Software Engineering Job Trends in Edinburgh
Software Engineering
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 36 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | -33 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 127 | 49 | 282 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh | 10.59% | 6.43% | 22.67% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 16.14% | 6.94% | 25.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 90 | 39 | 165 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £37,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £48,000 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.27% | -8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £91,000 | £85,500 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £75,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | +4.17% | +4.35% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh
Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 787 | 706 | 1,097 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 65.64% | 92.65% | 88.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 473 | 293 | 476 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £25,684 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £32,000 | £46,741 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £40,000 | £59,715 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +62.50% | -33.02% | -0.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,075 | £65,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £87,355 | £90,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £38,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.74% | -30.91% | +4.76% |
Software Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Software Engineering Salary Trend in Edinburgh
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Salary Histogram in Edinburgh
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Software Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 17.3% | 22 |
| 1 | AI | 17.3% | 22 |
| 3 | Full-Stack Development | 11.0% | 14 |
| 4 | Coaching | 10.2% | 13 |
| 5 | DevOps | 9.4% | 12 |
| 5 | Roadmaps | 9.4% | 12 |
| 7 | Mentoring | 8.7% | 11 |
| 8 | CI/CD | 7.9% | 10 |
| 8 | Decision-Making | 7.9% | 10 |
| 10 | Collaborative Culture | 7.1% | 9 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 7.1% | 9 |
| 12 | Site Reliability Engineering | 6.3% | 8 |
| 13 | Technical Leadership | 5.5% | 7 |
| 14 | Stakeholder Management | 4.7% | 6 |
| 15 | Machine Learning | 3.9% | 5 |
| 15 | Observability | 3.9% | 5 |
| 17 | Budgeting | 3.1% | 4 |
| 17 | Disaster Recovery | 3.1% | 4 |
| 17 | Infrastructure as Code | 3.1% | 4 |
| 17 | LLM | 3.1% | 4 |