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 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 5 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 294 343 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.84% 16.99% 15.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.69% 17.90% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 205 212 246
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,157 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,746 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +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 1,421 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%

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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 119 (40.48%) Software Engineering
2 98 (33.33%) Agile
3 92 (31.29%) Azure
4 71 (24.15%) AWS
5 65 (22.11%) DevOps
6 60 (20.41%) .NET
7 57 (19.39%) SQL
8 56 (19.05%) Finance
9 52 (17.69%) JavaScript
10 49 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
11 45 (15.31%) Python
12 42 (14.29%) Social Skills
13 41 (13.95%) React
13 41 (13.95%) SC Cleared
13 41 (13.95%) Security Cleared
14 39 (13.27%) C#
14 39 (13.27%) Linux
15 37 (12.59%) CSS
16 36 (12.24%) Degree
17 35 (11.90%) C
17 35 (11.90%) SaaS
18 33 (11.22%) Analytics
18 33 (11.22%) .NET Core
19 31 (10.54%) GCP
20 30 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 29 (9.86%) Mentoring
22 28 (9.52%) AngularJS
23 27 (9.18%) C++
23 27 (9.18%) Banking
24 26 (8.84%) PostgreSQL

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 (6.80%) ArcGIS
1 20 (6.80%) GeoServer
2 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.02%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) SAS
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.36%) Sketch
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 92 (31.29%) Azure
2 71 (24.15%) AWS
3 35 (11.90%) SaaS
4 31 (10.54%) GCP
5 15 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.04%) Miro
8 5 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.36%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.36%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.36%) Figma
9 4 (1.36%) Heroku
9 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.36%) Serverless
9 4 (1.36%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.02%) GitHub
10 3 (1.02%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.12%) Network Security
2 10 (3.40%) Wireless
3 7 (2.38%) Bluetooth
3 7 (2.38%) Firewall
3 7 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.04%) DNS
4 6 (2.04%) WAN
4 6 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.70%) DHCP
6 4 (1.36%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.02%) Internet
8 2 (0.68%) BGP
8 2 (0.68%) IPsec
8 2 (0.68%) LAN
8 2 (0.68%) OSPF
8 2 (0.68%) VPN
8 2 (0.68%) WLAN
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.84%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.80%) GIS
2 20 (6.80%) QGIS
3 17 (5.78%) NoSQL
4 15 (5.10%) Power BI
5 10 (3.40%) Tableau
6 9 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.38%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.04%) Big Data
9 5 (1.70%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.70%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.70%) Oracle Database 11g
9 5 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.36%) DB2
10 4 (1.36%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (4.08%) Git
2 8 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.36%) JIRA
4 3 (1.02%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.68%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
6 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.34%) JHipster
6 1 (0.34%) MSI
6 1 (0.34%) Vite
6 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 56 (19.05%) Finance
2 42 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 30 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (9.18%) Banking
5 15 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.72%) Legal
9 7 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.70%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.70%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.36%) Billing
11 4 (1.36%) Games
11 4 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.02%) Law
12 3 (1.02%) Retail
13 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.34%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (20.41%) .NET
2 41 (13.95%) React
3 37 (12.59%) CSS
4 33 (11.22%) .NET Core
5 28 (9.52%) AngularJS
6 25 (8.50%) HTML
7 20 (6.80%) Leaflet
7 20 (6.80%) OpenLayers
7 20 (6.80%) PostGIS
8 13 (4.42%) ASP.NET
8 13 (4.42%) ASP.NET Web API
8 13 (4.42%) RESTful
9 12 (4.08%) Kafka
10 11 (3.74%) .NET Framework
11 10 (3.40%) Node.js
12 9 (3.06%) Web Services
13 8 (2.72%) REST
14 7 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
14 7 (2.38%) Spring
15 6 (2.04%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.42%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.08%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.70%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.70%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.36%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.02%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.02%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.02%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.02%) Online Banking
8 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.34%) FPGA
9 1 (0.34%) Kindle
9 1 (0.34%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.27%) Linux
2 26 (8.84%) Windows
3 17 (5.78%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.70%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.36%) Unix
5 4 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.02%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (40.48%) Software Engineering
2 98 (33.33%) Agile
3 65 (22.11%) DevOps
4 49 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
5 33 (11.22%) Analytics
6 29 (9.86%) Mentoring
7 23 (7.82%) Microservices
7 23 (7.82%) TDD
8 21 (7.14%) Computer Science
9 20 (6.80%) Artificial Intelligence
9 20 (6.80%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (6.80%) Web Development
10 19 (6.46%) Full Stack Development
10 19 (6.46%) Unit Testing
11 18 (6.12%) CI/CD
11 18 (6.12%) Data Science
12 17 (5.78%) Design Patterns
13 15 (5.10%) Front End Development
13 15 (5.10%) Visualisation
14 14 (4.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 57 (19.39%) SQL
2 52 (17.69%) JavaScript
3 45 (15.31%) Python
4 39 (13.27%) C#
5 35 (11.90%) C
6 27 (9.18%) C++
7 17 (5.78%) Java
8 15 (5.10%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.38%) Groovy
9 7 (2.38%) Ruby
10 6 (2.04%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.70%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.70%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.36%) Bash
13 3 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.68%) PHP
15 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (13.95%) SC Cleared
1 41 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 36 (12.24%) Degree
3 11 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.72%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.70%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.70%) MCSE
5 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.36%) CISA
6 4 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.02%) CCNP
7 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.68%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.34%) BICSI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) BICSI RCDD
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.36%) DICOM
2 4 (1.36%) HL7
2 4 (1.36%) ISO 13485
2 4 (1.36%) ITGC
2 4 (1.36%) PMO
2 4 (1.36%) QA
2 4 (1.36%) SLA
2 4 (1.36%) WCAG
3 3 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.68%) CRD IV
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) Basel III
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.34%) IFRS
5 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 16 (5.44%) Docker
2 5 (1.70%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.36%) Firmware
3 4 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.36%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 22 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.08%) Terraform
3 9 (3.06%) Ansible
3 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.36%) Grafana
4 4 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.36%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.02%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.34%) SCCM
7 1 (0.34%) WMI
Vendors
1 20 (6.80%) ESRI
2 18 (6.12%) Google
3 14 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.74%) Oracle
5 9 (3.06%) VMware
6 6 (2.04%) Databricks
6 6 (2.04%) SAP
7 5 (1.70%) Dell
8 4 (1.36%) Citrix
8 4 (1.36%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.36%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.36%) Nimble Storage
8 4 (1.36%) Sage
8 4 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.36%) Veeam
9 3 (1.02%) IBM
10 1 (0.34%) Apple
10 1 (0.34%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.34%) Intel
10 1 (0.34%) Siemens