Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 58 72
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 53 47 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 4.54% 4.32% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.89% 4.61% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 31 35 25
10th Percentile - £52,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -11.29%
75th Percentile £81,875 £85,253 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £63,750 £61,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% +3.66% -8.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,083 1,020 1,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 93.75% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 553 408 916
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,017 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%

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 17 February 2026.

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 17 February 2026, 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 53 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (26.42%) Linux
3 13 (24.53%) C
4 12 (22.64%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (20.75%) C++
5 11 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (20.75%) Embedded Software Development
5 11 (20.75%) Functional Safety
5 11 (20.75%) IEC 61508
5 11 (20.75%) MISRA
5 11 (20.75%) MISRA C
5 11 (20.75%) Safety Engineering
5 11 (20.75%) SDLC
6 9 (16.98%) Agile
6 9 (16.98%) Kotlin
7 8 (15.09%) Android
8 6 (11.32%) Java
9 5 (9.43%) .NET
9 5 (9.43%) Azure
10 4 (7.55%) C#
10 4 (7.55%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.55%) Mentoring
10 4 (7.55%) SaaS
11 3 (5.66%) AWS
11 3 (5.66%) Firmware
11 3 (5.66%) React Native
12 2 (3.77%) Android Development
12 2 (3.77%) DevOps
12 2 (3.77%) GCP
12 2 (3.77%) JavaScript

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 5 (9.43%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) SaaS
3 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (7.55%) Games
2 1 (1.89%) Finance
2 1 (1.89%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) .NET
2 3 (5.66%) React Native
3 2 (3.77%) React
3 2 (3.77%) RESTful
4 1 (1.89%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.89%) CSS
4 1 (1.89%) HTML
4 1 (1.89%) Kafka
4 1 (1.89%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) CAN bus
1 11 (20.75%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (3.77%) Legacy Code
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Linux
2 12 (22.64%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (15.09%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (20.75%) Embedded Software Development
2 11 (20.75%) Safety Engineering
2 11 (20.75%) SDLC
3 9 (16.98%) Agile
4 4 (7.55%) CI/CD
4 4 (7.55%) Mentoring
5 2 (3.77%) Android Development
5 2 (3.77%) DevOps
5 2 (3.77%) Microservices
5 2 (3.77%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (1.89%) API Development
6 1 (1.89%) API Integration
6 1 (1.89%) Coaching
6 1 (1.89%) iOS Development
6 1 (1.89%) Software Architecture
6 1 (1.89%) TDD
6 1 (1.89%) Test Automation
6 1 (1.89%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) C
2 11 (20.75%) C++
3 9 (16.98%) Kotlin
4 6 (11.32%) Java
5 4 (7.55%) C#
6 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.89%) Python
7 1 (1.89%) Swift
7 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) IEC 61508
1 11 (20.75%) MISRA
1 11 (20.75%) MISRA C
2 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) Firmware
2 1 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (20.75%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
26 Senior Software Engineer jobs in Edinburgh