Finance Contract Job Trends 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 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 145 176 165
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.80% 28.66% 19.67%
As % of the General category 37.08% 37.45% 26.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 87 81
10th Percentile £250 £239 £315
25th Percentile £411 £428 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% +3.50% -
75th Percentile £641 £600 £588
90th Percentile £686 £675 £656
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £18.24
25th Percentile - £22.50 £19.01
Median hourly rate - £23.59 £20.30
Median % change year-on-year - +16.24% +69.13%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £21.58
90th Percentile - - £22.36
Scotland median hourly rate £13.39 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -44.62% +24.00% +58.54%

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 general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 391 470 633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 61.48% 76.55% 75.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 263 367
10th Percentile £151 £192 £178
25th Percentile £356 £366 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £651 £630 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 32
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £27.34 £22.22 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -46.27% +111.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 £69.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.35% +17.95% +18.18%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Finance

Finance
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 16 (11.03%) Confluence
2 4 (2.76%) Apache
2 4 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.69%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.69%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (3.45%) Adobe XD
1 5 (3.45%) InVision
1 5 (3.45%) Sketch
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) iTrent
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (30.34%) Azure
2 20 (13.79%) AWS
3 13 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.90%) Figma
5 7 (4.83%) GitHub
6 6 (4.14%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.76%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.76%) GCP
8 4 (2.76%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.07%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.07%) SaaS
10 2 (1.38%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (1.38%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.38%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.38%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.76%) Firewall
2 3 (2.07%) Network Security
2 3 (2.07%) WAN
3 2 (1.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.69%) DHCP
4 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.76%) Data Lake
1 4 (2.76%) Power BI
2 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.38%) Tableau
3 1 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.69%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (0.69%) Data Mart
3 1 (0.69%) Metadata
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.69%) QlikView
3 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.69%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 19 (13.10%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.76%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.76%) ERwin
3 4 (2.76%) GitLab
4 3 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.07%) Snyk
5 2 (1.38%) Git
6 1 (0.69%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.69%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (39.31%) Social Skills
2 41 (28.28%) Banking
3 15 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.90%) Financial Institution
5 9 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (6.21%) Retail Banking
6 7 (4.83%) Retail
7 5 (3.45%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.76%) Legal
9 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.38%) Games
10 2 (1.38%) Local Government
10 2 (1.38%) Marketing
10 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Military
11 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (20.69%) Analyst
2 18 (12.41%) Business Analyst
3 16 (11.03%) Senior
4 13 (8.97%) Project Manager
5 11 (7.59%) Designer
6 9 (6.21%) Developer
6 9 (6.21%) Lead
7 8 (5.52%) Administrator
8 7 (4.83%) Architect
8 7 (4.83%) Project Officer
8 7 (4.83%) Project Support Officer
8 7 (4.83%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Support Officer
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Design Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) UX Designer
11 4 (2.76%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.76%) Data Modeller
11 4 (2.76%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) FastAPI
2 3 (2.07%) RESTful
2 3 (2.07%) SLSA
3 2 (1.38%) .NET
3 2 (1.38%) JSON
3 2 (1.38%) Middleware
3 2 (1.38%) Model Context Protocol
3 2 (1.38%) OAuth
3 2 (1.38%) OpenID
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.38%) SAML
4 1 (0.69%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.69%) JMS
4 1 (0.69%) Kafka
4 1 (0.69%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.69%) PySpark
4 1 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.69%) Spring
4 1 (0.69%) XML
4 1 (0.69%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.28%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.83%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.45%) Clustering
5 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.76%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.07%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.07%) PKI
6 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.38%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.38%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.38%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.38%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.38%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.38%) SCORM
7 2 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.07%) Windows
2 2 (1.38%) Linux
2 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.38%) Unix
2 2 (1.38%) zOS
3 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.41%) Agile
2 29 (20.00%) AI
3 28 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (13.10%) Migration
6 18 (12.41%) DevOps
6 18 (12.41%) Project Management
7 17 (11.72%) Workshop Facilitation
8 15 (10.34%) CI/CD
8 15 (10.34%) Data Analysis
8 15 (10.34%) Project Delivery
9 14 (9.66%) Data Modelling
10 13 (8.97%) Asset Management
10 13 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (8.28%) Data Protection
11 12 (8.28%) Risk Management
11 12 (8.28%) Validation
12 11 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (7.59%) Generative AI
12 11 (7.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.86%) Python
2 12 (8.28%) SQL
3 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.45%) Java
5 4 (2.76%) Bash
5 4 (2.76%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.38%) C#
6 2 (1.38%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.38%) Korn
6 2 (1.38%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (7.59%) Degree
2 5 (3.45%) CISM
2 5 (3.45%) CISSP
2 5 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (2.07%) PMP
4 2 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.38%) FFIEC
4 2 (1.38%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.38%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.69%) APMG
5 1 (0.69%) PhD
5 1 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.97%) QA
2 9 (6.21%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.21%) Disclosure Scotland
3 8 (5.52%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.52%) PMO
4 4 (2.76%) GDPR
5 3 (2.07%) NIST
6 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.38%) WCAG
7 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.69%) COBIT
7 1 (0.69%) GRC
7 1 (0.69%) PSD2
7 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.69%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.45%) Terraform
2 4 (2.76%) Ansible
2 4 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 20 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.90%) Adobe
3 6 (4.14%) Oracle
4 5 (3.45%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (3.45%) Google
4 5 (3.45%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.07%) Black Duck
5 3 (2.07%) Checkmarx
5 3 (2.07%) CheckPoint
5 3 (2.07%) IBM
5 3 (2.07%) Pega
5 3 (2.07%) Tenable
6 2 (1.38%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.38%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.38%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.38%) Synthesia
6 2 (1.38%) Thales
7 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.69%) Okta
7 1 (0.69%) Ping Identity
56 Finance jobs in Edinburgh