Investment Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Investment Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Investment Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 101 114
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 +34
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 3 22 18
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% 1.30% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 1.40% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 5
10th Percentile £433 £196 £425
25th Percentile £481 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -25.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £722
90th Percentile - £538 -
UK median daily rate £750 £675 £650
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Investment Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,333 1,567 2,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.68% 92.50% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 943 1,265
10th Percentile £235 £241 £265
25th Percentile £370 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 43 92
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.15 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £23.58
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -2.46% +33.07%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.18 £56.68
90th Percentile £64.93 £33.11 £67.90
UK median hourly rate £27.61 £32.50 £33.03
% change year-on-year -15.06% -1.61% -5.62%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Investment Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Management in Scotland

Investment Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Investment Management
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 Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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 -3 3 £575 +27.78%
Investment Management
UK

Investment Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Wealth Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes