Average Software Developer salary in Edinburgh

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Build and modernise digital services that support thousands of people and businesses across the UK.The Insolvency Service, in partnership with Inspire People, is looking for a Senior Developer, with C# and .NET development experience within modern web applications, to join its Digital Services team and help modernise and improve a portfolio of digital services used by colleagues, businesses and the public. Permanent role, salary £48,429 - £57,722 (based on assessment at interview), 29% employer pension contribution plus full Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from 9 UK locations - Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham (expectation is to spend 60% of your working time across a month in one of the offices), and operates under the flexible working hours agreement, supporting a positive work-life balance.If you would like to find out more about the role, the team and what it's like to work at the Insolvency Service, we are holding a Hiring Manager Q&A session for this role where you can virtually meet the team. Please book your spot by following the application link on this advert.About the Senior Developer role:This role will join the Digital Services team, part of Change and Technology Services within the Insolvency Service, supporting enterprise applications used by internal teams, external organisations and the general public.The team is consolidating its technology stack and moving away from legacy services, with a growing focus on Microsoft .NET 10 and Azure. This is a strong opportunity to help modernise digital services, influence technical approaches and contribute to a more sustainable, user-centred technology environment.The role will also contribute to the ongoing improvement of a portfolio of live digital services, helping reduce technical debt, improve consistency across the technology estate and support faster, more effective delivery of future change.Responsibilities of a Senior Developer:* Design, develop and maintain secure, accessible and maintainable applications across enterprise digital services. * Deliver functionality against agreed user stories, acceptance criteria and Agile delivery objectives. * Take ownership of code quality through automated testing, peer reviews, defect prevention and addressing technical debt. * Contribute to architectural discussions, engineering standards, reusable components and common development approaches. * Support live services through incident resolution, releases, deployments, documentation and ongoing continuous improvement.Essential criteria for a Senior Developer:* C# and .NET development experience within modern web applications. * Experience of modern engineering practices including TDD/BDD, automated testing, CI/CD and DevOps. * Good understanding of integration approaches including APIs, real-time, scheduled, batch and messaging services. * Experience working with cloud-based IaaS and PaaS solutions, alongside strong knowledge of secure and maintainable software development. * Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to contribute to technical discussions, share knowledge and support colleagues.Desirable criteria for a Senior Developer:* Experience working with Microsoft Azure services such as Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, App Services, Function Apps and AI Search. * Knowledge of clean architecture, OOP, SOLID, RESTful APIs and GitHub-based development workflows. * Experience of GOV.UK standards, including the Service Manual and Technology Code of Practice.BenefitsAlongside your salary of up to £57,222, Insolvency Service contributes £14,029 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so they offer a great benefits package including:* Flexible working arrangements and flexi-time* 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service* 8 public/bank holidays plus 1 additional privilege day* Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave* 5 days paid learning and development leave* 5 days paid volunteering leave* Cycle to Work scheme* Access to Workplace Wellness, the employee assistance programme offering confidential and independent support and adviceAdditional Requirements* Expectation is to spend 60% of your working time in one of the offices.* This role operates under the flexible working hours agreement, supporting a positive work-life balance* The post is subject to SC level clearance, a requirement for which you must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. * This role does not meet the category to offer visa sponsorshipWhy join?This is an opportunity to join the Insolvency Service at an important point in its technology journey. You will be working on a wider programme to maintain, improve and modernise more than 10 digital services, helping the team move away from older applications and inconsistent technologies towards a more focused and maintainable Microsoft-based environment.You will have the opportunity to improve live services, influence engineering standards, contribute to technical decisions and work with modern development practices across a collaborative Digital Services team.Apply now to contact Inspire People in complete confidence. Follow the application link for more details on the role.

Angular Developer - 3 Months - Outside IR35Angular Developer required on a contract by our client in Bath. Initial 3 months, outside IR35, hybrid or fully remote, with a strong chance of long-term extension.Your new role You'll join a fast-growing software team building a leading analytics application used to support critical decision-making, drawing on intelligence about humanity and its use around the world. It's tech for good, you could say. You'll focus on the front end, building maintainable, accessible Angular interfaces that sit on top of their proprietary service. It's an urgent, high-priority project, so they want someone who will roll their sleeves up and pick up their tooling quickly.You'll needStrong Angular and TypeScript experience in production, including components, routing, forms, dependency injection, RxJS and state managementSolid HTML and CSS skills, with responsive layouts and practical web accessibility standardsExperience integrating with REST APIs, handling authentication, authorisation, errors and async data flows securelyAutomated unit, component and end-to-end testing experience, plus code review and CI/CD practicesStrong problem-solving and communication skills, including diagnosing live browser or performance issues and a sound grasp of frontend securityThe Rate £400 - £450 per day + VAT. Two-stage interview process with the Head of Engineering and team members, and interviews can be arranged within days.If this interests you, please apply now or call Andy Weir at Cathcart Technology.Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.