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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 193 219 162
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.65% 33.23% 18.56%
As % of the General category 39.88% 42.52% 26.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 100 67
10th Percentile £288 £262 £250
25th Percentile £413 £431 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +4.38%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £622
90th Percentile £686 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -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 £35.00 £26.21 £18.13
% change year-on-year +33.54% +44.57% -51.79%

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 484 515 614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 59.31% 78.15% 70.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 265 329
10th Percentile £309 £210 £161
25th Percentile £406 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £471 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +4.68% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £534 £550
90th Percentile £650 £600 £654
Scotland median daily rate £460 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -0.97% +3.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 31
10th Percentile £16.34 £17.55 £13.21
25th Percentile £50.00 £19.16 £16.25
Median hourly rate £58.00 £24.68 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +135.06% +36.10% -14.72%
75th Percentile £70.50 £41.44 £59.13
90th Percentile £81.24 £52.90 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £17.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +17.47% -9.77%

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 11 July 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 16 (8.29%) Confluence
2 6 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.59%) Apache
4 4 (2.07%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.55%) IIS
5 3 (1.55%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.52%) CICS
6 1 (0.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.07%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.25%) SAP GRC
1 14 (7.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.04%) iTrent
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.52%) Primavera
4 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.73%) Azure
2 28 (14.51%) AWS
3 15 (7.77%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.15%) GCP
5 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.11%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.11%) Figma
6 6 (3.11%) GitHub
7 4 (2.07%) Apigee
7 4 (2.07%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.55%) Cloud Run
8 3 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.55%) OCI
8 3 (1.55%) Serverless
8 3 (1.55%) Vertex AI
8 3 (1.55%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.15%) Firewall
2 7 (3.63%) Network Security
3 5 (2.59%) DNS
4 4 (2.07%) SSL
4 4 (2.07%) WAN
5 2 (1.04%) BIG-IP
5 2 (1.04%) NGFW
6 1 (0.52%) HTTP
6 1 (0.52%) LAN
6 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.52%) SMS
6 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.22%) Power BI
2 3 (1.55%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.04%) Tableau
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) DataStage
4 1 (0.52%) Looker
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.52%) QlikView
4 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.52%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 20 (10.36%) JIRA
2 4 (2.07%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 3 (1.55%) Snyk
3 3 (1.55%) Zephyr
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.52%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.95%) Banking
3 18 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.18%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.66%) Legal
6 8 (4.15%) Retail
7 7 (3.63%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.59%) Retail Banking
10 4 (2.07%) Military
10 4 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Games
11 3 (1.55%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.55%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.04%) Front Office
12 2 (1.04%) Marketing
12 2 (1.04%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 37 (19.17%) Analyst
2 20 (10.36%) Business Analyst
3 17 (8.81%) Project Manager
4 15 (7.77%) Developer
5 13 (6.74%) Architect
5 13 (6.74%) Senior
6 11 (5.70%) Administrator
6 11 (5.70%) Consultant
6 11 (5.70%) Lead
7 9 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.63%) Designer
9 6 (3.11%) Configuration Specialist
9 6 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (2.59%) Business Systems Administrator
10 5 (2.59%) Design Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Security Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.59%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (2.59%) Systems Administrator
10 5 (2.59%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.25%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (3.11%) Middleware
3 4 (2.07%) ISPF
4 3 (1.55%) .NET
4 3 (1.55%) JSON
4 3 (1.55%) LangChain
4 3 (1.55%) LangGraph
4 3 (1.55%) OAuth
4 3 (1.55%) OpenID
4 3 (1.55%) REST
4 3 (1.55%) SAML
4 3 (1.55%) SLSA
5 2 (1.04%) ADO
5 2 (1.04%) Kafka
5 2 (1.04%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.04%) SOAP
6 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.52%) CSS
6 1 (0.52%) HTML
6 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.84%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (6.22%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.63%) Mainframe
5 6 (3.11%) Clustering
5 6 (3.11%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.55%) CMDB
7 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.55%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.55%) PKI
7 3 (1.55%) SCORM
8 2 (1.04%) Derivative
8 2 (1.04%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.04%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.63%) zOS
2 5 (2.59%) Windows
3 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.69%) AI
2 33 (17.10%) Agile
3 28 (14.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (11.40%) Analytics
5 22 (11.40%) Generative AI
5 22 (11.40%) Migration
6 20 (10.36%) CI/CD
6 20 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (10.36%) Data Protection
6 20 (10.36%) DevOps
6 20 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
7 17 (8.81%) Asset Management
8 15 (7.77%) Data Analysis
8 15 (7.77%) System Integration Testing
9 14 (7.25%) Project Delivery
9 14 (7.25%) Risk Management
10 13 (6.74%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (6.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.33%) Python
2 17 (8.81%) SQL
3 7 (3.63%) Java
3 7 (3.63%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.55%) C#
5 2 (1.04%) Bash
5 2 (1.04%) Go
5 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.52%) C++
6 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (8.81%) Degree
2 12 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.70%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.11%) CISM
4 6 (3.11%) CISSP
5 5 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.55%) PMP
7 2 (1.04%) CBAP
7 2 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.52%) CRISC
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.22%) QA
2 11 (5.70%) GRC
3 10 (5.18%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.07%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.55%) NIST
6 3 (1.55%) PMO
6 3 (1.55%) WCAG
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.59%) RACF
3 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.63%) Kubernetes
1 7 (3.63%) Terraform
2 5 (2.59%) Ansible
3 4 (2.07%) OMEGAMON
4 3 (1.55%) Istio
5 2 (1.04%) Grafana
5 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.52%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.52%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.52%) linkerd
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (15.54%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.81%) SAP
3 14 (7.25%) Oracle
4 10 (5.18%) IBM
4 10 (5.18%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.59%) Adobe
5 5 (2.59%) BiZZdesign
5 5 (2.59%) Google
6 4 (2.07%) Cisco
6 4 (2.07%) Splunk
7 3 (1.55%) Black Duck
7 3 (1.55%) Calypso
7 3 (1.55%) Checkmarx
7 3 (1.55%) Okta
7 3 (1.55%) Synthesia
7 3 (1.55%) Tenable
8 2 (1.04%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.04%) Citrix
8 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.04%) VMware