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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 16 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 181 297 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.21% 14.71% 21.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.74% 15.50% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 139 221 427
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £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 1,421 1,916 2,442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 94.90% 98.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,131 1,536
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,733 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £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 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%

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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 61 (33.70%) React
2 46 (25.41%) JavaScript
3 44 (24.31%) .NET
3 44 (24.31%) Azure
4 43 (23.76%) TypeScript
5 40 (22.10%) AWS
6 38 (20.99%) CSS
7 36 (19.89%) Node.js
7 36 (19.89%) Full Stack Development
8 35 (19.34%) Front End Development
8 35 (19.34%) Agile
9 31 (17.13%) C#
10 29 (16.02%) AngularJS
10 29 (16.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (11.60%) HTML
12 21 (11.60%) SQL
12 21 (11.60%) DevOps
13 20 (11.05%) CI/CD
14 19 (10.50%) Social Skills
15 17 (9.39%) Mentoring
15 17 (9.39%) SaaS
16 16 (8.84%) Actionable Insight
16 16 (8.84%) .NET Framework
16 16 (8.84%) Computer Science
17 15 (8.29%) Banking
17 15 (8.29%) Software Engineering
17 15 (8.29%) Java
17 15 (8.29%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (8.29%) GraphQL

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 5 (2.76%) CMS
2 2 (1.10%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.10%) SAS
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.55%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Drupal
3 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.31%) Azure
2 40 (22.10%) AWS
3 17 (9.39%) SaaS
4 8 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.42%) GitHub
5 6 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.31%) GCP
6 5 (2.76%) Serverless
7 4 (2.21%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.66%) Google Play
9 2 (1.10%) PaaS
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.55%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.55%) HTTP
1 1 (0.55%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.97%) MySQL
1 9 (4.97%) NoSQL
2 8 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.31%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.31%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (2.21%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.21%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.66%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.55%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.55%) SQLite
6 1 (0.55%) Tableau
6 1 (0.55%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.55%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 14 (7.73%) Git
2 12 (6.63%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.76%) webpack
4 4 (2.21%) Maven
5 2 (1.10%) Jasmine
5 2 (1.10%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.55%) JHipster
6 1 (0.55%) JIRA
6 1 (0.55%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.55%) Vite
General
1 29 (16.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (10.50%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.29%) Banking
4 12 (6.63%) Finance
5 8 (4.42%) Tech for Good
6 7 (3.87%) Games
6 7 (3.87%) Multimedia
7 6 (3.31%) Law
8 3 (1.66%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Aviation
9 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.55%) Police
9 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (33.70%) React
2 44 (24.31%) .NET
3 38 (20.99%) CSS
4 36 (19.89%) Node.js
5 29 (16.02%) AngularJS
6 21 (11.60%) HTML
7 16 (8.84%) .NET Framework
8 15 (8.29%) GraphQL
9 13 (7.18%) REST
10 12 (6.63%) WebGL
11 11 (6.08%) Django
12 10 (5.52%) Spring
13 9 (4.97%) .NET Core
13 9 (4.97%) Blazor
13 9 (4.97%) JSON
14 8 (4.42%) Laravel
14 8 (4.42%) Vue
15 7 (3.87%) ASP.NET
15 7 (3.87%) Web Services
16 5 (2.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.29%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (3.87%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.87%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (3.87%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.87%) Virtual Reality
3 5 (2.76%) e-Learning
4 4 (2.21%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.21%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.21%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (1.66%) iPhone
5 3 (1.66%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (1.66%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.10%) CMDB
6 2 (1.10%) Kindle
6 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.10%) W3C
7 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.21%) Android
2 2 (1.10%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.89%) Full Stack Development
2 35 (19.34%) Agile
2 35 (19.34%) Front End Development
3 23 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (11.60%) DevOps
5 20 (11.05%) CI/CD
6 17 (9.39%) Mentoring
7 16 (8.84%) Actionable Insight
7 16 (8.84%) Computer Science
8 15 (8.29%) Software Engineering
9 13 (7.18%) User Experience
10 12 (6.63%) Open Source
10 12 (6.63%) Unit Testing
11 11 (6.08%) TDD
12 10 (5.52%) Continuous Integration
13 8 (4.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (4.42%) Data Visualisation
13 8 (4.42%) Visualisation
14 7 (3.87%) BDD
14 7 (3.87%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 46 (25.41%) JavaScript
2 43 (23.76%) TypeScript
3 31 (17.13%) C#
4 21 (11.60%) SQL
5 15 (8.29%) Java
6 11 (6.08%) Python
7 7 (3.87%) PHP
7 7 (3.87%) Ruby
8 6 (3.31%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.76%) GLSL
10 4 (2.21%) Groovy
11 3 (1.66%) C
11 3 (1.66%) C++
12 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.55%) Delphi
13 1 (0.55%) R
13 1 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (7.73%) Degree
2 8 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.31%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.31%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.10%) PhD
5 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.10%) QA
2 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (5.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.87%) Terraform
3 1 (0.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (7.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.87%) Google
2 7 (3.87%) Oracle
3 5 (2.76%) Xamarin
4 4 (2.21%) ForgeRock
4 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.10%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.55%) Apple
6 1 (0.55%) Rollbar
6 1 (0.55%) Vermilion