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 3 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 81 92 71
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 21.43% 28.75% 17.03%
As % of the General category 38.94% 36.36% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 45 31
10th Percentile £242 £259 £300
25th Percentile £381 £431 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £600 £556
90th Percentile £686 £675 £725
Scotland median daily rate £525 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -5.00%

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 208 253 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 55.03% 79.06% 73.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 138 177
10th Percentile £187 £192 £178
25th Percentile £381 £388 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% -7.75% +4.38%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £629 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 25
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.02 £16.25
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.88 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.58% -49.17% +130.89%
75th Percentile £78.12 £28.38 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £41.43 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -26.14% +12.82% +7.68%

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 3 months to 14 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 17 (11.81%) Confluence
2 4 (2.78%) Apache
2 4 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.39%) 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 (3.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (3.47%) Adobe XD
1 5 (3.47%) InVision
1 5 (3.47%) Sketch
2 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.78%) 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 (30.56%) Azure
2 21 (14.58%) AWS
3 13 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.94%) Figma
5 7 (4.86%) GitHub
6 6 (4.17%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.47%) GCP
7 5 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.78%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.78%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.08%) OCI
9 3 (2.08%) SaaS
10 2 (1.39%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (1.39%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.39%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.39%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) Firewall
2 3 (2.08%) Network Security
2 3 (2.08%) WAN
3 2 (1.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.69%) DHCP
4 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.78%) Data Lake
1 4 (2.78%) Power BI
2 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.39%) 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 20 (13.89%) JIRA
2 5 (3.47%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.78%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.78%) ERwin
3 4 (2.78%) GitLab
4 3 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.08%) Snyk
5 2 (1.39%) Git
6 1 (0.69%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.69%) Zephyr
General
1 56 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.17%) Banking
3 15 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.94%) Financial Institution
4 10 (6.94%) Retail Banking
5 9 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.56%) Retail
7 5 (3.47%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.47%) Legal
8 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.39%) Games
10 2 (1.39%) Local Government
10 2 (1.39%) Marketing
10 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Front Office
11 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (20.14%) Analyst
2 17 (11.81%) Business Analyst
3 16 (11.11%) Senior
4 14 (9.72%) Project Manager
5 11 (7.64%) Designer
6 9 (6.25%) Developer
6 9 (6.25%) Lead
7 8 (5.56%) Administrator
8 7 (4.86%) Project Officer
8 7 (4.86%) Project Support Officer
8 7 (4.86%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.86%) Support Officer
9 6 (4.17%) Architect
9 6 (4.17%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (3.47%) Design Engineer
10 5 (3.47%) UX Designer
11 4 (2.78%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.78%) Data Modeller
11 4 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) FastAPI
2 3 (2.08%) RESTful
2 3 (2.08%) SLSA
3 2 (1.39%) .NET
3 2 (1.39%) JSON
3 2 (1.39%) Middleware
3 2 (1.39%) Model Context Protocol
3 2 (1.39%) OAuth
3 2 (1.39%) OpenID
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.39%) SAML
4 1 (0.69%) JMS
4 1 (0.69%) Kafka
4 1 (0.69%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.69%) React
4 1 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.69%) Spring
4 1 (0.69%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.69%) XML
4 1 (0.69%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.64%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.47%) Clustering
5 4 (2.78%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.08%) PKI
6 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.39%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.39%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.39%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.39%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.39%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.39%) SCORM
7 2 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.78%) Windows
2 2 (1.39%) Linux
2 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.39%) Unix
2 2 (1.39%) zOS
3 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.64%) Agile
2 29 (20.14%) AI
2 29 (20.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (13.89%) Migration
5 18 (12.50%) DevOps
5 18 (12.50%) Project Management
6 17 (11.81%) Workshop Facilitation
7 15 (10.42%) CI/CD
7 15 (10.42%) Project Delivery
8 14 (9.72%) Data Analysis
9 13 (9.03%) Data Modelling
9 13 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (8.33%) Asset Management
10 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (8.33%) Risk Management
11 11 (7.64%) Data Protection
11 11 (7.64%) Generative AI
11 11 (7.64%) Validation
11 11 (7.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.97%) Python
2 11 (7.64%) SQL
3 6 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.47%) Java
5 4 (2.78%) Bash
5 4 (2.78%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.39%) C#
6 2 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.39%) Korn
6 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (7.64%) Degree
2 5 (3.47%) CISM
2 5 (3.47%) CISSP
2 5 (3.47%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (2.08%) PMP
4 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.39%) FFIEC
4 2 (1.39%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.39%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.39%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.69%) APMG
5 1 (0.69%) PhD
5 1 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.33%) QA
2 9 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
3 8 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.56%) PMO
4 4 (2.78%) GDPR
5 3 (2.08%) NIST
6 2 (1.39%) COBIT
6 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.39%) WCAG
7 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.69%) GRC
7 1 (0.69%) PSD2
7 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.39%) Firmware
3 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.69%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (4.17%) Terraform
2 5 (3.47%) Ansible
2 5 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 20 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.94%) Adobe
3 7 (4.86%) Oracle
4 5 (3.47%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (3.47%) Google
4 5 (3.47%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.78%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.08%) Black Duck
6 3 (2.08%) Checkmarx
6 3 (2.08%) IBM
6 3 (2.08%) Pega
6 3 (2.08%) Tenable
7 2 (1.39%) Dell
7 2 (1.39%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.39%) F5
7 2 (1.39%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.39%) HP
7 2 (1.39%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.39%) Synthesia
7 2 (1.39%) Thales