Software Engineering Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Engineering
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 141 355 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.90% 23.79% 21.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.32% 26.51% 22.83%
Number of salaries quoted 104 257 283
10th Percentile £25,313 £45,000 £44,033
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,634
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.29% +12.72%
75th Percentile £93,778 £91,934 £84,056
90th Percentile £96,403 £100,000 £97,466
Scotland median annual salary £58,033 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.28% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 864 1,339 1,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.41% 89.75% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 393 942 1,143
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £53,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.70% +5.50%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Edinburgh

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Edinburgh

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Edinburgh

Software Engineering
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 2 (1.42%) Confluence
1 2 (1.42%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.71%) CICS
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Solana
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 43 (30.50%) GCP
2 36 (25.53%) AWS
3 32 (22.70%) Azure
4 9 (6.38%) OpenShift
5 7 (4.96%) GitHub
6 6 (4.26%) SaaS
7 4 (2.84%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (2.84%) Google Analytics
8 3 (2.13%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.13%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.42%) Apigee
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.42%) Datadog
9 2 (1.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (1.42%) npm
9 2 (1.42%) Serverless
10 1 (0.71%) AWS Data Pipeline
10 1 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.38%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.42%) FTP
3 1 (0.71%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.71%) Internet
3 1 (0.71%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.71%) SpaceWire
3 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.71%) Wireless
3 1 (0.71%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.96%) MongoDB
1 7 (4.96%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.26%) Big Data
2 6 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.55%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.84%) MySQL
5 3 (2.13%) DB2
6 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.42%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.71%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (10.64%) Jenkins
2 12 (8.51%) Git
3 6 (4.26%) webpack
4 4 (2.84%) JIRA
5 3 (2.13%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.13%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (2.13%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (2.13%) Xcode
5 3 (2.13%) XCTest
5 3 (2.13%) XCUITest
6 2 (1.42%) GitLab
6 2 (1.42%) JUnit
6 2 (1.42%) Maven
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (1.42%) Postman
6 2 (1.42%) SoapUI
General
1 68 (48.23%) Finance
2 59 (41.84%) Banking
3 23 (16.31%) Social Skills
4 11 (7.80%) Electronics
5 8 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.55%) Games
7 5 (3.55%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.13%) Legal
9 2 (1.42%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.42%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.71%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (58.16%) Software Engineer
2 38 (26.95%) Senior
3 32 (22.70%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (8.51%) Embedded Engineer
4 12 (8.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (7.09%) Lead
6 9 (6.38%) Junior
6 9 (6.38%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 9 (6.38%) Junior Software Engineer
6 9 (6.38%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
7 8 (5.67%) Architect
7 8 (5.67%) Developer
8 7 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.26%) Head of Engineering
10 5 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) Data Scientist
11 4 (2.84%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 4 (2.84%) Lead Software Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.84%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (19.86%) React
2 20 (14.18%) Spring
3 19 (13.48%) Spring Boot
4 12 (8.51%) Software Packaging
5 10 (7.09%) .NET
5 10 (7.09%) AngularJS
5 10 (7.09%) CSS
5 10 (7.09%) HTML
5 10 (7.09%) Kafka
5 10 (7.09%) Node.js
5 10 (7.09%) RESTful
6 6 (4.26%) .NET Core
6 6 (4.26%) Jest
6 6 (4.26%) OAuth
6 6 (4.26%) OAuth2
6 6 (4.26%) Redux
6 6 (4.26%) REST
7 5 (3.55%) JWT
8 4 (2.84%) Enzyme
8 4 (2.84%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.64%) Public Cloud
2 13 (9.22%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (6.38%) Private Cloud
4 6 (4.26%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.84%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.84%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.84%) Wiki
7 3 (2.13%) Hackathon
7 3 (2.13%) Learning Management System
7 3 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.42%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.42%) iSeries
8 2 (1.42%) Life Science
8 2 (1.42%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.42%) Replication
8 2 (1.42%) Smart City
8 2 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.80%) Linux
2 7 (4.96%) Unix
3 3 (2.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.42%) Windows
5 1 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (44.68%) Agile
2 47 (33.33%) DevOps
3 34 (24.11%) Microservices
4 32 (22.70%) Test Automation
5 29 (20.57%) CI/CD
5 29 (20.57%) Mentoring
6 28 (19.86%) TDD
7 25 (17.73%) Artificial Intelligence
7 25 (17.73%) Customer Experience
8 21 (14.89%) Roadmaps
9 18 (12.77%) Coaching
9 18 (12.77%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (12.06%) Fintech
10 17 (12.06%) Line Management
11 16 (11.35%) Mathematics
11 16 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (10.64%) Scrum
13 13 (9.22%) Translating Business Requirements
14 12 (8.51%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (33.33%) Java
2 33 (23.40%) JavaScript
3 22 (15.60%) TypeScript
4 21 (14.89%) Python
5 20 (14.18%) SQL
6 13 (9.22%) C#
7 12 (8.51%) C
8 6 (4.26%) C++
9 5 (3.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.84%) Bash
10 4 (2.84%) Go
10 4 (2.84%) JCL
10 4 (2.84%) PowerShell
11 3 (2.13%) Kotlin
11 3 (2.13%) Swift
12 2 (1.42%) PHP
12 2 (1.42%) RPG
12 2 (1.42%) RPG IV
13 1 (0.71%) COBOL
13 1 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (17.02%) Degree
2 8 (5.67%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.55%) PhD
4 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.13%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.13%) QA
2 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.71%) ECSS
2 1 (0.71%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.71%) MISRA
2 1 (0.71%) SEPA
System Software
1 24 (17.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) Firmware
2 1 (0.71%) NDS
Systems Management
1 32 (22.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.67%) Terraform
3 3 (2.13%) CA Endevor
3 3 (2.13%) Grafana
4 2 (1.42%) Istio
5 1 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.71%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.71%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.71%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (11.35%) Google
2 7 (4.96%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.26%) IBM
4 4 (2.84%) Adobe
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle
4 4 (2.84%) Tealium
5 2 (1.42%) Splunk
6 1 (0.71%) Apple
6 1 (0.71%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.71%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.71%) NetIQ
6 1 (0.71%) Okta
6 1 (0.71%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.71%) StreamSets
6 1 (0.71%) Workday
6 1 (0.71%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.71%) YouTube