Senior Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior 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 4 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 293 332 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.42% 17.07% 15.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.21% 18.01% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 211 206 242
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,427 £45,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £53,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,470 £82,656
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,746 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +9.09%

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%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Edinburgh

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

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

1 113 (38.57%) Software Engineering
2 94 (32.08%) Agile
3 89 (30.38%) Azure
4 70 (23.89%) AWS
5 64 (21.84%) DevOps
6 62 (21.16%) .NET
7 57 (19.45%) SQL
7 57 (19.45%) Finance
8 49 (16.72%) JavaScript
9 47 (16.04%) Actionable Insight
10 44 (15.02%) Python
11 40 (13.65%) C#
11 40 (13.65%) SC Cleared
11 40 (13.65%) Security Cleared
11 40 (13.65%) Social Skills
12 39 (13.31%) React
13 35 (11.95%) C
14 34 (11.60%) Linux
14 34 (11.60%) CSS
14 34 (11.60%) Degree
15 31 (10.58%) .NET Core
16 30 (10.24%) SaaS
16 30 (10.24%) Mentoring
16 30 (10.24%) GCP
16 30 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 27 (9.22%) AngularJS
17 27 (9.22%) C++
18 26 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
18 26 (8.87%) Analytics
19 25 (8.53%) Banking

Senior 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 20 (6.83%) ArcGIS
1 20 (6.83%) GeoServer
2 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Sketch
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 89 (30.38%) Azure
2 70 (23.89%) AWS
3 30 (10.24%) GCP
3 30 (10.24%) SaaS
4 15 (5.12%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.05%) Miro
7 5 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.37%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.37%) Figma
8 4 (1.37%) Heroku
8 4 (1.37%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.37%) Serverless
8 4 (1.37%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.02%) GitHub
9 3 (1.02%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.14%) Network Security
2 10 (3.41%) Wireless
3 7 (2.39%) Bluetooth
3 7 (2.39%) Firewall
3 7 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.05%) DNS
4 6 (2.05%) WAN
4 6 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.71%) DHCP
6 4 (1.37%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.02%) Internet
8 2 (0.68%) BGP
8 2 (0.68%) IPsec
8 2 (0.68%) LAN
8 2 (0.68%) OSPF
8 2 (0.68%) VPN
8 2 (0.68%) WLAN
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.83%) GIS
2 20 (6.83%) QGIS
3 16 (5.46%) NoSQL
4 15 (5.12%) Power BI
5 9 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.07%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.07%) Tableau
6 7 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.05%) Big Data
7 6 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.71%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database 11g
8 5 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.37%) DB2
9 4 (1.37%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.75%) Git
2 7 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.02%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (1.02%) JIRA
4 2 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) JHipster
5 1 (0.34%) Vite
5 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 57 (19.45%) Finance
2 40 (13.65%) Social Skills
3 30 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (8.53%) Banking
5 14 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.41%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.73%) Legal
9 6 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.71%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.37%) Billing
11 4 (1.37%) Games
11 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.02%) Law
13 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.68%) Retail
14 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (21.16%) .NET
2 39 (13.31%) React
3 34 (11.60%) CSS
4 31 (10.58%) .NET Core
5 27 (9.22%) AngularJS
6 22 (7.51%) HTML
7 20 (6.83%) Leaflet
7 20 (6.83%) OpenLayers
7 20 (6.83%) PostGIS
8 12 (4.10%) .NET Framework
8 12 (4.10%) ASP.NET
9 11 (3.75%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (3.75%) Kafka
10 10 (3.41%) Node.js
10 10 (3.41%) RESTful
11 8 (2.73%) Web Services
12 7 (2.39%) REST
13 6 (2.05%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (2.05%) Django
13 6 (2.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.78%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.10%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (4.10%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.71%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.71%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.37%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.02%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.02%) Online Banking
7 2 (0.68%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.68%) FPGA
7 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.68%) VHDL
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.34%) Kindle
8 1 (0.34%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.60%) Linux
2 20 (6.83%) Windows
3 17 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.37%) Unix
4 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.02%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (38.57%) Software Engineering
2 94 (32.08%) Agile
3 64 (21.84%) DevOps
4 47 (16.04%) Actionable Insight
5 30 (10.24%) Mentoring
6 26 (8.87%) Analytics
7 21 (7.17%) Microservices
8 20 (6.83%) Artificial Intelligence
8 20 (6.83%) Computer Science
8 20 (6.83%) Web Development
9 19 (6.48%) CI/CD
10 18 (6.14%) Full Stack Development
10 18 (6.14%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (6.14%) Unit Testing
11 17 (5.80%) TDD
12 16 (5.46%) Design Patterns
13 14 (4.78%) Migration
13 14 (4.78%) Project Management
13 14 (4.78%) Visualisation
14 13 (4.44%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 57 (19.45%) SQL
2 49 (16.72%) JavaScript
3 44 (15.02%) Python
4 40 (13.65%) C#
5 35 (11.95%) C
6 27 (9.22%) C++
7 15 (5.12%) Java
8 14 (4.78%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.39%) Groovy
9 7 (2.39%) Ruby
10 6 (2.05%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.71%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.37%) Bash
12 4 (1.37%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.68%) PHP
15 1 (0.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 40 (13.65%) SC Cleared
1 40 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.60%) Degree
3 10 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.73%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.71%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.71%) MCSE
5 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.37%) CISA
6 4 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.02%) CCNP
7 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.68%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.34%) BICSI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) BICSI RCDD
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.39%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.37%) DICOM
2 4 (1.37%) HL7
2 4 (1.37%) ISO 13485
2 4 (1.37%) ITGC
2 4 (1.37%) PMO
2 4 (1.37%) QA
2 4 (1.37%) SLA
2 4 (1.37%) WCAG
3 3 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) Basel III
5 1 (0.34%) CRD IV
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (5.12%) Docker
2 5 (1.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.37%) Firmware
3 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.10%) Terraform
3 9 (3.07%) Ansible
3 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.37%) Grafana
4 4 (1.37%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.02%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (6.83%) ESRI
2 18 (6.14%) Google
3 15 (5.12%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.75%) Oracle
5 9 (3.07%) VMware
6 6 (2.05%) SAP
7 5 (1.71%) Databricks
8 4 (1.37%) Citrix
8 4 (1.37%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.37%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.37%) Nimble Storage
8 4 (1.37%) Sage
8 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.37%) Veeam
9 3 (1.02%) IBM
10 2 (0.68%) Altera
10 2 (0.68%) Intel
10 2 (0.68%) Xilinx
11 1 (0.34%) ForeScout
11 1 (0.34%) Meraki