 |
48 |
25 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh |
1.71% |
3.83% |
2.31% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
2.05% |
4.03% |
2.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
11 |
34 |
22 |
| 10th Percentile |
£53,500 |
£50,000 |
£48,750 |
| 25th Percentile |
£61,250 |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£77,500 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+29.17% |
+4.35% |
-14.81% |
| 75th Percentile |
£88,125 |
£66,875 |
£61,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£73,695 |
£67,825 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£67,500 |
£60,000 |
£59,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+12.50% |
+0.84% |
-8.29% |
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 |
633 |
1,192 |
1,042 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
83.29% |
95.21% |
96.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
263 |
565 |
848 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,000 |
£35,000 |
£30,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£57,500 |
£59,526 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-13.04% |
-3.40% |
+0.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£72,016 |
£74,144 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£88,750 |
£87,419 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£53,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-15.09% |
+0.95% |
-4.55% |
