Software Development Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Development Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Development Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.22% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £45,250 - £48,795
25th Percentile £47,500 - £52,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £71,500
90th Percentile £64,750 - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 - £63,000
% change year-on-year - - -23.64%

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 849 1,464 2,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 95.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 420 1,034 1,200
10th Percentile £29,375 £32,575 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Engineer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Development Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Software Development Engineer 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 Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (50.00%) Opsgenie
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Software Development Engineer 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk