Web Development in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is Scotland's tech capital and the UK's second-largest financial centre. The city is home to 1,000+ tech companies, FanDuel, Skyscanner's heritage, and a growing fintech cluster. Local web agencies charge £80-£130 per hour. We build for Edinburgh businesses at 40-60% below those rates — with senior engineers who know what they are doing.
Why Edinburgh for Web Development?
Edinburgh punches well above its weight in technology. Scotland's capital has over 1,000 tech companies, a world-class university pipeline, and a financial district second only to London. The city's tech sector generates £4B+ annually. FanDuel, Administrate, and a dense cluster of energy-tech startups drive demand for web development. But Edinburgh's developer talent pool is small relative to demand — the competition for skilled web developers is fierce, especially in fintech and energy sectors.
- Edinburgh's tech sector generates over £4B annually, with 1,000+ tech companies in the city
- UK's second-largest financial centre — home to Standard Life, Scottish Widows, and growing fintech startups
- Scotland's energy sector is shifting to digital, creating demand for web platforms and data dashboards
- Our hybrid model gives Edinburgh businesses access to senior web developers at 40-60% below local agency rates
Web Development Services in Edinburgh
Six web development services shaped by Edinburgh's industry mix — from financial services platforms to energy sector dashboards.
Custom Website Development
Bespoke websites for Edinburgh organisations. Built on React, Next.js, or Astro with mobile-first design, fast load times, and structures that rank well in search results. No off-the-shelf templates.
E-Commerce Development
Shopify and WooCommerce stores for Scottish retailers. Product catalogues, UK payment gateways, shipping integrations, and checkout flows tuned for conversion. We have built stores serving customers across Scotland and the UK.
Web Application Development
Dashboards, customer portals, and SaaS interfaces for Edinburgh's fintech and energy companies. Built on React or Vue with secure, scalable backends — handling real-time data, complex user roles, and regulatory requirements.
CMS & Content Platforms
WordPress, Sanity, Contentful, and custom CMS builds. Websites your team manages independently — with content workflows, SEO structures, and publishing tools that make updates quick and straightforward.
Progressive Web Apps
PWAs for Edinburgh businesses that need offline capability and mobile-app speed without app store distribution. Particularly suited for tourism, events, and field service companies across Scotland.
Website Redesign & Migration
Rebuilding legacy Edinburgh business websites on modern frameworks. We handle content migration, URL preservation, redirect strategies, and performance optimisation — your rankings stay while your site improves.
Industries We Serve in Edinburgh
Edinburgh has a distinctive economic profile. These four sectors generate the most demand for web development in the city.
Fintech & Financial Services
Edinburgh's financial district is the UK's second largest. We build marketing sites, client portals, and secure dashboards for asset managers, insurance companies, and fintech startups. FCA-compliant, UK GDPR-ready, and built for trust.
Energy & CleanTech
Scotland leads the UK in renewable energy. We build data dashboards, monitoring platforms, and customer-facing web applications for energy companies, wind farm operators, and cleantech startups based in Edinburgh and the wider Central Belt.
Tourism & Hospitality
Edinburgh attracts over 4 million visitors a year. We build booking websites, attraction portals, and event platforms that handle seasonal traffic spikes, multi-language support, and mobile-first audiences from around the world.
Education & EdTech
Home to the University of Edinburgh and a growing cluster of edtech companies, the city has strong demand for learning platforms, university websites, and student-facing web applications built for accessibility and scale.
How We Work with Edinburgh Teams
Edinburgh shares GMT with London. Our Gurugram team overlaps your afternoons (1pm-5pm GMT), and Dallas overlaps your mornings. Full working-day coverage.
Discovery & Requirements
A video call during UK afternoon hours. We review your current site, discuss your goals and audience, and scope out the project. One or two sessions gets us to a clear brief.
Design & Prototyping
Wireframes and high-fidelity designs in Figma. Mobile-first layouts, your brand identity applied, and every key page signed off before we start writing code.
Agile Development
Two-week sprints with daily async updates and live demos every fortnight. Your team sees working pages, gives feedback, and we adjust in real time. No black-box development.
Testing & QA
Cross-browser testing, real-device mobile checks, WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audits, and PageSpeed benchmarks. We do not ship pages that score below 90.
Launch & Support
Deployment to your hosting, DNS and SSL configuration, analytics setup, and complete documentation. Ongoing support available with SLA-backed UK-hours response times.
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Engagement Models for Edinburgh Businesses
Edinburgh web agencies charge £80-£130 per hour. Our rates are 40-60% lower — because our engineering centre is in Gurugram, not Leith.
Dedicated Team
A full web development team — frontend, backend, design, QA — assigned to your project. Best for ongoing platforms, SaaS interfaces, or continuous web development.
Custom pricing based on your requirements
- Dedicated developers on your project full-time
- Project manager during UK business hours
- Weekly standups and fortnightly sprint demos
- Scale the team with 2 weeks notice
- 40-60% below Edinburgh agency rates
- Minimum 3-month engagement
Project-Based
Fixed scope and fixed price. Deliverables, timeline, and cost agreed before development begins. Best for new websites, e-commerce stores, and defined redesign projects.
Custom pricing based on your requirements
- Fixed price in GBP or USD
- Detailed scope document upfront
- Milestone-based payments tied to deliverables
- Clear change request process
- Full IP and source code transfer
- Ideal for new sites, stores, and redesigns
Staff Augmentation
Our web developers join your Edinburgh team directly. They attend your standups, work your hours, and use your tools. Best when you need specific skills fast.
Custom pricing based on your requirements
- Engineers embedded in your team
- Work UK business hours (GMT/BST)
- Use your tools and repositories
- Start within 1-2 weeks
- No recruitment fees or employer NI
- Scale from 1 to a full team
Web Development in Edinburgh Questions Answered
Quick answers to the questions we hear most often.
No. Our offices are in Dallas, Texas and Gurugram, India. We serve Edinburgh businesses remotely with teams that work UK hours. No Edinburgh office means no Scottish commercial property costs in our pricing.
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