The statistic shows financial and professional services employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by sector. Of the ******* financial and professional service industry jobs in Scotland, ** percent were based in the capital Edinburgh in 2012, amounting to ****** people. In 2012, **** thousand of people worked in banking in all of Scotland; by 2015, this number grew to ** thousand. An increase of *** thousand was also noted in management consulting, which was part of professional services in support of the financial industry. However, a stark decrease was reflected in numbers employed in legal services, from nearly ** thousand in 2012 to ** thousand people in 2015.
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TheCityUK. (February 28, 2017). Financial and professional services employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/264559/employment-in-the-financial-and-professional-services-sector-in-scotland/
TheCityUK. "Financial and professional services employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by sector." Chart. February 28, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264559/employment-in-the-financial-and-professional-services-sector-in-scotland/
TheCityUK. (2017). Financial and professional services employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264559/employment-in-the-financial-and-professional-services-sector-in-scotland/
TheCityUK. "Financial and Professional Services Employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264559/employment-in-the-financial-and-professional-services-sector-in-scotland/
TheCityUK, Financial and professional services employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264559/employment-in-the-financial-and-professional-services-sector-in-scotland/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Financial and professional services employment in Scotland in 2012 and 2015, by sector [Graph], TheCityUK, February 28, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264559/employment-in-the-financial-and-professional-services-sector-in-scotland/
