Banking Job Trends in Scotland

Banking
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 5 37
Rank change year-on-year -53 +32 -29
Permanent jobs citing Banking 86 429 666
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.63% 22.02% 10.55%
As % of the General category 5.57% 28.54% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 42 156 168
10th Percentile - £23,504 £46,306
25th Percentile - £25,313 £59,145
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £66,367 £72,246
Median % change year-on-year -59.32% -8.14% +4.03%
75th Percentile £53,325 £93,778 £91,934
90th Percentile £73,750 £133,450 £121,023
UK median annual salary £87,500 £80,000 £83,577
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.28% +11.44%

All General Skills
Scotland

Banking 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,545 1,503 4,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.19% 77.16% 74.71%
Number of salaries quoted 652 637 1,535
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £32,851 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,778 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Scotland

Banking
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Banking in Scotland

Banking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. 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
North Lanarkshire -4 16 £27,000 +14.87%
Glasgow -36 16 £60,400 +156.98% 10
South Lanarkshire 0 15 £55,000 - 1
Renfrewshire -4 12 £27,000 +14.87%
Ayrshire +1 4 £27,000 -
North Ayrshire -1 4 £27,000 -
East Ayrshire -1 4 £27,000 -
Lanarkshire -7 4 £27,000 - 5
West Dunbartonshire -7 4 £27,000 -
Stirling -12 4 £27,000 -
Edinburgh -72 3 £87,500 +16.87% 14
Banking
UK

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.63%) AWS
2 2 (2.33%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) SaaS
3 1 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (1.16%) GCP
3 1 (1.16%) IaaS
3 1 (1.16%) OCI
3 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
General
1 68 (79.07%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.79%) Finance
3 5 (5.81%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.33%) Law
4 2 (2.33%) Legal
5 1 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.16%) Games
5 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.16%) Marketing
5 1 (1.16%) Private Banking
5 1 (1.16%) Retail
5 1 (1.16%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (37.21%) Analyst
1 32 (37.21%) QA Analyst
1 32 (37.21%) Quality Analyst
2 7 (8.14%) Developer
2 7 (8.14%) Java Developer
2 7 (8.14%) Lead
2 7 (8.14%) Senior
2 7 (8.14%) Technical Leader
3 6 (6.98%) Senior Developer
3 6 (6.98%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (2.33%) Architect
4 2 (2.33%) Commercial Lawyer
5 1 (1.16%) Database Engineer
5 1 (1.16%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (1.16%) Innovation Manager
5 1 (1.16%) Migration Manager
5 1 (1.16%) Product Owner
5 1 (1.16%) Security Architect
5 1 (1.16%) Senior Database Engineer
5 1 (1.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.14%) AWS CDK
2 2 (2.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) AIX
1 1 (1.16%) Linux
1 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.16%) Solaris
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (83.72%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (76.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (74.42%) Coaching
3 64 (74.42%) Emotional Intelligence
4 10 (11.63%) Agile
5 7 (8.14%) CI/CD
5 7 (8.14%) Code Quality
5 7 (8.14%) DevOps
5 7 (8.14%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (8.14%) Mentoring
5 7 (8.14%) Microservices
5 7 (8.14%) Observability
5 7 (8.14%) Software Engineering
5 7 (8.14%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (2.33%) Roadmaps
6 2 (2.33%) Test Automation
6 2 (2.33%) Unit Testing
6 2 (2.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) Java
1 7 (8.14%) JavaScript
1 7 (8.14%) TypeScript
2 1 (1.16%) Bash
2 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.16%) Python
2 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.16%) CSPO
1 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (37.21%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 2 (2.33%) Meraki
2 1 (1.16%) Anaplan
2 1 (1.16%) Dynatrace
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle
2 1 (1.16%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow