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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 16 3
Rank change year-on-year -75 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing Banking 14 146 337
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.36% 12.33% 33.04%
As % of the General category 2.05% 17.00% 43.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 57 308
10th Percentile £66,400 £45,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,375 £46,306 £58,728
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £75,780 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% +7.37% +3.68%
75th Percentile £84,125 £93,778 £91,934
90th Percentile £88,400 £94,267 £96,764
Scotland median annual salary £72,250 £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +3.21% -0.82% +3.68%

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 684 859 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 66.67% 72.55% 75.69%
Number of salaries quoted 252 328 637
10th Percentile £25,050 £35,105 £30,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,221 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% -11.97% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £75,313 £76,385
90th Percentile £82,141 £94,144 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.70%

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
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Banking in Edinburgh

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 (7.14%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 11 (78.57%) Finance
1 11 (78.57%) Retail
2 10 (71.43%) Legal
3 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Back Office
5 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Asset and Configuration Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Lead Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Audit Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) CMDB
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Insider Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Analytics
4 4 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (21.43%) Change Management
5 3 (21.43%) Data Analytics
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) ITSM
5 3 (21.43%) Service Management
6 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
6 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) TDD
6 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) VBA
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISM
2 3 (21.43%) CISSP
3 1 (7.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Blue Prism
1 2 (14.29%) Pega
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Anaplan
2 1 (7.14%) Databricks