Finance Contracts 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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 179 156 276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 29.54% 19.02% 20.15%
As % of the General category 38.49% 25.28% 27.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 72 176
10th Percentile £259 £313 £350
25th Percentile £439 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £673 £650
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £17.83 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.00 -
Median hourly rate £23.59 £18.27 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.12% +52.25% -44.19%
75th Percentile £24.18 £20.57 -
90th Percentile - £21.95 -
Scotland median hourly rate £24.18 £19.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year +24.00% -46.93% +54.72%

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 465 617 996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 76.73% 75.24% 72.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 357 733
10th Percentile £192 £177 £263
25th Percentile £378 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +1.89% +2.15%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £633 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £460 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.16% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 11
10th Percentile £21.00 £16.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.22 £16.50 £15.97
Median hourly rate £24.18 £40.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +88.15% -29.13%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.75 £45.54
90th Percentile £30.74 £67.75 £67.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £19.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +23.54% +10.05% -31.85%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.03%) Confluence
3 5 (2.79%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.56%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.68%) iTrent
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.76%) Azure
2 21 (11.73%) AWS
3 10 (5.59%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.03%) SaaS
5 8 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.47%) Snowflake
6 6 (3.35%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.35%) GCP
6 6 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.23%) Apigee
7 4 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.23%) Serverless
8 3 (1.68%) CloudFront
8 3 (1.68%) IaaS
8 3 (1.68%) Route 53
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.12%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.12%) GitHub
9 2 (1.12%) PaaS
9 2 (1.12%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.79%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.68%) ATM
2 3 (1.68%) DNS
2 3 (1.68%) WAN
3 2 (1.12%) 4G
3 2 (1.12%) DHCP
3 2 (1.12%) Firewall
3 2 (1.12%) Network Security
3 2 (1.12%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.12%) SNA
4 1 (0.56%) HTTP
4 1 (0.56%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) Intranet
4 1 (0.56%) LAN
4 1 (0.56%) Skype
4 1 (0.56%) SSL
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
4 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.03%) Power BI
2 7 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.79%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.79%) Tableau
5 4 (2.23%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.68%) Metadata
6 3 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.68%) MySQL
6 3 (1.68%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.12%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.56%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 20 (11.17%) JIRA
2 5 (2.79%) GitLab
3 4 (2.23%) Git
4 3 (1.68%) Selenium
5 2 (1.12%) Ant
5 2 (1.12%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.12%) ER Studio
5 2 (1.12%) Postman
5 2 (1.12%) webpack
6 1 (0.56%) GCC
6 1 (0.56%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.56%) JMeter
6 1 (0.56%) JUnit
6 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.56%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 59 (32.96%) Banking
2 52 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.53%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (12.29%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.03%) Retail Banking
6 7 (3.91%) Marketing
7 6 (3.35%) Games
7 6 (3.35%) Investment Banking
7 6 (3.35%) Retail
8 5 (2.79%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.68%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.68%) Front Office
10 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Electronics
11 2 (1.12%) Law
11 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (13.97%) Analyst
2 18 (10.06%) Architect
2 18 (10.06%) Project Manager
3 12 (6.70%) Developer
3 12 (6.70%) Lead
4 11 (6.15%) Senior
5 8 (4.47%) Business Analyst
5 8 (4.47%) Data Analyst
6 7 (3.91%) Software Engineer
6 7 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (3.35%) Data Engineer
7 6 (3.35%) Designer
7 6 (3.35%) Programme Manager
7 6 (3.35%) Service Manager
8 5 (2.79%) Administrator
8 5 (2.79%) Consultant
8 5 (2.79%) Security Architect
8 5 (2.79%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.23%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (2.23%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.91%) RESTful
2 6 (3.35%) .NET
3 4 (2.23%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.23%) ASP.NET
3 4 (2.23%) Middleware
3 4 (2.23%) Node.js
3 4 (2.23%) Spring Boot
3 4 (2.23%) Swagger
4 3 (1.68%) JSON
4 3 (1.68%) JSON Schema
4 3 (1.68%) OAuth
4 3 (1.68%) OpenAPI
4 3 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.68%) REST
4 3 (1.68%) Spring
5 2 (1.12%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (1.12%) SOAP
5 2 (1.12%) Spring Security
5 2 (1.12%) TypeORM
5 2 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.47%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (4.47%) Mainframe
3 6 (3.35%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.79%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.79%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.23%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.68%) Clustering
6 3 (1.68%) CMDB
6 3 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.12%) FMCG
7 2 (1.12%) iPhone
7 2 (1.12%) Replication
7 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.82%) Windows
2 7 (3.91%) Linux
3 5 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.23%) Unix
5 3 (1.68%) zOS
6 2 (1.12%) AIX
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (1.12%) HPUX
6 2 (1.12%) Solaris
6 2 (1.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.14%) Agile
2 28 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (11.73%) Project Delivery
5 19 (10.61%) DevOps
5 19 (10.61%) Migration
6 18 (10.06%) CI/CD
6 18 (10.06%) Project Management
7 16 (8.94%) Analytics
8 15 (8.38%) Test Automation
9 14 (7.82%) Decision-Making
9 14 (7.82%) ITIL
10 13 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (6.70%) Data Analysis
11 12 (6.70%) Data Modelling
12 11 (6.15%) Service Management
12 11 (6.15%) Software Engineering
13 10 (5.59%) Programme Management
14 9 (5.03%) CRM
14 9 (5.03%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.17%) SQL
2 13 (7.26%) Python
3 11 (6.15%) TypeScript
4 8 (4.47%) C#
5 6 (3.35%) Java
6 5 (2.79%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.68%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.12%) Bash
8 2 (1.12%) JCL
8 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.56%) Groovy
9 1 (0.56%) Perl
9 1 (0.56%) R
9 1 (0.56%) REXX
9 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (3.35%) Degree
2 4 (2.23%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.68%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.12%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.56%) ACCA
5 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.56%) CBAP
5 1 (0.56%) CISA
5 1 (0.56%) CISSP
5 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.94%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (3.91%) QA
3 6 (3.35%) PMO
4 4 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.68%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.12%) GDPR
6 2 (1.12%) PERC
7 1 (0.56%) Basel III
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
7 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.23%) Docker
2 4 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.12%) Ansible
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.12%) SCCM
2 2 (1.12%) Terraform
2 2 (1.12%) Tivoli NetView
3 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.59%) Oracle
3 9 (5.03%) IBM
4 6 (3.35%) VMware
5 5 (2.79%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.79%) Splunk
6 4 (2.23%) CyberArk
6 4 (2.23%) Google
6 4 (2.23%) Informatica
6 4 (2.23%) Teradata
7 3 (1.68%) Pega
7 3 (1.68%) Planview
7 3 (1.68%) SAP
8 2 (1.12%) Databricks
8 2 (1.12%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.12%) HP
8 2 (1.12%) Snow
8 2 (1.12%) Sun
8 2 (1.12%) Unisys