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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 338 1,052 2,530
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 10.15% 42.03% 41.62%
As % of the General category 21.07% 56.71% 60.58%
Number of salaries quoted 191 363 342
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £33,910
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,851 £40,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -29.09% -7.65%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £72,262
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £92,443
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +8.00% -7.41%

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 1,604 1,855 4,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.15% 74.11% 68.70%
Number of salaries quoted 729 732 1,546
10th Percentile £26,975 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,774 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -6 124 £57,500 -4.17% 51
Glasgow -7 114 £42,500 -26.09% 55
South Lanarkshire -3 12 £55,000 - 4
Lanarkshire -3 11 £45,000 -31.82% 34
Stirling -5 11 £54,500 +28.24% 3
Renfrewshire +2 9 £31,500 - 5
Clackmannanshire -3 8 - -
North Lanarkshire -12 8 £31,500 - 1
Aberdeen -13 7 £34,750 - 2
Aberdeenshire - 4 - - 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 4 - -
West Dunbartonshire -1 3 £31,500 -
Midlothian -5 3 - - 33
Ayrshire -1 2 £31,500 -
North Ayrshire -2 2 £31,500 -
East Ayrshire -3 2 £31,500 - 1
Highlands -6 2 £39,500 -
West Lothian -20 2 £27,500 -16.29%
South Ayrshire - 2 £19,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 2 £16,640 -
Inverclyde 0 1 £60,000 +140.10%
Fife -8 1 £45,000 - 3
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 5 (1.48%) Jupyter
2 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.89%) Confluence
3 3 (0.89%) IIS
4 2 (0.59%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.59%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 24 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.48%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.37%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.59%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.06%) Azure
2 22 (6.51%) AWS
3 19 (5.62%) SaaS
4 7 (2.07%) GitHub
5 6 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.18%) Boomi
6 4 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.18%) iPaaS
6 4 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.18%) Workato
7 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (0.89%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.59%) Collibra
8 2 (0.59%) GCP
8 2 (0.59%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.59%) PaaS
9 1 (0.30%) IaaS
9 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.48%) Broadband
1 5 (1.48%) Firewall
2 4 (1.18%) 5G
2 4 (1.18%) Wireless
3 2 (0.59%) DHCP
3 2 (0.59%) DNS
3 2 (0.59%) Mobile Broadband
3 2 (0.59%) Network Security
3 2 (0.59%) Softphone
3 2 (0.59%) VLAN
3 2 (0.59%) VPN
4 1 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.30%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.07%) Data Mining
3 6 (1.78%) Tableau
4 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.89%) Metadata
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.59%) Power BI
6 2 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.30%) Big Data
7 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (3.85%) JIRA
2 7 (2.07%) Git
3 5 (1.48%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.89%) ERwin
5 2 (0.59%) JUnit
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.30%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.30%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.30%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) Mockito
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.30%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 127 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.57%) Legal
3 46 (13.61%) Banking
4 36 (10.65%) Presentation Skills
5 33 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.80%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.92%) Retail
8 18 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (5.33%) Marketing
9 17 (5.03%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.73%) Financial Institution
11 11 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.66%) Advertising
13 8 (2.37%) Billing
13 8 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (2.07%) Local Government
15 5 (1.48%) Agriculture
16 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.18%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 66 (19.53%) Analyst
2 50 (14.79%) Senior
3 25 (7.40%) Lead
3 25 (7.40%) Support Analyst
4 21 (6.21%) Project Manager
4 21 (6.21%) Senior Manager
5 20 (5.92%) Trainee
6 19 (5.62%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.33%) Architect
8 16 (4.73%) Financial Analyst
9 14 (4.14%) IT Support
10 12 (3.55%) Administrator
10 12 (3.55%) Applications Support
10 12 (3.55%) Developer
10 12 (3.55%) Systems Analyst
10 12 (3.55%) Trainee Analyst
11 11 (3.25%) Associate Director
11 11 (3.25%) Consultant
11 11 (3.25%) Senior Associate Director
11 11 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.25%) .NET
2 8 (2.37%) AWS CDK
3 7 (2.07%) Web Services
4 5 (1.48%) Hugging Face
4 5 (1.48%) Matplotlib
4 5 (1.48%) NumPy
4 5 (1.48%) Pandas
4 5 (1.48%) scikit-learn
4 5 (1.48%) Streamlit
5 3 (0.89%) RESTful
6 2 (0.59%) React
7 1 (0.30%) Android SDK
7 1 (0.30%) CSS3
7 1 (0.30%) HTML5
7 1 (0.30%) Node.js
7 1 (0.30%) React Native
7 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.30%) Spring Batch
7 1 (0.30%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.30%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.95%) Podcast
1 37 (10.95%) Web Conferencing
2 13 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.25%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.96%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.66%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.07%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.48%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.59%) iPhone
9 2 (0.59%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.30%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.30%) SCADA
10 1 (0.30%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.07%) Windows
2 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.89%) Linux
4 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 46 (13.61%) Coaching
3 45 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (12.13%) Agile
4 41 (12.13%) Mentoring
5 40 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 32 (9.47%) Statistical Analysis
7 31 (9.17%) ERP
8 28 (8.28%) AI
9 25 (7.40%) Analytics
9 25 (7.40%) Decision-Making
10 24 (7.10%) Customer Service
10 24 (7.10%) Service Delivery
10 24 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (6.80%) Business Analysis
12 21 (6.21%) Change Management
13 18 (5.33%) Collaborative Culture
13 18 (5.33%) Migration
13 18 (5.33%) Roadmaps
14 17 (5.03%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.17%) SQL
2 17 (5.03%) Python
3 12 (3.55%) Java
4 11 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.66%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.78%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.18%) Bash
8 3 (0.89%) C#
8 3 (0.89%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 15 (4.44%) Degree
2 11 (3.25%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.96%) ACCA
3 10 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (2.66%) CIMA
5 8 (2.37%) CISSP
6 7 (2.07%) ICAEW
7 6 (1.78%) IRCA
7 6 (1.78%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.78%) PMP
8 5 (1.48%) AAT
8 5 (1.48%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.18%) CISM
9 4 (1.18%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.18%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.18%) SANS
10 3 (0.89%) CCA
10 3 (0.89%) CISA
10 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.98%) QA
2 14 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.55%) GDPR
4 8 (2.37%) NEBOSH
5 7 (2.07%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.78%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) GRC
9 1 (0.30%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.30%) CASB
3 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
3 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.73%) SAP
3 11 (3.25%) Oracle
4 10 (2.96%) Google
5 8 (2.37%) Meraki
6 7 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.48%) Avaloq
7 5 (1.48%) IFS
7 5 (1.48%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.89%) Xero
9 2 (0.59%) Bomgar
9 2 (0.59%) Charles River
9 2 (0.59%) iManage
9 2 (0.59%) Informatica
9 2 (0.59%) VMware
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco
10 1 (0.30%) Juniper
10 1 (0.30%) Sage
10 1 (0.30%) Siemens
10 1 (0.30%) Sophos