Principal Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
Same period 2022 |
| Rank |
86 |
140 |
161 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+54 |
+21 |
-37 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer |
20 |
1 |
4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
1.27% |
0.055% |
0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.32% |
0.058% |
0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
7 |
1 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
£96,500 |
- |
£67,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£60,000 |
£81,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£100,000 |
£65,000 |
£90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+53.85% |
-27.78% |
+14.29% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£70,000 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£101,500 |
- |
- |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£98,750 |
£71,250 |
£90,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+38.60% |
-20.83% |
+20.00% |
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 |
1,511 |
1,736 |
2,561 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
96.24% |
94.71% |
97.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,060 |
1,041 |
1,588 |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£35,000 |
£33,488 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£43,750 |
£43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+9.09% |
+10.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£77,715 |
£70,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,864 |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.55% |
- |
+15.79% |
