Senior Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Developer salary in Edinburgh is £60,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 47 69
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 51 105 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.23% 5.78% 4.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 6.11% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 36 63 82
10th Percentile £46,250 £49,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £48,625 £55,000 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £65,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -2.26% +20.91%
75th Percentile £68,156 £72,500 £83,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,000 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,518 1,719 2,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.66% 97.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 1,028 1,590
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 £90,000 £87,419 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,033 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.39% - +15.79%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 (35.29%) .NET
1 18 (35.29%) AWS
2 17 (33.33%) Azure
3 15 (29.41%) C#
4 14 (27.45%) SaaS
4 14 (27.45%) AngularJS
4 14 (27.45%) DevOps
4 14 (27.45%) Front End Development
5 13 (25.49%) SQL
5 13 (25.49%) Software Engineering
6 11 (21.57%) .NET Framework
6 11 (21.57%) JavaScript
7 10 (19.61%) NoSQL
8 9 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
8 9 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 9 (17.65%) Agile
9 8 (15.69%) Java
9 8 (15.69%) React
9 8 (15.69%) Unit Testing
9 8 (15.69%) Full Stack Development
9 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
10 7 (13.73%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (13.73%) Git
10 7 (13.73%) REST
10 7 (13.73%) TypeScript
10 7 (13.73%) HTML
10 7 (13.73%) CSS
10 7 (13.73%) Ruby
10 7 (13.73%) Computer Science

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 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (35.29%) AWS
2 17 (33.33%) Azure
3 14 (27.45%) SaaS
4 4 (7.84%) Amazon S3
4 4 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (7.84%) Serverless
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.96%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.61%) NoSQL
2 4 (7.84%) DynamoDB
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle Database
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle Database 11g
2 4 (7.84%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (7.84%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.96%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Git
2 4 (7.84%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.96%) JHipster
3 1 (1.96%) Vite
3 1 (1.96%) webpack
General
1 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
4 1 (1.96%) Games
4 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (35.29%) .NET
2 14 (27.45%) AngularJS
3 11 (21.57%) .NET Framework
4 8 (15.69%) React
5 7 (13.73%) CSS
5 7 (13.73%) HTML
5 7 (13.73%) REST
6 5 (9.80%) JSON
6 5 (9.80%) Node.js
6 5 (9.80%) OAuth
6 5 (9.80%) OpenID
6 5 (9.80%) Web Services
7 4 (7.84%) .NET Core
7 4 (7.84%) Blazor
7 4 (7.84%) Express.js
7 4 (7.84%) Spring
8 2 (3.92%) Laravel
8 2 (3.92%) React Native
8 2 (3.92%) SOAP
9 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (7.84%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) DevOps
1 14 (27.45%) Front End Development
2 13 (25.49%) Software Engineering
3 9 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
3 9 (17.65%) Agile
3 9 (17.65%) CI/CD
4 8 (15.69%) Full Stack Development
4 8 (15.69%) Unit Testing
5 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
6 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 5 (9.80%) Fintech
7 5 (9.80%) Secure Coding
8 4 (7.84%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (7.84%) Data Migration
8 4 (7.84%) Design Patterns
8 4 (7.84%) Migration
8 4 (7.84%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.84%) SOLID
8 4 (7.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 15 (29.41%) C#
2 13 (25.49%) SQL
3 11 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 8 (15.69%) Java
5 7 (13.73%) Ruby
5 7 (13.73%) TypeScript
6 4 (7.84%) Groovy
6 4 (7.84%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.92%) C
7 2 (3.92%) C++
7 2 (3.92%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) Degree
1 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
1 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (9.80%) Oracle
2 4 (7.84%) ForgeRock
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.96%) Apple