Software Developer Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Developer salary in Edinburgh is £61,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 105 116
Rank change year-on-year +35 +11 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 36 27 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.27% 1.50% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 1.58% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29 23 32
10th Percentile - £28,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £74,000 £62,000 £67,375
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,527 1,708 2,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 94.63% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,018 1,593
10th Percentile £32,600 £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 £90,000 £87,419 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Edinburgh

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Edinburgh

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 22 (61.11%) .NET
2 18 (50.00%) SaaS
3 14 (38.89%) .NET Framework
3 14 (38.89%) Software Engineering
4 13 (36.11%) C#
4 13 (36.11%) Azure
5 10 (27.78%) Computer Science
6 9 (25.00%) Ruby
6 9 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
7 7 (19.44%) .NET Core
7 7 (19.44%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (19.44%) Front End Development
7 7 (19.44%) SQL
8 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 6 (16.67%) TypeScript
8 6 (16.67%) AWS
8 6 (16.67%) NoSQL
8 6 (16.67%) DevOps
8 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (13.89%) SDLC
9 5 (13.89%) CI/CD
9 5 (13.89%) AngularJS
9 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
10 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
10 4 (11.11%) Agile
10 4 (11.11%) Degree
10 4 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (11.11%) Design Patterns
10 4 (11.11%) SOLID
10 4 (11.11%) Blazor

Software 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 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (50.00%) SaaS
2 13 (36.11%) Azure
3 6 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Wireless
2 1 (2.78%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
3 3 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.78%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.78%) Maven
2 1 (2.78%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.78%) Vite
2 1 (2.78%) webpack
General
1 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (2.78%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (61.11%) .NET
2 14 (38.89%) .NET Framework
3 7 (19.44%) .NET Core
4 5 (13.89%) AngularJS
5 4 (11.11%) Blazor
6 3 (8.33%) HTML
6 3 (8.33%) React
7 2 (5.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (5.56%) CSS
7 2 (5.56%) Entity Framework
7 2 (5.56%) Node.js
7 2 (5.56%) REST
8 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (2.78%) JSON
8 1 (2.78%) Kafka
8 1 (2.78%) OAuth
8 1 (2.78%) OpenID
8 1 (2.78%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (2.78%) SOAP
8 1 (2.78%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Unix
1 1 (2.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Software Engineering
2 10 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 9 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
4 7 (19.44%) Front End Development
5 6 (16.67%) DevOps
6 5 (13.89%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.89%) SDLC
7 4 (11.11%) Agile
7 4 (11.11%) Design Patterns
7 4 (11.11%) SOLID
8 3 (8.33%) Fintech
8 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 3 (8.33%) TDD
9 2 (5.56%) BDD
9 2 (5.56%) Investment Management
9 2 (5.56%) Scrum
9 2 (5.56%) SDET
9 2 (5.56%) Software Testing
9 2 (5.56%) Test Automation
10 1 (2.78%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) C#
2 9 (25.00%) Ruby
3 7 (19.44%) SQL
4 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.56%) Java
5 2 (5.56%) Python
6 1 (2.78%) Elixir
6 1 (2.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Vermilion