Banking Jobs in Scotland

Banking
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Banking over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -28 +10 +48
Permanent jobs citing Banking 655 727 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.75% 15.87% 9.63%
As % of the General category 13.52% 21.07% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 156 412 330
10th Percentile £46,306 £43,453 £36,527
25th Percentile £59,145 £56,219 £45,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £69,447 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +15.75% +4.35%
75th Percentile £91,934 £84,056 £75,000
90th Percentile £121,023 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% +3.45% -3.33%

All General Skills
Scotland

Banking is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,844 3,451 3,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 72.10% 75.33% 61.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 1,652 1,953
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,732 £31,133
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in Scotland

Banking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Banking in Scotland

Banking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Banking in Scotland

Banking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Glasgow +11 491 £75,000 +13.64% 23
Edinburgh -12 163 £71,991 +3.66% 18
Dundee - 1 £70,576 -
Banking
UK

Banking
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 33 (5.04%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.21%) GemFire
3 15 (2.29%) Cloud Foundry
4 14 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.53%) Confluence
6 8 (1.22%) SAS
7 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.92%) Apache
8 6 (0.92%) Captiva
8 6 (0.92%) FileNet
8 6 (0.92%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.76%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) EViews
4 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 283 (43.21%) AWS
2 76 (11.60%) GCP
3 72 (10.99%) Azure
4 25 (3.82%) Google Play
5 21 (3.21%) BlazeMeter
6 19 (2.90%) GitHub
7 15 (2.29%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.68%) SaaS
9 10 (1.53%) OpenShift
10 6 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (0.92%) PaaS
11 5 (0.76%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.61%) IBM Cloud
13 3 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.46%) Datadog
13 3 (0.46%) IaaS
13 3 (0.46%) Serverless
13 3 (0.46%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.75%) DSL
2 6 (0.92%) Internet
3 2 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.31%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.31%) VLAN
3 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.33%) MongoDB
2 47 (7.18%) Big Data
3 43 (6.56%) NoSQL
4 36 (5.50%) Apache Cassandra
5 23 (3.51%) SQL Server
6 22 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (3.21%) CockroachDB
7 21 (3.21%) Data Lake
7 21 (3.21%) Hazelcast
7 21 (3.21%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.90%) DB2
9 18 (2.75%) Tableau
10 15 (2.29%) MySQL
10 15 (2.29%) Power BI
11 13 (1.98%) Apache Hive
12 9 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.07%) Redis
14 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.31%) Data Hub
15 2 (0.31%) DTS
Development Applications
1 95 (14.50%) JUnit
2 77 (11.76%) Cypress.io
3 75 (11.45%) Jasmine
3 75 (11.45%) Karma Test Runner
4 64 (9.77%) Selenium
5 60 (9.16%) Protractor
5 60 (9.16%) WebDriver
6 45 (6.87%) Git
7 37 (5.65%) JIRA
7 37 (5.65%) Maven
8 33 (5.04%) Jenkins
9 25 (3.82%) Android Studio
10 21 (3.21%) Jaeger
11 15 (2.29%) Cucumber
11 15 (2.29%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (1.07%) IBM UrbanCode
13 7 (1.07%) Moq
13 7 (1.07%) webpack
14 4 (0.61%) Spinnaker
General
1 597 (91.15%) Finance
2 459 (70.08%) Law
3 457 (69.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 368 (56.18%) Investment Banking
5 93 (14.20%) Financial Institution
6 92 (14.05%) Private Banking
7 91 (13.89%) Marketing
8 65 (9.92%) Social Skills
9 46 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
10 37 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
11 34 (5.19%) Legal
12 26 (3.97%) Retail Banking
13 22 (3.36%) Prime Brokerage
14 20 (3.05%) Games
15 19 (2.90%) Publishing
16 9 (1.37%) Retail
17 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
18 2 (0.31%) Front Office
19 1 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 398 (60.76%) Software Engineer
2 233 (35.57%) Java Engineer
2 233 (35.57%) Java Software Engineer
3 149 (22.75%) Lead
4 132 (20.15%) Lead Software Engineer
5 92 (14.05%) Lead Java Engineer
6 88 (13.44%) Senior
7 70 (10.69%) Full Stack Engineer
7 70 (10.69%) Full Stack Software Engineer
8 50 (7.63%) Python Engineer
8 50 (7.63%) Python Software Engineer
9 47 (7.18%) Developer
10 43 (6.56%) Architect
11 42 (6.41%) AWS Engineer
11 42 (6.41%) AWS Software Engineer
12 39 (5.95%) Analyst
12 39 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
13 36 (5.50%) Cloud Software Engineer
14 33 (5.04%) Engineering Manager
14 33 (5.04%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (37.10%) Spring
2 166 (25.34%) React
3 165 (25.19%) Spring Boot
4 139 (21.22%) AngularJS
5 117 (17.86%) Kafka
6 115 (17.56%) CSS
6 115 (17.56%) HTML
7 82 (12.52%) jQuery
8 72 (10.99%) JSON
9 66 (10.08%) Node.js
10 63 (9.62%) Jest
11 61 (9.31%) RESTful
12 60 (9.16%) Hibernate
12 60 (9.16%) J2EE
12 60 (9.16%) JMS
12 60 (9.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 51 (7.79%) REST
14 34 (5.19%) JPA
15 30 (4.58%) .NET
16 28 (4.27%) Android Jetpack
Miscellaneous
1 227 (34.66%) Cloud Native
2 122 (18.63%) Algorithms
3 93 (14.20%) Public Cloud
4 79 (12.06%) Data Structures
5 37 (5.65%) Private Cloud
6 29 (4.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 29 (4.43%) Product Ownership
7 21 (3.21%) Management Information System
7 21 (3.21%) Replication
8 16 (2.44%) Distributed Applications
9 10 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (1.22%) Credit Risk
11 8 (1.22%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.22%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.07%) Credit Derivative
12 7 (1.07%) Derivative
12 7 (1.07%) Fixed Income
12 7 (1.07%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.07%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.58%) Android
2 26 (3.97%) Linux
3 11 (1.68%) Windows
4 9 (1.37%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (83.36%) Agile
2 460 (70.23%) Software Engineering
3 373 (56.95%) SDLC
4 369 (56.34%) CI/CD
5 355 (54.20%) Operational Stability
6 296 (45.19%) Machine Learning
7 293 (44.73%) Artificial Intelligence
8 250 (38.17%) Community of Practice
9 174 (26.56%) Asset Management
10 163 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 135 (20.61%) Visualisation
12 120 (18.32%) Coaching
13 118 (18.02%) Architectural Design
13 118 (18.02%) Information Architecture
14 111 (16.95%) Decision-Making
15 105 (16.03%) TDD
16 95 (14.50%) Microservices
17 92 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
17 92 (14.05%) Investment Management
17 92 (14.05%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 360 (54.96%) Java
2 160 (24.43%) SQL
3 159 (24.27%) JavaScript
4 120 (18.32%) Python
5 106 (16.18%) TypeScript
6 42 (6.41%) C#
7 41 (6.26%) Groovy
8 37 (5.65%) T-SQL
9 30 (4.58%) Kotlin
10 19 (2.90%) Scala
11 18 (2.75%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.37%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.07%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.61%) R
15 2 (0.31%) Bash
16 1 (0.15%) C++
16 1 (0.15%) COBOL
16 1 (0.15%) JCL
16 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (6.26%) Degree
2 5 (0.76%) Master's Degree
3 4 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.31%) CCSP
4 2 (0.31%) CISA
4 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.31%) CISSP
4 2 (0.31%) OCP
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.24%) Accessibility
2 44 (6.72%) SLA
3 24 (3.66%) GDPR
4 15 (2.29%) WAI
5 8 (1.22%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.76%) IFRS
6 5 (0.76%) IFRS 9
7 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.61%) SEPA
8 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) COBIT
9 2 (0.31%) CRD IV
9 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.31%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) Basel III
10 1 (0.15%) FINRA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
10 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 37 (5.65%) Docker
2 4 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.31%) KVM
3 2 (0.31%) RACF
3 2 (0.31%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 52 (7.94%) Grafana
3 49 (7.48%) Terraform
4 26 (3.97%) Prometheus
5 21 (3.21%) HAProxy
5 21 (3.21%) ITRS Geneos
5 21 (3.21%) Kibana
5 21 (3.21%) Zipkin
6 14 (2.14%) Ansible
7 7 (1.07%) Graphite
7 7 (1.07%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.92%) Istio
9 2 (0.31%) Rancher
9 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 60 (9.16%) Google
2 59 (9.01%) Oracle
3 53 (8.09%) Splunk
4 42 (6.41%) Dynatrace
5 22 (3.36%) ServiceNow
6 21 (3.21%) Databricks
7 20 (3.05%) IBM
8 19 (2.90%) Microsoft
9 18 (2.75%) Alteryx
9 18 (2.75%) Cognos
9 18 (2.75%) Sybase
10 6 (0.92%) Kofax
10 6 (0.92%) Pega
10 6 (0.92%) SAP
11 5 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.46%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.46%) Citrix
12 3 (0.46%) ForgeRock
13 2 (0.31%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.31%) Polycom