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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 297 307 398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.48% 16.53% 15.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.25% 17.48% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 213 197 241
10th Percentile £46,261 £47,212 £45,000
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 £92,448 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,400 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.66% +0.67% +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 1,467 1,756 2,496
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.56% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,054 1,552
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 £91,934 £89,459 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

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 1 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 1 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.

1 113 (38.05%) Software Engineering
2 91 (30.64%) Agile
3 87 (29.29%) Azure
4 70 (23.57%) AWS
5 62 (20.88%) DevOps
5 62 (20.88%) .NET
6 54 (18.18%) SQL
7 53 (17.85%) Finance
8 49 (16.50%) JavaScript
9 47 (15.82%) Actionable Insight
10 43 (14.48%) Python
11 41 (13.80%) C#
12 40 (13.47%) React
12 40 (13.47%) SC Cleared
12 40 (13.47%) Security Cleared
13 39 (13.13%) Social Skills
14 35 (11.78%) C
15 34 (11.45%) CSS
15 34 (11.45%) Degree
16 33 (11.11%) Linux
17 31 (10.44%) .NET Core
18 30 (10.10%) SaaS
18 30 (10.10%) Mentoring
18 30 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 27 (9.09%) AngularJS
19 27 (9.09%) C++
20 26 (8.75%) PostgreSQL
20 26 (8.75%) GCP
21 24 (8.08%) Analytics
22 22 (7.41%) 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 (6.73%) ArcGIS
1 20 (6.73%) GeoServer
2 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) Sketch
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 87 (29.29%) Azure
2 70 (23.57%) AWS
3 30 (10.10%) SaaS
4 26 (8.75%) GCP
5 14 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.02%) Miro
8 5 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.35%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.35%) Figma
9 4 (1.35%) Heroku
9 4 (1.35%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.35%) Serverless
9 4 (1.35%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.67%) GitHub
10 2 (0.67%) PaaS
10 2 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.06%) Network Security
2 10 (3.37%) Wireless
3 7 (2.36%) Bluetooth
3 7 (2.36%) Firewall
3 7 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.02%) DNS
4 6 (2.02%) WAN
4 6 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.68%) DHCP
6 4 (1.35%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.01%) Internet
8 2 (0.67%) BGP
8 2 (0.67%) IPsec
8 2 (0.67%) LAN
8 2 (0.67%) OSPF
8 2 (0.67%) VPN
8 2 (0.67%) WLAN
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.75%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.73%) GIS
2 20 (6.73%) QGIS
3 16 (5.39%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.71%) Power BI
5 9 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.03%) Tableau
6 8 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (2.02%) Big Data
8 6 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.68%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.68%) Oracle Database 11g
9 5 (1.68%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.35%) DB2
10 4 (1.35%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.67%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.70%) Git
2 6 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.01%) JIRA
4 2 (0.67%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.67%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) JHipster
5 1 (0.34%) Vite
5 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 53 (17.85%) Finance
2 39 (13.13%) Social Skills
3 30 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (7.07%) Banking
5 13 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.37%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.69%) Legal
8 7 (2.36%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.68%) Tech for Good
10 4 (1.35%) Billing
10 4 (1.35%) Games
10 4 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.35%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.01%) Law
12 2 (0.67%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (20.88%) .NET
2 40 (13.47%) React
3 34 (11.45%) CSS
4 31 (10.44%) .NET Core
5 27 (9.09%) AngularJS
6 22 (7.41%) HTML
7 20 (6.73%) Leaflet
7 20 (6.73%) OpenLayers
7 20 (6.73%) PostGIS
8 12 (4.04%) .NET Framework
8 12 (4.04%) ASP.NET
9 11 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (3.70%) Kafka
9 11 (3.70%) Node.js
10 10 (3.37%) RESTful
11 8 (2.69%) Web Services
12 7 (2.36%) Django
12 7 (2.36%) REST
13 6 (2.02%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (2.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.38%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.68%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.35%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.01%) FPGA
7 3 (1.01%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.01%) Online Banking
7 3 (1.01%) VHDL
8 2 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.67%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.34%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.34%) Kindle
9 1 (0.34%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.11%) Linux
2 20 (6.73%) Windows
3 17 (5.72%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.35%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.35%) Unix
4 4 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.01%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (38.05%) Software Engineering
2 91 (30.64%) Agile
3 62 (20.88%) DevOps
4 47 (15.82%) Actionable Insight
5 30 (10.10%) Mentoring
6 24 (8.08%) Analytics
7 21 (7.07%) Microservices
8 20 (6.73%) Computer Science
8 20 (6.73%) Web Development
9 19 (6.40%) Artificial Intelligence
10 18 (6.06%) CI/CD
10 18 (6.06%) Full Stack Development
10 18 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (6.06%) Unit Testing
11 17 (5.72%) TDD
12 16 (5.39%) Design Patterns
13 15 (5.05%) Project Management
14 14 (4.71%) Migration
15 13 (4.38%) Front End Development
15 13 (4.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 54 (18.18%) SQL
2 49 (16.50%) JavaScript
3 43 (14.48%) Python
4 41 (13.80%) C#
5 35 (11.78%) C
6 27 (9.09%) C++
7 15 (5.05%) Java
8 14 (4.71%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.36%) Ruby
10 6 (2.02%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.02%) Groovy
11 5 (1.68%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.35%) Bash
12 4 (1.35%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.01%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.67%) PHP
14 2 (0.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 40 (13.47%) SC Cleared
1 40 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.45%) Degree
3 10 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.69%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.68%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.68%) MCSE
5 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.35%) CISA
6 4 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.01%) CCNP
7 3 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.67%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.67%) 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 (2.36%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.68%) PMO
3 4 (1.35%) DICOM
3 4 (1.35%) HL7
3 4 (1.35%) ISO 13485
3 4 (1.35%) ITGC
3 4 (1.35%) QA
3 4 (1.35%) SLA
3 4 (1.35%) WCAG
4 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) Basel III
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (4.71%) Docker
2 5 (1.68%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.35%) Firmware
3 4 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.37%) Terraform
3 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.69%) Ansible
5 4 (1.35%) Grafana
5 4 (1.35%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.35%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.67%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (6.73%) ESRI
2 15 (5.05%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.71%) Google
4 11 (3.70%) Oracle
5 9 (3.03%) VMware
6 6 (2.02%) SAP
7 5 (1.68%) Databricks
8 4 (1.35%) Citrix
8 4 (1.35%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.35%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.35%) Nimble Storage
8 4 (1.35%) Sage
8 4 (1.35%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.35%) Veeam
9 3 (1.01%) Altera
9 3 (1.01%) Intel
9 3 (1.01%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.67%) IBM
11 1 (0.34%) Apple
11 1 (0.34%) Siemens