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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 62 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 8 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.15% 0.63% -
As % of the General category 1.97% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £585 £681 -
25th Percentile £619 £691 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £713 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile - £722 -
90th Percentile - £724 -
Scotland median daily rate £578 £475 £750
% change year-on-year +21.68% -36.67% +36.36%

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 407 491 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.39% 77.94% 74.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 268 347
10th Percentile £180 £199 £179
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £470 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% -2.08% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £640 £627 £675
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.11% -2.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 33
10th Percentile £16.62 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile - £21.92 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -30.91% +63.06%
75th Percentile £75.00 £28.38 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £47.22 £68.15
Scotland median hourly rate £16.97 £23.00 £19.17
% change year-on-year -26.22% +19.98% -9.83%

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%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) AWS KMS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (25.00%) Figma
2 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) Vyond
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Games
3 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
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%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
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%) PKI
1 2 (25.00%) SCORM
1 2 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (12.50%) IVR
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Infographics
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Key Management
3 2 (25.00%) LLM
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) Synthesia
1 2 (25.00%) Thales
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian