FinOps Job Trends in Scotland

FinOps
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring FinOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 144 217
Rank change year-on-year +25 +73 -13
Permanent jobs citing FinOps 28 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.97% 0.040% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.043% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,091 - £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 - £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.90%
75th Percentile £74,066 - £61,835
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £65,033
% change year-on-year -6.45% +19.17% -26.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

FinOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,302 2,344 3,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.85% 93.95% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 974 2,064
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

FinOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

FinOps job vacancy trend in Scotland

FinOps
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FinOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FinOps

FinOps
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FinOps within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 January 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 +21 28 £70,079 -
FinOps
UK

FinOps
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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (92.86%) Azure
1 26 (92.86%) Entra ID
1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
2 10 (35.71%) Azure Monitor
3 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (28.57%) Mimecast
4 2 (7.14%) AWS
5 1 (3.57%) Datadog
5 1 (3.57%) dbt
5 1 (3.57%) PaaS
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
1 1 (3.57%) JMeter
1 1 (3.57%) Locust
General
1 26 (92.86%) Finance
2 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (3.57%) Architect
2 1 (3.57%) AWS Architect
2 1 (3.57%) AWS Solution Architect
2 1 (3.57%) Lead
2 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (3.57%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Gherkin
1 1 (3.57%) REST
1 1 (3.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (92.86%) Product Ownership
2 8 (28.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Agile
1 27 (96.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 27 (96.43%) Roadmaps
2 26 (92.86%) AI
2 26 (92.86%) Analytics
2 26 (92.86%) Asset Management
2 26 (92.86%) Coaching
2 26 (92.86%) ITIL
2 26 (92.86%) Machine Learning
2 26 (92.86%) Technology Roadmap
3 19 (67.86%) DevOps
3 19 (67.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 18 (64.29%) Information Security
5 11 (39.29%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (35.71%) Business Strategy
6 10 (35.71%) Cost Management
6 10 (35.71%) Deployment Automation
6 10 (35.71%) Log Analytics
6 10 (35.71%) User Experience
7 8 (28.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 26 (92.86%) PowerShell
2 19 (67.86%) Python
3 18 (64.29%) Bash
4 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.57%) QA
1 1 (3.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (64.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (35.71%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (67.86%) Terraform
2 18 (64.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (28.57%) SCCM
4 1 (3.57%) Grafana
4 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft