Software Developer jobs in Edinburgh

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

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453 live roles in Edinburgh

Lead Full Stack Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£65,000–£75,000

A GovTech scale-up delivering a live licensing platform for the Scottish public sector is hiring a Lead Full Stack Engineer to take technical…

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£70,000–£100,000

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and…

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Lead Software Engineer

City of Edinburgh

£75,000–£85,000

We’ve got an incredible new opportunity in Edinburgh for a Tech Lead who loves guiding teams, shaping solutions, and staying close to the code.

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Backend Developer (Java)

City of Edinburgh

£70,000–£95,000

Capco is growing our Engineering team and we're looking for experienced Backend Engineers with strong Java skills and a passion for delivering…

Hybrid IT & Technology
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

iOS Developer

City of Edinburgh

£55,000–£75,000

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

IT & Technology
4 weeks 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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