Software Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Developer salary in Edinburgh is £61,250 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 73 111 120
Rank change year-on-year +38 +9 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 33 30 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.10% 1.64% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 1.73% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 26 26 32
10th Percentile - £30,625 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +36.11% -7.69% +11.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £71,875 £61,250 £67,375
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +11.11%

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%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Edinburgh

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Edinburgh

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Edinburgh

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

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

1 21 (63.64%) .NET
2 18 (54.55%) SaaS
3 14 (42.42%) .NET Framework
3 14 (42.42%) Software Engineering
4 13 (39.39%) C#
4 13 (39.39%) Azure
5 10 (30.30%) Computer Science
6 9 (27.27%) Ruby
6 9 (27.27%) Full Stack Development
7 7 (21.21%) Front End Development
7 7 (21.21%) .NET Core
7 7 (21.21%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (21.21%) SQL
8 6 (18.18%) AWS
8 6 (18.18%) NoSQL
8 6 (18.18%) DevOps
8 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (15.15%) SDLC
9 5 (15.15%) AngularJS
9 5 (15.15%) TypeScript
9 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
9 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
10 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
10 4 (12.12%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (12.12%) Degree
10 4 (12.12%) SOLID
10 4 (12.12%) Design Patterns
10 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
10 4 (12.12%) Blazor
11 3 (9.09%) React

Software 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) SaaS
2 13 (39.39%) Azure
3 6 (18.18%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Wireless
1 1 (3.03%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) NoSQL
2 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) Vite
1 1 (3.03%) webpack
General
1 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.06%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (63.64%) .NET
2 14 (42.42%) .NET Framework
3 7 (21.21%) .NET Core
4 5 (15.15%) AngularJS
5 4 (12.12%) Blazor
6 3 (9.09%) HTML
6 3 (9.09%) React
7 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET
7 2 (6.06%) CSS
7 2 (6.06%) Entity Framework
7 2 (6.06%) Node.js
8 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (3.03%) JSON
8 1 (3.03%) Kafka
8 1 (3.03%) OAuth
8 1 (3.03%) OpenAPI
8 1 (3.03%) OpenID
8 1 (3.03%) REST
8 1 (3.03%) SOAP
8 1 (3.03%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (12.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Unix
1 1 (3.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Software Engineering
2 10 (30.30%) Computer Science
3 9 (27.27%) Full Stack Development
4 7 (21.21%) Front End Development
5 6 (18.18%) DevOps
6 5 (15.15%) SDLC
7 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.12%) Design Patterns
7 4 (12.12%) SOLID
8 3 (9.09%) Agile
8 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 2 (6.06%) Scrum
9 2 (6.06%) TDD
10 1 (3.03%) Bioinformatics
10 1 (3.03%) Informatics
10 1 (3.03%) Performance Testing
10 1 (3.03%) Requirements Analysis
10 1 (3.03%) Test Automation
10 1 (3.03%) Unit Testing
10 1 (3.03%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) C#
2 9 (27.27%) Ruby
3 7 (21.21%) SQL
4 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
4 5 (15.15%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.03%) Elixir
5 1 (3.03%) Java
5 1 (3.03%) Perl
5 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.06%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Vermilion