Software Developer jobs in Edinburgh

Live software developer roles in Edinburgh, with Scotland salary benchmarks.

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453 live roles in Edinburgh

Senior Java Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

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We are working with an established global fintech, renowned for delivering world-class payments technology, as they grow their UK engineering team.

Remote IT & Technology Permanent
5 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£60,000–£80,000

This role can be based in our London, Bristol or Edinburgh offices, and requires an existing right to work in the UK.

Hybrid IT & Technology
5 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Lead Software Developer

City of Edinburgh

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In this position, you’ll be based in the Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of…

Hybrid IT & Technology
5 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Software Engineering Manager

City of Edinburgh

£74,000–£102,000

This role requires an existing right to work in the UK. At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Hybrid IT & Technology
5 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Software Engineer

Edinburgh

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As a Senior Software Engineer at FanDuel, you will build and evolve core account-related services across FanDuel products with a focus on scalable…

IT & Technology
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Software Engineer

Edinburgh

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In this role you will advance Avaloq’s security-centric software delivery by building and maintaining automation, CI/CD tooling, and security…

Hybrid IT & Technology
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

.Net Developer

City of Edinburgh

£43,000–£48,000

Storm ID is an Edinburgh-based digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations accelerate their use of digital, data and AI.

Hybrid IT & Technology
1 week ago Apply on WhatJobs

Full Stack Engineer

City of Edinburgh

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In this key role, you’ll lead and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to design, build and deliver solutions to internal customers

IT & Technology
1 week ago Apply on WhatJobs

Software Developer hiring in Edinburgh: the numbers

  • 453 live software developer roles in Edinburgh right now.
  • Median advertised salary for software developer roles in Edinburgh: £74,500; the middle half of adverts pay £52,500 to £99,500 (from 34 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Addepar1 (7), Motorola Solutions (5), FanDuel (4), Opencast (4), Sotalent (4).
  • Newest advert posted 15 October 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Software Developer salary in Scotland

£42,000 – £72,000 (indicative · midpoint £57,000)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Stack, seniority and sector move pay more than location: fintech, defence and consultancy pay above e-commerce and the public sector, and senior and lead titles sit well above the top of these bands. Contract day rates (£400–£700) run in parallel to the permanent market.
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