Senior Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 305 347 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.88% 16.16% 15.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.75% 16.92% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 204 213 237
10th Percentile £46,306 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,634 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +4.05% +18.18%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,627 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,575 £95,000 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,470 2,051 2,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.83% 95.53% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 1,207 1,413
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,331 £33,488
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 121 (39.67%) Software Engineering
2 117 (38.36%) Agile
3 94 (30.82%) Azure
4 68 (22.30%) AWS
4 68 (22.30%) DevOps
5 60 (19.67%) Finance
5 60 (19.67%) SQL
5 60 (19.67%) .NET
6 57 (18.69%) JavaScript
7 54 (17.70%) Actionable Insight
8 51 (16.72%) Python
9 47 (15.41%) Linux
9 47 (15.41%) React
10 45 (14.75%) Social Skills
11 44 (14.43%) Degree
12 43 (14.10%) Analytics
13 42 (13.77%) SC Cleared
13 42 (13.77%) Security Cleared
13 42 (13.77%) CSS
14 41 (13.44%) C#
15 34 (11.15%) C
15 34 (11.15%) SaaS
15 34 (11.15%) AngularJS
16 33 (10.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 32 (10.49%) .NET Core
17 32 (10.49%) Windows
17 32 (10.49%) Banking
18 31 (10.16%) Mentoring
19 30 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
19 30 (9.84%) HTML

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (6.56%) ArcGIS
1 20 (6.56%) GeoServer
2 10 (3.28%) Confluence
3 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.98%) SAS
5 2 (0.66%) Apache
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.66%) JBoss
5 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.31%) Sketch
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.33%) Revit
4 1 (0.33%) Simulink
4 1 (0.33%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 94 (30.82%) Azure
2 68 (22.30%) AWS
3 34 (11.15%) SaaS
4 29 (9.51%) GCP
5 15 (4.92%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.97%) Miro
8 5 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.64%) GitHub
8 5 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.31%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.31%) Figma
9 4 (1.31%) Heroku
9 4 (1.31%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.31%) Serverless
9 4 (1.31%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.98%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.98%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.23%) Network Security
2 10 (3.28%) Wireless
3 7 (2.30%) Bluetooth
3 7 (2.30%) Firewall
3 7 (2.30%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.97%) DNS
4 6 (1.97%) WAN
4 6 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.64%) DHCP
6 4 (1.31%) NetScaler
7 3 (0.98%) Internet
8 2 (0.66%) BGP
8 2 (0.66%) IPsec
8 2 (0.66%) LAN
8 2 (0.66%) OSPF
8 2 (0.66%) VPN
8 2 (0.66%) WLAN
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.56%) GIS
2 20 (6.56%) QGIS
3 17 (5.57%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.92%) Power BI
5 10 (3.28%) Tableau
6 9 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.97%) Big Data
8 6 (1.97%) DB2
8 6 (1.97%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.97%) Oracle Database 11g
8 6 (1.97%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.97%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.64%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.64%) MySQL
10 4 (1.31%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.31%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (5.25%) Git
2 12 (3.93%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.93%) JIRA
3 4 (1.31%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (0.98%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.98%) IntelliJ
4 3 (0.98%) Maven
5 2 (0.66%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.33%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.33%) GitLab
6 1 (0.33%) JHipster
6 1 (0.33%) Mocha
6 1 (0.33%) MSI
6 1 (0.33%) Selenium
6 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.33%) Subversion
6 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (19.67%) Finance
2 45 (14.75%) Social Skills
3 33 (10.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (10.49%) Banking
5 20 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.61%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.28%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 5 (1.64%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.64%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.31%) Billing
11 4 (1.31%) Games
11 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.98%) Law
13 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.66%) Aviation
13 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (19.67%) .NET
2 47 (15.41%) React
3 42 (13.77%) CSS
4 34 (11.15%) AngularJS
5 32 (10.49%) .NET Core
6 30 (9.84%) HTML
7 20 (6.56%) Leaflet
7 20 (6.56%) OpenLayers
7 20 (6.56%) PostGIS
8 17 (5.57%) RESTful
9 14 (4.59%) Node.js
10 13 (4.26%) ASP.NET
10 13 (4.26%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (3.61%) Kafka
12 10 (3.28%) Web Services
13 9 (2.95%) Express.js
14 8 (2.62%) .NET Framework
14 8 (2.62%) ASP.NET MVC
14 8 (2.62%) REST
14 8 (2.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.92%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.59%) Public Cloud
3 13 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.31%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.31%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.98%) Online Banking
8 3 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.33%) FPGA
10 1 (0.33%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.33%) PMI
10 1 (0.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 47 (15.41%) Linux
2 32 (10.49%) Windows
3 19 (6.23%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.28%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.97%) Unix
6 4 (1.31%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.98%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (39.67%) Software Engineering
2 117 (38.36%) Agile
3 68 (22.30%) DevOps
4 54 (17.70%) Actionable Insight
5 43 (14.10%) Analytics
6 31 (10.16%) Mentoring
7 29 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (8.85%) TDD
9 26 (8.52%) Computer Science
10 25 (8.20%) Microservices
11 23 (7.54%) Full Stack Development
12 22 (7.21%) Artificial Intelligence
12 22 (7.21%) CI/CD
12 22 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (7.21%) Data Science
13 20 (6.56%) Web Development
14 19 (6.23%) Unit Testing
15 17 (5.57%) Design Patterns
15 17 (5.57%) Front End Development
15 17 (5.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 60 (19.67%) SQL
2 57 (18.69%) JavaScript
3 51 (16.72%) Python
4 41 (13.44%) C#
5 34 (11.15%) C
6 27 (8.85%) C++
7 19 (6.23%) Java
8 13 (4.26%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.62%) Ruby
10 7 (2.30%) Groovy
11 6 (1.97%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.97%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.97%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.64%) Bash
13 3 (0.98%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.98%) VBA
14 2 (0.66%) PHP
14 2 (0.66%) R
15 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 44 (14.43%) Degree
2 42 (13.77%) SC Cleared
2 42 (13.77%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.97%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.97%) CISA
5 5 (1.64%) MCSE
5 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.98%) CCNP
7 3 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.66%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.66%) OCP
8 2 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.30%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.97%) ITGC
2 6 (1.97%) PMO
3 4 (1.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.31%) DICOM
3 4 (1.31%) HL7
3 4 (1.31%) ISO 13485
3 4 (1.31%) SLA
3 4 (1.31%) WCAG
4 3 (0.98%) CRD IV
5 2 (0.66%) IFRS
5 2 (0.66%) IFRS 9
5 2 (0.66%) QA
6 1 (0.33%) Basel III
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 19 (6.23%) Docker
2 5 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.31%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.31%) Firmware
3 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.31%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 27 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.59%) Terraform
3 13 (4.26%) Ansible
4 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.31%) Grafana
6 4 (1.31%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.31%) vRealize
6 4 (1.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (0.98%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.98%) Puppet
8 1 (0.33%) Kibana
8 1 (0.33%) Nagios
8 1 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.33%) WMI
Vendors
1 20 (6.56%) ESRI
2 16 (5.25%) Google
2 16 (5.25%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.59%) Oracle
4 13 (4.26%) Dell
5 9 (2.95%) VMware
6 8 (2.62%) SAP
7 6 (1.97%) Databricks
7 6 (1.97%) Sage
8 5 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.31%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.31%) Citrix
9 4 (1.31%) ConnectWise
9 4 (1.31%) ForgeRock
9 4 (1.31%) Nimble Storage
9 4 (1.31%) Veeam
10 3 (0.98%) IBM
11 1 (0.33%) Apple
11 1 (0.33%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.33%) Siemens