Financial Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Finance Analyst
UK > Scotland

As of 8 June 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Finance Analyst salary in Scotland.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 256 216
Rank change year-on-year +105 -40 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 15 26 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 0.38% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.39% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 2
10th Percentile - £36,025 £53,249
25th Percentile - £41,875 £55,123
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £51,500 £59,535
Median % change year-on-year - -13.50% +19.07%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £65,238
90th Percentile - - £67,885
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,642 6,722 3,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.34% 97.01% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 2,881 2,124
10th Percentile £28,275 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £71,313
90th Percentile £83,664 £80,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in Scotland

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in Scotland.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in Scotland

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 June 2025. 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 +29 11 - -
Glasgow +151 2 - -
Financial Analyst
UK

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 8 June 2025, Financial Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) Taxonomies
6 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
6 3 (20.00%) Market Risk
6 3 (20.00%) Stress Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Banking
6 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (13.33%) Business Forecasting
7 2 (13.33%) Google
7 2 (13.33%) R
7 2 (13.33%) Tableau
7 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
7 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
7 2 (13.33%) ER Studio
7 2 (13.33%) Due Diligence
7 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (13.33%) Snowflake
7 2 (13.33%) Business Case
7 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
7 2 (13.33%) Data Extraction
7 2 (13.33%) AWS
7 2 (13.33%) Financial Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Migration

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
1 2 (13.33%) Snowflake
2 1 (6.67%) Google Docs
2 1 (6.67%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) ER Studio
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Arabic Language
5 1 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Russian Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 3 (20.00%) Market Risk
1 3 (20.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Business Case
4 2 (13.33%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (13.33%) Data Extraction
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) Due Diligence
4 2 (13.33%) Financial Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.67%) KYC
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Google
1 2 (13.33%) Sage
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft