Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Investment Banking
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 91 100
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 +41
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 45 27 42
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.81% 1.55% 1.72%
As % of the General category 4.21% 2.36% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 5 13
10th Percentile £375 £319 £400
25th Percentile £475 £323 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £389 £625
Median % change year-on-year +34.96% -37.76% +8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £638
90th Percentile £588 £483 £650
UK median daily rate £650 £700 £684
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.38% -6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.04 -
UK median hourly rate £40.73 £60.77 £18.50
% change year-on-year -32.98% +228.49% -54.32%

All General Skills
Scotland

Investment Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,068 1,142 1,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 66.75% 65.41% 67.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 656 1,028
10th Percentile £200 £175 £189
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £477
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.66% +0.42%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £581
90th Percentile £606 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 37 41
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.15 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.24 £14.73 £15.42
Median hourly rate £19.23 £19.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +0.46% +10.73%
75th Percentile £26.21 £24.18 £56.40
90th Percentile £58.75 £30.83 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -16.93% -9.38% +28.00%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Investment Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in Scotland

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Investment Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in Scotland

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Investment Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +23 39 £525 +34.96%
Edinburgh +11 6 - - 2
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) AWS
1 5 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Apigee
2 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (6.67%) GitHub
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) DHCP
1 3 (6.67%) DNS
1 3 (6.67%) HTTP
1 3 (6.67%) SSL
1 3 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (51.11%) Relational Database
2 15 (33.33%) DB2
2 15 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 3 (6.67%) MSDE
4 2 (4.44%) Big Data
4 2 (4.44%) Power BI
5 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (33.33%) JUnit
2 7 (15.56%) Jenkins
3 5 (11.11%) JIRA
4 4 (8.89%) Git
5 3 (6.67%) Bitbucket
5 3 (6.67%) IntelliJ
5 3 (6.67%) PyCharm
5 3 (6.67%) Visual Studio
5 3 (6.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 45 (100.00%) Banking
2 43 (95.56%) Finance
3 21 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 20 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (37.78%) Front Office
6 4 (8.89%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.67%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (6.67%) Retail
7 3 (6.67%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (60.00%) Developer
2 18 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 15 (33.33%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 15 (33.33%) SQL Developer
3 15 (33.33%) Sybase Developer
4 11 (24.44%) Analyst
5 7 (15.56%) Data Analyst
6 5 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (11.11%) Python Developer
7 3 (6.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 2 (4.44%) Help Desk Support
9 1 (2.22%) Architect
9 1 (2.22%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) Data Modeller
9 1 (2.22%) Financial Business Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) Implementation Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Implementation Project Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Project Implementation Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (35.56%) Spring
2 15 (33.33%) JMS
2 15 (33.33%) Kafka
3 5 (11.11%) REST
4 4 (8.89%) AngularJS
4 4 (8.89%) RESTful
4 4 (8.89%) SOAP
5 2 (4.44%) FastAPI
5 2 (4.44%) React
6 1 (2.22%) Hibernate
6 1 (2.22%) jQuery
6 1 (2.22%) Middleware
6 1 (2.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 15 (33.33%) Equities
2 9 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 8 (17.78%) CMDB
3 8 (17.78%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 3 (6.67%) Product Ownership
6 2 (4.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
7 1 (2.22%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (46.67%) Linux
2 3 (6.67%) Unix
2 3 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (75.56%) Agile
2 28 (62.22%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (42.22%) SDLC
4 16 (35.56%) Multithreading
5 15 (33.33%) Database Tuning
5 15 (33.33%) Open Source
5 15 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
6 11 (24.44%) Wealth Management
7 9 (20.00%) Data Modelling
7 9 (20.00%) Waterfall
8 8 (17.78%) Analytics
8 8 (17.78%) Change Control
8 8 (17.78%) Configuration Management
8 8 (17.78%) Data Management
8 8 (17.78%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (17.78%) ITIL
8 8 (17.78%) ITSM
8 8 (17.78%) Programme Management
8 8 (17.78%) Service Management
8 8 (17.78%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 28 (62.22%) Python
2 24 (53.33%) SQL
3 23 (51.11%) Java
4 15 (33.33%) Shell Script
5 6 (13.33%) TypeScript
6 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
7 3 (6.67%) Bash
7 3 (6.67%) C#
7 3 (6.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) MiFID
1 2 (4.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.22%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.89%) Ansible
3 3 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Sybase
2 8 (17.78%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.67%) F5
3 3 (6.67%) Infoblox
3 3 (6.67%) MuleSoft
4 2 (4.44%) Avaloq
5 1 (2.22%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.22%) Planview
5 1 (2.22%) Splunk
5 1 (2.22%) Thunderhead
5 1 (2.22%) Workday
5 1 (2.22%) Xceptor