Finance Jobs 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 396 311 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.39% 20.86% 39.75%
As % of the General category 55.62% 34.71% 50.65%
Number of salaries quoted 187 239 464
10th Percentile £25,313 £41,951 £41,234
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,429 £51,634
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £70,000 £65,175
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +7.40% +13.35%
75th Percentile £93,778 £85,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £113,979 £104,399 £97,328
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,472
% change year-on-year - -6.94% +12.13%

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 712 896 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 79.82% 60.09% 78.48%
Number of salaries quoted 314 670 943
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,516
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,918 £73,886 £79,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,154 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.99% -12.17% +4.78%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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 - 3 £32,851 -
Finance
Scotland

Finance
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 11 (2.78%) Umbraco
2 6 (1.52%) Confluence
3 4 (1.01%) SAS
4 2 (0.51%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) LaTeX
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 52 (13.13%) GCP
2 49 (12.37%) AWS
3 38 (9.60%) Azure
4 17 (4.29%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.79%) SaaS
6 10 (2.53%) GitHub
7 8 (2.02%) OpenShift
8 7 (1.77%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.26%) Adobe Analytics
9 5 (1.26%) Amazon SageMaker
9 5 (1.26%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.76%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.76%) OCI
11 3 (0.76%) Serverless
12 2 (0.51%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.03%) Network Security
2 9 (2.27%) Internet
3 7 (1.77%) Firewall
4 6 (1.52%) VPN
5 3 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.51%) HTTP
6 2 (0.51%) SNA
7 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.25%) VoIP
7 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.30%) Tableau
2 17 (4.29%) Power BI
3 14 (3.54%) Big Data
4 11 (2.78%) BigQuery
5 9 (2.27%) MySQL
6 8 (2.02%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.77%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.26%) MS Access
8 5 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.01%) Amazon QuickSight
9 4 (1.01%) Metadata
9 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.76%) DB2
11 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.51%) Looker
11 2 (0.51%) OLAP
11 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.51%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 22 (5.56%) Git
3 14 (3.54%) JIRA
4 10 (2.53%) Maven
5 6 (1.52%) webpack
6 4 (1.01%) GitLab
6 4 (1.01%) IBM UrbanCode
6 4 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.76%) Xcode
7 3 (0.76%) XCTest
7 3 (0.76%) XCUITest
8 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.51%) JUnit
9 1 (0.25%) ERwin
9 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 192 (48.48%) Banking
2 110 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 93 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.84%) Legal
5 17 (4.29%) Financial Institution
6 16 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.54%) Retail
8 11 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.27%) Front Office
10 7 (1.77%) Games
10 7 (1.77%) Marketing
11 5 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.01%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.76%) Law
13 3 (0.76%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.76%) Social Science
14 2 (0.51%) Arabic Language
14 2 (0.51%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.51%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 97 (24.49%) Analyst
2 59 (14.90%) Senior
3 55 (13.89%) Lead
4 34 (8.59%) Software Engineer
5 33 (8.33%) Architect
6 29 (7.32%) Risk Manager
7 25 (6.31%) Developer
8 20 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (4.04%) Operations Analyst
10 15 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.54%) Data Analyst
11 14 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Financial Analyst
12 13 (3.28%) Product Analyst
13 12 (3.03%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.03%) Lead Architect
13 12 (3.03%) Service Analyst
14 11 (2.78%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.53%) Customer Analyst
15 10 (2.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.07%) CSS
2 24 (6.06%) React
3 20 (5.05%) HTML
4 18 (4.55%) Spring
4 18 (4.55%) Spring Boot
5 17 (4.29%) OAuth
6 16 (4.04%) RESTful
7 12 (3.03%) OpenID
7 12 (3.03%) SAML
7 12 (3.03%) Software Packaging
8 11 (2.78%) Ajax
8 11 (2.78%) jQuery
9 8 (2.02%) Android Jetpack
9 8 (2.02%) Jetpack Compose
10 6 (1.52%) Jest
10 6 (1.52%) LAMP
10 6 (1.52%) Laravel
10 6 (1.52%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.52%) Redux
10 6 (1.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.82%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.06%) Credit Risk
3 18 (4.55%) Mobile App
4 17 (4.29%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.79%) Market Risk
6 11 (2.78%) Mainframe
7 10 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.53%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.27%) Online Banking
9 8 (2.02%) Learning Management System
9 8 (2.02%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.26%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.01%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.76%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.76%) Hackathon
13 3 (0.76%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.27%) Android
1 9 (2.27%) Linux
2 8 (2.02%) Unix
3 6 (1.52%) Windows
4 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.51%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (23.23%) Agile
2 69 (17.42%) Software Engineering
3 68 (17.17%) Analytics
4 66 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 60 (15.15%) Coaching
6 59 (14.90%) Risk Management
7 57 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 55 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (12.88%) Customer Experience
10 47 (11.87%) Artificial Intelligence
10 47 (11.87%) Mathematics
11 45 (11.36%) Customer Service
12 44 (11.11%) DevOps
13 43 (10.86%) Decision-Making
13 43 (10.86%) Microservices
14 41 (10.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (10.35%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (10.10%) Project Management
16 37 (9.34%) CI/CD
16 37 (9.34%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 50 (12.63%) SQL
2 48 (12.12%) Python
3 47 (11.87%) JavaScript
4 34 (8.59%) Java
5 13 (3.28%) Kotlin
6 7 (1.77%) C#
6 7 (1.77%) PHP
7 6 (1.52%) JCL
7 6 (1.52%) VBA
8 5 (1.26%) Go
8 5 (1.26%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.01%) Bash
9 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.01%) Swift
10 2 (0.51%) ABAP
10 2 (0.51%) R
11 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.25%) Groovy
11 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 64 (16.16%) Degree
2 19 (4.80%) Master's Degree
3 18 (4.55%) PhD
4 16 (4.04%) CISSP
5 10 (2.53%) CRISC
6 9 (2.27%) CISM
7 7 (1.77%) CISA
8 4 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (0.76%) ACCA
9 3 (0.76%) CFA
10 2 (0.51%) CCA
10 2 (0.51%) CIMA
10 2 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.51%) PMP
10 2 (0.51%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.51%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.79%) Accessibility
2 14 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.28%) NIST
4 12 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (2.53%) COBIT
5 10 (2.53%) QA
6 7 (1.77%) NCSC
7 6 (1.52%) GDPR
7 6 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.52%) ITGC
8 4 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.76%) IFRS
10 2 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.51%) CRD IV
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.25%) SEPA
11 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (7.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.05%) Terraform
3 11 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.01%) CA Endevor
5 2 (0.51%) Grafana
5 2 (0.51%) Istio
5 2 (0.51%) Tivoli NetView
6 1 (0.25%) Ansible
6 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (6.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.56%) Google
3 15 (3.79%) Oracle
4 13 (3.28%) BT
5 7 (1.77%) Avaloq
6 5 (1.26%) Adobe
6 5 (1.26%) IBM
7 4 (1.01%) Blue Prism
7 4 (1.01%) Tealium
7 4 (1.01%) UiPath
8 2 (0.51%) Genesys
8 2 (0.51%) Informatica
8 2 (0.51%) Planview
8 2 (0.51%) SAP
8 2 (0.51%) Twitter
8 2 (0.51%) Verint
9 1 (0.25%) Databricks
9 1 (0.25%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.25%) Maxymiser
9 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow