Banking Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Banking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	24	7	15
Rank change year-on-year	-17	+8	0
Contract jobs citing Banking	53	95	78
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh	7.74%	15.52%	9.82%
As % of the General category	11.52%	20.93%	13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	41	14
10^th Percentile	£401	£456	£454
25^th Percentile	£413	£494	£525
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-4.55%	+10.00%
75^th Percentile	-	£550	£631
90^th Percentile	£640	£675	£743
Scotland median daily rate	£450	£500	£475
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	+5.26%	-23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£15.81	-	-
75^th Percentile	£19.33	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Scotland median hourly rate	£17.03	£19.97	£34.10
% change year-on-year	-14.72%	-41.43%	+77.76%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	460	454	558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	67.15%	74.18%	70.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	238	217	286
10^th Percentile	£212	£221	£163
25^th Percentile	£375	£406	£310
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	+5.56%	-5.26%
75^th Percentile	£556	£538	£525
90^th Percentile	£650	£599	£597
Scotland median daily rate	£463	£463	£440
% change year-on-year	-	+5.11%	-7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted	24	15	15
10^th Percentile	£15.81	£17.08	£12.48
25^th Percentile	£16.25	-	£13.57
Median hourly rate	£19.33	£17.87	£18.13
Median % change year-on-year	+8.17%	-1.43%	+2.31%
75^th Percentile	£61.50	£37.90	£24.18
90^th Percentile	-	£60.75	£56.50
Scotland median hourly rate	£16.11	£17.87	£16.92
% change year-on-year	-9.85%	+5.61%	-11.78%

Banking Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Banking Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Banking.

Banking Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Banking in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Banking in Edinburgh

Banking Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Banking.

Banking Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Banking also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Banking.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AWS	30.2%	16
2	Problem-Solving	28.3%	15
3	Stakeholder Management	24.5%	13
4	Agile	20.8%	11
4	Microservices	20.8%	11
4	Python	20.8%	11
7	AI	18.9%	10
7	Azure	18.9%	10
7	CI/CD	18.9%	10
7	Continuous Improvement	18.9%	10
7	GCP	18.9%	10
7	Migration	18.9%	10
13	Java	17.0%	9
13	Kubernetes	17.0%	9
13	Risk Management	17.0%	9
16	Analytics	15.1%	8
16	Apigee	15.1%	8
16	Customer Experience	15.1%	8
16	Customer Service	15.1%	8
16	Event-Driven	15.1%	8
16	Integration Patterns	15.1%	8
22	Data Architecture	13.2%	7
22	Data Science	13.2%	7
22	ITIL	13.2%	7
22	Machine Learning	13.2%	7
22	Microsoft	13.2%	7
22	Performance Optimisation	13.2%	7
28	Data Quality	11.3%	6
28	Google	11.3%	6
28	Microsoft 365	11.3%	6

Banking Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	62.3%	33
2	Social Skills	35.8%	19
3	Analytical Skills	20.8%	11
3	Retail Banking	20.8%	11
5	Retail	11.3%	6
6	Corporate Banking	7.5%	4
6	Investment Banking	7.5%	4
6	Legal	7.5%	4
9	Financial Institution	3.8%	2
9	Influencing Skills	3.8%	2
11	German Language	1.9%	1
11	Marketing	1.9%	1