Senior Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 301 306 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.38% 16.59% 15.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.15% 17.53% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 216 198 241
10th Percentile £46,278 £47,247 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,715 £83,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,022 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +9.09%

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 1,494 1,746 2,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.63% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 1,049 1,568
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 £91,891 £89,436 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Senior in Edinburgh

Senior
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Edinburgh

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

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

1 115 (38.21%) Software Engineering
2 92 (30.56%) Agile
3 87 (28.90%) Azure
4 71 (23.59%) AWS
5 64 (21.26%) .NET
6 62 (20.60%) DevOps
7 56 (18.60%) SQL
8 54 (17.94%) Finance
9 51 (16.94%) JavaScript
10 47 (15.61%) Actionable Insight
11 43 (14.29%) C#
11 43 (14.29%) Python
12 41 (13.62%) React
13 40 (13.29%) SC Cleared
13 40 (13.29%) Security Cleared
14 38 (12.62%) Social Skills
15 35 (11.63%) Degree
16 34 (11.30%) CSS
16 34 (11.30%) C
17 32 (10.63%) Linux
18 31 (10.30%) SaaS
18 31 (10.30%) Mentoring
18 31 (10.30%) .NET Core
19 29 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 27 (8.97%) AngularJS
21 26 (8.64%) GCP
21 26 (8.64%) C++
21 26 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
22 24 (7.97%) Analytics
23 22 (7.31%) HTML

Senior 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 20 (6.64%) ArcGIS
1 20 (6.64%) GeoServer
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.33%) Sketch
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 87 (28.90%) Azure
2 71 (23.59%) AWS
3 31 (10.30%) SaaS
4 26 (8.64%) GCP
5 14 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.99%) Miro
8 5 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.33%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.33%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.33%) Figma
9 4 (1.33%) Heroku
9 4 (1.33%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.33%) Serverless
9 4 (1.33%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.66%) GitHub
10 2 (0.66%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.98%) Network Security
2 10 (3.32%) Wireless
3 7 (2.33%) Bluetooth
3 7 (2.33%) Firewall
3 7 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.99%) DNS
4 6 (1.99%) WAN
4 6 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.66%) DHCP
6 4 (1.33%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.00%) Internet
8 2 (0.66%) BGP
8 2 (0.66%) IPsec
8 2 (0.66%) LAN
8 2 (0.66%) OSPF
8 2 (0.66%) VPN
8 2 (0.66%) WLAN
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.33%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.64%) GIS
2 20 (6.64%) QGIS
3 17 (5.65%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.65%) Power BI
5 10 (3.32%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.99%) Tableau
7 8 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.99%) Big Data
9 6 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.66%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.66%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.66%) Oracle Database 11g
11 4 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.33%) DB2
11 4 (1.33%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.33%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.00%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.65%) Git
2 6 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.00%) JIRA
4 2 (0.66%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.66%) Selenium
5 1 (0.33%) GitLab
5 1 (0.33%) JHipster
5 1 (0.33%) Vite
5 1 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 54 (17.94%) Finance
2 38 (12.62%) Social Skills
3 29 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (6.98%) Banking
5 13 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.32%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.66%) Legal
8 7 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.66%) Tech for Good
10 4 (1.33%) Billing
10 4 (1.33%) Games
10 4 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.33%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.00%) Law
12 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.33%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (21.26%) .NET
2 41 (13.62%) React
3 34 (11.30%) CSS
4 31 (10.30%) .NET Core
5 27 (8.97%) AngularJS
6 22 (7.31%) HTML
7 20 (6.64%) Leaflet
7 20 (6.64%) OpenLayers
7 20 (6.64%) PostGIS
8 13 (4.32%) .NET Framework
9 12 (3.99%) ASP.NET
9 12 (3.99%) Node.js
10 11 (3.65%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (3.65%) Kafka
11 10 (3.32%) RESTful
12 8 (2.66%) Web Services
13 7 (2.33%) Django
13 7 (2.33%) REST
14 6 (1.99%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (1.99%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.32%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.99%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.32%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.66%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.66%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.33%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.00%) FPGA
7 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.00%) Online Banking
7 3 (1.00%) VHDL
8 2 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.33%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.33%) Kindle
9 1 (0.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.63%) Linux
2 20 (6.64%) Windows
3 17 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.33%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.33%) Unix
4 4 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (38.21%) Software Engineering
2 92 (30.56%) Agile
3 62 (20.60%) DevOps
4 47 (15.61%) Actionable Insight
5 31 (10.30%) Mentoring
6 24 (7.97%) Analytics
7 21 (6.98%) Computer Science
7 21 (6.98%) Microservices
8 20 (6.64%) Web Development
9 19 (6.31%) Artificial Intelligence
9 19 (6.31%) Full Stack Development
10 18 (5.98%) CI/CD
10 18 (5.98%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (5.98%) TDD
10 18 (5.98%) Unit Testing
11 16 (5.32%) Design Patterns
12 15 (4.98%) Project Management
13 14 (4.65%) Front End Development
13 14 (4.65%) Migration
14 13 (4.32%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.60%) SQL
2 51 (16.94%) JavaScript
3 43 (14.29%) C#
3 43 (14.29%) Python
4 34 (11.30%) C
5 26 (8.64%) C++
6 16 (5.32%) Java
7 15 (4.98%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.33%) Ruby
9 6 (1.99%) Embedded C
9 6 (1.99%) Groovy
10 5 (1.66%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.33%) Bash
11 4 (1.33%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.00%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.66%) PHP
13 2 (0.66%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 40 (13.29%) SC Cleared
1 40 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.63%) Degree
3 11 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.66%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.66%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.66%) MCSE
5 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.33%) CISA
6 4 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.00%) CCNP
7 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.66%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.33%) BICSI Certification
9 1 (0.33%) BICSI RCDD
9 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.66%) PMO
3 4 (1.33%) DICOM
3 4 (1.33%) HL7
3 4 (1.33%) ISO 13485
3 4 (1.33%) ITGC
3 4 (1.33%) QA
3 4 (1.33%) SLA
3 4 (1.33%) WCAG
4 3 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) Basel III
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (4.65%) Docker
2 5 (1.66%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.33%) Firmware
3 4 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.32%) Terraform
3 9 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.66%) Ansible
5 4 (1.33%) Grafana
5 4 (1.33%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.33%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (6.64%) ESRI
2 15 (4.98%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.65%) Google
4 11 (3.65%) Oracle
5 9 (2.99%) VMware
6 6 (1.99%) SAP
7 5 (1.66%) Databricks
8 4 (1.33%) Citrix
8 4 (1.33%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.33%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.33%) Nimble Storage
8 4 (1.33%) Sage
8 4 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.33%) Veeam
9 3 (1.00%) Altera
9 3 (1.00%) Intel
9 3 (1.00%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.66%) IBM
11 1 (0.33%) Apple
11 1 (0.33%) Siemens