IFS Job Trends in Scotland

IFS
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland citing IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within IFS AB.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	139	-	139
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+17
Permanent jobs citing IFS	7	0	18
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	0.16%	-	0.54%
As % of the Vendors category	0.81%	-	2.00%
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	6
10^th Percentile	£46,375	-	-
25^th Percentile	£46,563	-	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,750	-	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-52.50%
75^th Percentile	£51,563	-	£60,313
90^th Percentile	£52,125	-	£63,125
UK median annual salary	£67,500	£57,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	+17.39%	+53.33%	-48.28%

All Vendors
Scotland

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing vendor products and services in Scotland.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing vendor products and services	869	1,263	900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	20.11%	47.48%	27.11%
Number of salaries quoted	391	517	408
10^th Percentile	£26,750	£25,087	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£31,375	£28,500	£39,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£32,851	£50,309
Median % change year-on-year	+52.20%	-34.70%	+24.66%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£47,500	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£70,000	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£50,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-13.04%	+1.77%

IFS Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IFS Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IFS.

IFS Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IFS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Lanarkshire	-	5	-	-
Glasgow	-	2	£48,750	-
IFS UK

IFS Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, job vacancies citing IFS 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 citing IFS.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AAT	100.0%	7
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	7
1	Regression Testing	100.0%	7
1	Root Cause Analysis	100.0%	7
5	Change Management	85.7%	6
5	ERP	85.7%	6
5	Performance Metrics	85.7%	6
5	Process Improvement	85.7%	6
9	Business Continuity	71.4%	5
9	Operational Resilience	71.4%	5
9	Stakeholder Engagement	71.4%	5
9	Ticket Management	71.4%	5
9	Validation	71.4%	5
14	Hudson	28.6%	2

IFS 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	Finance	100.0%	7
1	Social Skills	100.0%	7