Senior Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Developer salary in Edinburgh is £61,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 51 66
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 48 114 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.22% 5.65% 4.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 5.95% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 31 69 87
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £65,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -2.26% +20.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,400 -
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +13.64%

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 1,428 1,916 2,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 94.90% 98.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,007 1,134 1,520
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,570 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £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 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Edinburgh

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Edinburgh

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 18 (37.50%) AWS
2 17 (35.42%) Azure
3 14 (29.17%) DevOps
3 14 (29.17%) Front End Development
3 14 (29.17%) .NET
4 13 (27.08%) SQL
4 13 (27.08%) Software Engineering
5 12 (25.00%) AngularJS
5 12 (25.00%) SaaS
6 11 (22.92%) Actionable Insight
7 10 (20.83%) JavaScript
7 10 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
8 9 (18.75%) CI/CD
8 9 (18.75%) C#
8 9 (18.75%) .NET Framework
8 9 (18.75%) Unit Testing
8 9 (18.75%) NoSQL
9 8 (16.67%) Git
9 8 (16.67%) React
9 8 (16.67%) HTML
9 8 (16.67%) Java
9 8 (16.67%) CSS
10 7 (14.58%) Computer Science
10 7 (14.58%) Ruby
10 7 (14.58%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (14.58%) REST
10 7 (14.58%) TypeScript
10 7 (14.58%) Full Stack Development
11 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared

Senior 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 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 18 (37.50%) AWS
2 17 (35.42%) Azure
3 12 (25.00%) SaaS
4 4 (8.33%) Amazon S3
4 4 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.33%) Serverless
5 1 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Bluetooth
1 1 (2.08%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.75%) NoSQL
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle Database
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle Database 11g
2 5 (10.42%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (8.33%) DynamoDB
3 4 (8.33%) Relational Database
4 3 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.25%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Git
2 5 (10.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.08%) JHipster
3 1 (2.08%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) Vite
3 1 (2.08%) webpack
General
1 10 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (2.08%) Aviation
3 1 (2.08%) Games
3 1 (2.08%) Police
3 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (29.17%) .NET
2 12 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 9 (18.75%) .NET Framework
4 8 (16.67%) CSS
4 8 (16.67%) HTML
4 8 (16.67%) React
5 7 (14.58%) REST
6 5 (10.42%) JSON
6 5 (10.42%) OAuth
6 5 (10.42%) OpenID
6 5 (10.42%) Web Services
7 4 (8.33%) .NET Core
7 4 (8.33%) Blazor
7 4 (8.33%) Express.js
7 4 (8.33%) Node.js
7 4 (8.33%) Spring
8 2 (4.17%) Laravel
8 2 (4.17%) RESTful
8 2 (4.17%) SOAP
9 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (8.33%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.08%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) DevOps
1 14 (29.17%) Front End Development
2 13 (27.08%) Software Engineering
3 11 (22.92%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 9 (18.75%) Unit Testing
5 7 (14.58%) Computer Science
5 7 (14.58%) Full Stack Development
6 6 (12.50%) Agile
6 6 (12.50%) Secure Coding
7 5 (10.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (10.42%) Data Migration
7 5 (10.42%) Fintech
7 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
7 5 (10.42%) Migration
7 5 (10.42%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.33%) Design Patterns
8 4 (8.33%) SOLID
9 3 (6.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.08%) SQL
2 10 (20.83%) JavaScript
3 9 (18.75%) C#
4 8 (16.67%) Java
5 7 (14.58%) Ruby
5 7 (14.58%) TypeScript
6 5 (10.42%) PL/SQL
7 4 (8.33%) C
7 4 (8.33%) C++
7 4 (8.33%) Groovy
8 2 (4.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) Oracle
2 4 (8.33%) ForgeRock
3 1 (2.08%) Apple