Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 20 24
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 272 235 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 18.10% 12.02% 10.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.84% 12.68% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 198 151 160
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,447 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +16.20% +25.82%
75th Percentile £91,451 £82,548 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £77,530
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.44% +21.71%

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 1,444 1,853 2,475
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.07% 94.78% 98.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 1,092 1,552
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,350 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,962 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,625 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 272 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 86 (31.62%) Python
3 82 (30.15%) Agile
4 79 (29.04%) Java
5 75 (27.57%) AWS
6 65 (23.90%) React
7 63 (23.16%) .NET
8 57 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (20.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (20.22%) Azure
9 55 (20.22%) JavaScript
9 55 (20.22%) C
10 54 (19.85%) DevOps
11 49 (18.01%) C#
12 47 (17.28%) Linux
13 44 (16.18%) CSS
14 42 (15.44%) Computer Science
15 40 (14.71%) Social Skills
16 39 (14.34%) C++
17 38 (13.97%) .NET Core
17 38 (13.97%) Kubernetes
18 37 (13.60%) GCP
18 37 (13.60%) SaaS
19 35 (12.87%) Network Security
20 33 (12.13%) Actionable Insight
21 31 (11.40%) SC Cleared
21 31 (11.40%) Security Cleared
21 31 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
22 30 (11.03%) GIS
22 30 (11.03%) ESRI

Software Engineer 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 30 (11.03%) ArcGIS
1 30 (11.03%) GeoServer
2 18 (6.62%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.47%) Captiva
3 4 (1.47%) FileNet
3 4 (1.47%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) JBoss
4 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 75 (27.57%) AWS
2 55 (20.22%) Azure
3 37 (13.60%) GCP
3 37 (13.60%) SaaS
4 21 (7.72%) Amazon S3
5 18 (6.62%) Amazon SQS
5 18 (6.62%) Google Docs
5 18 (6.62%) Lucidchart
5 18 (6.62%) Miro
5 18 (6.62%) Slack
6 10 (3.68%) GitHub
7 7 (2.57%) Serverless
8 3 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.74%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.74%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.87%) Network Security
2 6 (2.21%) Bluetooth
2 6 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.21%) Wireless
3 3 (1.10%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (11.03%) GIS
2 30 (11.03%) QGIS
3 24 (8.82%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (7.35%) Hadoop
5 18 (6.62%) Big Data
5 18 (6.62%) Redis
5 18 (6.62%) Scylla
6 8 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.94%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.37%) DB2
10 1 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.04%) Git
2 10 (3.68%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (1.84%) JIRA
4 4 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.10%) Maven
5 3 (1.10%) webpack
6 2 (0.74%) Appium
6 2 (0.74%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (0.74%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.74%) Selenium
6 2 (0.74%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.37%) Gradle
7 1 (0.37%) IntelliJ
General
1 57 (20.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 40 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 28 (10.29%) Finance
4 16 (5.88%) Banking
5 10 (3.68%) Legal
6 7 (2.57%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.21%) Tech for Good
8 5 (1.84%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.10%) Games
9 3 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.37%) Aviation
10 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (23.90%) React
2 63 (23.16%) .NET
3 44 (16.18%) CSS
4 38 (13.97%) .NET Core
5 30 (11.03%) Leaflet
5 30 (11.03%) OpenLayers
5 30 (11.03%) PostGIS
6 27 (9.93%) Kafka
7 18 (6.62%) GraphQL
8 17 (6.25%) AngularJS
9 16 (5.88%) HTML
10 15 (5.51%) ASP.NET
10 15 (5.51%) WebGL
11 12 (4.41%) Spring
12 11 (4.04%) ASP.NET Web API
12 11 (4.04%) Spring Boot
13 10 (3.68%) ASP.NET MVC
13 10 (3.68%) RESTful
14 9 (3.31%) Node.js
15 6 (2.21%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.93%) Algorithms
2 18 (6.62%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.57%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.47%) DataPower
6 4 (1.47%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.37%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.28%) Linux
2 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.47%) Unix
3 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 82 (30.15%) Agile
3 57 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (19.85%) DevOps
5 42 (15.44%) Computer Science
6 33 (12.13%) Actionable Insight
7 30 (11.03%) Web Development
8 28 (10.29%) Microservices
9 23 (8.46%) Data Science
9 23 (8.46%) Mathematics
10 21 (7.72%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (7.35%) High Availability
11 20 (7.35%) Mentoring
12 19 (6.99%) Computer Security
12 19 (6.99%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 19 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (6.99%) Threat Intelligence
12 19 (6.99%) User Experience
13 18 (6.62%) UX Research
14 17 (6.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 86 (31.62%) Python
2 79 (29.04%) Java
3 55 (20.22%) C
3 55 (20.22%) JavaScript
4 49 (18.01%) C#
5 39 (14.34%) C++
6 28 (10.29%) Bash
6 28 (10.29%) TypeScript
7 25 (9.19%) Go
7 25 (9.19%) SQL
8 18 (6.62%) Scala
9 15 (5.51%) GLSL
9 15 (5.51%) Rust
10 13 (4.78%) Embedded C
11 6 (2.21%) Haskell
12 4 (1.47%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.74%) Perl
13 2 (0.74%) Ruby
14 1 (0.37%) COBOL
14 1 (0.37%) JCL
Qualifications
1 31 (11.40%) SC Cleared
1 31 (11.40%) Security Cleared
2 25 (9.19%) Degree
3 13 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.21%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.47%) DICOM
1 4 (1.47%) GDPR
1 4 (1.47%) HL7
1 4 (1.47%) ISO 13485
2 3 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 14 (5.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 38 (13.97%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.74%) Istio
2 2 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 30 (11.03%) ESRI
2 22 (8.09%) Google
3 19 (6.99%) Dell
4 12 (4.41%) Oracle
5 9 (3.31%) IBM
6 4 (1.47%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.47%) Kofax
6 4 (1.47%) Pega
6 4 (1.47%) SAP
6 4 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.74%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.74%) Splunk
8 1 (0.37%) CA