Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 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 32 95 94
Rank change year-on-year +63 -1 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 94 46 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.99% 2.51% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.22% 2.65% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 67 34 50
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £49,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £76,872
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £58,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% -6.80% +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 1,511 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%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Senior Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 94 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (45.74%) Agile
3 41 (43.62%) .NET
4 34 (36.17%) Azure
5 32 (34.04%) JavaScript
6 31 (32.98%) AWS
7 29 (30.85%) C#
8 28 (29.79%) C
8 28 (29.79%) DevOps
9 27 (28.72%) React
9 27 (28.72%) .NET Core
9 27 (28.72%) CSS
10 24 (25.53%) Python
10 24 (25.53%) C++
11 20 (21.28%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (20.21%) GIS
12 19 (20.21%) ESRI
12 19 (20.21%) ArcGIS
12 19 (20.21%) SC Cleared
12 19 (20.21%) Security Cleared
12 19 (20.21%) Web Development
12 19 (20.21%) GeoServer
12 19 (20.21%) OpenLayers
12 19 (20.21%) Actionable Insight
12 19 (20.21%) QGIS
12 19 (20.21%) Leaflet
12 19 (20.21%) PostGIS
13 18 (19.15%) Network Security
14 15 (15.96%) Microservices
14 15 (15.96%) Linux

Senior Software Engineer 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 19 (20.21%) ArcGIS
1 19 (20.21%) GeoServer
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.17%) Azure
2 31 (32.98%) AWS
3 13 (13.83%) SaaS
4 8 (8.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (19.15%) Network Security
2 6 (6.38%) Bluetooth
2 6 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (6.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (21.28%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (20.21%) GIS
2 19 (20.21%) QGIS
3 7 (7.45%) NoSQL
4 6 (6.38%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.13%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.06%) MySQL
General
1 10 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (8.51%) Finance
3 6 (6.38%) Legal
4 5 (5.32%) Social Skills
4 5 (5.32%) Tech for Good
5 2 (2.13%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (43.62%) .NET
2 27 (28.72%) .NET Core
2 27 (28.72%) CSS
2 27 (28.72%) React
3 19 (20.21%) Leaflet
3 19 (20.21%) OpenLayers
3 19 (20.21%) PostGIS
4 13 (13.83%) AngularJS
5 11 (11.70%) ASP.NET
5 11 (11.70%) ASP.NET Web API
5 11 (11.70%) HTML
6 6 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (6.38%) Kafka
6 6 (6.38%) RESTful
7 5 (5.32%) Django
7 5 (5.32%) Vue
8 4 (4.26%) FHIR
9 2 (2.13%) DPDK
9 2 (2.13%) Node.js
9 2 (2.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.64%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (5.32%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.96%) Linux
2 3 (3.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (45.74%) Agile
3 28 (29.79%) DevOps
4 19 (20.21%) Actionable Insight
4 19 (20.21%) Web Development
5 15 (15.96%) Microservices
6 13 (13.83%) Computer Science
7 12 (12.77%) MVC
8 11 (11.70%) TDD
9 7 (7.45%) Design Patterns
9 7 (7.45%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (6.38%) B2B
10 6 (6.38%) Mentoring
10 6 (6.38%) SOLID
10 6 (6.38%) Unit Testing
11 5 (5.32%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (5.32%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (5.32%) Software Architecture
11 5 (5.32%) Software Testing
11 5 (5.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (34.04%) JavaScript
2 29 (30.85%) C#
3 28 (29.79%) C
4 24 (25.53%) C++
4 24 (25.53%) Python
5 9 (9.57%) SQL
6 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 3 (3.19%) Java
8 2 (2.13%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 19 (20.21%) SC Cleared
1 19 (20.21%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.83%) Degree
3 9 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) DICOM
1 4 (4.26%) HL7
1 4 (4.26%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (20.21%) ESRI