Finance Job Trends in Edinburgh

Financial
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 196 396 329
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 16.33% 51.56% 26.13%
As % of the General category 43.17% 66.89% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 89 117 90
10th Percentile £39,750 £28,550 £37,520
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,851 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,658 £32,951 £58,150
Median % change year-on-year +108.36% -43.33% -16.27%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,961 £103,875
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £32,951 £55,000
% change year-on-year +66.91% -40.09% -15.38%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Finance 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 454 592 792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.83% 77.08% 62.91%
Number of salaries quoted 233 236 349
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,592 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £64,813 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,203 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -35.92% -1.90%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Finance
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
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 5 (2.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) Ethereum
Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.57%) Simulink
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (3.57%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.53%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.18%) Azure
2 6 (3.06%) SaaS
3 5 (2.55%) PaaS
3 5 (2.55%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.53%) AWS
4 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.02%) Collibra
6 1 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.51%) GCP
6 1 (0.51%) GitHub
6 1 (0.51%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.51%) BGP
2 1 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (0.51%) Multicast
2 1 (0.51%) OSPF
2 1 (0.51%) VPN
2 1 (0.51%) VXLAN
2 1 (0.51%) WAN
2 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (2.04%) Power BI
3 1 (0.51%) Big Data
3 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.08%) JIRA
2 6 (3.06%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.53%) ERwin
4 1 (0.51%) Git
4 1 (0.51%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 45 (22.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 36 (18.37%) Aerospace
3 32 (16.33%) Social Skills
4 19 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.16%) Banking
6 9 (4.59%) Military
7 8 (4.08%) Billing
7 8 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.57%) Legal
8 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.06%) Electronics
9 6 (3.06%) Marketing
10 4 (2.04%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.04%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.53%) Retail
12 2 (1.02%) Automotive
12 2 (1.02%) Law
12 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (28.57%) Senior
2 39 (19.90%) Lead
3 35 (17.86%) Architect
4 28 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 27 (13.78%) Senior Manager
6 26 (13.27%) Associate Director
6 26 (13.27%) Senior Associate Director
7 24 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 18 (9.18%) Consultant
9 15 (7.65%) Data Manager
10 14 (7.14%) Senior Architect
10 14 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
10 14 (7.14%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 12 (6.12%) Administrator
11 12 (6.12%) Delivery Director
11 12 (6.12%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (6.12%) Pensions Administrator
11 12 (6.12%) Senior Delivery Manager
12 10 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (4.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.65%) FPGA
2 10 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.59%) Life Science
4 7 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.55%) VHDL
6 4 (2.04%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.04%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.04%) Verilog
7 3 (1.53%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.53%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.02%) Chip and PIN
8 2 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.02%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (0.51%) Bitcoin
9 1 (0.51%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.02%) AI
2 29 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (11.73%) Agile
4 23 (11.73%) Mentoring
5 22 (11.22%) Decision-Making
6 16 (8.16%) Data Transformation
7 15 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (7.14%) Analytics
8 14 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (7.14%) Validation
9 13 (6.63%) Verification and Validation
10 12 (6.12%) Configuration Management
10 12 (6.12%) Line Management
10 12 (6.12%) Roadmaps
11 11 (5.61%) Coaching
11 11 (5.61%) Systems Engineering
12 10 (5.10%) Customer Service
12 10 (5.10%) Data Management
12 10 (5.10%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.65%) Java
2 9 (4.59%) MATLAB
2 9 (4.59%) Python
3 5 (2.55%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (1.53%) SQL
5 2 (1.02%) Ada
5 2 (1.02%) Go
5 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
5 2 (1.02%) Rust
5 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.51%) C
6 1 (0.51%) C++
6 1 (0.51%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.51%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 37 (18.88%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 31 (15.82%) Degree
4 29 (14.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (14.80%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.10%) ACCA
5 10 (5.10%) Chartered Engineer
6 9 (4.59%) CIMA
6 9 (4.59%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.57%) ICAEW
7 7 (3.57%) PhD
8 5 (2.55%) CISA
8 5 (2.55%) CISM
8 5 (2.55%) CISSP
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.51%) CRISC
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.51%) PgMP
10 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.31%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.55%) NIST
2 5 (2.55%) QA
3 4 (2.04%) GDPR
3 4 (2.04%) NCSC
3 4 (2.04%) NIST 800
4 3 (1.53%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.02%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.51%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.51%) DO-160
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (9.69%) Firmware
2 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (6.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.57%) Siemens
3 4 (2.04%) Meraki
3 4 (2.04%) Xilinx
4 3 (1.53%) Avaloq
4 3 (1.53%) IBM
4 3 (1.53%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.02%) Charles River
5 2 (1.02%) Citrix
5 2 (1.02%) Dell
5 2 (1.02%) EMC
5 2 (1.02%) Google
5 2 (1.02%) Informatica
5 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Altera
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco
6 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle
6 1 (0.51%) Sage