Banking Job Trends in Edinburgh

Banking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -74 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Banking 12 243 206
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.98% 26.30% 15.18%
As % of the General category 1.97% 32.97% 23.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1 146 187
10th Percentile - £25,313 £46,306
25th Percentile £83,750 £45,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £74,870 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +16.87% +6.08% +1.62%
75th Percentile £91,250 £93,778 £91,934
90th Percentile - £140,677 £114,000
Scotland median annual salary £27,000 £71,991 £70,576
% change year-on-year -62.50% +2.01% +1.62%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 608 737 879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 49.67% 79.76% 64.78%
Number of salaries quoted 264 346 708
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,813 £42,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £67,720 £82,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,175 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -11.80%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Banking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Banking job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Banking
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Banking

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 9 (75.00%) Legal
2 9 (75.00%) Retail
3 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (8.33%) Games
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Lead
1 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Asset and Configuration Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Lead Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) CMDB
2 1 (8.33%) Insider Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (25.00%) Agile
5 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (25.00%) ITIL
5 3 (25.00%) ITSM
5 3 (25.00%) Service Management
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Design Patterns
6 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Software Asset Management
6 2 (16.67%) Software Licensing
6 2 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISM
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Anaplan
2 1 (8.33%) Blue Prism
2 1 (8.33%) Pega