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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 193 191 153
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 28.22% 31.21% 18.82%
As % of the General category 43.27% 41.16% 26.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 86 70
10th Percentile £301 £325 £163
25th Percentile £413 £448 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £444
Median % change year-on-year - +12.68% -7.55%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £666 £575 £725
Scotland median daily rate £463 £495 £425
% change year-on-year -6.57% +16.47% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £32.68 - £19.00
25th Percentile £43.06 - £20.32
Median hourly rate £60.38 £60.00 £23.14
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +159.35% +57.54%
75th Percentile £77.69 - £24.18
90th Percentile £88.08 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £27.40 £20.11
% change year-on-year -38.47% +36.25% +15.14%

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 446 464 574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 65.20% 75.82% 70.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 222 298
10th Percentile £213 £227 £163
25th Percentile £375 £413 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £529
90th Percentile £650 £598 £597
Scotland median daily rate £463 £474 £438
% change year-on-year -2.43% +8.34% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 16
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.08 £12.61
25th Percentile £16.25 - £13.60
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £18.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -4.18% +5.25%
75th Percentile £61.50 £37.90 £24.18
90th Percentile - £60.75 £56.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £17.87 £16.50
% change year-on-year -9.85% +8.30% -10.57%

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 7 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

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 10 (5.18%) Confluence
2 6 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.59%) Apache
4 3 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.55%) CMS
4 3 (1.55%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.04%) IIS
5 2 (1.04%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.52%) CICS
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
6 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.07%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.25%) SAP GRC
1 14 (7.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.52%) Primavera
3 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.52%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 32 (16.58%) Azure
2 26 (13.47%) AWS
3 18 (9.33%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.66%) GCP
5 8 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.11%) Figma
6 6 (3.11%) Snowflake
7 5 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.59%) SaaS
8 4 (2.07%) Apigee
8 4 (2.07%) Cloud Run
8 4 (2.07%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.55%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.55%) dbt
9 3 (1.55%) Fivetran
9 3 (1.55%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.63%) Firewall
2 5 (2.59%) Network Security
3 4 (2.07%) DNS
3 4 (2.07%) SSL
4 3 (1.55%) VPN
5 2 (1.04%) BIG-IP
5 2 (1.04%) NGFW
5 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.52%) HTTP
6 1 (0.52%) LAN
6 1 (0.52%) SMS
6 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.52%) WAN
6 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.29%) Power BI
2 4 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.07%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.07%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.52%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.52%) DataStage
5 1 (0.52%) Looker
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.22%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Git
2 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.03%) Banking
3 19 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.74%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.11%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.11%) Legal
6 6 (3.11%) Retail Banking
7 4 (2.07%) Retail
8 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Local Government
9 2 (1.04%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Billing
10 1 (0.52%) Front Office
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 41 (21.24%) Analyst
2 25 (12.95%) Consultant
3 23 (11.92%) Senior
4 21 (10.88%) Business Analyst
5 13 (6.74%) Architect
6 12 (6.22%) Developer
6 12 (6.22%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.66%) Designer
7 9 (4.66%) Security Consultant
8 8 (4.15%) Business Consultant
8 8 (4.15%) Programme Manager
8 8 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.63%) Administrator
9 7 (3.63%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (3.11%) Configuration Specialist
10 6 (3.11%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.11%) Service Analyst
11 5 (2.59%) Mobile UX Designer
11 5 (2.59%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.25%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.63%) Terraform
3 5 (2.59%) Middleware
3 5 (2.59%) REST
4 4 (2.07%) ISPF
4 4 (2.07%) LangGraph
5 3 (1.55%) JSON
5 3 (1.55%) LangChain
6 2 (1.04%) Kafka
6 2 (1.04%) OAuth
6 2 (1.04%) OpenID
6 2 (1.04%) React Native
6 2 (1.04%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.04%) SAML
6 2 (1.04%) SOAP
7 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.52%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.88%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (5.70%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.18%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.63%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.11%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.07%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.07%) Clustering
8 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.04%) CMDB
9 2 (1.04%) Derivative
9 2 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.04%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (1.04%) PKI
10 1 (0.52%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.52%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (0.52%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.18%) Windows
2 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
2 5 (2.59%) zOS
3 3 (1.55%) Linux
4 2 (1.04%) AIX
4 2 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.04%) Solaris
4 2 (1.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (20.73%) Agile
3 34 (17.62%) Migration
4 29 (15.03%) AI
5 26 (13.47%) Analytics
5 26 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (11.40%) Data Protection
6 22 (11.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (9.33%) CI/CD
9 17 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (8.29%) Generative AI
11 15 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (7.77%) Decision-Making
11 15 (7.77%) System Integration Testing
12 14 (7.25%) Change Management
12 14 (7.25%) Data Modelling
12 14 (7.25%) ITIL
13 13 (6.74%) DevOps
13 13 (6.74%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.47%) Python
2 20 (10.36%) SQL
3 7 (3.63%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.59%) Java
5 4 (2.07%) Bash
6 2 (1.04%) Go
6 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.52%) Scala
7 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (4.66%) SC Cleared
1 9 (4.66%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.63%) Degree
3 3 (1.55%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.04%) CBAP
4 2 (1.04%) CRISC
4 2 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (1.04%) PMP
5 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.52%) CISA
5 1 (0.52%) CISM
5 1 (0.52%) CISSP
5 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.52%) PgMP
5 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.18%) GRC
3 5 (2.59%) PMO
4 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.55%) QA
4 3 (1.55%) SLA
5 2 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) COBIT
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.52%) ITGC
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.59%) RACF
3 4 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.52%) Docker
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.07%) Ansible
2 4 (2.07%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (1.55%) Istio
4 2 (1.04%) Grafana
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.52%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.52%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.52%) linkerd
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.29%) SAP
3 13 (6.74%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.66%) IBM
5 8 (4.15%) Oracle
6 5 (2.59%) Citrix
7 4 (2.07%) Adobe
7 4 (2.07%) Cisco
7 4 (2.07%) Google
7 4 (2.07%) Splunk
7 4 (2.07%) VMware
8 3 (1.55%) Calypso
8 3 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.55%) Databricks
8 3 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.55%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.04%) Okta
9 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.04%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.04%) Tenable