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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 179 156 193
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 29.64% 23.11% 20.51%
As % of the General category 39.96% 32.43% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 74 110
10th Percentile £295 £214 £312
25th Percentile £416 £311 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.95% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £621 £689
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £21.77 £13.47
25th Percentile - £22.50 £16.20
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% +33.13% +15.25%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £19.01
90th Percentile - - £21.33
Scotland median hourly rate £40.61 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +67.93% +36.46% +15.25%

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 448 481 707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 74.17% 71.26% 75.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 243 431
10th Percentile £181 £176 £174
25th Percentile £400 £366 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £540 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £635 £625
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £481
% change year-on-year +1.11% -6.40% +1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 11
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.18 £13.28
25th Percentile - £20.34 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -25.54% +4.94% +15.21%
75th Percentile £31.50 £24.18 £56.85
90th Percentile £66.75 £26.70 £61.50
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year -8.17% +7.38% +15.15%

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 30 November 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 13 (7.26%) Confluence
2 5 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) Apache
3 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.56%) FileNet
4 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.68%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.11%) Azure
2 29 (16.20%) AWS
3 12 (6.70%) GCP
4 7 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.35%) Snowflake
6 5 (2.79%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (2.79%) OCI
7 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.23%) Serverless
8 3 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.12%) Apigee
9 2 (1.12%) Figma
9 2 (1.12%) GitHub
9 2 (1.12%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.12%) SaaS
10 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.23%) Power BI
3 3 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.68%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.12%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.12%) MySQL
4 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.12%) Tableau
5 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) DB2
5 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 16 (8.94%) JIRA
2 6 (3.35%) GitLab
2 6 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.23%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.23%) ERwin
3 4 (2.23%) Git
4 3 (1.68%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.68%) Liquibase
5 2 (1.12%) git-flow
5 2 (1.12%) JUnit
6 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.56%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.56%) Maven
6 1 (0.56%) Selenium
6 1 (0.56%) Toad
6 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 67 (37.43%) Banking
2 58 (32.40%) Social Skills
3 42 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (14.53%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (12.29%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.26%) Retail Banking
7 8 (4.47%) Financial Institution
7 8 (4.47%) Retail
8 7 (3.91%) Legal
9 6 (3.35%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.79%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.23%) Electronics
11 4 (2.23%) Marketing
11 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.68%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 55 (30.73%) Analyst
2 17 (9.50%) Business Analyst
3 16 (8.94%) Senior
4 12 (6.70%) Data Analyst
4 12 (6.70%) Developer
4 12 (6.70%) Software Engineer
5 11 (6.15%) Fraud Analyst
5 11 (6.15%) Lead
6 10 (5.59%) Consultant
6 10 (5.59%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.03%) Support Officer
8 8 (4.47%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (3.91%) Accountant
9 7 (3.91%) Systems Accountant
10 6 (3.35%) Project Officer
10 6 (3.35%) Project Support Officer
11 5 (2.79%) Business Consultant
11 5 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
12 4 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (2.23%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.91%) RESTful
1 7 (3.91%) Spring
2 6 (3.35%) React
2 6 (3.35%) REST
2 6 (3.35%) Spring Boot
3 5 (2.79%) .NET
3 5 (2.79%) FastAPI
3 5 (2.79%) JSON
4 3 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.68%) OAuth
4 3 (1.68%) PySpark
5 2 (1.12%) Node.js
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.12%) Playwright
5 2 (1.12%) XML
6 1 (0.56%) JMS
6 1 (0.56%) SAML
6 1 (0.56%) SOAP
6 1 (0.56%) Web Services
6 1 (0.56%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.82%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (5.03%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.91%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.79%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Derivative
8 2 (1.12%) OTC Derivatives
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.56%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.56%) Life Science
9 1 (0.56%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.56%) PKI
9 1 (0.56%) Replication
9 1 (0.56%) SCADA
9 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.23%) Linux
1 4 (2.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (30.17%) Migration
2 53 (29.61%) Agile
3 45 (25.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (12.85%) DevOps
5 23 (12.85%) Fintech
5 23 (12.85%) Regulatory Compliance
6 21 (11.73%) Digital Banking
6 21 (11.73%) Due Diligence
7 20 (11.17%) Case Management
7 20 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (11.17%) Scenario Testing
8 19 (10.61%) CI/CD
9 17 (9.50%) Data Protection
9 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (8.94%) Software Engineering
11 15 (8.38%) Decision-Making
12 14 (7.82%) AI
13 13 (7.26%) Data Migration
13 13 (7.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.53%) Python
2 16 (8.94%) Java
3 13 (7.26%) SQL
4 8 (4.47%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.79%) Groovy
6 3 (1.68%) C#
6 3 (1.68%) Go
6 3 (1.68%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) Bash
7 1 (0.56%) Bicep
7 1 (0.56%) COBOL
7 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.56%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 9 (5.03%) Degree
2 7 (3.91%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.23%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.23%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.68%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.68%) MCP
6 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.56%) AAT
7 1 (0.56%) ACCA
7 1 (0.56%) APMG
7 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.56%) HND
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.56%) PMP
7 1 (0.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.15%) QA
2 10 (5.59%) PMO
3 8 (4.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (3.91%) GDPR
5 5 (2.79%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.23%) COBIT
7 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.56%) COREP
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.56%) NIST
8 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.56%) PSD2
8 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 13 (7.26%) Terraform
2 8 (4.47%) Ansible
3 7 (3.91%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.68%) Grafana
4 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (10.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.94%) Oracle
3 5 (2.79%) SAP
4 4 (2.23%) CheckPoint
4 4 (2.23%) Dell
4 4 (2.23%) Dynatrace
4 4 (2.23%) F5
4 4 (2.23%) HP
5 3 (1.68%) ForgeRock
5 3 (1.68%) Pega
5 3 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.68%) Splunk
6 2 (1.12%) Google
6 2 (1.12%) IBM
6 2 (1.12%) Planview
6 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.56%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.56%) Meraki
7 1 (0.56%) Workday
7 1 (0.56%) WorldPay
76 Finance jobs in Edinburgh