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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 192 218 163
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.59% 34.17% 18.76%
As % of the General category 39.43% 42.83% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 103 70
10th Percentile £306 £258 £259
25th Percentile £414 £423 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £594
90th Percentile £663 £675 £750
Scotland median daily rate £475 £487 £475
% change year-on-year -2.46% +2.53% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.16
25th Percentile - - £18.20
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £18.27
75th Percentile - - £21.23
90th Percentile - - £23.00
Scotland median hourly rate £25.93 £26.21 £16.92
% change year-on-year -1.07% +54.91% -55.01%

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 487 509 612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 59.83% 79.78% 70.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 264 330
10th Percentile £340 £210 £161
25th Percentile £406 £400 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +3.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £535 £550
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.65% +2.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 27
10th Percentile £15.83 £16.07 £13.23
25th Percentile £42.33 £17.55 £16.38
Median hourly rate £52.50 £22.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +138.64% +21.35% -14.72%
75th Percentile £66.00 £37.09 £56.25
90th Percentile £81.24 £51.48 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.83 £17.00
% change year-on-year -14.98% +16.65% -11.37%

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 17 July 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 13 (6.77%) Confluence
2 6 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.60%) Apache
4 4 (2.08%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.56%) CMS
5 3 (1.56%) IIS
5 3 (1.56%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.52%) CICS
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.29%) SAP GRC
1 14 (7.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.04%) iTrent
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.52%) Primavera
4 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 35 (18.23%) Azure
2 27 (14.06%) AWS
3 15 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (4.17%) GCP
5 7 (3.65%) Figma
6 6 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.60%) GitHub
7 5 (2.60%) SaaS
8 4 (2.08%) Apigee
8 4 (2.08%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.56%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.56%) Cloud Run
9 3 (1.56%) OCI
9 3 (1.56%) Serverless
9 3 (1.56%) Vertex AI
9 3 (1.56%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.13%) Firewall
2 5 (2.60%) DNS
2 5 (2.60%) Network Security
3 4 (2.08%) SSL
4 3 (1.56%) WAN
5 2 (1.04%) BIG-IP
5 2 (1.04%) NGFW
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%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.25%) Power BI
2 3 (1.56%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.04%) Tableau
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) DataStage
4 1 (0.52%) Looker
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.52%) QlikView
4 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (8.85%) JIRA
2 4 (2.08%) Git
3 3 (1.56%) Zephyr
4 2 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.52%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.52%) Snyk
General
1 64 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.02%) Banking
3 18 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.17%) Legal
5 8 (4.17%) Retail
6 7 (3.65%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.60%) Retail Banking
9 4 (2.08%) Military
9 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.56%) Games
10 3 (1.56%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.56%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.04%) Front Office
11 2 (1.04%) Local Government
11 2 (1.04%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (19.79%) Analyst
2 22 (11.46%) Business Analyst
3 19 (9.90%) Project Manager
4 15 (7.81%) Developer
5 13 (6.77%) Senior
6 11 (5.73%) Administrator
6 11 (5.73%) Architect
6 11 (5.73%) Consultant
6 11 (5.73%) Lead
7 8 (4.17%) Designer
7 8 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 6 (3.13%) Configuration Specialist
8 6 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (2.60%) Business Systems Administrator
9 5 (2.60%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (2.60%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (2.60%) Technical Business Analyst
9 5 (2.60%) UI Designer
9 5 (2.60%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.29%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (3.13%) Middleware
3 4 (2.08%) ISPF
3 4 (2.08%) REST
4 3 (1.56%) JSON
4 3 (1.56%) LangChain
4 3 (1.56%) LangGraph
4 3 (1.56%) OAuth
4 3 (1.56%) OpenID
4 3 (1.56%) SAML
5 2 (1.04%) .NET
5 2 (1.04%) ADO
5 2 (1.04%) Kafka
5 2 (1.04%) React Native
5 2 (1.04%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.04%) SOAP
6 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.52%) CSS
6 1 (0.52%) HTML
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.90%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (5.73%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.65%) Mainframe
4 7 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.13%) Clustering
6 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.56%) CMDB
7 3 (1.56%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.56%) PKI
7 3 (1.56%) SCORM
8 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.04%) Derivative
8 2 (1.04%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.04%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.65%) zOS
2 4 (2.08%) Windows
3 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.79%) AI
2 35 (18.23%) Agile
3 31 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (12.50%) Migration
6 23 (11.98%) Analytics
7 21 (10.94%) Generative AI
7 21 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (10.42%) Data Protection
8 20 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 17 (8.85%) Asset Management
9 17 (8.85%) CI/CD
10 16 (8.33%) DevOps
11 15 (7.81%) Data Analysis
11 15 (7.81%) System Integration Testing
12 13 (6.77%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (6.77%) Risk Management
12 13 (6.77%) SAP Security
12 13 (6.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.38%) Python
2 16 (8.33%) SQL
3 7 (3.65%) Java
3 7 (3.65%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.04%) Bash
4 2 (1.04%) C#
4 2 (1.04%) Go
4 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (6.25%) Degree
1 12 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.73%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.56%) CISM
3 3 (1.56%) CISSP
3 3 (1.56%) PMP
4 2 (1.04%) CBAP
4 2 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.52%) CRISC
5 1 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.25%) QA
2 11 (5.73%) GRC
3 10 (5.21%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.56%) WCAG
7 2 (1.04%) PMO
8 1 (0.52%) GDPR
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.52%) NIST
8 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.60%) RACF
3 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.65%) Terraform
2 5 (2.60%) Ansible
2 5 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.08%) OMEGAMON
4 3 (1.56%) Istio
5 2 (1.04%) Grafana
5 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.52%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.52%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.52%) linkerd
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.85%) SAP
3 14 (7.29%) Oracle
4 11 (5.73%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.21%) IBM
6 5 (2.60%) Adobe
6 5 (2.60%) Google
7 4 (2.08%) Splunk
8 3 (1.56%) Calypso
8 3 (1.56%) Cisco
8 3 (1.56%) Okta
8 3 (1.56%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.56%) Synthesia
9 2 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.04%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (1.04%) Citrix
9 2 (1.04%) F5
9 2 (1.04%) RedGate
9 2 (1.04%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.04%) VMware