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 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 154 167 172
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 24.56% 25.50% 19.55%
As % of the General category 38.99% 33.47% 25.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 88 88
10th Percentile £270 £223 £311
25th Percentile £452 £418 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £644 £600 £588
90th Percentile £686 £675 £652
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £21.63 £18.24
25th Percentile - £22.50 £19.01
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.00 £20.30
Median % change year-on-year +160.87% +13.33% +69.13%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £21.58
90th Percentile - - £22.36
Scotland median hourly rate £24.20 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.56% +20.97% +39.34%

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 395 499 670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 63.00% 76.18% 76.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 285 392
10th Percentile £150 £192 £219
25th Percentile £325 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -8.63% +3.68%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £663 £635 £656
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 29
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £15.66
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.34 £17.72
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -59.85% +179.52%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.54 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.15 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.55 £23.50 £23.94
% change year-on-year -25.32% -1.82% +38.13%

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 1 March 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 19 (12.34%) Confluence
2 3 (1.95%) Apache
2 3 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.65%) FileNet
Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.25%) Adobe XD
2 5 (3.25%) InVision
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.25%) Sketch
3 4 (2.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.30%) Chatbot
5 2 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) iTrent
1 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 52 (33.77%) Azure
2 26 (16.88%) AWS
3 13 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.49%) Figma
5 8 (5.19%) GitHub
6 7 (4.55%) GCP
7 6 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.90%) Snowflake
8 5 (3.25%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.60%) OCI
10 3 (1.95%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.95%) SaaS
11 2 (1.30%) Amazon EMR
11 2 (1.30%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.30%) Apigee
11 2 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.30%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.90%) Firewall
2 3 (1.95%) Network Security
2 3 (1.95%) WAN
3 1 (0.65%) DHCP
3 1 (0.65%) DNS
3 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) Power BI
2 4 (2.60%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.30%) Data Mart
4 2 (1.30%) Tableau
5 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.65%) Metadata
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.65%) QlikView
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.65%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 22 (14.29%) JIRA
2 5 (3.25%) Axure RP
2 5 (3.25%) GitLab
2 5 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.60%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.60%) ERwin
4 3 (1.95%) Snyk
5 2 (1.30%) Git
6 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.65%) Maven
6 1 (0.65%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.65%) webpack
General
1 56 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 46 (29.87%) Banking
3 17 (11.04%) Public Sector
4 16 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.49%) Retail Banking
6 9 (5.84%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.19%) Retail
8 7 (4.55%) Legal
9 5 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.25%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.95%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.30%) Local Government
11 2 (1.30%) Marketing
11 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Front Office
12 1 (0.65%) Games
12 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (18.18%) Analyst
2 18 (11.69%) Senior
3 16 (10.39%) Business Analyst
4 14 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 12 (7.79%) Designer
6 11 (7.14%) Developer
6 11 (7.14%) Lead
7 8 (5.19%) Administrator
7 8 (5.19%) Project Officer
7 8 (5.19%) Project Support Officer
7 8 (5.19%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.19%) Support Officer
8 7 (4.55%) Architect
9 6 (3.90%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.90%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.25%) Design Engineer
10 5 (3.25%) UX Designer
11 4 (2.60%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.60%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.90%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.25%) .NET
3 4 (2.60%) RESTful
4 3 (1.95%) Model Context Protocol
4 3 (1.95%) React
4 3 (1.95%) SLSA
4 3 (1.95%) Spring
4 3 (1.95%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.30%) JSON
5 2 (1.30%) Middleware
5 2 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.30%) PySpark
5 2 (1.30%) REST
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.65%) Jest
6 1 (0.65%) JMS
6 1 (0.65%) OAuth
6 1 (0.65%) SAML
6 1 (0.65%) XML
6 1 (0.65%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.79%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.49%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.25%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.25%) Clustering
4 5 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.60%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.95%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.95%) PKI
6 3 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.30%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.30%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.65%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.25%) Windows
2 2 (1.30%) Linux
2 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.30%) Unix
2 2 (1.30%) zOS
3 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (35.71%) Agile
2 32 (20.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (18.18%) AI
4 25 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.94%) Migration
6 22 (14.29%) DevOps
7 18 (11.69%) CI/CD
7 18 (11.69%) Project Management
7 18 (11.69%) Workshop Facilitation
8 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (9.74%) Project Delivery
9 14 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 14 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (8.44%) Data Analysis
11 12 (7.79%) Coaching
11 12 (7.79%) Data Modelling
11 12 (7.79%) Data Protection
11 12 (7.79%) Mentoring
12 11 (7.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.88%) Python
2 11 (7.14%) SQL
3 7 (4.55%) Java
3 7 (4.55%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.25%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.60%) Bash
5 4 (2.60%) C#
6 3 (1.95%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.30%) Korn
7 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.65%) Bicep
8 1 (0.65%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (8.44%) Degree
2 5 (3.25%) CISM
2 5 (3.25%) CISSP
2 5 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (1.95%) PMP
4 2 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.30%) FFIEC
4 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.30%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.30%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.65%) APMG
5 1 (0.65%) PhD
5 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.49%) Disclosure Scotland
1 10 (6.49%) QA
2 9 (5.84%) PMO
3 8 (5.19%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.19%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.25%) GDPR
5 4 (2.60%) NIST
6 3 (1.95%) COBIT
7 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.65%) GRC
8 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.65%) NCSC
8 1 (0.65%) PSD2
8 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.65%) SLA
8 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Firmware
3 1 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (5.84%) Terraform
2 6 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.25%) Ansible
4 4 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 21 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.84%) Adobe
3 7 (4.55%) Oracle
4 5 (3.25%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (3.25%) CheckPoint
5 4 (2.60%) Google
5 4 (2.60%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.95%) Black Duck
6 3 (1.95%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.95%) Dell
6 3 (1.95%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.95%) F5
6 3 (1.95%) HP
6 3 (1.95%) IBM
6 3 (1.95%) Pega
6 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.95%) Tenable
7 2 (1.30%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.30%) Thales