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 28 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 189 206 153
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.77% 31.69% 17.81%
As % of the General category 40.30% 40.55% 25.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 90 62
10th Percentile £288 £262 £263
25th Percentile £413 £436 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £561 £634
90th Percentile £675 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £496 £479 £475
% change year-on-year +3.44% +0.84% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.16
25th Percentile - - £18.20
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £18.27
75th Percentile - - £21.23
90th Percentile - - £23.00
Scotland median hourly rate £15.89 £26.21 £18.27
% change year-on-year -39.39% +43.46% -51.42%

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 469 508 600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.99% 78.15% 69.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 257 326
10th Percentile £307 £204 £156
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £552 £531 £556
90th Percentile £650 £600 £659
Scotland median daily rate £465 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 11 33
10th Percentile £17.65 £16.55 £13.22
25th Percentile £50.00 £19.77 £16.25
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +177.27% +20.42% -14.06%
75th Percentile £75.00 £31.34 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £45.80 -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% +11.11% -6.15%

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 28 June 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 (8.99%) Confluence
2 6 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.65%) Apache
4 4 (2.12%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.59%) IIS
5 3 (1.59%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.53%) CICS
6 1 (0.53%) CMS
6 1 (0.53%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.06%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.06%) InVision
4 2 (1.06%) Sketch
5 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.41%) SAP GRC
1 14 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.06%) iTrent
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.53%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Primavera
4 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.53%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.16%) Azure
2 25 (13.23%) AWS
3 11 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (5.82%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.76%) Figma
5 8 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.70%) GCP
7 6 (3.17%) GitHub
8 5 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.12%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.59%) Apigee
10 3 (1.59%) Cloud Run
10 3 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.59%) OCI
10 3 (1.59%) SaaS
10 3 (1.59%) Vertex AI
10 3 (1.59%) Vyond
11 2 (1.06%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.23%) Firewall
2 7 (3.70%) Network Security
3 5 (2.65%) DNS
4 4 (2.12%) WAN
5 3 (1.59%) SSL
6 2 (1.06%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.06%) NGFW
7 1 (0.53%) HTTP
7 1 (0.53%) LAN
7 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.53%) SMS
7 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.76%) Power BI
2 3 (1.59%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.59%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.59%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.06%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.06%) Tableau
4 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) DataStage
4 1 (0.53%) Looker
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.53%) QlikView
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.53%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (11.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.12%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.59%) GitLab
3 3 (1.59%) Snyk
3 3 (1.59%) Zephyr
4 2 (1.06%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.53%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.29%) Banking
3 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.23%) Financial Institution
5 8 (4.23%) Legal
5 8 (4.23%) Retail
6 7 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.65%) Retail Banking
8 4 (2.12%) Military
8 4 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.59%) Games
9 3 (1.59%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.59%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.06%) Front Office
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing
10 2 (1.06%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (20.11%) Analyst
2 20 (10.58%) Business Analyst
3 18 (9.52%) Project Manager
4 15 (7.94%) Senior
5 14 (7.41%) Developer
6 12 (6.35%) Architect
7 11 (5.82%) Designer
7 11 (5.82%) Lead
8 10 (5.29%) Administrator
9 9 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.70%) Consultant
11 6 (3.17%) Configuration Specialist
11 6 (3.17%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.17%) Technical Analyst
11 6 (3.17%) UX Designer
12 5 (2.65%) Business Systems Administrator
12 5 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.65%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (2.65%) Systems Administrator
12 5 (2.65%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.41%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (2.65%) Middleware
3 3 (1.59%) .NET
3 3 (1.59%) ISPF
3 3 (1.59%) JSON
3 3 (1.59%) LangChain
3 3 (1.59%) LangGraph
3 3 (1.59%) OAuth
3 3 (1.59%) OpenID
3 3 (1.59%) REST
3 3 (1.59%) SAML
3 3 (1.59%) SLSA
4 2 (1.06%) ADO
4 2 (1.06%) Kafka
4 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.06%) SOAP
5 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.53%) CSS
5 1 (0.53%) HTML
5 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
2 14 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.82%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.70%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.17%) Mainframe
7 5 (2.65%) Clustering
8 4 (2.12%) PKI
9 3 (1.59%) CMDB
9 3 (1.59%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.59%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.59%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.59%) SCORM
10 2 (1.06%) Digital Wallet
10 2 (1.06%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.06%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.17%) zOS
2 5 (2.65%) Windows
3 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.63%) AI
2 34 (17.99%) Agile
3 29 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (11.64%) Generative AI
5 22 (11.64%) Migration
6 21 (11.11%) Analytics
7 20 (10.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 19 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (10.05%) Data Protection
8 19 (10.05%) DevOps
8 19 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (8.99%) Asset Management
9 17 (8.99%) CI/CD
10 15 (7.94%) Data Analysis
10 15 (7.94%) Risk Management
10 15 (7.94%) System Integration Testing
11 14 (7.41%) Project Delivery
11 14 (7.41%) Validation
12 13 (6.88%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.99%) Python
1 17 (8.99%) SQL
2 8 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.17%) Java
4 3 (1.59%) C#
5 2 (1.06%) Bash
5 2 (1.06%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.53%) C++
6 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.53%) Go
6 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 17 (8.99%) Degree
2 12 (6.35%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.82%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.17%) CISM
4 6 (3.17%) CISSP
5 5 (2.65%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.59%) PMP
7 2 (1.06%) CBAP
7 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.53%) CRISC
8 1 (0.53%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PhD
8 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.35%) QA
2 11 (5.82%) GRC
3 10 (5.29%) Data Quality
4 8 (4.23%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.59%) NIST
5 3 (1.59%) PMO
5 3 (1.59%) WCAG
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.12%) RACF
3 1 (0.53%) Docker
3 1 (0.53%) Firmware
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.70%) Terraform
3 5 (2.65%) Ansible
4 3 (1.59%) Istio
4 3 (1.59%) OMEGAMON
5 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.53%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.53%) Grafana
6 1 (0.53%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.53%) linkerd
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.99%) SAP
3 14 (7.41%) Oracle
4 9 (4.76%) IBM
4 9 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.23%) Adobe
6 6 (3.17%) Google
7 5 (2.65%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (2.12%) Cisco
9 3 (1.59%) Black Duck
9 3 (1.59%) Calypso
9 3 (1.59%) Checkmarx
9 3 (1.59%) Okta
9 3 (1.59%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.59%) Splunk
9 3 (1.59%) Synthesia
9 3 (1.59%) Tenable
10 2 (1.06%) F5
10 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.06%) RedGate