Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 21 24
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 275 209 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 18.03% 11.25% 10.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.75% 11.90% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 205 143 165
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,603 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +11.01% +26.32%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,548 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,466 £77,518
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.88% +25.26%

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 1,467 1,756 2,496
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.56% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,054 1,552
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 £71,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,459 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 275 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 83 (30.18%) Python
3 80 (29.09%) Agile
4 73 (26.55%) Java
5 72 (26.18%) AWS
6 63 (22.91%) React
6 63 (22.91%) .NET
7 58 (21.09%) C
8 56 (20.36%) Azure
9 55 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (19.64%) JavaScript
11 52 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (18.91%) DevOps
12 49 (17.82%) C#
12 49 (17.82%) Linux
13 45 (16.36%) CSS
14 42 (15.27%) Computer Science
15 41 (14.91%) C++
16 38 (13.82%) Network Security
16 38 (13.82%) .NET Core
17 37 (13.45%) Social Skills
18 34 (12.36%) GCP
18 34 (12.36%) Kubernetes
19 32 (11.64%) SaaS
20 31 (11.27%) PostgreSQL
21 30 (10.91%) GIS
21 30 (10.91%) ESRI
21 30 (10.91%) ArcGIS
21 30 (10.91%) SC Cleared
21 30 (10.91%) Security Cleared

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 30 (10.91%) ArcGIS
1 30 (10.91%) GeoServer
2 14 (5.09%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.45%) Captiva
3 4 (1.45%) FileNet
3 4 (1.45%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 72 (26.18%) AWS
2 56 (20.36%) Azure
3 34 (12.36%) GCP
4 32 (11.64%) SaaS
5 17 (6.18%) Amazon S3
6 14 (5.09%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (5.09%) Google Docs
6 14 (5.09%) Lucidchart
6 14 (5.09%) Miro
6 14 (5.09%) Slack
7 10 (3.64%) GitHub
8 5 (1.82%) Serverless
9 3 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.73%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.73%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (13.82%) Network Security
2 8 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.91%) Wireless
3 7 (2.55%) Bluetooth
4 3 (1.09%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.73%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.36%) RS-232
6 1 (0.36%) RS-485
6 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.27%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (10.91%) GIS
2 30 (10.91%) QGIS
3 20 (7.27%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (6.18%) Hadoop
5 14 (5.09%) Big Data
5 14 (5.09%) Redis
5 14 (5.09%) Scylla
6 8 (2.91%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.18%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.45%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.36%) DB2
11 1 (0.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.64%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (3.27%) Git
3 5 (1.82%) JIRA
4 4 (1.45%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.09%) Maven
5 3 (1.09%) webpack
6 2 (0.73%) Appium
6 2 (0.73%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (0.73%) Selenium
6 2 (0.73%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.36%) Gradle
General
1 55 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 37 (13.45%) Social Skills
3 28 (10.18%) Finance
4 16 (5.82%) Banking
5 10 (3.64%) Legal
6 7 (2.55%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.18%) Tech for Good
8 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.09%) Games
9 3 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.36%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Aviation
10 1 (0.36%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (22.91%) .NET
1 63 (22.91%) React
2 45 (16.36%) CSS
3 38 (13.82%) .NET Core
4 30 (10.91%) Leaflet
4 30 (10.91%) OpenLayers
4 30 (10.91%) PostGIS
5 23 (8.36%) Kafka
6 17 (6.18%) HTML
7 16 (5.82%) AngularJS
8 15 (5.45%) ASP.NET
8 15 (5.45%) WebGL
9 14 (5.09%) GraphQL
10 11 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (4.00%) Spring
10 11 (4.00%) Spring Boot
11 10 (3.64%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (3.27%) RESTful
13 7 (2.55%) Node.js
14 6 (2.18%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.36%) Algorithms
2 14 (5.09%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.55%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.45%) DataPower
6 4 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.45%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.36%) IoT
8 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.36%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.82%) Linux
2 5 (1.82%) Unix
3 4 (1.45%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 80 (29.09%) Agile
3 52 (18.91%) DevOps
3 52 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (15.27%) Computer Science
5 30 (10.91%) Actionable Insight
5 30 (10.91%) Web Development
6 26 (9.45%) Microservices
7 23 (8.36%) Mathematics
8 21 (7.64%) Full Stack Development
9 19 (6.91%) Data Science
9 19 (6.91%) Mentoring
10 16 (5.82%) High Availability
10 16 (5.82%) MVC
10 16 (5.82%) TDD
10 16 (5.82%) Test Automation
11 15 (5.45%) Physics
12 14 (5.09%) Computer Security
12 14 (5.09%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (5.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 83 (30.18%) Python
2 73 (26.55%) Java
3 58 (21.09%) C
4 54 (19.64%) JavaScript
5 49 (17.82%) C#
6 41 (14.91%) C++
7 29 (10.55%) TypeScript
8 25 (9.09%) SQL
9 22 (8.00%) Bash
10 19 (6.91%) Go
11 15 (5.45%) GLSL
11 15 (5.45%) Rust
12 14 (5.09%) Embedded C
12 14 (5.09%) Scala
13 6 (2.18%) Haskell
14 4 (1.45%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.36%) COBOL
15 1 (0.36%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.36%) JCL
Qualifications
1 30 (10.91%) SC Cleared
1 30 (10.91%) Security Cleared
2 25 (9.09%) Degree
3 13 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.18%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.45%) DICOM
1 4 (1.45%) GDPR
1 4 (1.45%) HL7
1 4 (1.45%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 14 (5.09%) Docker
2 2 (0.73%) Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (12.36%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.09%) Terraform
3 2 (0.73%) Istio
4 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 30 (10.91%) ESRI
2 18 (6.55%) Google
3 14 (5.09%) Dell
4 10 (3.64%) Oracle
5 9 (3.27%) IBM
6 4 (1.45%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.45%) Kofax
6 4 (1.45%) Pega
6 4 (1.45%) SAP
6 4 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.09%) Splunk
8 2 (0.73%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.36%) CA