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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 185 206 154
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.57% 31.84% 17.76%
As % of the General category 40.22% 40.47% 25.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 91 62
10th Percentile £288 £263 £263
25th Percentile £411 £441 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £621 £559 £634
90th Percentile £675 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -1.96%
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 £26.81 £18.89
% change year-on-year -40.74% +41.94% -49.79%

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 460 509 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.60% 78.67% 70.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 256 335
10th Percentile £312 £204 £156
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £458
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +1.97% -3.68%
75th Percentile £566 £532 £554
90th Percentile £650 £600 £660
Scotland median daily rate £465 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 12 33
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.75 £13.30
25th Percentile £50.00 £20.39 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.44 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +171.87% -7.21% +13.73%
75th Percentile £75.00 £29.86 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £44.65 -
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 25 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 (9.19%) Confluence
2 6 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.70%) Apache
4 4 (2.16%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.62%) IIS
5 3 (1.62%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.54%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.54%) CICS
6 1 (0.54%) CMS
6 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.16%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.08%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.08%) InVision
4 2 (1.08%) Sketch
5 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.57%) SAP GRC
1 14 (7.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.62%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.08%) iTrent
4 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.54%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.54%) Primavera
4 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.54%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.70%) Azure
2 26 (14.05%) AWS
3 11 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (5.95%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.86%) Figma
5 8 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.78%) GCP
6 7 (3.78%) GitHub
7 5 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.16%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.62%) Apigee
9 3 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.62%) Cloud Run
9 3 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.62%) OCI
9 3 (1.62%) SaaS
9 3 (1.62%) Vertex AI
9 3 (1.62%) Vyond
10 2 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.32%) Firewall
2 7 (3.78%) Network Security
3 5 (2.70%) DNS
4 4 (2.16%) WAN
5 3 (1.62%) SSL
6 2 (1.08%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.08%) NGFW
7 1 (0.54%) HTTP
7 1 (0.54%) LAN
7 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.54%) SMS
7 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.86%) Power BI
2 3 (1.62%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.62%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.08%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.08%) Tableau
4 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.54%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.54%) DataStage
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.54%) QlikView
4 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.54%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (11.35%) JIRA
2 4 (2.16%) Git
2 4 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.62%) GitLab
3 3 (1.62%) Snyk
3 3 (1.62%) Zephyr
4 2 (1.08%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.54%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.59%) Banking
3 17 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.86%) Financial Institution
4 9 (4.86%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (4.32%) Legal
5 8 (4.32%) Retail
6 5 (2.70%) Retail Banking
7 4 (2.16%) Military
7 4 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Games
8 3 (1.62%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.62%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.08%) Front Office
9 2 (1.08%) Marketing
9 2 (1.08%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Law
10 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (20.54%) Analyst
2 20 (10.81%) Business Analyst
3 17 (9.19%) Project Manager
4 14 (7.57%) Senior
5 13 (7.03%) Developer
6 12 (6.49%) Architect
7 11 (5.95%) Lead
8 10 (5.41%) Administrator
9 9 (4.86%) Designer
9 9 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.78%) Consultant
10 7 (3.78%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.24%) Configuration Specialist
11 6 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (2.70%) Business Systems Administrator
12 5 (2.70%) Design Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
12 5 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.70%) Systems Administrator
12 5 (2.70%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.57%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (2.70%) Middleware
3 3 (1.62%) .NET
3 3 (1.62%) ISPF
3 3 (1.62%) JSON
3 3 (1.62%) LangChain
3 3 (1.62%) LangGraph
3 3 (1.62%) OAuth
3 3 (1.62%) OpenID
3 3 (1.62%) SAML
3 3 (1.62%) SLSA
4 2 (1.08%) ADO
4 2 (1.08%) Kafka
4 2 (1.08%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.54%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.54%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.54%) React Native
5 1 (0.54%) REST
5 1 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.73%) Data Protection Act
2 14 (7.57%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.24%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.70%) Clustering
6 5 (2.70%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.70%) PKI
7 3 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.62%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.62%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.62%) SCORM
8 2 (1.08%) Derivative
8 2 (1.08%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (1.08%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.24%) zOS
2 5 (2.70%) Windows
3 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (21.08%) AI
2 33 (17.84%) Agile
3 29 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (12.43%) Migration
6 21 (11.35%) Analytics
6 21 (11.35%) Generative AI
7 20 (10.81%) DevOps
7 20 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
8 19 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (10.27%) Data Protection
8 19 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (9.19%) Asset Management
9 17 (9.19%) CI/CD
10 15 (8.11%) Data Analysis
10 15 (8.11%) Risk Management
10 15 (8.11%) System Integration Testing
10 15 (8.11%) Validation
11 14 (7.57%) Project Delivery
12 13 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.73%) Python
2 17 (9.19%) SQL
3 9 (4.86%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.24%) Java
5 3 (1.62%) Bash
5 3 (1.62%) C#
6 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.54%) C++
7 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.54%) Go
7 1 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 17 (9.19%) Degree
2 12 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.24%) CISM
4 6 (3.24%) CISSP
5 5 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.62%) PMP
7 2 (1.08%) CBAP
7 2 (1.08%) FFIEC
7 2 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.54%) CRISC
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PhD
8 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.49%) QA
2 11 (5.95%) GRC
3 8 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.32%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.62%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.62%) NIST
4 3 (1.62%) PMO
4 3 (1.62%) WCAG
5 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.54%) GDPR
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.16%) RACF
3 2 (1.08%) Firmware
4 1 (0.54%) Docker
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (4.86%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.86%) Terraform
2 6 (3.24%) Ansible
3 3 (1.62%) Istio
3 3 (1.62%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.54%) Grafana
5 1 (0.54%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.54%) linkerd
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.19%) SAP
3 14 (7.57%) Oracle
4 9 (4.86%) IBM
5 8 (4.32%) Adobe
6 7 (3.78%) Google
6 7 (3.78%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.70%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (2.16%) Cisco
8 4 (2.16%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.62%) Black Duck
9 3 (1.62%) Calypso
9 3 (1.62%) Checkmarx
9 3 (1.62%) Okta
9 3 (1.62%) Splunk
9 3 (1.62%) Synthesia
9 3 (1.62%) Tenable
10 2 (1.08%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.08%) Thales