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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 291 337 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.61% 16.93% 15.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.44% 17.86% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 205 209 246
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,354 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £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 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,746 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +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 1,424 1,887 2,449
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 94.78% 98.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,004 1,107 1,538
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,640 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,938 £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 £55,425 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.57% +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 23 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 23 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.

1 116 (39.86%) Software Engineering
2 98 (33.68%) Agile
3 89 (30.58%) Azure
4 70 (24.05%) AWS
5 64 (21.99%) DevOps
6 59 (20.27%) .NET
7 56 (19.24%) SQL
8 55 (18.90%) Finance
9 50 (17.18%) JavaScript
10 48 (16.49%) Actionable Insight
11 44 (15.12%) Python
12 41 (14.09%) SC Cleared
12 41 (14.09%) Security Cleared
13 40 (13.75%) React
13 40 (13.75%) Social Skills
14 38 (13.06%) Linux
14 38 (13.06%) C#
15 35 (12.03%) C
15 35 (12.03%) CSS
15 35 (12.03%) Degree
16 33 (11.34%) SaaS
17 31 (10.65%) Mentoring
17 31 (10.65%) .NET Core
17 31 (10.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 30 (10.31%) GCP
18 30 (10.31%) Analytics
19 27 (9.28%) AngularJS
19 27 (9.28%) C++
20 26 (8.93%) PostgreSQL
21 25 (8.59%) Banking

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 (6.87%) ArcGIS
1 20 (6.87%) GeoServer
2 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Sketch
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 89 (30.58%) Azure
2 70 (24.05%) AWS
3 33 (11.34%) SaaS
4 30 (10.31%) GCP
5 15 (5.15%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.06%) Miro
8 5 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.37%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.37%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.37%) Figma
9 4 (1.37%) Heroku
9 4 (1.37%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.37%) Serverless
9 4 (1.37%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.03%) GitHub
10 3 (1.03%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.19%) Network Security
2 10 (3.44%) Wireless
3 7 (2.41%) Bluetooth
3 7 (2.41%) Firewall
3 7 (2.41%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.06%) DNS
4 6 (2.06%) WAN
4 6 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.72%) DHCP
6 4 (1.37%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.03%) Internet
8 2 (0.69%) BGP
8 2 (0.69%) IPsec
8 2 (0.69%) LAN
8 2 (0.69%) OSPF
8 2 (0.69%) VPN
8 2 (0.69%) WLAN
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.93%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.87%) GIS
2 20 (6.87%) QGIS
3 16 (5.50%) NoSQL
4 15 (5.15%) Power BI
5 9 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.09%) Tableau
6 8 (2.75%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (2.06%) Big Data
8 6 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.72%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.72%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.72%) Oracle Database 11g
9 5 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.37%) DB2
10 4 (1.37%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.78%) Git
2 7 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.03%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (1.03%) JIRA
4 2 (0.69%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.34%) JHipster
5 1 (0.34%) Vite
5 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 55 (18.90%) Finance
2 40 (13.75%) Social Skills
3 31 (10.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (8.59%) Banking
5 14 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.75%) Legal
9 7 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.72%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.37%) Billing
11 4 (1.37%) Games
11 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.03%) Law
13 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Retail
14 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (20.27%) .NET
2 40 (13.75%) React
3 35 (12.03%) CSS
4 31 (10.65%) .NET Core
5 27 (9.28%) AngularJS
6 23 (7.90%) HTML
7 20 (6.87%) Leaflet
7 20 (6.87%) OpenLayers
7 20 (6.87%) PostGIS
8 12 (4.12%) ASP.NET
9 11 (3.78%) .NET Framework
9 11 (3.78%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (3.78%) Kafka
9 11 (3.78%) RESTful
10 10 (3.44%) Node.js
11 9 (3.09%) Web Services
12 8 (2.75%) REST
13 6 (2.06%) JSON
13 6 (2.06%) Spring
13 6 (2.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.47%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (4.12%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.06%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.37%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.03%) Online Banking
8 2 (0.69%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.69%) FPGA
8 2 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.69%) VHDL
9 1 (0.34%) Kindle
9 1 (0.34%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.06%) Linux
2 24 (8.25%) Windows
3 17 (5.84%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.37%) Unix
4 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (39.86%) Software Engineering
2 98 (33.68%) Agile
3 64 (21.99%) DevOps
4 48 (16.49%) Actionable Insight
5 31 (10.65%) Mentoring
6 30 (10.31%) Analytics
7 21 (7.22%) Computer Science
7 21 (7.22%) Microservices
7 21 (7.22%) TDD
8 20 (6.87%) Artificial Intelligence
8 20 (6.87%) Web Development
9 19 (6.53%) CI/CD
9 19 (6.53%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (6.19%) Full Stack Development
10 18 (6.19%) Unit Testing
11 17 (5.84%) Data Science
12 16 (5.50%) Design Patterns
13 15 (5.15%) Front End Development
14 14 (4.81%) Migration
14 14 (4.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.24%) SQL
2 50 (17.18%) JavaScript
3 44 (15.12%) Python
4 38 (13.06%) C#
5 35 (12.03%) C
6 27 (9.28%) C++
7 16 (5.50%) Java
8 15 (5.15%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.41%) Groovy
9 7 (2.41%) Ruby
10 6 (2.06%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.72%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.37%) Bash
12 4 (1.37%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.03%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.69%) PHP
15 1 (0.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 41 (14.09%) SC Cleared
1 41 (14.09%) Security Cleared
2 35 (12.03%) Degree
3 11 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.72%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.72%) MCSE
5 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.37%) CISA
6 4 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.03%) CCNP
7 3 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.69%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.69%) 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 (2.41%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.37%) DICOM
2 4 (1.37%) HL7
2 4 (1.37%) ISO 13485
2 4 (1.37%) ITGC
2 4 (1.37%) PMO
2 4 (1.37%) QA
2 4 (1.37%) SLA
2 4 (1.37%) WCAG
3 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) Basel III
5 1 (0.34%) CRD IV
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (5.15%) Docker
2 5 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.37%) Firmware
3 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.12%) Terraform
3 9 (3.09%) Ansible
3 9 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.37%) Grafana
4 4 (1.37%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.03%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (6.87%) ESRI
2 18 (6.19%) Google
3 14 (4.81%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.78%) Oracle
5 9 (3.09%) VMware
6 6 (2.06%) SAP
7 5 (1.72%) Databricks
8 4 (1.37%) Citrix
8 4 (1.37%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.37%) Dell
8 4 (1.37%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.37%) Nimble Storage
8 4 (1.37%) Sage
8 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.37%) Veeam
9 3 (1.03%) IBM
10 2 (0.69%) Altera
10 2 (0.69%) Intel
10 2 (0.69%) Xilinx
11 1 (0.34%) Meraki