Software Developer jobs in Edinburgh

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

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487 live roles in Edinburgh

Android Developer

City of Edinburgh

£42,000–£68,000

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the…

Remote IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£40,000–£60,000

We’re growing our engineering team and looking for a Mid-Level Full Stack Software Engineer to help build and evolve an advanced resource planning…

Remote IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Lead Java Developer

City of Edinburgh

£70,000–£90,000

HCL is a $11 billion leading global technology enterprise consisting of over 200,000 professionals operating from 52 countries.

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Full Stack Developer

City of Edinburgh

£40,000–£60,000

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer…

Remote IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

iOS Developer

City of Edinburgh

£35,000–£50,000

CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for…

Remote IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£38,000–£70,000

The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked…

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Sr. Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£90,000–£150,000

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence.

IT & Technology
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Lead Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£90,000–£140,000

Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK’s most important #tech4good projects, making the world a smarter, safer…

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Software Developer hiring in Edinburgh: the numbers

  • 487 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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