Investment Banking Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 109 131
Rank change year-on-year +59 +22 +23
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 69 10 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.01% 0.48% 1.25%
As % of the General category 5.49% 0.76% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 15
10th Percentile £386 £315 £414
25th Percentile £424 £319 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £335 £600
Median % change year-on-year +45.52% -44.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £378 £644
90th Percentile £583 £393 £650
UK median daily rate £750 £750 £700
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £62.84
25th Percentile - - £63.83
Median hourly rate - - £66.56
75th Percentile - - £68.20
90th Percentile - - £68.53
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £19.50 £69.38
% change year-on-year +348.72% -71.89% +58.57%

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 1,256 1,317 1,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 73.07% 63.68% 66.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 790 1,265
10th Percentile £227 £174 £231
25th Percentile £367 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
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 43 73 34
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.06 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.40 £13.25 £13.13
Median hourly rate £19.97 £17.50 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +14.11% -3.37% -49.99%
75th Percentile £25.44 £30.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £45.08 £60.75 £64.76
UK median hourly rate £27.17 £31.97 £30.54
% change year-on-year -15.02% +4.68% +27.12%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in Scotland

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in Scotland

Investment Banking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Investment Banking in Scotland

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 5 July 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 +30 61 £475 +41.79% 16
Edinburgh +12 8 £513 - 6
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 (2.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (2.90%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.39%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (5.80%) IaaS
3 2 (2.90%) Apigee
3 2 (2.90%) AWS
3 2 (2.90%) Azure
3 2 (2.90%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.70%) DHCP
1 6 (8.70%) DNS
2 2 (2.90%) HTTP
2 2 (2.90%) SSL
2 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (30.43%) Relational Database
2 17 (24.64%) DB2
3 16 (23.19%) MongoDB
4 10 (14.49%) KDB
4 10 (14.49%) Kdb+
5 1 (1.45%) MS Access
5 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.45%) Power BI
5 1 (1.45%) QlikView
5 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (23.19%) JUnit
2 7 (10.14%) JIRA
3 4 (5.80%) Git
4 2 (2.90%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (100.00%) Banking
2 52 (75.36%) Finance
3 50 (72.46%) Social Skills
4 24 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (23.19%) Front Office
6 5 (7.25%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (7.25%) Retail
6 5 (7.25%) Retail Banking
7 3 (4.35%) Legal
8 2 (2.90%) Military
9 1 (1.45%) Back Office
9 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (46.38%) Developer
2 19 (27.54%) Java Developer
3 14 (20.29%) Investment Banking Java Developer
4 13 (18.84%) Python Developer
4 13 (18.84%) SQL Developer
4 13 (18.84%) Sybase Developer
5 11 (15.94%) Linux Developer
6 10 (14.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 10 (14.49%) C++ Developer
6 10 (14.49%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
6 10 (14.49%) JavaScript Engineer
6 10 (14.49%) Python Engineer
6 10 (14.49%) Senior
6 10 (14.49%) Senior C++ Developer
6 10 (14.49%) Senior Developer
6 10 (14.49%) Senior Python Developer
7 9 (13.04%) Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) Architect
9 5 (7.25%) Business Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (26.09%) Spring
2 16 (23.19%) JMS
2 16 (23.19%) Kafka
3 3 (4.35%) AngularJS
3 3 (4.35%) Middleware
3 3 (4.35%) RESTful
3 3 (4.35%) SOAP
4 2 (2.90%) Loki
4 2 (2.90%) REST
5 1 (1.45%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.45%) jQuery
5 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Data Structures
2 15 (21.74%) Equities
3 14 (20.29%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (15.94%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (15.94%) Management Information System
5 5 (7.25%) CMDB
5 5 (7.25%) Virtual Team
6 4 (5.80%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.90%) Social Media
8 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.45%) Derivative
8 1 (1.45%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 37 (53.62%) Linux
2 11 (15.94%) Windows
3 6 (8.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (59.42%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (52.17%) Agile
3 27 (39.13%) SDLC
4 21 (30.43%) Wealth Management
5 20 (28.99%) Data Science
6 17 (24.64%) Multithreading
6 17 (24.64%) Open Source
7 16 (23.19%) Investment Management
7 16 (23.19%) Performance Tuning
8 15 (21.74%) Database Tuning
9 13 (18.84%) Critical Thinking
9 13 (18.84%) Data Security
10 11 (15.94%) Community of Practice
10 11 (15.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 11 (15.94%) Decision-Making
11 10 (14.49%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (14.49%) Experimental Design
11 10 (14.49%) Machine Learning
11 10 (14.49%) Natural Language Processing
11 10 (14.49%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 45 (65.22%) Python
2 31 (44.93%) Java
3 21 (30.43%) SQL
4 18 (26.09%) Shell Script
5 13 (18.84%) JavaScript
6 10 (14.49%) C++
6 10 (14.49%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.90%) Bash
7 2 (2.90%) Perl
8 1 (1.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (4.35%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) AWS Certification
2 2 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.90%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (15.94%) Docker
2 4 (5.80%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.90%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (2.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 13 (18.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.35%) Terraform
3 2 (2.90%) Ansible
3 2 (2.90%) Grafana
3 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) Sybase
2 7 (10.14%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.35%) Splunk
4 2 (2.90%) Adobe
4 2 (2.90%) F5
4 2 (2.90%) Infoblox
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.90%) MuleSoft
4 2 (2.90%) Sun
4 2 (2.90%) Veritas
4 2 (2.90%) VMware
5 1 (1.45%) Databricks
5 1 (1.45%) Google
5 1 (1.45%) Netskope
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle
5 1 (1.45%) Planview
5 1 (1.45%) Symantec
5 1 (1.45%) Thunderhead
5 1 (1.45%) Workday
5 1 (1.45%) Xceptor