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Salary in Edinburgh

Market pay levels based on 619 offers with salary.

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Recalculated from open vacancies where the employer states pay.

Median49 894 £Half of offers pay more, half pay less
Average49 894 £Arithmetic mean of all offers
Lower quartile49 894 £25% of offers pay less
Upper quartile49 894 £25% of offers pay more

How pay is distributed

The band covers the middle half of the market (25th–75th percentile), the line marks the median.

Lower quartile49 894 £
Median49 894 £
Upper quartile49 894 £

What the numbers mean

  • Half of all offers fall between 49 894 £ and 49 894 £.
  • Every fourth offer pays more than 49 894 £.
  • The average is close to the median, so offers are spread evenly.
  • The estimate uses 619 vacancies with a stated salary.

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Vacancies with salary

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Randstad Care Edinburgh ·

Care home worker - Scottish Islands

40 950 – 44 850 £

Residential Support Worker - Scottish Island (£23/hr, 45+ hrs/week) Are you an experienced Residential Support Worker or Care Assistant looking for your next rewarding, high-paying contract…

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Randstad Care Edinburgh ·

Care home worker - Scottish Islands

40 950 – 44 850 £

Residential Support Worker - Scottish Island (£23/hr, 45+ hrs/week) Are you an experienced Residential Support Worker or Care Assistant looking for your next rewarding, high-paying contract…

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SRG Edinburgh ·

Customer Adviser

44 655 – 44 655 £

Customer Advisor Edinburgh, Part Time (17.5 hours/week - overtime available if you wish to do more). This is an exciting opportunity to join a large Customer Engagement Centre (CEC) as a Cu…

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Barnardos Edinburgh ·

Administrator

27 554 – 29 799 £

Barnardo's Scotland is looking for a highly skilled Administrator to join our South East Locality Team (Edinburgh Services) . The successful candidate will work as part of our South East ad…

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Dee Set Edinburgh ·

Retail Supervisor PT Moredun

26 052 – 26 052 £

Retail Supervisor – Nutmeg Clothing (Morrisons) Fixed Term Contract from October 2026 - July 2027 Working days : Monday to Friday 10am-2pm Working hours: 20 hours per week Location: In-stor…

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TELUS Digital Edinburgh ·

Face Deduplication Collection

19 500 – 21 450 £

The objective of this project is to collect a large and diverse dataset of current neutral selfies, head-pose captures, and historical facial images to support machine-learning research and…

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Frequently asked questions

Why show the median instead of the average?

The median (49 894 £) is the middle of the market: half of the offers pay more and half pay less. Unlike the average (49 894 £), it is not skewed by a handful of very high salaries.

What does the typical range mean?

From 49 894 £ to 49 894 £ is the middle half of all offers — the 25th to 75th percentile. A quarter of vacancies pay below 49 894 £ and a quarter above 49 894 £.

Where does the data come from?

From 619 open vacancies with a stated salary that Finder collects from public sources. Numbers are recalculated as the selection changes.

How do I tell whether I am paid fairly?

Compare your pay with the median and the quartiles: near 49 894 £ is the market level, above 49 894 £ is the strong quarter, below 49 894 £ is a reason to negotiate. Use the “Compare my salary” button on this page.

How we calculate salaries

Short methodology and the data behind these numbers.

  1. 1We collect offersOnly vacancies from open sources where the employer states pay are used.
  2. 2We normalise themA salary range is reduced to one comparable value per vacancy.
  3. 3We compute percentilesMedian, quartiles and the average are calculated from at least 5 offers; otherwise the wider country market is shown.
  4. 4We refresh the numbersStatistics are recomputed as new vacancies appear and closed ones drop out.

Figures are pay as published by employers: taxes, bonuses and seniority inside a grade are not accounted for.