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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 428 376 406
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 49.08% 29.61% 40.52%
As % of the General category 67.72% 45.03% 53.21%
Number of salaries quoted 123 97 350
10th Percentile £26,750 £40,000 £46,125
25th Percentile £32,000 £47,500 £55,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,951 £60,743 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -45.75% -13.93% +8.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,250 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £32,951 £55,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year -40.09% -15.84% +3.97%

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 common skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 632 835 763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 72.48% 65.75% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 266 336 632
10th Percentile £25,260 £33,125 £28,575
25th Percentile £29,250 £44,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £77,542
90th Percentile £81,745 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £34,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.24% - -6.25%

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 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Balerno - 14 £32,851 -
Finance
Scotland

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 17 (3.97%) Confluence
2 16 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) CICS
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.64%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 34 (7.94%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (4.21%) Workday HCM
3 14 (3.27%) Oracle Assets
3 14 (3.27%) Oracle Financials
3 14 (3.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 14 (3.27%) Oracle Payables
3 14 (3.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (1.64%) Hyperion Planning
5 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 191 (44.63%) Azure
2 98 (22.90%) Azure DevOps
3 74 (17.29%) GitHub
4 51 (11.92%) Entra ID
5 49 (11.45%) Snowflake
6 44 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (8.88%) GitHub Copilot
8 32 (7.48%) Power Platform
9 28 (6.54%) AWS
10 27 (6.31%) OCI
11 24 (5.61%) dbt
12 23 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (3.97%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (2.80%) Power Automate
17 10 (2.34%) SuccessFactors
18 8 (1.87%) Mimecast
18 8 (1.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.91%) Firewall
2 17 (3.97%) LAN
2 17 (3.97%) WAN
2 17 (3.97%) Wireshark
3 16 (3.74%) SD-WAN
3 16 (3.74%) Wireless
4 5 (1.17%) Broadband
5 4 (0.93%) DNS
5 4 (0.93%) VPN
6 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.23%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.64%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (7.24%) Tableau
3 28 (6.54%) Power BI
4 13 (3.04%) Snowflake Schema
5 10 (2.34%) Metadata
6 7 (1.64%) Essbase
6 7 (1.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (1.40%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
11 1 (0.23%) Big Data
11 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.23%) DB2
11 1 (0.23%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 51 (11.92%) JIRA
2 47 (10.98%) Oracle Forms
3 28 (6.54%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.57%) Git
5 9 (2.10%) ERwin
6 8 (1.87%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.70%) Storybook
General
1 113 (26.40%) Social Skills
2 88 (20.56%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (17.52%) Retail
4 25 (5.84%) Telecoms
5 23 (5.37%) Legal
5 23 (5.37%) Marketing
6 21 (4.91%) Banking
7 19 (4.44%) Financial Institution
8 14 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.10%) Games
10 9 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.87%) Front Office
12 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.70%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Wholesale Banking
15 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.23%) Back Office
15 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (22.20%) Senior
2 87 (20.33%) Analyst
3 32 (7.48%) Applications Engineer
4 27 (6.31%) Cloud Engineer
5 25 (5.84%) Business Analyst
6 22 (5.14%) Lead
7 19 (4.44%) Consultant
7 19 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
8 17 (3.97%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 14 (3.27%) Oracle Analyst
9 14 (3.27%) Senior Oracle Analyst
9 14 (3.27%) Trainee
9 14 (3.27%) Trainee Analyst
10 12 (2.80%) Network Engineer
10 12 (2.80%) Project Manager
10 12 (2.80%) Senior Manager
10 12 (2.80%) Senior Project Manager
11 11 (2.57%) Support Analyst
12 10 (2.34%) Data Modeller
12 10 (2.34%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.71%) RESTful
2 29 (6.78%) SOAP
3 23 (5.37%) JSON
4 21 (4.91%) OAuth
5 18 (4.21%) SAML
6 17 (3.97%) OAuth2
6 17 (3.97%) REST
7 13 (3.04%) XML
8 9 (2.10%) Web Services
9 8 (1.87%) .NET
9 8 (1.87%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (1.64%) ADO
11 5 (1.17%) React
12 4 (0.93%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.93%) OpenAPI
12 4 (0.93%) Swagger
13 3 (0.70%) JSON-LD
13 3 (0.70%) Kafka
13 3 (0.70%) Next.js
14 2 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 93 (21.73%) Product Ownership
2 45 (10.51%) Cloud Native
3 32 (7.48%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (6.78%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.97%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.74%) Data Centre
6 16 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.87%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.40%) CMDB
11 5 (1.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.93%) Blockchain
13 2 (0.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.47%) Virtual Team
14 1 (0.23%) Algorithms
14 1 (0.23%) Driving Licence
14 1 (0.23%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.57%) Windows
2 4 (0.93%) VMS
3 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (65.65%) Coaching
2 215 (50.23%) Asset Management
3 161 (37.62%) Agile
4 128 (29.91%) DevOps
5 116 (27.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (24.53%) Customer Service
7 89 (20.79%) Analytics
7 89 (20.79%) CI/CD
8 88 (20.56%) AI
9 79 (18.46%) Roadmaps
10 74 (17.29%) Customer Experience
11 72 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
12 70 (16.36%) Mentoring
13 68 (15.89%) Test Automation
14 45 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
15 44 (10.28%) Observability
16 43 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (9.81%) Migration
17 42 (9.81%) Project Management
18 40 (9.35%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 111 (25.93%) Python
2 102 (23.83%) SQL
3 54 (12.62%) PowerShell
4 33 (7.71%) Java
5 23 (5.37%) Bash
5 23 (5.37%) PL/SQL
5 23 (5.37%) Shell Script
6 15 (3.50%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.57%) Bicep
8 8 (1.87%) Apex Code
9 7 (1.64%) Groovy
10 5 (1.17%) C#
11 4 (0.93%) Rust
12 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.70%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.23%) C++
13 1 (0.23%) R
13 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (3.74%) Degree
2 9 (2.10%) CISSP
3 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.17%) CISM
4 5 (1.17%) CREST Certified
4 5 (1.17%) SANS
5 4 (0.93%) CFA
6 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.70%) PhD
7 2 (0.47%) CCA
7 2 (0.47%) CISA
7 2 (0.47%) CRISC
8 1 (0.23%) CEH
8 1 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.23%) GIAC
8 1 (0.23%) GREM
8 1 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.14%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.44%) GDPR
3 9 (2.10%) QA
4 8 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.87%) NIST
5 4 (0.93%) COBIT
6 3 (0.70%) GAAP
6 3 (0.70%) IFRS
6 3 (0.70%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.70%) WCAG
7 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 2 (0.47%) SEPA
8 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) ITGC
8 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (7.24%) Virtual Desktop
2 25 (5.84%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.57%) Docker
5 1 (0.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 79 (18.46%) Terraform
2 31 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (7.24%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (3.04%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.34%) Grafana
5 9 (2.10%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.87%) SCCM
7 2 (0.47%) Ansible
8 1 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 62 (14.49%) BT
2 55 (12.85%) Microsoft
3 49 (11.45%) Oracle
4 21 (4.91%) Cisco
4 21 (4.91%) Meraki
5 18 (4.21%) Workday
6 17 (3.97%) SolarWinds
7 16 (3.74%) CheckPoint
7 16 (3.74%) Palo Alto
8 13 (3.04%) Okta
9 12 (2.80%) Avaloq
10 10 (2.34%) SAP
10 10 (2.34%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.87%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.87%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.64%) Ab Initio
12 7 (1.64%) Hyperion
13 5 (1.17%) Charles River
14 3 (0.70%) Databricks
14 3 (0.70%) Splunk