Finance Job Trends in Scotland

Financial
UK > Scotland

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

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	3	1	2
Rank change year-on-year	-2	+1	+1
Permanent jobs citing Finance	596	957	662
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	13.00%	34.61%	20.02%
As % of the General category	27.45%	53.17%	33.45%
Number of salaries quoted	270	316	208
10^th Percentile	£31,500	£29,625	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£32,851	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£32,951	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+82.09%	-40.09%	-15.84%
75^th Percentile	£88,750	£55,000	£69,063
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£83,125	£85,076
UK median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£72,500
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-13.79%	+3.57%

All General Skills
Scotland

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing general skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	2,171	1,800	1,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	47.34%	65.10%	59.86%
Number of salaries quoted	968	776	879
10^th Percentile	£27,500	£25,684	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£31,500	£31,000	£39,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£34,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+47.06%	-35.24%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£55,000	£68,432
90^th Percentile	£88,750	£74,017	£85,051
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-

Finance Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Finance Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Finance.

Finance Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Scotland

Finance Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Edinburgh	-1	210	£70,000	+112.44%	283
Glasgow	-6	195	£63,601	+6.00%	234
Aberdeen	+4	15	£70,000	-	31
Lanarkshire	-	15	£31,500	-	3
Fife	-2	14	£33,500	-	4
South Lanarkshire	-	14	£31,500	-	1
Dundee	-	14	£49,999	-	16
Clackmannanshire	-	13	-	-	1
North Lanarkshire	+3	10	£31,500	-	3
Highlands	-6	9	£70,000	+118.75%	6
West Lothian	-16	9	£49,500	+50.22%	1
Renfrewshire	-	8	£31,500	-	8
Scottish Borders	-	7	£59,152	-	2
Aberdeenshire	-	6	-	-	2
East Ayrshire	+9	5	£30,000	-29.41%	1
Stirling	-4	5	£30,000	-45.70%	5
Midlothian	-1	4	-	-	14
Perthshire	-2	4	£55,000	+129.17%	1
Perth and Kinross	-3	4	-	-
East Lothian	-2	3	£48,500	+47.64%
Angus	-5	2	-	-	1
Ayrshire	-	2	£31,500	-
North Ayrshire	-	2	£31,500	-	1
South Ayrshire	-	2	£19,000	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	2	-	-	2
West Dunbartonshire	-	2	£31,500	-	1
Finance UK

Finance Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, job vacancies citing Finance also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region citing Finance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	17.8%	106
2	AI	17.6%	105
3	Problem-Solving	17.3%	103
4	Agile	15.1%	90
5	Software Engineering	13.6%	81
6	Degree	11.7%	70
7	Coaching	11.2%	67
8	Java	10.4%	62
9	Stakeholder Management	10.1%	60
10	Decision-Making	9.2%	55
11	Microsoft	8.9%	53
12	Mentoring	8.7%	52
13	Azure	8.6%	51
14	QA	8.2%	49
15	Risk Management	8.1%	48
16	Security Cleared	7.9%	47
17	Analytics	7.7%	46
18	ERP	7.0%	42
19	Customer Service	6.7%	40
20	Microsoft Office	6.5%	39
20	Validation	6.5%	39
22	Accessibility	6.4%	38
23	Statistical Analysis	6.2%	37
24	Microsoft Excel	6.0%	36
25	BPSS Clearance	5.9%	35
25	Business Development	5.9%	35
25	Python	5.9%	35
28	Roadmaps	5.4%	32
28	SC Cleared	5.4%	32
30	Fintech	5.2%	31

Finance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	29.0%	173
2	Inclusion and Diversity	15.6%	93
3	Banking	11.6%	69
4	Legal	9.6%	57
5	Analytical Skills	8.2%	49
6	Financial Institution	7.7%	46
7	Aerospace	6.9%	41
8	Presentation Skills	6.5%	39
9	Retail	6.2%	37
10	Law	5.2%	31
11	Manufacturing	5.0%	30
12	Marketing	4.4%	26
13	Influencing Skills	3.5%	21
13	Telecoms	3.5%	21
15	Electronics	3.4%	20
15	Organisational Skills	3.4%	20
17	Pharmaceutical	2.2%	13
17	Public Sector	2.2%	13
19	Games	2.0%	12
19	Local Government	2.0%	12