Economics Jobs in Edinburgh

Economics
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Economics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Economics over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 106 145
Rank change year-on-year +21 +39 0
Permanent jobs citing Economics 2 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.22% 0.13% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.15% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £51,528 -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £51,528 -
% change year-on-year +55.26% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 893 1,332 1,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.49% 89.58% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 402 933 1,119
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,912 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Economics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Economics in Edinburgh

Economics
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Economics in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Economics in Edinburgh

Economics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Big Data
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Econometrics
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Game Theory
2 1 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality