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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 162 146 188
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 27.84% 23.47% 20.87%
As % of the General category 38.57% 31.67% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 77 106
10th Percentile £325 £230 £400
25th Percentile £449 £363 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £464 £506
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -8.35% +1.25%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £588
90th Percentile £625 £630 £681
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £21.77 £12.86
25th Percentile - £22.50 £14.69
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% +33.13% +15.25%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £20.30
90th Percentile - - £21.84
Scotland median hourly rate £60.61 £24.18 £18.61
% change year-on-year +150.67% +29.93% +21.04%

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 420 461 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 72.16% 74.12% 75.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 248 418
10th Percentile £170 £192 £174
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £546 £538 £567
90th Percentile £600 £638 £636
Scotland median daily rate £461 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 12
10th Percentile £16.47 £14.32 £13.58
25th Percentile - £20.69 £17.35
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.09 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.82% -39.78% +119.36%
75th Percentile £31.50 £24.18 £60.38
90th Percentile £66.75 £49.19 £62.40
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £23.00 £19.34
% change year-on-year -22.30% +18.92% +14.20%

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 25 December 2025.

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 12 (7.41%) Confluence
2 3 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Apache
3 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.62%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.62%) FileNet
4 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.85%) Adobe XD
2 3 (1.85%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.85%) InVision
2 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.85%) Sketch
3 2 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.22%) Azure
2 28 (17.28%) AWS
3 11 (6.79%) GCP
4 7 (4.32%) Figma
5 6 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.70%) Snowflake
6 5 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (3.09%) OCI
6 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.47%) Serverless
8 3 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.23%) Apigee
9 2 (1.23%) GitHub
9 2 (1.23%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.23%) SaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.62%) DHCP
2 1 (0.62%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (3.09%) Power BI
2 3 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.85%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.85%) Tableau
3 2 (1.23%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.23%) MySQL
3 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.62%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 16 (9.88%) JIRA
2 6 (3.70%) GitLab
2 6 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.47%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.47%) ERwin
4 3 (1.85%) Axure RP
4 3 (1.85%) Git
4 3 (1.85%) Liquibase
5 2 (1.23%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.23%) git-flow
6 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.62%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.62%) JUnit
6 1 (0.62%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.62%) Maven
6 1 (0.62%) webpack
General
1 70 (43.21%) Banking
2 49 (30.25%) Social Skills
3 32 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.35%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (8.02%) Retail Banking
6 12 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.94%) Financial Institution
8 7 (4.32%) Retail
9 6 (3.70%) Legal
10 5 (3.09%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 46 (28.40%) Analyst
2 17 (10.49%) Senior
3 15 (9.26%) Business Analyst
4 12 (7.41%) Developer
5 10 (6.17%) Data Analyst
5 10 (6.17%) Lead
5 10 (6.17%) Software Engineer
6 9 (5.56%) Designer
6 9 (5.56%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.94%) Consultant
7 8 (4.94%) Fraud Analyst
8 7 (4.32%) Accountant
8 7 (4.32%) Administrator
8 7 (4.32%) Support Officer
8 7 (4.32%) Systems Accountant
9 6 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Project Officer
9 6 (3.70%) Project Support Officer
10 5 (3.09%) Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.32%) RESTful
2 6 (3.70%) REST
2 6 (3.70%) Spring
2 6 (3.70%) Spring Boot
3 5 (3.09%) .NET
3 5 (3.09%) FastAPI
3 5 (3.09%) JSON
3 5 (3.09%) React
4 3 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.85%) PySpark
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.23%) XML
6 1 (0.62%) JMS
6 1 (0.62%) Node.js
6 1 (0.62%) OAuth
6 1 (0.62%) OpenID
6 1 (0.62%) SAML
6 1 (0.62%) SOAP
6 1 (0.62%) Web Services
6 1 (0.62%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.85%) Clustering
6 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.62%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.62%) OTC Derivatives
8 1 (0.62%) SCADA
8 1 (0.62%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.09%) Linux
1 5 (3.09%) Windows
2 2 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.23%) Unix
3 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (33.33%) Agile
2 46 (28.40%) Migration
3 35 (21.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (12.35%) DevOps
7 19 (11.73%) Digital Banking
8 18 (11.11%) AI
9 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
9 17 (10.49%) Fintech
9 17 (10.49%) Regulatory Compliance
10 15 (9.26%) Case Management
10 15 (9.26%) Data Protection
11 14 (8.64%) Decision-Making
11 14 (8.64%) Due Diligence
11 14 (8.64%) Project Management
11 14 (8.64%) Scenario Testing
11 14 (8.64%) Software Engineering
11 14 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (7.41%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.43%) Python
2 14 (8.64%) SQL
3 13 (8.02%) Java
4 8 (4.94%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.85%) C#
5 3 (1.85%) Go
5 3 (1.85%) Groovy
5 3 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.23%) Bash
6 2 (1.23%) Korn
6 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.62%) Bicep
7 1 (0.62%) COBOL
7 1 (0.62%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 7 (4.32%) Degree
2 4 (2.47%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.85%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.85%) MCP
4 2 (1.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.62%) APMG
5 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.62%) HND
5 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.62%) PMP
5 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.41%) QA
2 9 (5.56%) PMO
3 8 (4.94%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (4.32%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.32%) GDPR
5 4 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.47%) COBIT
6 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.62%) COREP
6 1 (0.62%) IFRS
6 1 (0.62%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.62%) NCSC
6 1 (0.62%) NIST
6 1 (0.62%) PSD2
6 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.85%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.85%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.62%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 13 (8.02%) Terraform
2 8 (4.94%) Ansible
3 5 (3.09%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.85%) Grafana
4 3 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.64%) Oracle
3 5 (3.09%) Adobe
4 4 (2.47%) CheckPoint
4 4 (2.47%) Dell
4 4 (2.47%) Dynatrace
4 4 (2.47%) F5
4 4 (2.47%) HP
5 3 (1.85%) Google
5 3 (1.85%) Pega
5 3 (1.85%) Splunk
6 2 (1.23%) Planview
6 2 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.62%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.62%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.62%) Meraki
7 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.62%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.62%) WorldPay