Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 51 82
Rank change year-on-year -21 +31 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 21 48 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.39% 3.57% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 3.73% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 13 31 12
10th Percentile £66,250 £50,000 £47,625
25th Percentile £78,750 £52,500 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +15.56% -16.67%
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,727 £69,750
90th Percentile £94,000 £85,253 £76,125
Scotland median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +19.23% +5.69% -5.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

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 775 1,286 973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.17% 95.68% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 363 584 782
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £56,509 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% -9.59% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74,533 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,177 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.09% +6.00% -9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) Agile
3 7 (33.33%) Java
4 6 (28.57%) AWS
5 4 (19.05%) Linux
5 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
6 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 3 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (14.29%) Microservices
7 2 (9.52%) Android
7 2 (9.52%) Avaloq
7 2 (9.52%) Azure
7 2 (9.52%) Coaching
7 2 (9.52%) Fintech
7 2 (9.52%) GCP
7 2 (9.52%) Go
7 2 (9.52%) Kafka
7 2 (9.52%) Kotlin
7 2 (9.52%) React Native
7 2 (9.52%) RESTful
7 2 (9.52%) SaaS
7 2 (9.52%) Wealth Management
8 1 (4.76%) .NET
8 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
8 1 (4.76%) AI
8 1 (4.76%) Android Development
8 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
8 1 (4.76%) API Development
8 1 (4.76%) API Integration
8 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
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 6 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (19.05%) Games
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Kafka
1 2 (9.52%) React Native
1 2 (9.52%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) React
2 1 (4.76%) Spring
2 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 3 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Android
4 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 3 (14.29%) Microservices
5 2 (9.52%) Coaching
5 2 (9.52%) Fintech
5 2 (9.52%) Wealth Management
6 1 (4.76%) AI
6 1 (4.76%) Android Development
6 1 (4.76%) CQRS
6 1 (4.76%) DevOps
6 1 (4.76%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (4.76%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.76%) iOS Development
6 1 (4.76%) MVC
6 1 (4.76%) Pair Programming
6 1 (4.76%) TDD
6 1 (4.76%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) Go
2 2 (9.52%) Kotlin
3 1 (4.76%) C
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) PHP
3 1 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Avaloq
25 Senior Software Engineer jobs in Edinburgh