Which pays more, Edinburgh or London?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Edinburgh vs London

London pays more: a median of £70,000 against £58,500. There is 3.7× more demand for London. London is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 5.1%. Listings for London move faster — median age 55 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Edinburgh	London	Gap
Open postings	18,001	66,702	-48,701
Posted this week	1,220	2,191
Median salary	£58,500	£70,000	£-11.5k
25th percentile	£46k	£55.5k
75th percentile	£72.5k	£87k
Salary disclosed	6.2%	8.4%
Remote share	8.0%	13.1%	-5.1pp
Median age of posting	70d	55d
Open over 60 days	38.9%	36.3%
Visa sponsorship	25.7%	18.6%

Pay

Pay distribution

Edinburgh

£26k£101k

London

£32k£121k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Edinburgh

just posted70d median90d+

London

just posted55d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Edinburgh — technologies

GCP

72.0%

Kotlin

65.8%

Java

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

Kubernetes

47.2%

SQL

41.0%

Docker

34.8%

London — technologies

Python

72.0%

JavaScript

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

Kotlin

53.4%

Figma

47.2%

Kubernetes

41.0%

Tableau

34.8%

Edinburgh — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing

9.4%

Solstice Biotech

8.7%

Tidewater Insurance

8.0%

Cobalt Financial

7.2%

Brightline Retail

6.5%

Halcyon Energy

5.8%

Northwind Systems

5.1%

London — employers

Cobalt Financial

9.4%

Kestrel Health

8.7%

Rivergate Media

8.0%

Fairmount Legal

7.2%

Brightline Retail

6.5%

Aperture Labs

5.8%

Beacon Robotics

5.1%

More comparisons

Other United Kingdom city comparisons

Edinburgh vs Manchester London vs Manchester

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.