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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 167 186 159
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.13% 29.57% 19.37%
As % of the General category 40.24% 38.04% 26.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 86 72
10th Percentile £267 £259 £301
25th Percentile £406 £463 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +3.05% +0.40%
75th Percentile £604 £597 £620
90th Percentile £686 £675 £736
Scotland median daily rate £500 £477 £475
% change year-on-year +4.82% +0.42% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £18.14
25th Percentile - £22.50 £18.17
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year - +26.37% -
75th Percentile - £23.50 £18.24
90th Percentile - - £18.26
Scotland median hourly rate £12.80 £23.00 £18.89
% change year-on-year -44.35% +21.79% -67.16%

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 415 489 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 57.48% 77.74% 73.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 264 342
10th Percentile £197 £198 £179
25th Percentile £401 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -2.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £629 £675
Scotland median daily rate £464 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +0.27% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 34
10th Percentile £17.23 £19.53 £14.33
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +165.22% -42.50% +86.35%
75th Percentile £75.00 £31.34 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £54.32 £67.23
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £18.72
% change year-on-year -26.14% +17.52% +1.19%

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 May 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 15 (8.98%) Confluence
2 4 (2.40%) Apache
2 4 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.80%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.20%) IIS
4 2 (1.20%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.60%) CICS
5 1 (0.60%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (2.99%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.99%) InVision
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.99%) Sketch
3 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (4.19%) SAP GRC
1 7 (4.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.20%) iTrent
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 42 (25.15%) Azure
2 19 (11.38%) AWS
3 14 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (6.59%) Figma
5 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.19%) GitHub
7 6 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.99%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.80%) GCP
10 3 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.80%) OCI
10 3 (1.80%) SaaS
10 3 (1.80%) Vyond
11 2 (1.20%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.40%) Firewall
1 4 (2.40%) WAN
2 3 (1.80%) DNS
2 3 (1.80%) Network Security
3 1 (0.60%) DHCP
3 1 (0.60%) HTTP
3 1 (0.60%) LAN
3 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.60%) SMS
3 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.19%) Power BI
2 3 (1.80%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.80%) Tableau
3 1 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.60%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.60%) Metadata
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.60%) QlikView
3 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.60%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (12.57%) JIRA
2 5 (2.99%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.40%) Git
3 4 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.80%) ER Studio
4 3 (1.80%) ERwin
4 3 (1.80%) GitLab
4 3 (1.80%) Snyk
4 3 (1.80%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.60%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.76%) Banking
3 18 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.79%) Retail
7 7 (4.19%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.40%) Legal
8 4 (2.40%) Military
8 4 (2.40%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.80%) Games
9 3 (1.80%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.80%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.20%) Front Office
10 2 (1.20%) Marketing
10 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (20.96%) Analyst
2 17 (10.18%) Business Analyst
2 17 (10.18%) Senior
3 14 (8.38%) Project Manager
4 13 (7.78%) Administrator
5 11 (6.59%) Designer
5 11 (6.59%) Developer
6 9 (5.39%) Architect
7 7 (4.19%) Lead
7 7 (4.19%) Security Engineer
8 5 (2.99%) Business Systems Administrator
8 5 (2.99%) Design Engineer
8 5 (2.99%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
8 5 (2.99%) Project Officer
8 5 (2.99%) Project Support Officer
8 5 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (2.99%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (2.99%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (2.99%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.19%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.80%) SLSA
3 2 (1.20%) .NET
3 2 (1.20%) ADO
3 2 (1.20%) JSON
3 2 (1.20%) Kafka
3 2 (1.20%) Middleware
3 2 (1.20%) OAuth
3 2 (1.20%) OpenID
3 2 (1.20%) SAML
4 1 (0.60%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.60%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.60%) REST
4 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.78%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (7.19%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.59%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.99%) Clustering
5 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.40%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.40%) PKI
5 4 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.80%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.80%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.80%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.80%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.80%) SCORM
7 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.20%) Derivative
7 2 (1.20%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.80%) Windows
1 3 (1.80%) zOS
2 2 (1.20%) Linux
2 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.20%) Unix
2 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.16%) Agile
2 33 (19.76%) AI
3 28 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (12.57%) DevOps
5 19 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (10.78%) Data Protection
7 17 (10.18%) Generative AI
7 17 (10.18%) Migration
8 16 (9.58%) Asset Management
9 15 (8.98%) CI/CD
10 14 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (7.78%) Analytics
11 13 (7.78%) Data Analysis
11 13 (7.78%) Project Delivery
11 13 (7.78%) Project Management
11 13 (7.78%) Risk Management
11 13 (7.78%) Validation
11 13 (7.78%) Workshop Facilitation
12 12 (7.19%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.78%) Python
2 15 (8.98%) SQL
3 8 (4.79%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.99%) Bash
4 5 (2.99%) Java
5 3 (1.80%) C#
6 2 (1.20%) Korn
6 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.60%) C++
7 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.60%) Go
7 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (8.98%) Degree
2 8 (4.79%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.99%) CISM
4 5 (2.99%) CISSP
4 5 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (1.80%) PMP
6 2 (1.20%) FFIEC
6 2 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.20%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PhD
7 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) Accessibility
1 10 (5.99%) QA
2 9 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.19%) GRC
4 5 (2.99%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (2.40%) PMO
6 3 (1.80%) NIST
6 3 (1.80%) WCAG
7 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.60%) GDPR
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.60%) RACF
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.19%) Terraform
2 6 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.99%) Ansible
4 3 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.60%) Grafana
5 1 (0.60%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.60%) linkerd
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.59%) Adobe
3 10 (5.99%) Oracle
4 8 (4.79%) SAP
5 5 (2.99%) BiZZdesign
5 5 (2.99%) Google
5 5 (2.99%) IBM
5 5 (2.99%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.80%) Black Duck
6 3 (1.80%) Calypso
6 3 (1.80%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.80%) Synthesia
6 3 (1.80%) Tenable
7 2 (1.20%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.20%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.20%) Cisco
7 2 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.20%) Thales