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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 152 147 178
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 25.29% 24.02% 19.67%
As % of the General category 38.87% 31.55% 25.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 74 90
10th Percentile £310 £206 £396
25th Percentile £459 £370 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £651 £600 £588
90th Percentile £686 £668 £658
Scotland median daily rate £475 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +1.60% -6.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £21.63 £12.86
25th Percentile - £22.50 £14.69
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +160.87% +29.80% +15.25%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £20.30
90th Percentile - - £21.84
Scotland median hourly rate £36.70 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year +51.76% +24.00% +26.83%

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 391 466 686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 65.06% 76.14% 75.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 260 402
10th Percentile £150 £190 £213
25th Percentile £325 £362 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £663 £631 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 30
10th Percentile £17.06 £20.02 £13.28
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £19.01
Median hourly rate £30.50 £24.00 £56.85
Median % change year-on-year +27.08% -57.78% +203.20%
75th Percentile £76.56 £24.42 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £41.43 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.54% -7.69% +53.53%

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 8 February 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 20 (13.16%) Confluence
2 4 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.97%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.66%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.66%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.66%) FileNet
5 1 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Adobe XD
1 5 (3.29%) InVision
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (3.29%) Sketch
2 3 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.97%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (35.53%) Azure
2 32 (21.05%) AWS
3 13 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.58%) Figma
5 9 (5.92%) GCP
5 9 (5.92%) GitHub
6 6 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.95%) Snowflake
7 4 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.63%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.63%) OCI
8 3 (1.97%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.97%) SaaS
9 2 (1.32%) Apigee
9 2 (1.32%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.32%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.95%) Firewall
2 3 (1.97%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) WAN
4 1 (0.66%) DHCP
4 1 (0.66%) DNS
4 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.95%) Power BI
2 4 (2.63%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.63%) Tableau
3 3 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.32%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.66%) Metadata
5 1 (0.66%) MySQL
5 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.66%) QlikView
5 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.66%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 23 (15.13%) JIRA
2 7 (4.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.95%) GitLab
4 5 (3.29%) Axure RP
5 4 (2.63%) ER Studio
5 4 (2.63%) ERwin
6 3 (1.97%) Git
6 3 (1.97%) Snyk
7 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.66%) git-flow
8 1 (0.66%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.66%) Maven
8 1 (0.66%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.66%) webpack
General
1 52 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 49 (32.24%) Banking
3 15 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.24%) Retail Banking
6 9 (5.92%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.95%) Retail
8 5 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.29%) Legal
9 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.97%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.32%) Marketing
11 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Front Office
12 1 (0.66%) Local Government
12 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (17.76%) Analyst
2 17 (11.18%) Senior
3 15 (9.87%) Business Analyst
4 13 (8.55%) Designer
5 12 (7.89%) Developer
6 11 (7.24%) Project Manager
7 10 (6.58%) Lead
8 8 (5.26%) Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Project Officer
8 8 (5.26%) Project Support Officer
8 8 (5.26%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.26%) Support Officer
9 7 (4.61%) Administrator
10 6 (3.95%) Data Analyst
10 6 (3.95%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.95%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (3.29%) Design Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.95%) .NET
1 6 (3.95%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.29%) React
2 5 (3.29%) RESTful
3 4 (2.63%) Spring
3 4 (2.63%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.97%) Model Context Protocol
4 3 (1.97%) PySpark
4 3 (1.97%) REST
4 3 (1.97%) SLSA
5 2 (1.32%) JSON
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.66%) JMS
6 1 (0.66%) Kafka
6 1 (0.66%) Node.js
6 1 (0.66%) OAuth
6 1 (0.66%) OpenID
6 1 (0.66%) SAML
6 1 (0.66%) XML
6 1 (0.66%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.55%) Data Protection Act
1 13 (8.55%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.95%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.63%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.97%) Clustering
6 3 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.97%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.97%) PKI
7 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.29%) Windows
2 3 (1.97%) Linux
3 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.32%) Unix
4 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (37.50%) Agile
2 30 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (18.42%) AI
3 28 (18.42%) Migration
3 28 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (17.11%) DevOps
5 22 (14.47%) CI/CD
6 17 (11.18%) Project Management
7 16 (10.53%) Software Engineering
8 15 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (9.87%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (9.87%) Data Protection
8 15 (9.87%) Workshop Facilitation
9 13 (8.55%) Data Analysis
10 12 (7.89%) Coaching
10 12 (7.89%) Data Modelling
10 12 (7.89%) Mentoring
10 12 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (7.24%) Decision-Making
11 11 (7.24%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.39%) Python
2 13 (8.55%) SQL
3 9 (5.92%) Java
4 8 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.29%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.63%) Bash
6 4 (2.63%) C#
7 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.32%) Korn
8 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.66%) Bicep
9 1 (0.66%) C++
9 1 (0.66%) Go
9 1 (0.66%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 13 (8.55%) Degree
2 5 (3.29%) CISM
2 5 (3.29%) CISSP
2 5 (3.29%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (1.32%) FFIEC
3 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.32%) PMP
4 1 (0.66%) APMG
4 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.66%) PhD
4 1 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.66%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.66%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.24%) QA
2 10 (6.58%) Disclosure Scotland
2 10 (6.58%) PMO
3 9 (5.92%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.61%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.29%) GDPR
6 4 (2.63%) NIST
7 3 (1.97%) COBIT
8 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.66%) COREP
9 1 (0.66%) GRC
9 1 (0.66%) IFRS
9 1 (0.66%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.66%) NCSC
9 1 (0.66%) PSD2
9 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.32%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.66%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (7.89%) Terraform
2 7 (4.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.95%) Ansible
4 4 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.66%) Grafana
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.26%) Adobe
3 7 (4.61%) Oracle
4 5 (3.29%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (3.29%) CheckPoint
5 4 (2.63%) Google
5 4 (2.63%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.97%) Black Duck
6 3 (1.97%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.97%) Dell
6 3 (1.97%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.97%) F5
6 3 (1.97%) HP
6 3 (1.97%) Pega
6 3 (1.97%) Tenable
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco
7 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.32%) Thales