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 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 157 195 154
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.69% 30.81% 19.27%
As % of the General category 38.77% 39.31% 25.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 91 68
10th Percentile £250 £263 £311
25th Percentile £387 £459 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £593
90th Percentile £680 £675 £725
Scotland median daily rate £500 £487 £490
% change year-on-year +2.67% -0.61% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - £17.83
25th Percentile - £22.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate - £23.59 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - +29.12% -
75th Percentile - £24.18 £20.57
90th Percentile - - £21.95
Scotland median hourly rate £12.80 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +24.00% -66.09%

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 405 496 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.53% 78.36% 74.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 271 340
10th Percentile £182 £197 £179
25th Percentile £386 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £482
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -3.84% +1.37%
75th Percentile £548 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £631 £664
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 33
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.51 £16.25
25th Percentile - £21.61 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -30.91% +63.06%
75th Percentile £75.00 £26.52 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £39.43 £68.30
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -26.87% +17.95% -9.15%

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 22 April 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 (10.83%) Confluence
2 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.55%) Apache
4 2 (1.27%) IIS
4 2 (1.27%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.27%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (3.18%) Adobe XD
3 5 (3.18%) InVision
3 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.18%) Sketch
4 3 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.27%) iTrent
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (28.03%) Azure
2 18 (11.46%) AWS
3 16 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (7.01%) Figma
5 7 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (4.46%) GitHub
5 7 (4.46%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.82%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.91%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.91%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.91%) GCP
8 3 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.91%) OCI
8 3 (1.91%) SaaS
8 3 (1.91%) Vyond
9 2 (1.27%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.91%) DNS
1 3 (1.91%) Firewall
1 3 (1.91%) Network Security
1 3 (1.91%) WAN
2 1 (0.64%) DHCP
2 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) Power BI
2 3 (1.91%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.91%) Tableau
3 2 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.64%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.64%) Metadata
4 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.64%) QlikView
4 1 (0.64%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 23 (14.65%) JIRA
2 5 (3.18%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.55%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.55%) ERwin
4 3 (1.91%) GitLab
4 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.91%) Snyk
4 3 (1.91%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.27%) Git
6 1 (0.64%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.38%) Banking
3 18 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.92%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.73%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.10%) Financial Institution
6 8 (5.10%) Retail
7 4 (2.55%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.91%) Games
8 3 (1.91%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.91%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.91%) Legal
8 3 (1.91%) Military
8 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
9 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Local Government
10 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (20.38%) Analyst
2 18 (11.46%) Business Analyst
3 17 (10.83%) Senior
4 15 (9.55%) Project Manager
5 13 (8.28%) Administrator
6 12 (7.64%) Lead
7 11 (7.01%) Designer
8 9 (5.73%) Developer
9 7 (4.46%) Architect
9 7 (4.46%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Project Officer
10 6 (3.82%) Project Support Officer
10 6 (3.82%) Support Officer
11 5 (3.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Business Systems Administrator
11 5 (3.18%) Design Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) IT Analyst
11 5 (3.18%) Senior Manager
11 5 (3.18%) Systems Administrator
11 5 (3.18%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.91%) SLSA
2 2 (1.27%) .NET
2 2 (1.27%) ADO
2 2 (1.27%) JSON
2 2 (1.27%) Kafka
2 2 (1.27%) Middleware
2 2 (1.27%) OAuth
2 2 (1.27%) OpenID
2 2 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.27%) SAML
3 1 (0.64%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.64%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.64%) JMS
3 1 (0.64%) RESTful
3 1 (0.64%) Spring
3 1 (0.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.92%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (7.01%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.73%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.18%) Clustering
5 4 (2.55%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.55%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.55%) PKI
5 4 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.91%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.91%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.91%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.91%) SCORM
7 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.27%) Linux
1 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (1.27%) Unix
1 2 (1.27%) Windows
1 2 (1.27%) zOS
2 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.39%) Agile
2 36 (22.93%) AI
3 27 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (14.01%) DevOps
4 22 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (12.10%) Migration
6 18 (11.46%) Generative AI
7 17 (10.83%) Project Management
8 15 (9.55%) Asset Management
8 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (9.55%) Risk Management
8 15 (9.55%) Workshop Facilitation
9 14 (8.92%) Data Analysis
9 14 (8.92%) Data Protection
9 14 (8.92%) Project Delivery
10 13 (8.28%) CI/CD
10 13 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (7.64%) Change Management
11 12 (7.64%) Data Modelling
12 11 (7.01%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.19%) Python
2 14 (8.92%) SQL
3 7 (4.46%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.18%) Bash
5 4 (2.55%) Java
6 2 (1.27%) C#
6 2 (1.27%) Korn
6 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.64%) C++
7 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.64%) Go
Qualifications
1 17 (10.83%) Degree
2 5 (3.18%) CISM
2 5 (3.18%) CISSP
2 5 (3.18%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (2.55%) PMP
3 4 (2.55%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.91%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.27%) FFIEC
5 2 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.64%) PhD
6 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.64%) QA
2 10 (6.37%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.73%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (4.46%) PMO
5 3 (1.91%) NIST
5 3 (1.91%) WCAG
6 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.64%) GDPR
7 1 (0.64%) GRC
7 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.64%) Docker
3 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (3.82%) Kubernetes
1 6 (3.82%) Terraform
2 5 (3.18%) Ansible
3 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.64%) Grafana
4 1 (0.64%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.64%) linkerd
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.01%) Adobe
3 10 (6.37%) Oracle
4 6 (3.82%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.18%) BiZZdesign
5 5 (3.18%) Google
5 5 (3.18%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.55%) IBM
7 3 (1.91%) Black Duck
7 3 (1.91%) Checkmarx
7 3 (1.91%) Pega
7 3 (1.91%) Synthesia
7 3 (1.91%) Tenable
8 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.27%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.27%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.27%) Okta
8 2 (1.27%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.27%) Thales
9 1 (0.64%) Salesforce
62 Finance jobs in Edinburgh