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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 174 180 149
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.20% 28.66% 17.87%
As % of the General category 40.18% 36.66% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 85 67
10th Percentile £295 £306 £304
25th Percentile £425 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +0.50%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £631
90th Percentile £685 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.14
25th Percentile - - £18.17
Median hourly rate - - £18.20
75th Percentile - - £18.24
90th Percentile - - £18.26
Scotland median hourly rate £13.39 £46.20 £18.89
% change year-on-year -71.02% +144.64% -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 433 491 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 57.73% 78.18% 72.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 267 350
10th Percentile £245 £210 £178
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -2.53% -
75th Percentile £555 £536 £564
90th Percentile £650 £603 £663
Scotland median daily rate £465 £460 £458
% change year-on-year +1.09% +0.55% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 34
10th Percentile £17.23 £18.79 £13.33
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.77 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.41% -22.07% +43.46%
75th Percentile £67.00 £37.17 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £58.58 £67.23
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.46 £18.27
% change year-on-year -20.56% +11.96% -8.10%

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 26 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 14 (8.05%) Confluence
2 5 (2.87%) Apache
2 5 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.30%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.72%) IIS
4 3 (1.72%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.57%) CICS
5 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.87%) Adobe XD
3 5 (2.87%) InVision
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.87%) Sketch
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.72%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (8.05%) SAP GRC
1 14 (8.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.15%) iTrent
4 1 (0.57%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.99%) Azure
2 21 (12.07%) AWS
3 11 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.32%) Figma
4 8 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.02%) GitHub
6 6 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.30%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.30%) GCP
9 3 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.72%) OCI
9 3 (1.72%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.72%) Vyond
10 2 (1.15%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.15%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.15%) SaaS
11 1 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.87%) DNS
2 4 (2.30%) Firewall
2 4 (2.30%) Network Security
2 4 (2.30%) WAN
3 1 (0.57%) DHCP
3 1 (0.57%) HTTP
3 1 (0.57%) LAN
3 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.57%) SMS
3 1 (0.57%) SSL
3 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.02%) Power BI
2 3 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.72%) Tableau
3 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.57%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.57%) Metadata
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.57%) QlikView
4 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.57%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 19 (10.92%) JIRA
2 5 (2.87%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.30%) Git
3 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.72%) GitLab
4 3 (1.72%) Snyk
4 3 (1.72%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.57%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.57%) ERwin
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.57%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.97%) Banking
3 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (4.60%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.60%) Retail
6 7 (4.02%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.45%) Legal
8 4 (2.30%) Military
8 4 (2.30%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.72%) Games
9 3 (1.72%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.15%) Front Office
10 2 (1.15%) Marketing
10 2 (1.15%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (21.84%) Analyst
2 19 (10.92%) Business Analyst
3 16 (9.20%) Senior
4 15 (8.62%) Project Manager
5 12 (6.90%) Administrator
6 11 (6.32%) Designer
6 11 (6.32%) Developer
7 9 (5.17%) Architect
8 7 (4.02%) Lead
8 7 (4.02%) Security Engineer
9 6 (3.45%) Configuration Specialist
10 5 (2.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (2.87%) Business Systems Administrator
10 5 (2.87%) Design Engineer
10 5 (2.87%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
10 5 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.87%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.87%) Systems Administrator
10 5 (2.87%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.05%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.72%) .NET
2 3 (1.72%) JSON
2 3 (1.72%) Middleware
2 3 (1.72%) OAuth
2 3 (1.72%) OpenID
2 3 (1.72%) SAML
2 3 (1.72%) SLSA
3 2 (1.15%) ADO
3 2 (1.15%) Kafka
4 1 (0.57%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.57%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.57%) ISPF
4 1 (0.57%) REST
4 1 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.75%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.45%) Clustering
5 5 (2.87%) PKI
6 4 (2.30%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.30%) Digital Wallet
6 4 (2.30%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.72%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.72%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.72%) SCORM
8 2 (1.15%) Derivative
8 2 (1.15%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.30%) zOS
2 3 (1.72%) Linux
2 3 (1.72%) Windows
3 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.15%) Unix
3 2 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.26%) AI
2 32 (18.39%) Agile
3 31 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (11.49%) Analytics
4 20 (11.49%) Generative AI
4 20 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (10.92%) Data Protection
5 19 (10.92%) DevOps
6 18 (10.34%) Migration
6 18 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
7 16 (9.20%) Asset Management
7 16 (9.20%) CI/CD
8 15 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (8.05%) Risk Management
9 14 (8.05%) System Integration Testing
10 13 (7.47%) Project Delivery
10 13 (7.47%) SAP Security
10 13 (7.47%) Validation
11 11 (6.32%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.77%) Python
2 16 (9.20%) SQL
3 9 (5.17%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.45%) Java
5 5 (2.87%) Bash
6 3 (1.72%) C#
7 2 (1.15%) Korn
7 2 (1.15%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.15%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.57%) C++
8 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.57%) Go
8 1 (0.57%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (9.20%) Degree
2 12 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.45%) CISM
4 6 (3.45%) CISSP
5 5 (2.87%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.72%) PMP
7 2 (1.15%) FFIEC
7 2 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.57%) CBAP
8 1 (0.57%) CRISC
8 1 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.57%) PhD
8 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.32%) GRC
1 11 (6.32%) QA
2 10 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.17%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.30%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (2.30%) PMO
5 3 (1.72%) NIST
5 3 (1.72%) WCAG
6 2 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.57%) GDPR
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.15%) Firmware
2 2 (1.15%) RACF
3 1 (0.57%) Docker
3 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) Terraform
2 6 (3.45%) Ansible
2 6 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.57%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.57%) Grafana
4 1 (0.57%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.57%) linkerd
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.57%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (14.37%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.62%) SAP
3 11 (6.32%) Adobe
3 11 (6.32%) Oracle
4 7 (4.02%) IBM
5 5 (2.87%) BiZZdesign
5 5 (2.87%) Google
5 5 (2.87%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.72%) Black Duck
6 3 (1.72%) Calypso
6 3 (1.72%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.72%) Okta
6 3 (1.72%) Synthesia
6 3 (1.72%) Tenable
7 2 (1.15%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.15%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.15%) Cisco
7 2 (1.15%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.15%) Red Hat