Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
13 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
61 |
37 |
75 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-24 |
+38 |
+26 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
18 |
63 |
27 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
2.33% |
4.94% |
2.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
2.76% |
5.21% |
2.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
16 |
49 |
25 |
| 10th Percentile |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£49,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£57,375 |
£55,000 |
£53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£72,500 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+20.83% |
+4.35% |
-11.54% |
| 75th Percentile |
£87,188 |
- |
£62,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£94,389 |
£72,777 |
£65,750 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£66,250 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.42% |
+4.35% |
-9.63% |
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 |
652 |
1,209 |
1,104 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
84.24% |
94.82% |
94.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
276 |
707 |
885 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,406 |
£35,000 |
£30,220 |
| 25th Percentile |
£36,500 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£54,855 |
£60,000 |
£59,526 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.58% |
+0.80% |
+0.04% |
| 75th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£74,572 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£90,000 |
£87,419 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
- |
-4.55% |
