Fintech Jobs in Scotland

Financial Technology (FinTech)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Fintech skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fintech over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 129 110
Rank change year-on-year -56 -19 -7
Permanent jobs citing Fintech 93 101 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.38% 2.14% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 2.27% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 41 70 115
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £59,500 £47,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,317 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.55% +20.58% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,236 £81,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% +17.86% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Fintech is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,255 4,450 5,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.28% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,229 2,790
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,440 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,654 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +9.82% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Fintech as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Fintech in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fintech in Scotland.

Salary trend for Fintech in Scotland

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Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fintech in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Fintech in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fintech within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -65 60 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Edinburgh -7 31 £75,000 +5.26% 15
Dundee - 2 £53,750 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 32 (34.41%) Figma
1 32 (34.41%) SurveyMonkey
2 19 (20.43%) AWS
3 11 (11.83%) Azure
3 11 (11.83%) SaaS
4 5 (5.38%) GCP
4 5 (5.38%) Serverless
5 4 (4.30%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.30%) GitHub
5 4 (4.30%) IBM Cloud
6 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) Firewall
1 3 (3.23%) LAN
1 3 (3.23%) TCP/IP
1 3 (3.23%) VPN
1 3 (3.23%) WAN
1 3 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) Big Data
2 5 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.30%) DynamoDB
3 4 (4.30%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.23%) Power BI
4 3 (3.23%) Tableau
5 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Git
1 8 (8.60%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.30%) Maven
2 4 (4.30%) Selenium
General
1 73 (78.49%) Finance
2 48 (51.61%) Marketing
3 46 (49.46%) Law
4 45 (48.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (34.41%) Social Science
6 31 (33.33%) Social Skills
7 16 (17.20%) Banking
8 7 (7.53%) Legal
9 3 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (2.15%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.15%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (40.86%) Lead
2 17 (18.28%) Developer
3 13 (13.98%) User Experience Researcher
4 12 (12.90%) Senior
5 11 (11.83%) Architect
6 8 (8.60%) Java Developer
7 7 (7.53%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.38%) Python Developer
9 5 (5.38%) Software Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Java Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Java Software Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Security Architect
10 4 (4.30%) Senior Java Developer
11 3 (3.23%) Analyst
11 3 (3.23%) Network Analyst
11 3 (3.23%) Project Manager
11 3 (3.23%) Senior Manager
11 3 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
11 3 (3.23%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.83%) Spring
2 10 (10.75%) Kafka
2 10 (10.75%) Spring Boot
3 9 (9.68%) REST
4 8 (8.60%) JSON
4 8 (8.60%) Web Services
5 7 (7.53%) React
6 6 (6.45%) OAuth
6 6 (6.45%) OpenID
7 5 (5.38%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (4.30%) AngularJS
8 4 (4.30%) CSS
8 4 (4.30%) HTML
8 4 (4.30%) RESTful
8 4 (4.30%) WebSphere MQ
9 3 (3.23%) Django
10 2 (2.15%) SAML
11 1 (1.08%) Node.js
11 1 (1.08%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (29.03%) Market Risk
2 11 (11.83%) Product Ownership
3 6 (6.45%) Blockchain
3 6 (6.45%) Robotics
3 6 (6.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (5.38%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.15%) PMI
6 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (49.46%) User Experience
2 45 (48.39%) Anthropology
2 45 (48.39%) Cognitive Science
2 45 (48.39%) Psychology
2 45 (48.39%) User Research
2 45 (48.39%) UX Research
3 43 (46.24%) Actionable Insight
3 43 (46.24%) Interaction Design
3 43 (46.24%) Qualitative Research
3 43 (46.24%) Service Design
4 34 (36.56%) Product Management
4 34 (36.56%) Roadmaps
5 32 (34.41%) Business Strategy
5 32 (34.41%) Information Architecture
5 32 (34.41%) Objectives and Key Results
5 32 (34.41%) Project Planning
6 24 (25.81%) Agile
7 19 (20.43%) Microservices
8 16 (17.20%) Data Sharing
8 16 (17.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 34 (36.56%) R
2 21 (22.58%) Java
3 12 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 10 (10.75%) SQL
5 6 (6.45%) Python
6 4 (4.30%) Groovy
7 2 (2.15%) C++
7 2 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.08%) C#
8 1 (1.08%) Go
8 1 (1.08%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.08%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (56.99%) Degree
2 47 (50.54%) Master's Degree
3 45 (48.39%) PhD
4 5 (5.38%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (4.30%) CISA
5 4 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.30%) CISSP
6 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.23%) PMP
7 2 (2.15%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.45%) SEPA
2 4 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.23%) GDPR
4 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.15%) NIST
4 2 (2.15%) QA
5 1 (1.08%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (15.05%) Docker
2 3 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (17.20%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.38%) Ansible
3 2 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.08%) Grafana
Vendors
1 32 (34.41%) Qualtrics
2 6 (6.45%) ForgeRock
3 5 (5.38%) Google
4 4 (4.30%) IBM
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco
5 3 (3.23%) Juniper
5 3 (3.23%) Meraki
5 3 (3.23%) Oracle
5 3 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.23%) VMware