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 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	3	1	2
Rank change year-on-year	-2	+1	+1
Permanent jobs citing Finance	559	1,087	670
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	13.14%	41.52%	20.16%
As % of the General category	27.99%	58.63%	34.39%
Number of salaries quoted	251	326	186
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£32,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£32,750	£32,851	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£32,951	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+82.09%	-37.24%	-19.23%
75^th Percentile	£88,750	£50,000	£66,875
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£77,500	£85,000
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 requiring general skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	1,997	1,854	1,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	46.93%	70.82%	58.60%
Number of salaries quoted	916	734	884
10^th Percentile	£26,938	£25,684	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£31,500	£31,750	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,500	£33,000	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+46.97%	-36.54%	-0.95%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£54,964	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£73,750	£85,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.02%	-1.67%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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	-1	198	£72,402	+119.73%	206
Glasgow	-4	194	£60,000	+2.13%	225
South Lanarkshire	0	18	£52,000	-	1
Lanarkshire	0	15	£31,500	-	33
Clackmannanshire	-3	13	-	-
Fife	-3	12	£33,500	-	14
North Lanarkshire	-1	10	£31,500	-	6
Renfrewshire	+7	9	£31,500	-	8
Aberdeen	-6	9	£90,000	-	26
West Lothian	-15	9	£27,500	-16.42%	10
Dundee	+2	8	£155,000	+210.00%	17
Highlands	-4	8	£39,500	+23.44%	6
Aberdeenshire	-	6	-	-	4
Midlothian	-3	5	-	-	16
Stirling	-7	5	£30,000	-45.70%	4
East Ayrshire	+4	3	£31,500	-
Perth and Kinross	-3	3	-	-
Perthshire	-5	3	£55,000	+129.17%	2
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	-	-	1
West Dunbartonshire	+4	2	£31,500	-
Ayrshire	+2	2	£31,500	-	2
North Ayrshire	+2	2	£31,500	-
Dunbartonshire	-	2	£16,640	-
South Ayrshire	-	2	£19,000	-	2
Angus	-7	1	-	-	4
Finance UK

Finance Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 October 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 with a requirement for Finance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	19.3%	108
2	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	102
3	AI	18.1%	101
4	Agile	16.5%	92
5	Software Engineering	14.0%	78
6	Coaching	11.8%	66
6	Degree	11.8%	66
8	Mentoring	10.4%	58
9	Microsoft	10.2%	57
10	Decision-Making	9.8%	55
10	Stakeholder Management	9.8%	55
12	QA	9.3%	52
13	Azure	8.9%	50
14	Java	8.8%	49
15	Security Cleared	8.2%	46
16	Customer Service	7.9%	44
16	ERP	7.9%	44
18	Risk Management	7.5%	42
19	Analytics	7.2%	40
20	Microsoft Office	7.0%	39
21	Accessibility	6.8%	38
21	BPSS Clearance	6.8%	38
23	Business Development	6.6%	37
23	Statistical Analysis	6.6%	37
25	Validation	6.4%	36
26	Microsoft Excel	6.3%	35
27	Python	5.7%	32
27	SC Cleared	5.7%	32
29	DV Cleared	5.4%	30
29	Process Improvement	5.4%	30

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	30.6%	171
2	Inclusion and Diversity	16.3%	91
3	Banking	12.3%	69
4	Legal	10.9%	61
5	Analytical Skills	8.8%	49
6	Aerospace	7.2%	40
7	Presentation Skills	6.6%	37
8	Financial Institution	5.9%	33
9	Law	5.7%	32
10	Retail	5.5%	31
11	Marketing	5.4%	30
12	Manufacturing	4.7%	26
13	Organisational Skills	3.9%	22
14	Telecoms	3.6%	20
15	Influencing Skills	3.2%	18
16	Electronics	3.0%	17
17	Pharmaceutical	2.3%	13
17	Public Sector	2.3%	13
19	Games	2.1%	12
20	Billing	1.8%	10