Finance Contracts in Edinburgh

Financial
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 190 159 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 30.40% 19.51% 19.88%
As % of the General category 39.42% 26.07% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 71 165
10th Percentile £270 £313 £300
25th Percentile £475 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £622 £575
90th Percentile £675 £738 £650
Scotland median daily rate £490 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% -3.25% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £17.83 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.00 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £18.27 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.89% - -
75th Percentile £23.50 £20.57 -
90th Percentile - £21.95 -
Scotland median hourly rate £23.00 £19.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +17.95% -66.09% +142.11%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 482 610 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 77.12% 74.85% 72.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 348 688
10th Percentile £199 £183 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £627 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 34 7
10th Percentile £19.77 £16.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +64.63% -46.85%
75th Percentile £29.86 £60.75 £31.34
90th Percentile £52.90 £67.23 £51.60
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 13 (6.84%) Confluence
2 11 (5.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) nginx
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
4 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.16%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.11%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (2.63%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.58%) iTrent
3 3 (1.58%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.68%) Azure
2 23 (12.11%) AWS
3 12 (6.32%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.74%) OCI
4 9 (4.74%) SaaS
5 8 (4.21%) Amazon S3
5 8 (4.21%) GCP
6 6 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.16%) Serverless
6 6 (3.16%) Snowflake
7 5 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.11%) Apigee
8 4 (2.11%) CloudFront
9 3 (1.58%) Alation
9 3 (1.58%) Figma
9 3 (1.58%) IaaS
9 3 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.58%) Route 53
10 2 (1.05%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.58%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.05%) 4G
2 2 (1.05%) Network Security
2 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.05%) SNA
2 2 (1.05%) WAN
3 1 (0.53%) ATM
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) Firewall
3 1 (0.53%) HTTP
3 1 (0.53%) Internet
3 1 (0.53%) Intranet
3 1 (0.53%) SSL
3 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.79%) Power BI
2 8 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.21%) Tableau
3 7 (3.68%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.11%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (2.11%) Hadoop
5 4 (2.11%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (2.11%) Power Query
5 4 (2.11%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.58%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.58%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (1.58%) Metadata
6 3 (1.58%) MySQL
6 3 (1.58%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 22 (11.58%) JIRA
2 6 (3.16%) GitLab
3 4 (2.11%) Selenium
4 2 (1.05%) Ant
4 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.05%) ER Studio
4 2 (1.05%) Git
4 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.05%) webpack
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) GCC
5 1 (0.53%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.53%) JMeter
5 1 (0.53%) JUnit
5 1 (0.53%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.53%) Postman
5 1 (0.53%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.53%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 57 (30.00%) Banking
3 30 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 28 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.21%) Marketing
6 7 (3.68%) Retail Banking
7 6 (3.16%) Games
7 6 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.11%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.11%) Law
9 4 (2.11%) Retail
10 3 (1.58%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.58%) Electronics
10 3 (1.58%) Front Office
10 3 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (14.21%) Analyst
2 19 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 17 (8.95%) Architect
4 13 (6.84%) Lead
5 12 (6.32%) Senior
6 11 (5.79%) Developer
7 8 (4.21%) Data Analyst
8 7 (3.68%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.16%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.16%) Designer
9 6 (3.16%) Programme Manager
9 6 (3.16%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.16%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.63%) Administrator
10 5 (2.63%) Infrastructure Architect
10 5 (2.63%) Security Architect
10 5 (2.63%) Senior Project Manager
10 5 (2.63%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.63%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (4.21%) RESTful
3 5 (2.63%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.11%) .NET
4 4 (2.11%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.11%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.11%) Middleware
4 4 (2.11%) Node.js
4 4 (2.11%) Spring
4 4 (2.11%) Swagger
5 3 (1.58%) JSON
5 3 (1.58%) JSON Schema
5 3 (1.58%) OAuth
5 3 (1.58%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.58%) REST
5 3 (1.58%) SOAP
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (1.05%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.05%) PySpark
6 2 (1.05%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.32%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.74%) Mainframe
4 8 (4.21%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.63%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.58%) Clustering
7 3 (1.58%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.58%) Replication
7 3 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.05%) CMDB
8 2 (1.05%) FMCG
8 2 (1.05%) iPhone
8 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.84%) Windows
2 9 (4.74%) Linux
3 5 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.11%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.11%) Unix
5 3 (1.58%) HPUX
5 3 (1.58%) Solaris
5 3 (1.58%) zOS
6 2 (1.05%) AIX
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (24.21%) Agile
2 27 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (11.58%) Migration
5 21 (11.05%) DevOps
5 21 (11.05%) Project Delivery
6 20 (10.53%) Project Management
7 19 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 17 (8.95%) Data Modelling
9 16 (8.42%) Data Analysis
10 15 (7.89%) ITIL
11 13 (6.84%) Analytics
11 13 (6.84%) Decision-Making
11 13 (6.84%) Test Automation
12 12 (6.32%) ERP
13 11 (5.79%) Software Engineering
14 10 (5.26%) Microservices
14 10 (5.26%) Programme Management
14 10 (5.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.58%) SQL
2 14 (7.37%) Python
3 8 (4.21%) Java
3 8 (4.21%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.63%) VBA
5 4 (2.11%) C#
5 4 (2.11%) ProC
6 3 (1.58%) Bash
6 3 (1.58%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.05%) JCL
7 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.53%) Go
8 1 (0.53%) Groovy
8 1 (0.53%) Perl
8 1 (0.53%) R
8 1 (0.53%) REXX
8 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (2.11%) Azure Certification
1 4 (2.11%) CIMA
1 4 (2.11%) Degree
1 4 (2.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.58%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.53%) ACCA
4 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.53%) CISA
4 1 (0.53%) CISSP
4 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.42%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (4.74%) QA
3 6 (3.16%) PMO
4 5 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.58%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.05%) GDPR
6 2 (1.05%) PERC
6 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.53%) Basel III
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.53%) SLA
7 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.11%) Docker
2 3 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.58%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.58%) Ansible
2 3 (1.58%) Terraform
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.05%) Tivoli NetView
4 1 (0.53%) Grafana
4 1 (0.53%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.53%) linkerd
4 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.53%) Puppet
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.53%) Oracle
3 14 (7.37%) IBM
4 8 (4.21%) Informatica
5 6 (3.16%) VMware
6 5 (2.63%) Google
6 5 (2.63%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.63%) Splunk
7 4 (2.11%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.58%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.58%) Pega
8 3 (1.58%) SAP
8 3 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.58%) StreamSets
8 3 (1.58%) Sun
8 3 (1.58%) Teradata
8 3 (1.58%) Unisys
9 2 (1.05%) Confluent
9 2 (1.05%) Databricks
9 2 (1.05%) Snow