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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 21 26
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 287 203 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 18.27% 11.17% 10.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.98% 11.80% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 213 139 170
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 £82,548 £82,548 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,862 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £59,513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.86% +25.29%

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 1,512 1,720 2,559
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.24% 94.66% 97.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,025 1,586
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 £90,822 £87,500 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 9 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 9 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.

1 287 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 83 (28.92%) Python
3 77 (26.83%) Agile
4 73 (25.44%) Java
5 69 (24.04%) AWS
6 65 (22.65%) .NET
7 62 (21.60%) C
8 61 (21.25%) React
9 55 (19.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (18.82%) Azure
11 53 (18.47%) JavaScript
12 52 (18.12%) Linux
12 52 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
13 51 (17.77%) C#
14 49 (17.07%) DevOps
15 46 (16.03%) CSS
16 44 (15.33%) Network Security
17 42 (14.63%) Computer Science
17 42 (14.63%) C++
18 38 (13.24%) .NET Core
19 35 (12.20%) Social Skills
20 32 (11.15%) GCP
20 32 (11.15%) Kubernetes
21 30 (10.45%) SaaS
21 30 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
22 29 (10.10%) GIS
22 29 (10.10%) ESRI
22 29 (10.10%) ArcGIS
22 29 (10.10%) SC Cleared
22 29 (10.10%) 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 29 (10.10%) ArcGIS
1 29 (10.10%) GeoServer
2 13 (4.53%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.39%) Captiva
3 4 (1.39%) FileNet
3 4 (1.39%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 69 (24.04%) AWS
2 54 (18.82%) Azure
3 32 (11.15%) GCP
4 30 (10.45%) SaaS
5 16 (5.57%) Amazon S3
6 13 (4.53%) Amazon SQS
6 13 (4.53%) Google Docs
6 13 (4.53%) Lucidchart
6 13 (4.53%) Miro
6 13 (4.53%) Slack
7 9 (3.14%) GitHub
8 4 (1.39%) Serverless
9 3 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.35%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.35%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (15.33%) Network Security
2 10 (3.48%) Wireless
3 9 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (2.44%) Bluetooth
5 3 (1.05%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.05%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.70%) RS-232
6 2 (0.70%) RS-485
6 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (10.10%) GIS
2 29 (10.10%) QGIS
3 19 (6.62%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (5.92%) Hadoop
5 13 (4.53%) Big Data
5 13 (4.53%) Redis
5 13 (4.53%) Scylla
6 8 (2.79%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.09%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.35%) DB2
11 1 (0.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.48%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (2.79%) Git
3 4 (1.39%) JIRA
4 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.05%) webpack
5 2 (0.70%) Appium
5 2 (0.70%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.70%) Maven
5 2 (0.70%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.35%) Gradle
6 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 55 (19.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 35 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 28 (9.76%) Finance
4 14 (4.88%) Banking
5 10 (3.48%) Legal
6 7 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.09%) Tech for Good
8 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.05%) Games
9 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Aviation
11 1 (0.35%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (22.65%) .NET
2 61 (21.25%) React
3 46 (16.03%) CSS
4 38 (13.24%) .NET Core
5 29 (10.10%) Leaflet
5 29 (10.10%) OpenLayers
5 29 (10.10%) PostGIS
6 21 (7.32%) Kafka
7 18 (6.27%) HTML
8 16 (5.57%) AngularJS
9 15 (5.23%) ASP.NET
9 15 (5.23%) WebGL
10 13 (4.53%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web API
12 10 (3.48%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (3.48%) Spring
12 10 (3.48%) Spring Boot
13 7 (2.44%) RESTful
14 6 (2.09%) .NET Framework
14 6 (2.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.32%) Algorithms
2 13 (4.53%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.44%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.39%) DataPower
6 4 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.39%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.05%) IoT
8 2 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.35%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.35%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.12%) Linux
2 6 (2.09%) Unix
3 3 (1.05%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 77 (26.83%) Agile
3 52 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (17.07%) DevOps
5 42 (14.63%) Computer Science
6 29 (10.10%) Actionable Insight
6 29 (10.10%) Web Development
7 25 (8.71%) Microservices
8 23 (8.01%) Mathematics
9 21 (7.32%) Full Stack Development
10 19 (6.62%) Data Science
11 18 (6.27%) Mentoring
12 16 (5.57%) MVC
13 15 (5.23%) Physics
13 15 (5.23%) TDD
13 15 (5.23%) Test Automation
14 14 (4.88%) High Availability
15 13 (4.53%) Cybersecurity
15 13 (4.53%) Threat Intelligence
15 13 (4.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 83 (28.92%) Python
2 73 (25.44%) Java
3 62 (21.60%) C
4 53 (18.47%) JavaScript
5 51 (17.77%) C#
6 42 (14.63%) C++
7 29 (10.10%) TypeScript
8 26 (9.06%) SQL
9 21 (7.32%) Bash
10 17 (5.92%) Go
11 15 (5.23%) Embedded C
11 15 (5.23%) GLSL
11 15 (5.23%) Rust
12 13 (4.53%) Scala
13 6 (2.09%) Haskell
14 4 (1.39%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.70%) Embedded C++
16 1 (0.35%) COBOL
16 1 (0.35%) JCL
Qualifications
1 29 (10.10%) SC Cleared
1 29 (10.10%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.01%) Degree
3 12 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.09%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.39%) DICOM
1 4 (1.39%) GDPR
1 4 (1.39%) HL7
1 4 (1.39%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 13 (4.53%) Docker
2 5 (1.74%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (11.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.39%) Terraform
3 2 (0.70%) Istio
4 1 (0.35%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 29 (10.10%) ESRI
2 15 (5.23%) Google
3 13 (4.53%) Dell
4 10 (3.48%) Oracle
5 8 (2.79%) IBM
6 4 (1.39%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.39%) Kofax
6 4 (1.39%) Pega
6 4 (1.39%) SAP
6 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.39%) Splunk
7 1 (0.35%) CA
7 1 (0.35%) OpenAI