Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Developer 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 9 17 4
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 193 268 546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.66% 14.43% 21.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.16% 15.26% 21.88%
Number of salaries quoted 145 195 423
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%

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%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Developer in Edinburgh

Developer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for Developer in Edinburgh

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

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

1 63 (32.64%) React
2 49 (25.39%) .NET
3 48 (24.87%) Azure
4 47 (24.35%) JavaScript
5 42 (21.76%) TypeScript
6 40 (20.73%) AWS
7 39 (20.21%) Full Stack Development
8 38 (19.69%) CSS
9 37 (19.17%) C#
9 37 (19.17%) Node.js
10 36 (18.65%) Agile
11 35 (18.13%) Front End Development
12 33 (17.10%) AngularJS
13 28 (14.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (11.40%) SQL
16 21 (10.88%) DevOps
16 21 (10.88%) HTML
17 20 (10.36%) SaaS
17 20 (10.36%) CI/CD
17 20 (10.36%) Social Skills
18 19 (9.84%) Mentoring
18 19 (9.84%) .NET Framework
19 17 (8.81%) Microsoft
20 16 (8.29%) Finance
20 16 (8.29%) Java
21 15 (7.77%) Computer Science
21 15 (7.77%) Software Engineering
21 15 (7.77%) GraphQL
21 15 (7.77%) Actionable Insight

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 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.55%) CMS
3 2 (1.04%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.04%) SAS
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.52%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (24.87%) Azure
2 40 (20.73%) AWS
3 20 (10.36%) SaaS
4 8 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.63%) GCP
5 7 (3.63%) GitHub
6 6 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.59%) Serverless
8 4 (2.07%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.55%) Google Play
10 2 (1.04%) OCI
10 2 (1.04%) PaaS
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.52%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.52%) HTTP
1 1 (0.52%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.18%) NoSQL
3 9 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.15%) MySQL
5 6 (3.11%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.11%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (2.07%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.55%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.04%) SQLite
9 1 (0.52%) GIS
9 1 (0.52%) Tableau
9 1 (0.52%) Tableau Desktop
9 1 (0.52%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.70%) Git
2 10 (5.18%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.59%) webpack
4 3 (1.55%) Maven
5 2 (1.04%) Jasmine
5 2 (1.04%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.52%) JHipster
6 1 (0.52%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.52%) Vite
General
1 28 (14.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 20 (10.36%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.29%) Finance
4 13 (6.74%) Banking
5 8 (4.15%) Law
5 8 (4.15%) Tech for Good
6 7 (3.63%) Games
6 7 (3.63%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.55%) Marketing
8 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.52%) Local Government
8 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (32.64%) React
2 49 (25.39%) .NET
3 38 (19.69%) CSS
4 37 (19.17%) Node.js
5 33 (17.10%) AngularJS
6 21 (10.88%) HTML
7 19 (9.84%) .NET Framework
8 15 (7.77%) GraphQL
9 12 (6.22%) Django
9 12 (6.22%) REST
9 12 (6.22%) WebGL
10 11 (5.70%) .NET Core
11 9 (4.66%) Blazor
11 9 (4.66%) Spring
11 9 (4.66%) Web Services
12 8 (4.15%) JSON
12 8 (4.15%) Vue
13 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET
13 7 (3.63%) Laravel
14 5 (2.59%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.77%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (3.63%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.63%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (3.63%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.63%) Virtual Reality
3 5 (2.59%) e-Learning
4 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.07%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (1.55%) iPhone
5 3 (1.55%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (1.55%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.04%) CMDB
6 2 (1.04%) Kindle
6 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.04%) NHS
6 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.04%) W3C
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.07%) Android
1 4 (2.07%) Linux
2 2 (1.04%) Unix
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.52%) VMS
3 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.21%) Full Stack Development
2 36 (18.65%) Agile
3 35 (18.13%) Front End Development
4 25 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (10.88%) DevOps
6 20 (10.36%) CI/CD
7 19 (9.84%) Mentoring
8 15 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (7.77%) Computer Science
8 15 (7.77%) Software Engineering
9 13 (6.74%) Open Source
9 13 (6.74%) User Experience
10 12 (6.22%) Unit Testing
11 11 (5.70%) TDD
12 9 (4.66%) Continuous Integration
13 8 (4.15%) Data Visualisation
13 8 (4.15%) Visualisation
14 7 (3.63%) BDD
14 7 (3.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (3.63%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 47 (24.35%) JavaScript
2 42 (21.76%) TypeScript
3 37 (19.17%) C#
4 22 (11.40%) SQL
5 16 (8.29%) Java
6 13 (6.74%) Python
7 9 (4.66%) Ruby
8 6 (3.11%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.59%) GLSL
9 5 (2.59%) PHP
10 4 (2.07%) Groovy
11 3 (1.55%) C
11 3 (1.55%) C++
12 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.04%) R
13 1 (0.52%) Delphi
13 1 (0.52%) Elixir
13 1 (0.52%) Perl
13 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (6.74%) Degree
2 7 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.04%) PhD
5 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.04%) QA
2 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (5.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.18%) Oracle
3 7 (3.63%) Google
4 5 (2.59%) Xamarin
5 4 (2.07%) ForgeRock
6 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.04%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.52%) Apple
8 1 (0.52%) Sybase
8 1 (0.52%) Vermilion