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 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 194 198 150
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 27.52% 31.13% 18.09%
As % of the General category 42.73% 41.42% 25.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 89 67
10th Percentile £306 £325 £161
25th Percentile £406 £450 £287
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.28%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £661 £585 £703
Scotland median daily rate £463 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -6.57% +10.00% -10.00%
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 £25.75 £27.40 £20.11
% change year-on-year -6.02% +36.25% +13.49%

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 454 478 585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 64.40% 75.16% 70.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 229 304
10th Percentile £215 £263 £159
25th Percentile £380 £413 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £617
Scotland median daily rate £463 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 16
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.21 £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 £49.35 £24.18
90th Percentile £70.95 £60.63 £56.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.23 £16.92
% change year-on-year -16.22% +13.65% -31.19%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 (5.15%) Confluence
2 6 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) CMS
3 3 (1.55%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.03%) Apache
4 2 (1.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.03%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.52%) CICS
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.06%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.22%) SAP GRC
1 14 (7.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
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 31 (15.98%) Azure
2 24 (12.37%) AWS
3 16 (8.25%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.64%) GCP
5 8 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.09%) Figma
7 5 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.58%) SaaS
8 4 (2.06%) Apigee
8 4 (2.06%) Cloud Run
8 4 (2.06%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.06%) OCI
9 3 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.55%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.55%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.61%) Firewall
2 5 (2.58%) Network Security
3 4 (2.06%) DNS
3 4 (2.06%) SSL
4 3 (1.55%) VPN
5 2 (1.03%) BIG-IP
5 2 (1.03%) NGFW
5 2 (1.03%) 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 13 (6.70%) Power BI
2 4 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.06%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.06%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.52%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.52%) DataStage
5 1 (0.52%) Db2
5 1 (0.52%) Looker
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.67%) JIRA
2 2 (1.03%) Git
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 62 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.92%) Banking
3 20 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.09%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.09%) Legal
7 4 (2.06%) Retail
7 4 (2.06%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.03%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.03%) Local Government
10 1 (0.52%) Billing
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 39 (20.10%) Analyst
2 26 (13.40%) Consultant
3 22 (11.34%) Senior
4 19 (9.79%) Business Analyst
5 14 (7.22%) Architect
5 14 (7.22%) Project Manager
6 13 (6.70%) Developer
7 9 (4.64%) Designer
8 8 (4.12%) Administrator
8 8 (4.12%) Business Consultant
8 8 (4.12%) Security Consultant
8 8 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.61%) Data Architect
9 7 (3.61%) Lead
9 7 (3.61%) Programme Manager
9 7 (3.61%) Service Analyst
10 6 (3.09%) Configuration Specialist
10 6 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.09%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (2.58%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.22%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.61%) Terraform
3 5 (2.58%) Middleware
3 5 (2.58%) REST
4 4 (2.06%) ISPF
4 4 (2.06%) LangGraph
5 3 (1.55%) JSON
5 3 (1.55%) Kafka
5 3 (1.55%) LangChain
6 2 (1.03%) OAuth
6 2 (1.03%) OpenID
6 2 (1.03%) React Native
6 2 (1.03%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.03%) SAML
6 2 (1.03%) SOAP
7 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.52%) MSMQ
7 1 (0.52%) RESTful
7 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.79%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (5.67%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.67%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.12%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.61%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.09%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.06%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.06%) Clustering
7 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.03%) CMDB
8 2 (1.03%) Derivative
8 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.03%) OTC Derivatives
8 2 (1.03%) PKI
9 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.15%) Windows
2 5 (2.58%) Windows Server
2 5 (2.58%) zOS
3 3 (1.55%) Linux
4 2 (1.03%) AIX
4 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.03%) Solaris
4 2 (1.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (17.53%) Agile
3 33 (17.01%) AI
4 32 (16.49%) Migration
5 27 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (13.40%) Analytics
7 25 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (10.31%) Data Protection
9 19 (9.79%) Generative AI
10 18 (9.28%) User Acceptance Testing
11 16 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (7.73%) ITIL
12 15 (7.73%) System Integration Testing
13 14 (7.22%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (7.22%) Change Management
13 14 (7.22%) CI/CD
13 14 (7.22%) Decision-Making
14 13 (6.70%) Data Management
14 13 (6.70%) Project Delivery
14 13 (6.70%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.82%) Python
2 20 (10.31%) SQL
3 7 (3.61%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.58%) Java
5 4 (2.06%) Bash
6 2 (1.03%) Go
6 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.52%) Scala
7 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (5.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.15%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.12%) Degree
4 2 (1.03%) CBAP
4 2 (1.03%) CRISC
4 2 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.03%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.03%) 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%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.15%) GRC
3 5 (2.58%) PMO
4 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.55%) QA
4 3 (1.55%) SLA
5 2 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.03%) 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 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.58%) RACF
3 4 (2.06%) 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 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.06%) Ansible
2 4 (2.06%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (1.55%) Istio
4 2 (1.03%) Grafana
4 2 (1.03%) 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
Vendors
1 34 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.25%) SAP
3 14 (7.22%) ServiceNow
4 12 (6.19%) Oracle
5 9 (4.64%) IBM
6 5 (2.58%) Citrix
7 4 (2.06%) Cisco
7 4 (2.06%) Databricks
7 4 (2.06%) Google
7 4 (2.06%) Splunk
7 4 (2.06%) VMware
8 3 (1.55%) Adobe
8 3 (1.55%) Calypso
8 3 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.55%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.03%) F5
9 2 (1.03%) Qualys
9 2 (1.03%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.03%) RedGate