Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
6 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
79 |
54 |
83 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-25 |
+29 |
+15 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
21 |
50 |
25 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh |
2.19% |
3.89% |
2.45% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
2.48% |
4.10% |
2.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
13 |
34 |
11 |
| 10th Percentile |
£56,750 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£52,500 |
£49,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£82,500 |
£70,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+17.86% |
+27.27% |
-18.68% |
| 75th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,705 |
£71,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£92,719 |
£76,250 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£71,250 |
£65,000 |
£61,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.62% |
+5.69% |
-5.38% |
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 |
847 |
1,221 |
983 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
88.32% |
94.95% |
96.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
402 |
529 |
788 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,750 |
£35,000 |
£30,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£29,500 |
£45,000 |
£42,968 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£47,500 |
£55,000 |
£62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-13.64% |
-12.00% |
+4.17% |
| 75th Percentile |
£73,250 |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£90,000 |
£91,934 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£54,000 |
£51,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.67% |
+4.85% |
-6.36% |
