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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 102 119
Rank change year-on-year +37 +17 +46
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 58 14 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.67% 0.75% 1.27%
As % of the General category 5.33% 1.18% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 17
10th Percentile £215 £315 £394
25th Percentile £447 £321 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £340 £618
Median % change year-on-year +54.41% -44.94% +33.51%
75th Percentile £575 £401 £650
90th Percentile £580 £460 £682
UK median daily rate £700 £750 £675
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £62.84
25th Percentile - - £63.83
Median hourly rate - £44.04 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year - -33.84% +64.35%
75th Percentile - - £68.20
90th Percentile - - £68.53
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £44.04 £64.38
% change year-on-year +98.68% -31.59% +93.61%

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 1,089 1,188 1,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 68.92% 63.70% 67.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 706 1,114
10th Percentile £223 £168 £211
25th Percentile £368 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £570
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 44 39
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £11.93
25th Percentile £17.08 £14.28 £12.28
Median hourly rate £19.23 £17.46 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% -8.97% -1.01%
75th Percentile £24.66 £24.16 £58.89
90th Percentile £48.14 £41.18 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £27.50
% change year-on-year -32.54% +35.56% +12.43%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +22 51 £525 +54.41% 2
Edinburgh +10 7 - - 1
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.72%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 4 (6.90%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Apigee
3 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.17%) GitHub
4 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) DHCP
1 3 (5.17%) DNS
1 3 (5.17%) HTTP
1 3 (5.17%) SSL
1 3 (5.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (39.66%) Relational Database
2 18 (31.03%) DB2
3 17 (29.31%) MongoDB
4 5 (8.62%) KDB
4 5 (8.62%) Kdb+
5 3 (5.17%) MSDE
6 2 (3.45%) Power BI
7 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (29.31%) JUnit
2 7 (12.07%) Jenkins
2 7 (12.07%) JIRA
3 4 (6.90%) Git
4 3 (5.17%) Bitbucket
4 3 (5.17%) IntelliJ
4 3 (5.17%) PyCharm
4 3 (5.17%) Visual Studio
4 3 (5.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (100.00%) Banking
2 49 (84.48%) Finance
3 36 (62.07%) Social Skills
4 24 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (32.76%) Front Office
6 5 (8.62%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (8.62%) Retail
6 5 (8.62%) Retail Banking
7 4 (6.90%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.45%) Military
9 1 (1.72%) Back Office
9 1 (1.72%) Legal
9 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (55.17%) Developer
2 20 (34.48%) Java Developer
3 16 (27.59%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 16 (27.59%) SQL Developer
3 16 (27.59%) Sybase Developer
4 12 (20.69%) Analyst
5 10 (17.24%) Python Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Python Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Senior
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Python Developer
7 5 (8.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) C++ Developer
7 5 (8.62%) Data Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
7 5 (8.62%) JavaScript Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Linux Developer
7 5 (8.62%) Senior C++ Developer
8 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (31.03%) Kafka
1 18 (31.03%) Spring
2 17 (29.31%) JMS
3 4 (6.90%) AngularJS
3 4 (6.90%) REST
3 4 (6.90%) RESTful
3 4 (6.90%) SOAP
4 1 (1.72%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.72%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.72%) jQuery
4 1 (1.72%) Middleware
4 1 (1.72%) React
4 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (31.03%) Data Structures
2 17 (29.31%) Equities
3 6 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.34%) Virtual Team
4 5 (8.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (8.62%) CMDB
4 5 (8.62%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (8.62%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.45%) Social Media
6 2 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.72%) Derivative
7 1 (1.72%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (50.00%) Linux
2 9 (15.52%) Windows
3 4 (6.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Agile
2 32 (55.17%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (44.83%) SDLC
4 19 (32.76%) Open Source
5 18 (31.03%) Multithreading
5 18 (31.03%) Performance Tuning
6 17 (29.31%) Database Tuning
7 16 (27.59%) Wealth Management
8 11 (18.97%) Data Science
8 11 (18.97%) Investment Management
9 9 (15.52%) Containerisation
10 7 (12.07%) Artificial Intelligence
10 7 (12.07%) Critical Thinking
10 7 (12.07%) Data Modelling
10 7 (12.07%) Machine Learning
11 6 (10.34%) Data Architecture
11 6 (10.34%) Data Management
11 6 (10.34%) Data Security
11 6 (10.34%) ITIL
11 6 (10.34%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (65.52%) Python
2 29 (50.00%) Java
3 24 (41.38%) SQL
4 18 (31.03%) Shell Script
5 9 (15.52%) TypeScript
6 8 (13.79%) JavaScript
7 5 (8.62%) C++
8 3 (5.17%) Bash
8 3 (5.17%) C#
8 3 (5.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (8.62%) Degree
1 5 (8.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) MiFID
2 1 (1.72%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.90%) Ansible
2 4 (6.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (31.03%) Sybase
2 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.17%) F5
3 3 (5.17%) Infoblox
3 3 (5.17%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.45%) Avaloq
4 2 (3.45%) Splunk
5 1 (1.72%) Adobe
5 1 (1.72%) Databricks
5 1 (1.72%) Greenplum
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.72%) Netskope
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle
5 1 (1.72%) Planview
5 1 (1.72%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.72%) Symantec
5 1 (1.72%) Thunderhead
5 1 (1.72%) Workday
5 1 (1.72%) Xceptor