Software Engineer Job Trends in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 16 25
Rank change year-on-year -35 +9 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 54 158 107
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 5.64% 12.39% 10.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.39% 13.06% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 39 101 69
10th Percentile £42,650 £46,306 £47,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £75,554
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -13.97% +16.68%
75th Percentile £81,875 £80,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £85,250 £93,778 £137,913
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 845 1,210 984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.30% 94.90% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 405 524 789
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,500 £74,358 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £54,389 £51,514
% change year-on-year -17.26% +5.58% -6.34%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 18 (33.33%) Java
3 14 (25.93%) C
3 14 (25.93%) C++
3 14 (25.93%) Firmware
4 13 (24.07%) Agile
4 13 (24.07%) Bluetooth
4 13 (24.07%) RS-232
4 13 (24.07%) Wireless
5 9 (16.67%) AWS
6 7 (12.96%) Azure
6 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
6 7 (12.96%) Microservices
6 7 (12.96%) React
7 6 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 5 (9.26%) GCP
8 5 (9.26%) Kafka
8 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
9 4 (7.41%) CI/CD
9 4 (7.41%) DevOps
9 4 (7.41%) Docker
9 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
9 4 (7.41%) Spring Boot
9 4 (7.41%) TDD
10 3 (5.56%) .NET
10 3 (5.56%) Android
10 3 (5.56%) CSS
10 3 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (5.56%) Front End Development

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 9 (16.67%) AWS
2 7 (12.96%) Azure
3 5 (9.26%) GCP
4 3 (5.56%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.07%) Bluetooth
1 13 (24.07%) RS-232
1 13 (24.07%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
General
1 13 (24.07%) Electronics
2 10 (18.52%) Games
3 8 (14.81%) Finance
4 5 (9.26%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) React
2 5 (9.26%) Kafka
3 4 (7.41%) Spring Boot
4 3 (5.56%) .NET
4 3 (5.56%) CSS
4 3 (5.56%) HTML
4 3 (5.56%) RESTful
5 2 (3.70%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.70%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.70%) React Native
6 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.85%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.85%) Spring
6 1 (1.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.85%) CAN bus
1 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Android
1 3 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (24.07%) Agile
3 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
3 7 (12.96%) Microservices
4 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
5 4 (7.41%) CI/CD
5 4 (7.41%) DevOps
5 4 (7.41%) TDD
6 3 (5.56%) Front End Development
6 3 (5.56%) Roadmaps
7 2 (3.70%) API Integration
7 2 (3.70%) Coaching
7 2 (3.70%) Fintech
7 2 (3.70%) MVC
8 1 (1.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.85%) Domain-Driven Design
8 1 (1.85%) Pair Programming
8 1 (1.85%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.85%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.85%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.33%) Java
2 14 (25.93%) C
2 14 (25.93%) C++
3 6 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.56%) Kotlin
5 2 (3.70%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) Go
5 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.85%) PHP
6 1 (1.85%) SQL
6 1 (1.85%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) IEC 61508
1 1 (1.85%) MISRA
1 1 (1.85%) MISRA C
1 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Firmware
2 4 (7.41%) Docker
3 3 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (1.85%) Avaloq
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
55 Software Engineer jobs in Edinburgh