Finance Job Trends in Glasgow

Financial
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 100 130 868
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 14.47% 19.23% 58.49%
As % of the General category 28.41% 31.40% 76.75%
Number of salaries quoted 48 43 81
10th Percentile £33,275 £39,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £51,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,063 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,500 £73,000
Scotland median annual salary £34,000 £57,221 £67,500
% change year-on-year -40.58% -15.23% -

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 352 414 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 50.94% 61.24% 76.21%
Number of salaries quoted 193 160 290
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £27,450
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £110,000 £78,875
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +6.80% -13.48%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Finance
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Glasgow

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (4.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.00%) Apache
3 1 (1.00%) JBoss
3 1 (1.00%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.00%) AWS
2 10 (10.00%) Azure
2 10 (10.00%) SaaS
3 8 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.00%) GCP
5 1 (1.00%) IaaS
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.00%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.00%) PaaS
5 1 (1.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.00%) Power BI
2 7 (7.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (6.00%) Tableau
4 3 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (3.00%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (5.00%) JIRA
2 4 (4.00%) Git
3 1 (1.00%) Ant
3 1 (1.00%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.00%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.00%) JUnit
3 1 (1.00%) Maven
3 1 (1.00%) Selenium
3 1 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.00%) TestNG
General
1 33 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.00%) Public Sector
3 15 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.00%) Retail
5 8 (8.00%) Financial Institution
5 8 (8.00%) General Ledger
6 5 (5.00%) Law
7 4 (4.00%) Banking
8 3 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Electronics
8 3 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Local Government
8 3 (3.00%) Multimedia
8 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Private Banking
9 2 (2.00%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.00%) Marketing
9 2 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (17.00%) Consultant
2 14 (14.00%) Analyst
3 11 (11.00%) Lead
4 8 (8.00%) Senior
5 7 (7.00%) Commercial Lawyer
5 7 (7.00%) Trainee
6 6 (6.00%) Trainee Analyst
6 6 (6.00%) Workday Consultant
7 5 (5.00%) Head of Data Management
7 5 (5.00%) Head of Risk Management
8 4 (4.00%) Applications Support
8 4 (4.00%) Data Analyst
8 4 (4.00%) ERP Consultant
8 4 (4.00%) Insight Analyst
9 3 (3.00%) Audit Manager
9 3 (3.00%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.00%) Developer
9 3 (3.00%) Report Analyst
9 3 (3.00%) Senior Manager
9 3 (3.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.00%) .NET
2 2 (2.00%) React
3 1 (1.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.00%) Kafka
3 1 (1.00%) Middleware
3 1 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.00%) Spring
3 1 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.00%) Learning Management System
3 3 (3.00%) Life Science
3 3 (3.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.00%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.00%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.00%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.00%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.00%) PKI
5 1 (1.00%) PMI
5 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.00%) Windows
2 1 (1.00%) Linux
2 1 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (19.00%) Decision-Making
3 15 (15.00%) Agile
4 13 (13.00%) AI
4 13 (13.00%) Analytics
4 13 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (11.00%) Change Management
6 10 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 9 (9.00%) Customer Experience
7 9 (9.00%) Data Migration
7 9 (9.00%) Migration
7 9 (9.00%) Risk Management
7 9 (9.00%) Validation
8 8 (8.00%) Data Analytics
8 8 (8.00%) ERP
8 8 (8.00%) Project Management
8 8 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (7.00%) Business Analysis
9 7 (7.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.00%) SQL
2 7 (7.00%) Java
2 7 (7.00%) Python
3 3 (3.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.00%) Bash
4 2 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.00%) Groovy
5 1 (1.00%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.00%) R
5 1 (1.00%) Ruby
5 1 (1.00%) Scala
5 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (12.00%) Degree
2 6 (6.00%) AWS Certification
3 5 (5.00%) ACCA
3 5 (5.00%) CRISC
4 3 (3.00%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.00%) CIMA
5 1 (1.00%) CISM
5 1 (1.00%) CISSP
5 1 (1.00%) HNC
5 1 (1.00%) HND
5 1 (1.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) QA
2 3 (3.00%) GAAP
2 3 (3.00%) GDPR
2 3 (3.00%) IFRS
2 3 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.00%) NIST
3 2 (2.00%) SLA
4 1 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.00%) GRC
4 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.00%) Ansible
1 1 (1.00%) CASB
1 1 (1.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.00%) Podman
1 1 (1.00%) Puppet
1 1 (1.00%) SCCM
1 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.00%) Alteryx
2 3 (3.00%) Oracle
2 3 (3.00%) Teradata
3 2 (2.00%) SAP
4 1 (1.00%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.00%) Meraki
4 1 (1.00%) Siemens