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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 146 181 160
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.85% 29.67% 19.25%
As % of the General category 36.68% 38.68% 25.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 88 77
10th Percentile £250 £261 £314
25th Percentile £413 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £686 £675 £691
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £18.24
25th Percentile - £22.50 £19.01
Median hourly rate - £23.59 £20.30
Median % change year-on-year - +16.24% +69.13%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £21.58
90th Percentile - - £22.36
Scotland median hourly rate £13.39 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -44.62% +24.00% +58.54%

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 398 468 624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 62.28% 76.72% 75.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 261 363
10th Percentile £154 £192 £178
25th Percentile £363 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £456 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -5.00% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £646 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 32
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £40.25 £22.22 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -46.27% +111.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 £69.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £23.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.85% +20.51% +18.18%

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 21 March 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 (11.64%) Confluence
2 4 (2.74%) Apache
3 3 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
5 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (3.42%) Adobe XD
1 5 (3.42%) InVision
1 5 (3.42%) Sketch
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) iTrent
1 2 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 45 (30.82%) Azure
2 20 (13.70%) AWS
3 14 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.85%) Figma
5 7 (4.79%) GitHub
6 6 (4.11%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.42%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.74%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.74%) GCP
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.05%) SaaS
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.37%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.37%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.37%) OCI
10 2 (1.37%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) Firewall
2 3 (2.05%) Network Security
2 3 (2.05%) WAN
3 2 (1.37%) DNS
4 1 (0.68%) DHCP
4 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.42%) Power BI
2 4 (2.74%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.05%) Tableau
4 2 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.68%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.68%) Metadata
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.68%) QlikView
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.68%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 20 (13.70%) JIRA
2 5 (3.42%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.74%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.74%) ERwin
3 4 (2.74%) GitLab
4 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.05%) Snyk
5 2 (1.37%) Git
6 1 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.68%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 39 (26.71%) Banking
3 16 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.27%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.16%) Financial Institution
5 9 (6.16%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.79%) Retail
6 7 (4.79%) Retail Banking
7 4 (2.74%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.74%) Legal
8 3 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Games
9 2 (1.37%) Local Government
9 2 (1.37%) Marketing
9 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.68%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (20.55%) Analyst
2 18 (12.33%) Business Analyst
3 16 (10.96%) Senior
4 13 (8.90%) Project Manager
5 11 (7.53%) Designer
5 11 (7.53%) Lead
6 8 (5.48%) Administrator
6 8 (5.48%) Developer
7 7 (4.79%) Architect
7 7 (4.79%) Project Officer
7 7 (4.79%) Project Support Officer
7 7 (4.79%) Security Engineer
7 7 (4.79%) Support Officer
8 6 (4.11%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) Design Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) UX Designer
10 4 (2.74%) Data Analyst
10 4 (2.74%) Data Modeller
10 4 (2.74%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.05%) FastAPI
1 3 (2.05%) RESTful
1 3 (2.05%) SLSA
2 2 (1.37%) .NET
2 2 (1.37%) JSON
2 2 (1.37%) Middleware
2 2 (1.37%) Model Context Protocol
2 2 (1.37%) OAuth
2 2 (1.37%) OpenID
2 2 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.37%) SAML
3 1 (0.68%) ADO
3 1 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.68%) JMS
3 1 (0.68%) Kafka
3 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.68%) PySpark
3 1 (0.68%) Spring
3 1 (0.68%) XML
3 1 (0.68%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.90%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.48%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.42%) Clustering
5 4 (2.74%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.74%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.05%) PKI
6 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.37%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.37%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.37%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.37%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.37%) SCORM
7 2 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.05%) Windows
2 2 (1.37%) Linux
2 2 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.37%) Unix
2 2 (1.37%) zOS
3 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.19%) Agile
2 29 (19.86%) AI
3 28 (19.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (13.70%) Migration
6 19 (13.01%) DevOps
7 18 (12.33%) Project Management
8 17 (11.64%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (10.96%) Data Analysis
10 15 (10.27%) CI/CD
10 15 (10.27%) Data Modelling
10 15 (10.27%) Project Delivery
11 13 (8.90%) Asset Management
11 13 (8.90%) Data Protection
11 13 (8.90%) Risk Management
12 12 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (8.22%) Generative AI
12 12 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (8.22%) Validation
13 11 (7.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.07%) Python
2 13 (8.90%) SQL
3 6 (4.11%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.42%) Java
5 4 (2.74%) Bash
6 3 (2.05%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.37%) C#
7 2 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.37%) Korn
7 2 (1.37%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (7.53%) Degree
2 5 (3.42%) CISM
2 5 (3.42%) CISSP
2 5 (3.42%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (2.05%) PMP
4 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.37%) FFIEC
4 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.37%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.37%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.68%) APMG
5 1 (0.68%) PhD
5 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.59%) QA
2 10 (6.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 9 (6.16%) Accessibility
3 9 (6.16%) Data Quality
3 9 (6.16%) PMO
4 4 (2.74%) GDPR
5 3 (2.05%) NIST
6 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.37%) WCAG
7 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.68%) COBIT
7 1 (0.68%) GRC
7 1 (0.68%) PSD2
7 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.37%) Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.42%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.42%) Terraform
2 4 (2.74%) Ansible
2 4 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.85%) Adobe
3 7 (4.79%) Oracle
4 5 (3.42%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (3.42%) Google
4 5 (3.42%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.05%) Black Duck
5 3 (2.05%) Checkmarx
5 3 (2.05%) CheckPoint
5 3 (2.05%) IBM
5 3 (2.05%) Pega
5 3 (2.05%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.05%) Tenable
6 2 (1.37%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.37%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.37%) Synthesia
6 2 (1.37%) Thales
7 1 (0.68%) Okta
7 1 (0.68%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.68%) WorldPay