Financial Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Finance Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 113 129
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 4 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.26% 0.31% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.34% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £448 £238 £351
25th Percentile £449 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £400 £525
90th Percentile £690 £417 £530
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £19.50
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.27 £22.27 £20.50
% change year-on-year +53.88% +8.63% -3.21%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,394 1,474 2,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 91.90% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 881 1,394
10th Percentile £216 £205 £250
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £631 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 46 98
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.13 £12.29
25th Percentile £17.27 £17.46 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.09 £22.94 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% -49.03% +153.95%
75th Percentile £55.63 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £65.27 £34.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Financial Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Financial Analyst job vacancy trend in Scotland

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in Scotland

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Financial Analyst
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 Financial Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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 +12 4 £450 +9.96% 2
Financial Analyst
UK

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Financial Analyst contract job roles required 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 Scotland region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Confluence
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (25.00%) BPMN
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) CBAP
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) iTrent
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP