Finance Contracts in Scotland

Financial
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 379 533 791
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 17.17% 18.68% 22.47%
As % of the General category 26.47% 28.38% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 369 605
10th Percentile £300 £363 £313
25th Percentile £400 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £725 £671
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +11.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 7
10th Percentile £12.30 £14.51 £18.87
25th Percentile £17.72 £16.60 £20.26
Median hourly rate £19.50 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.09% +167.44% -61.65%
75th Percentile £19.75 £62.66 £33.25
90th Percentile £20.37 £67.44 £41.40
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £34.69
% change year-on-year -12.21% -11.34% +54.17%

All General Skills
Scotland

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,432 1,878 2,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.88% 65.80% 71.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,386 1,835
10th Percentile £181 £232 £219
25th Percentile £362 £405 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 29 41
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £17.25
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -17.64% -9.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £69.00 £67.50 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow 0 169 £484 -5.61% 73
Edinburgh 0 157 £500 +0.30% 106
Renfrewshire 0 8 £293 -47.77% 3
Fife +5 6 £310 -50.40% 6
West Lothian +4 6 £300 -38.78% 5
Aberdeen -4 4 - - 20
Highlands - 4 - - 3
Lanarkshire - 3 £425 - 26
South Lanarkshire -1 2 £375 -43.18% 6
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 +23.53% 1
Perthshire +2 1 £525 -7.89% 1
Moray - 1 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £200 - 5
Stirling - 1 £525 - 2
Dundee - 1 - - 3
Finance
UK

Finance
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 19 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.96%) Confluence
3 4 (1.06%) SAS
4 3 (0.79%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (0.79%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.79%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.79%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (14.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.69%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.37%) Oracle Cash Management
2 9 (2.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.58%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.06%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 4 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.53%) iTrent
8 1 (0.26%) Maximo
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.26%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 33 (8.71%) Azure
2 30 (7.92%) AWS
3 26 (6.86%) Power Platform
4 25 (6.60%) OCI
5 18 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.37%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.58%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.58%) GCP
8 6 (1.58%) IaaS
8 6 (1.58%) SaaS
8 6 (1.58%) Serverless
8 6 (1.58%) Yammer
9 5 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.79%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.85%) DHCP
1 7 (1.85%) DNS
2 6 (1.58%) HTTP
3 5 (1.32%) ATM
3 5 (1.32%) Firewall
4 4 (1.06%) LAN
4 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.06%) WAN
5 3 (0.79%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (0.79%) iSCSI
5 3 (0.79%) SAN
5 3 (0.79%) Skype
5 3 (0.79%) SSL
6 2 (0.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.53%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.26%) SNMP
7 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.80%) Power BI
2 15 (3.96%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (3.43%) Tableau
4 9 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.11%) DB2
5 8 (2.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 7 (1.85%) Big Data
7 5 (1.32%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (1.06%) Parquet
8 4 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.79%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.26%) DTS
11 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (8.18%) JIRA
2 7 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.58%) Git
4 5 (1.32%) ER Studio
4 5 (1.32%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (1.06%) GitLab
6 3 (0.79%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.53%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.53%) ERwin
7 2 (0.53%) Gradle
8 1 (0.26%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.26%) JMeter
8 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.26%) SilkCentral
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 115 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 75 (19.79%) Public Sector
3 69 (18.21%) Banking
4 60 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (3.69%) Financial Institution
6 14 (3.69%) Investment Banking
7 12 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.37%) Legal
9 8 (2.11%) Billing
10 7 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.85%) Publishing
11 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.58%) Marketing
11 6 (1.58%) Retail
12 5 (1.32%) Electronics
13 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (24.27%) Analyst
2 45 (11.87%) Project Manager
3 34 (8.97%) Developer
4 25 (6.60%) Architect
4 25 (6.60%) Lead
5 23 (6.07%) Data Analyst
6 21 (5.54%) Business Analyst
6 21 (5.54%) Senior
7 16 (4.22%) Java Developer
8 14 (3.69%) Programme Manager
9 13 (3.43%) Consultant
9 13 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (2.90%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (2.64%) Administrator
11 10 (2.64%) Finance Manager
11 10 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (2.11%) PMO Analyst
13 8 (2.11%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (3.96%) Spring
3 12 (3.17%) Middleware
4 11 (2.90%) AngularJS
5 10 (2.64%) HTML
5 10 (2.64%) REST
6 9 (2.37%) CSS
6 9 (2.37%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.85%) Kafka
8 6 (1.58%) JPA
9 5 (1.32%) PySpark
9 5 (1.32%) React
9 5 (1.32%) RESTful
10 4 (1.06%) Apache Avro
10 4 (1.06%) AWS CDK
10 4 (1.06%) Node.js
11 3 (0.79%) .NET
11 3 (0.79%) J2EE
11 3 (0.79%) POSIX
11 3 (0.79%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.07%) Data Protection Act
2 22 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.96%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.64%) Credit Risk
5 10 (2.64%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.32%) FMCG
8 4 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.06%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.06%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.79%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.79%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.79%) NVMe
9 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.18%) Linux
2 26 (6.86%) Windows
3 11 (2.90%) Unix
4 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.79%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.53%) Android
8 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (23.48%) Agile
2 66 (17.41%) Project Management
3 50 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (12.14%) ERP
5 45 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (7.92%) Project Delivery
8 29 (7.65%) DevOps
9 28 (7.39%) Data Protection
10 27 (7.12%) Business Case
11 26 (6.86%) Decision-Making
12 25 (6.60%) Analytics
13 23 (6.07%) Data Modelling
14 21 (5.54%) Business Analysis
14 21 (5.54%) Data Analysis
14 21 (5.54%) Microservices
14 21 (5.54%) SDLC
14 21 (5.54%) Software Engineering
15 20 (5.28%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.87%) SQL
2 43 (11.35%) Python
3 38 (10.03%) Java
4 23 (6.07%) Perl
5 12 (3.17%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.64%) Scala
8 9 (2.37%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.85%) Bash
10 6 (1.58%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.53%) C#
12 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.26%) C
13 1 (0.26%) COBOL
13 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.26%) Go
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
13 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (9.50%) Degree
2 14 (3.69%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.37%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.32%) ACCA
4 5 (1.32%) CIMA
4 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.32%) PMP
5 4 (1.06%) CISSP
5 4 (1.06%) HNC
6 3 (0.79%) CISM
7 2 (0.53%) APMP
7 2 (0.53%) HND
7 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.53%) MCP
7 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.26%) CISA
8 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.26%) MCSE
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.18%) PMO
2 16 (4.22%) Disclosure Scotland
3 13 (3.43%) QA
4 7 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.85%) SLA
5 2 (0.53%) COBIT
5 2 (0.53%) IFRS
5 2 (0.53%) NEBOSH
5 2 (0.53%) NIST
5 2 (0.53%) P3O
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) Basel III
6 1 (0.26%) COREP
6 1 (0.26%) FINREP
6 1 (0.26%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 6 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.32%) Docker
2 5 (1.32%) VMware NSX
2 5 (1.32%) vSphere
3 4 (1.06%) Firmware
3 4 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.79%) GPFS
4 3 (0.79%) NFS
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (2.11%) Terraform
2 7 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.06%) Ansible
4 3 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.79%) Veritas Storage Foundation
5 2 (0.53%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.53%) Puppet
6 1 (0.26%) Avamar
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Istio
6 1 (0.26%) Nagios
6 1 (0.26%) OpenView
6 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.26%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 60 (15.83%) Microsoft
2 57 (15.04%) Oracle
3 15 (3.96%) SAP
4 11 (2.90%) IBM
5 10 (2.64%) Databricks
6 8 (2.11%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.11%) Informatica
7 6 (1.58%) Cisco
7 6 (1.58%) Dell
7 6 (1.58%) Google
7 6 (1.58%) VMware
8 5 (1.32%) IDERA
8 5 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.06%) Apple
9 4 (1.06%) Avaloq
9 4 (1.06%) Qualys
9 4 (1.06%) Sybase
9 4 (1.06%) Veritas
10 3 (0.79%) Citrix
10 3 (0.79%) EMC