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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 104 102
Rank change year-on-year +40 -2 +58
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 56 17 34
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.51% 0.91% 1.48%
As % of the General category 5.19% 1.41% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 15
10th Percentile £438 £315 £440
25th Percentile £475 £321 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £340 £618
Median % change year-on-year +54.41% -44.94% +30.00%
75th Percentile £575 £401 £650
90th Percentile £588 £460 -
UK median daily rate £675 £725 £680
% change year-on-year -6.90% +6.62% -7.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.04 -
UK median hourly rate £55.37 £60.77 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% +228.49% -44.36%

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 1,079 1,202 1,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 67.56% 64.66% 67.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 701 985
10th Percentile £201 £169 £198
25th Percentile £363 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £538 £533 £575
90th Percentile £600 £619 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 41 34
10th Percentile £14.05 £12.38 £11.76
25th Percentile £16.02 £14.50 £12.16
Median hourly rate £18.37 £16.92 £18.45
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -8.29% -1.60%
75th Percentile £24.57 £24.15 £56.05
90th Percentile £56.33 £42.50 £76.73
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.28 £29.75
% change year-on-year -22.55% +8.50% +19.00%

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 15 October 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 October 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 +19 48 £525 +54.41% 2
Edinburgh +13 8 - -
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 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.79%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.79%) Confluence
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) AWS
1 5 (8.93%) Azure
1 5 (8.93%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (5.36%) Apigee
2 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (5.36%) GitHub
2 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) DHCP
1 3 (5.36%) DNS
1 3 (5.36%) HTTP
1 3 (5.36%) SSL
1 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (46.43%) Relational Database
2 20 (35.71%) DB2
3 19 (33.93%) MongoDB
4 3 (5.36%) KDB
4 3 (5.36%) Kdb+
4 3 (5.36%) MSDE
4 3 (5.36%) Power BI
5 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (33.93%) JUnit
2 7 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 6 (10.71%) JIRA
4 4 (7.14%) Git
5 3 (5.36%) Bitbucket
5 3 (5.36%) IntelliJ
5 3 (5.36%) PyCharm
5 3 (5.36%) Visual Studio
5 3 (5.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (100.00%) Banking
2 50 (89.29%) Finance
3 33 (58.93%) Social Skills
4 24 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (37.50%) Front Office
6 5 (8.93%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (8.93%) Financial Institution
6 5 (8.93%) Retail
6 5 (8.93%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (62.50%) Developer
2 22 (39.29%) Java Developer
3 18 (32.14%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 18 (32.14%) SQL Developer
3 18 (32.14%) Sybase Developer
4 10 (17.86%) Analyst
5 9 (16.07%) Python Developer
6 6 (10.71%) Data Analyst
7 5 (8.93%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (7.14%) Python Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Senior
8 4 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 4 (7.14%) Senior Python Developer
9 3 (5.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) C++ Developer
9 3 (5.36%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 3 (5.36%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 3 (5.36%) JavaScript Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) Linux Developer
9 3 (5.36%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (35.71%) Kafka
1 20 (35.71%) Spring
2 19 (33.93%) JMS
3 5 (8.93%) REST
4 4 (7.14%) AngularJS
4 4 (7.14%) RESTful
4 4 (7.14%) SOAP
5 2 (3.57%) FastAPI
5 2 (3.57%) React
6 1 (1.79%) Hibernate
6 1 (1.79%) jQuery
6 1 (1.79%) Middleware
6 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.71%) Data Structures
2 19 (33.93%) Equities
3 7 (12.50%) Virtual Team
4 6 (10.71%) CMDB
4 6 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (8.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
7 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
8 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
8 2 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (1.79%) Derivative
9 1 (1.79%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.79%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (51.79%) Linux
2 7 (12.50%) Windows
3 4 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (69.64%) Agile
2 33 (58.93%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (46.43%) SDLC
4 20 (35.71%) Multithreading
4 20 (35.71%) Performance Tuning
5 19 (33.93%) Database Tuning
5 19 (33.93%) Open Source
6 16 (28.57%) Wealth Management
7 11 (19.64%) Investment Management
8 9 (16.07%) Data Science
9 8 (14.29%) AI
9 8 (14.29%) Containerisation
9 8 (14.29%) Data Modelling
9 8 (14.29%) Machine Learning
10 7 (12.50%) Analytics
10 7 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 7 (12.50%) Data Architecture
10 7 (12.50%) Data Management
10 7 (12.50%) ITIL
10 7 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (71.43%) Python
2 30 (53.57%) Java
3 27 (48.21%) SQL
4 20 (35.71%) Shell Script
5 9 (16.07%) TypeScript
6 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
7 3 (5.36%) Bash
7 3 (5.36%) C#
7 3 (5.36%) C++
7 3 (5.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (5.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) MiFID
2 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (17.86%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.14%) Ansible
2 4 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (35.71%) Sybase
2 6 (10.71%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.36%) F5
3 3 (5.36%) Infoblox
3 3 (5.36%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.57%) Avaloq
4 2 (3.57%) Splunk
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe
5 1 (1.79%) Databricks
5 1 (1.79%) Greenplum
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.79%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.79%) Netskope
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle
5 1 (1.79%) Planview
5 1 (1.79%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.79%) Symantec
5 1 (1.79%) Thunderhead
5 1 (1.79%) Workday
5 1 (1.79%) Xceptor