Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Developer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 16 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 191 279 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.66% 14.34% 21.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.17% 15.14% 22.02%
Number of salaries quoted 145 202 428
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,075 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%

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 1,450 1,843 2,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 94.76% 98.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 1,089 1,554
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,467 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,033 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 62 (32.46%) React
2 49 (25.65%) .NET
3 47 (24.61%) Azure
4 46 (24.08%) JavaScript
5 42 (21.99%) TypeScript
6 40 (20.94%) AWS
7 38 (19.90%) Full Stack Development
8 37 (19.37%) Node.js
8 37 (19.37%) CSS
9 36 (18.85%) C#
9 36 (18.85%) Agile
10 35 (18.32%) Front End Development
11 32 (16.75%) AngularJS
12 27 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (11.52%) SQL
15 21 (10.99%) DevOps
15 21 (10.99%) Social Skills
16 20 (10.47%) CI/CD
16 20 (10.47%) SaaS
16 20 (10.47%) HTML
17 19 (9.95%) .NET Framework
18 17 (8.90%) Microsoft
18 17 (8.90%) Finance
18 17 (8.90%) Mentoring
19 16 (8.38%) Java
20 15 (7.85%) Computer Science
20 15 (7.85%) Software Engineering
20 15 (7.85%) GraphQL
20 15 (7.85%) Actionable Insight

Developer 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 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.57%) CMS
3 2 (1.05%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.05%) SAS
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (24.61%) Azure
2 40 (20.94%) AWS
3 20 (10.47%) SaaS
4 8 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.66%) GCP
5 7 (3.66%) GitHub
6 6 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.62%) Serverless
8 4 (2.09%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.57%) Google Play
10 2 (1.05%) OCI
10 2 (1.05%) PaaS
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.52%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.52%) HTTP
1 1 (0.52%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.24%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.19%) MySQL
3 8 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.14%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.14%) Oracle Database 11g
5 4 (2.09%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.09%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.57%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.52%) GIS
7 1 (0.52%) SQLite
7 1 (0.52%) Tableau
7 1 (0.52%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.52%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.76%) Git
1 11 (5.76%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.62%) webpack
3 4 (2.09%) Maven
4 2 (1.05%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.05%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.52%) JHipster
5 1 (0.52%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.52%) Vite
General
1 27 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (10.99%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.90%) Finance
4 14 (7.33%) Banking
5 8 (4.19%) Law
5 8 (4.19%) Tech for Good
6 7 (3.66%) Games
6 7 (3.66%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.57%) Marketing
8 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.52%) Local Government
8 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (32.46%) React
2 49 (25.65%) .NET
3 37 (19.37%) CSS
3 37 (19.37%) Node.js
4 32 (16.75%) AngularJS
5 20 (10.47%) HTML
6 19 (9.95%) .NET Framework
7 15 (7.85%) GraphQL
8 12 (6.28%) REST
8 12 (6.28%) WebGL
9 11 (5.76%) .NET Core
9 11 (5.76%) Django
10 9 (4.71%) Blazor
10 9 (4.71%) JSON
10 9 (4.71%) Spring
10 9 (4.71%) Web Services
11 8 (4.19%) Vue
12 7 (3.66%) ASP.NET
12 7 (3.66%) Laravel
13 5 (2.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.85%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (3.66%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.66%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (3.66%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.66%) Virtual Reality
3 5 (2.62%) e-Learning
4 4 (2.09%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.09%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.09%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (1.57%) iPhone
5 3 (1.57%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (1.57%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.05%) CMDB
6 2 (1.05%) Kindle
6 2 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.05%) W3C
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.52%) NHS
7 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.09%) Android
2 3 (1.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.52%) Unix
3 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.90%) Full Stack Development
2 36 (18.85%) Agile
3 35 (18.32%) Front End Development
4 24 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (10.99%) DevOps
6 20 (10.47%) CI/CD
7 17 (8.90%) Mentoring
8 15 (7.85%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (7.85%) Computer Science
8 15 (7.85%) Software Engineering
9 13 (6.81%) User Experience
10 12 (6.28%) Open Source
10 12 (6.28%) TDD
10 12 (6.28%) Unit Testing
11 10 (5.24%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (4.19%) BDD
12 8 (4.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (4.19%) Data Visualisation
12 8 (4.19%) Visualisation
13 7 (3.66%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 46 (24.08%) JavaScript
2 42 (21.99%) TypeScript
3 36 (18.85%) C#
4 22 (11.52%) SQL
5 16 (8.38%) Java
6 12 (6.28%) Python
7 9 (4.71%) Ruby
8 6 (3.14%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.62%) GLSL
9 5 (2.62%) PHP
10 4 (2.09%) Groovy
11 3 (1.57%) C
11 3 (1.57%) C++
12 2 (1.05%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.52%) Delphi
13 1 (0.52%) Elixir
13 1 (0.52%) Perl
13 1 (0.52%) R
13 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (6.81%) Degree
2 7 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.62%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.62%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.05%) PhD
5 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.05%) QA
2 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (5.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.66%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.24%) Oracle
3 7 (3.66%) Google
4 5 (2.62%) Xamarin
5 4 (2.09%) ForgeRock
6 3 (1.57%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.05%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.52%) Apple
8 1 (0.52%) Vermilion