[wrong_variable]

As a Londener - London sucks !

Would love to Live in Edinburgh - but the world's laundered money doesn't flow through Edinburgh :(

[arethuza]

Finance seems to be a big employer here - obviously not on the scale of the City but proportionally (Edinburgh isn't that big) it's a fairly high percentage of jobs.

[pjc50]

Yes, although they're "back office" and all the sexy high-paid trading, quant, actuarial stuff is stuck in London.

[arethuza]

Don't think I've ever seen "sexy" and "actuarial" used together :-)

What do all the actuaries do in Edinburgh then - I've seen to have known loads of them over the years! Or is pensions/life stuff not on the "sexy" side of things?

[pjc50]

Good point, there's Sun Alliance etc here. I get the impression that they have the "good" but not "stratospheric" pay rates? i.e £50-£150k.

[arethuza]

Where's your "here" - Edinburgh? :-)

Of the places I know employ actuaries in Edinburgh: Standard Life, Scottish Widows, Royal London... and there are quite a few consulting actuary companies around as well.

[pjc50]

Yes, my office is near the Standard Life building at the bottom of Dundas Street near the RBS ziggurat.