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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 172 182 153
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.34% 29.03% 18.70%
As % of the General category 40.09% 37.07% 25.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 85 68
10th Percentile £295 £306 £304
25th Percentile £425 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +0.50%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £625
90th Percentile £685 £675 £741
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 £65.00 £18.89
% change year-on-year -79.40% +244.19% -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 429 491 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.21% 78.31% 73.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 268 343
10th Percentile £244 £205 £178
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -2.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £571
90th Percentile £650 £615 £663
Scotland median daily rate £465 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +0.54% - -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 34
10th Percentile £17.23 £18.79 £13.33
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.77 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.65% -22.07% +42.09%
75th Percentile £72.00 £37.17 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £58.58 £67.23
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £19.17
% change year-on-year -18.63% +4.17% -9.83%

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 22 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 (8.14%) Confluence
2 5 (2.91%) Apache
2 5 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.33%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.74%) IIS
4 3 (1.74%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.58%) CICS
5 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.91%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.91%) InVision
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.91%) Sketch
3 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (8.14%) SAP GRC
1 14 (8.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.16%) iTrent
4 1 (0.58%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.67%) Azure
2 21 (12.21%) AWS
3 11 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.40%) Figma
4 8 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.07%) GitHub
6 6 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.33%) GCP
7 4 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.74%) SaaS
8 3 (1.74%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.74%) Vyond
9 2 (1.16%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.16%) OCI
9 2 (1.16%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.91%) DNS
2 4 (2.33%) Firewall
2 4 (2.33%) Network Security
2 4 (2.33%) WAN
3 1 (0.58%) DHCP
3 1 (0.58%) HTTP
3 1 (0.58%) LAN
3 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.58%) SMS
3 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.07%) Power BI
2 3 (1.74%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.74%) Tableau
3 1 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.58%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.58%) Metadata
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.58%) QlikView
3 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.58%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 19 (11.05%) JIRA
2 5 (2.91%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.33%) Git
3 4 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.74%) GitLab
4 3 (1.74%) Snyk
4 3 (1.74%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.58%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.58%) ERwin
6 1 (0.58%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.19%) Banking
3 16 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (4.65%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.65%) Retail
6 7 (4.07%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.33%) Legal
7 4 (2.33%) Military
7 4 (2.33%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.74%) Games
8 3 (1.74%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.74%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Front Office
9 2 (1.16%) Marketing
9 2 (1.16%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (22.09%) Analyst
2 19 (11.05%) Business Analyst
3 17 (9.88%) Senior
4 14 (8.14%) Project Manager
5 11 (6.40%) Administrator
5 11 (6.40%) Designer
5 11 (6.40%) Developer
6 9 (5.23%) Architect
7 7 (4.07%) Lead
7 7 (4.07%) Security Engineer
8 6 (3.49%) Configuration Specialist
9 5 (2.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (2.91%) Business Systems Administrator
9 5 (2.91%) Design Engineer
9 5 (2.91%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
9 5 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (2.91%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.91%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (2.91%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.14%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.74%) .NET
2 3 (1.74%) JSON
2 3 (1.74%) OAuth
2 3 (1.74%) OpenID
2 3 (1.74%) SAML
2 3 (1.74%) SLSA
3 2 (1.16%) ADO
3 2 (1.16%) Kafka
3 2 (1.16%) Middleware
4 1 (0.58%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.58%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.58%) REST
4 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.47%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.40%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.91%) Clustering
4 5 (2.91%) PKI
5 4 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.33%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.74%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.74%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.74%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.74%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.74%) SCORM
7 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.74%) Windows
1 3 (1.74%) zOS
2 2 (1.16%) Linux
2 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.16%) Unix
2 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.51%) AI
2 32 (18.60%) Agile
3 31 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (11.63%) Analytics
4 20 (11.63%) Generative AI
4 20 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (11.05%) Data Protection
6 18 (10.47%) DevOps
6 18 (10.47%) Migration
6 18 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
7 15 (8.72%) Asset Management
7 15 (8.72%) CI/CD
7 15 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (8.14%) Risk Management
8 14 (8.14%) System Integration Testing
9 13 (7.56%) Project Delivery
9 13 (7.56%) SAP Security
9 13 (7.56%) Validation
10 11 (6.40%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.88%) Python
2 15 (8.72%) SQL
3 9 (5.23%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.49%) Java
5 5 (2.91%) Bash
6 3 (1.74%) C#
7 2 (1.16%) Korn
7 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.58%) C++
8 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.58%) Go
8 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (9.30%) Degree
2 12 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.40%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.49%) CISM
4 6 (3.49%) CISSP
5 5 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.74%) PMP
7 2 (1.16%) FFIEC
7 2 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.58%) CBAP
8 1 (0.58%) CRISC
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.58%) PhD
8 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) GRC
1 11 (6.40%) QA
2 10 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.23%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (2.33%) PMO
5 3 (1.74%) NIST
5 3 (1.74%) WCAG
6 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.58%) GDPR
7 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.16%) Firmware
3 1 (0.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.58%) RACF
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (4.65%) Terraform
2 6 (3.49%) Ansible
2 6 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.58%) linkerd
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.72%) SAP
3 11 (6.40%) Adobe
4 10 (5.81%) Oracle
5 6 (3.49%) IBM
6 5 (2.91%) BiZZdesign
6 5 (2.91%) Google
6 5 (2.91%) OpenAI
6 5 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.74%) Black Duck
7 3 (1.74%) Calypso
7 3 (1.74%) Checkmarx
7 3 (1.74%) Okta
7 3 (1.74%) Synthesia
7 3 (1.74%) Tenable
8 2 (1.16%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.16%) Cisco
8 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.16%) Thales