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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 170 186 157
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.51% 29.81% 19.60%
As % of the General category 40.38% 38.83% 26.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 88 70
10th Percentile £260 £261 £306
25th Percentile £405 £472 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +0.30%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £686 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £500 £489 £475
% change year-on-year +2.25% +2.95% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £18.73
25th Percentile - £22.50 £19.42
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £20.57
Median % change year-on-year - +11.81% -
75th Percentile - £23.50 £21.72
90th Percentile - - £22.41
Scotland median hourly rate £12.80 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -44.35% +17.95% -66.09%

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 421 479 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.23% 76.76% 74.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 263 336
10th Percentile £188 £198 £182
25th Percentile £400 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £630 £681
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 33
10th Percentile £17.23 £19.77 £14.05
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +159.57% -32.86% +64.63%
75th Percentile £75.00 £29.86 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £52.90 £68.15
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £18.27
% change year-on-year -26.14% +20.42% -1.24%

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 6 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 (8.82%) Confluence
2 4 (2.35%) Apache
2 4 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.76%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.18%) IIS
4 2 (1.18%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.59%) CICS
5 1 (0.59%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.94%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.94%) InVision
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.94%) Sketch
3 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.35%) SAP GRC
1 4 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.18%) iTrent
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.29%) Azure
2 20 (11.76%) AWS
3 14 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (6.47%) Figma
5 8 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.12%) GitHub
7 6 (3.53%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.35%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.35%) GCP
8 4 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.76%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.76%) OCI
9 3 (1.76%) SaaS
9 3 (1.76%) Vyond
10 2 (1.18%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.18%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.35%) Firewall
1 4 (2.35%) WAN
2 3 (1.76%) DNS
2 3 (1.76%) Network Security
3 1 (0.59%) DHCP
3 1 (0.59%) HTTP
3 1 (0.59%) LAN
3 1 (0.59%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.59%) SMS
3 1 (0.59%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.12%) Power BI
2 3 (1.76%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.76%) Tableau
3 2 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.59%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.59%) Metadata
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.59%) QlikView
4 1 (0.59%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.59%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (12.35%) JIRA
2 5 (2.94%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.35%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.35%) ERwin
3 4 (2.35%) Git
3 4 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.76%) GitLab
4 3 (1.76%) Snyk
4 3 (1.76%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.59%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.41%) Banking
3 19 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.65%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.71%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.71%) Retail
7 4 (2.35%) Legal
7 4 (2.35%) Military
7 4 (2.35%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.76%) Games
8 3 (1.76%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.76%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.18%) Front Office
9 2 (1.18%) Marketing
9 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.59%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (21.76%) Analyst
2 19 (11.18%) Business Analyst
2 19 (11.18%) Senior
3 14 (8.24%) Project Manager
4 13 (7.65%) Administrator
5 12 (7.06%) Developer
6 11 (6.47%) Designer
7 8 (4.71%) Architect
7 8 (4.71%) Lead
8 7 (4.12%) Security Engineer
9 5 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (2.94%) Business Systems Administrator
9 5 (2.94%) Design Engineer
9 5 (2.94%) IT Analyst
9 5 (2.94%) Project Support Officer
9 5 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (2.94%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (2.94%) Support Officer
9 5 (2.94%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (2.94%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.35%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.76%) Kafka
2 3 (1.76%) SLSA
3 2 (1.18%) .NET
3 2 (1.18%) ADO
3 2 (1.18%) JSON
3 2 (1.18%) Middleware
3 2 (1.18%) OAuth
3 2 (1.18%) OpenID
3 2 (1.18%) SAML
4 1 (0.59%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.59%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.59%) JMS
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.59%) REST
4 1 (0.59%) RESTful
4 1 (0.59%) Spring
4 1 (0.59%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.59%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (7.06%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.47%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.94%) Clustering
5 4 (2.35%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.35%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.35%) PKI
5 4 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.76%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.76%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.76%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.76%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.76%) SCORM
7 2 (1.18%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.18%) Derivative
7 2 (1.18%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.76%) zOS
2 2 (1.18%) Linux
2 2 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.18%) Unix
2 2 (1.18%) Windows
3 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (24.71%) Agile
2 33 (19.41%) AI
3 29 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (12.35%) DevOps
4 21 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (11.76%) Migration
6 18 (10.59%) Data Protection
7 17 (10.00%) Asset Management
7 17 (10.00%) Generative AI
8 16 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (8.82%) CI/CD
9 15 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (8.82%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (8.24%) Data Analysis
10 14 (8.24%) Data Modelling
10 14 (8.24%) Risk Management
11 13 (7.65%) Project Management
11 13 (7.65%) Validation
12 12 (7.06%) Project Delivery
13 11 (6.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.18%) Python
2 15 (8.82%) SQL
3 7 (4.12%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.53%) Java
5 5 (2.94%) Bash
6 3 (1.76%) C#
7 2 (1.18%) Korn
7 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.59%) C++
8 1 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.59%) Go
8 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.59%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 16 (9.41%) Degree
2 6 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.94%) CISM
3 5 (2.94%) CISSP
3 5 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (1.76%) PMP
5 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.18%) FFIEC
5 2 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.18%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.59%) PhD
6 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.06%) QA
2 10 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.29%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.53%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (2.35%) GRC
5 4 (2.35%) PMO
6 3 (1.76%) NIST
6 3 (1.76%) WCAG
7 2 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.59%) GDPR
8 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.59%) Docker
3 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.59%) RACF
3 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (3.53%) Kubernetes
1 6 (3.53%) Terraform
2 5 (2.94%) Ansible
3 3 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.59%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.59%) linkerd
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.47%) Adobe
3 10 (5.88%) Oracle
4 5 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (2.94%) Google
4 5 (2.94%) IBM
4 5 (2.94%) OpenAI
4 5 (2.94%) SAP
4 5 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.76%) Black Duck
5 3 (1.76%) Calypso
5 3 (1.76%) Checkmarx
5 3 (1.76%) Pega
5 3 (1.76%) Synthesia
5 3 (1.76%) Tenable
6 2 (1.18%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.18%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.18%) Cisco
6 2 (1.18%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.18%) Red Hat