Financial Institution Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Financial Institution
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 65 73
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +29
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 8 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.01% 0.62% 0.23%
As % of the General category 1.71% 0.78% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £713 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +42.50% -16.67%
Scotland median daily rate £475 £480 £625
% change year-on-year -1.04% -23.20% +13.64%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Financial Institution 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 469 510 599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 59.07% 78.70% 69.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 258 329
10th Percentile £307 £204 £156
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £458
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +1.97% -3.68%
75th Percentile £552 £531 £558
90th Percentile £650 £600 £663
Scotland median daily rate £465 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 12 31
10th Percentile £17.65 £16.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £20.39 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.44 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +171.87% +17.04% -9.83%
75th Percentile £75.00 £29.86 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £44.65 -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% +11.11% -6.15%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Financial Institution job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Financial Institution.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Financial Institution.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) Apigee
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Run
2 2 (25.00%) Figma
2 2 (25.00%) Vertex AI
2 2 (25.00%) Vyond
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS KMS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Games
4 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Data Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Developer
1 2 (25.00%) GCP Architect
1 2 (25.00%) GCP Data Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Pensions Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Release Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Release Train Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) LangChain
1 2 (25.00%) LangGraph
2 1 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (25.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 2 (25.00%) Learning Management System
1 2 (25.00%) SCORM
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) IVR
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) AI
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Generative AI
4 2 (25.00%) AI Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (25.00%) Infographics
4 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (25.00%) LLM
4 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (25.00%) Microservices
4 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (25.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) WCAG
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (25.00%) Istio
3 1 (12.50%) Ansible
3 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe
1 2 (25.00%) Google
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) Synthesia
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
2 1 (12.50%) Thales