Financial Services

Scotland's financial services industry offers a wide range of career opportunities. It's not just all accountancy or financial advisor jobs - there are also roles in marketing, digital and more.

The impact you could make:
- Help people take control of their finances and increase their financial wellbeing.
- Encourage people to direct their investment into green and ethical projects.
- Fight fraud and other types of financial crime.

The opportunities within agriculture and land:
With the development of technology such as banking apps, customer service roles and digital skills are in demand. Changes in technology have led to new ways of interacting with customers and analysing the market.

Employment
There are 63,900 people currently working in the financial services industry in Scotland.*

Job Availability
Between 2022 to 2025 a further 1,300 people will be needed to fill job openings.*

Job Diversity
There are 367 Modern Apprentices in Scotland training in financial services.*

*Skills Sector Assessment 2022