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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 411 598 3,152
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 12.18% 31.67% 49.72%
As % of the General category 25.51% 42.32% 66.72%
Number of salaries quoted 150 293 440
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,900 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,438 £42,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,788 £60,743 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -2.81% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75,750 £85,253 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,950 £96,539
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -8.09%

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 requiring general skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,611 1,413 4,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.73% 74.84% 74.52%
Number of salaries quoted 667 674 1,558
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,369 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,188 £36,438 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -11.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £94,633 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%

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 job vacancy trend in Scotland

Finance
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Finance.

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 28 April 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 28 April 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
Edinburgh -2 263 £45,000 -35.71% 43
Glasgow -7 99 £45,000 -25.00% 41
Stirling -11 12 £54,500 +28.24%
Renfrewshire -2 6 - - 8
Aberdeen -14 6 £34,750 - 8
South Lanarkshire -5 5 £55,000 - 3
East Lothian - 3 £30,000 - 3
Highlands - 2 £35,750 - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - - 1
Inverclyde +2 1 £60,000 +140.10% 2
Dundee -13 1 - - 2
Midlothian - 1 - - 28
Dunbartonshire - 1 £16,640 - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £49,000 -
East Ayrshire - 1 £42,500 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 - -
Finance
UK

Finance
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 8 (1.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (1.22%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.73%) Confluence
4 3 (0.73%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.73%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 21 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.43%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.19%) Oracle Smart View
4 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.22%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.49%) Weka
7 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (6.08%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (4.38%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (4.38%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (4.38%) Oracle General Ledger
2 18 (4.38%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (4.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (2.19%) Hyperion Planning
4 4 (0.97%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.73%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.49%) Alphatax
6 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 130 (31.63%) Azure
2 80 (19.46%) GitHub
3 76 (18.49%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (11.19%) GitHub Copilot
5 42 (10.22%) Snowflake
6 35 (8.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (7.79%) dbt
8 30 (7.30%) AWS
9 25 (6.08%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.62%) Power Platform
11 18 (4.38%) SaaS
12 17 (4.14%) Azure Key Vault
13 16 (3.89%) OCI
14 11 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
15 9 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (2.19%) Datadog
15 9 (2.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (2.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.95%) Telnet
2 5 (1.22%) Broadband
2 5 (1.22%) Firewall
3 4 (0.97%) 5G
3 4 (0.97%) Wireless
4 2 (0.49%) DHCP
4 2 (0.49%) DNS
4 2 (0.49%) Mobile Broadband
4 2 (0.49%) Network Security
4 2 (0.49%) Softphone
4 2 (0.49%) VLAN
4 2 (0.49%) VPN
5 1 (0.24%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (4.62%) Power BI
2 19 (4.62%) Tableau
3 11 (2.68%) Data Mining
4 9 (2.19%) Essbase
4 9 (2.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 9 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.70%) Metadata
5 7 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (1.46%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (8.52%) JIRA
1 35 (8.52%) Oracle Forms
2 23 (5.60%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.92%) Git
4 5 (1.22%) Storybook
4 5 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.97%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.97%) ERwin
6 1 (0.24%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.24%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.24%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.24%) JUnit
6 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
General
1 134 (32.60%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (9.00%) Marketing
4 36 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.08%) Financial Institution
6 22 (5.35%) Legal
7 20 (4.87%) Retail
8 16 (3.89%) Banking
8 16 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.68%) Front Office
11 10 (2.43%) General Ledger
12 9 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.95%) Advertising
13 8 (1.95%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.70%) Games
15 6 (1.46%) Law
16 5 (1.22%) Local Government
17 4 (0.97%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (25.30%) Analyst
2 94 (22.87%) Senior
3 37 (9.00%) Business Analyst
4 34 (8.27%) Trainee
5 32 (7.79%) Applications Engineer
6 30 (7.30%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (6.33%) Trainee Analyst
8 21 (5.11%) IT Support
8 21 (5.11%) Support Analyst
9 19 (4.62%) Lead
10 18 (4.38%) Oracle Analyst
10 18 (4.38%) Senior Oracle Analyst
11 17 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
11 17 (4.14%) Salesforce Engineer
12 16 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.65%) Financial Analyst
13 15 (3.65%) Project Manager
13 15 (3.65%) Trainee Business Analyst
14 14 (3.41%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.41%) ERP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.33%) OAuth
2 25 (6.08%) RESTful
2 25 (6.08%) SOAP
3 23 (5.60%) JSON
4 19 (4.62%) .NET
5 17 (4.14%) Lightning Web Components
5 17 (4.14%) OAuth2
5 17 (4.14%) REST
6 9 (2.19%) ADO
6 9 (2.19%) GraphQL
6 9 (2.19%) OpenAPI
6 9 (2.19%) Swagger
6 9 (2.19%) XML
7 8 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (1.95%) SAML
7 8 (1.95%) YAML
8 7 (1.70%) Web Services
9 6 (1.46%) React
10 5 (1.22%) Pandas
10 5 (1.22%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.44%) Cloud Native
2 38 (9.25%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.35%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.43%) Equities
6 10 (2.43%) Fixed Income
7 9 (2.19%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.95%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.46%) Life Science
9 6 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.22%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.49%) iPhone
11 2 (0.49%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.49%) PMI
11 2 (0.49%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.24%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.87%) Windows
2 10 (2.43%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.97%) Linux
4 3 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (36.01%) Coaching
2 145 (35.28%) Asset Management
3 120 (29.20%) Agile
4 105 (25.55%) CI/CD
5 103 (25.06%) DevOps
6 88 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (20.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 78 (18.98%) Analytics
9 69 (16.79%) Test Automation
10 68 (16.55%) AI
11 64 (15.57%) Mentoring
12 59 (14.36%) Observability
13 51 (12.41%) Data Modelling
14 50 (12.17%) ERP
14 50 (12.17%) Migration
15 47 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 43 (10.46%) Project Management
17 40 (9.73%) Root Cause Analysis
18 39 (9.49%) Data Integration
19 38 (9.25%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 111 (27.01%) SQL
2 75 (18.25%) Python
3 39 (9.49%) PowerShell
4 33 (8.03%) Java
5 17 (4.14%) Apex Code
6 16 (3.89%) PL/SQL
6 16 (3.89%) Shell Script
7 14 (3.41%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.68%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.43%) C#
10 9 (2.19%) Bicep
10 9 (2.19%) Groovy
10 9 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.95%) Bash
12 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 29 (7.06%) Degree
2 13 (3.16%) Security Cleared
3 12 (2.92%) PMI Certification
4 11 (2.68%) CISSP
4 11 (2.68%) PMP
5 8 (1.95%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.70%) A+ Certification
6 7 (1.70%) CREST Certified
6 7 (1.70%) SANS
7 6 (1.46%) IRCA
8 5 (1.22%) ACCA
8 5 (1.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.22%) CIMA
9 4 (0.97%) CFA
9 4 (0.97%) CISM
10 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.73%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.08%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.62%) QA
3 17 (4.14%) GDPR
4 9 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.46%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.22%) WCAG
7 4 (0.97%) NEBOSH
7 4 (0.97%) SLA
8 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.49%) GRC
9 2 (0.49%) GxP
9 2 (0.49%) NIST
9 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.68%) Docker
3 6 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.49%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (13.14%) Terraform
2 17 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (2.68%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.19%) Grafana
4 9 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.49%) SCCM
7 1 (0.24%) Ansible
7 1 (0.24%) CASB
Vendors
1 64 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.68%) Oracle
3 17 (4.14%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.41%) Avaloq
4 14 (3.41%) SAP
5 13 (3.16%) Ab Initio
6 12 (2.92%) Hyperion
7 8 (1.95%) Charles River
7 8 (1.95%) Okta
8 7 (1.70%) Databricks
8 7 (1.70%) IBM
9 6 (1.46%) Meraki
10 5 (1.22%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.73%) iManage
11 3 (0.73%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.49%) Bomgar
13 1 (0.24%) Cisco
13 1 (0.24%) Dell
13 1 (0.24%) Infor
13 1 (0.24%) Juniper