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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 180 148 198
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 29.22% 20.00% 20.08%
As % of the General category 38.88% 28.46% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 68 113
10th Percentile £305 £163 £300
25th Percentile £423 £306 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £600 £655
Scotland median daily rate £475 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £22.30 £12.86
25th Percentile - - £14.69
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +148.14% +36.46% +15.25%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.40 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +13.32% +36.46% -52.66%

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 common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 463 520 735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 75.16% 70.27% 74.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 264 456
10th Percentile £212 £163 £170
25th Percentile £406 £340 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £600 £598 £611
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 9
10th Percentile £15.94 £13.38 £12.95
25th Percentile - £16.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +36.46% -6.24%
75th Percentile £30.38 - £53.70
90th Percentile £60.63 £44.17 £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £19.05 £19.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -1.27% -1.05% +7.68%

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 November 2025.

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 12 (6.67%) Confluence
2 5 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.11%) Apache
3 2 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.56%) FileNet
4 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.67%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.67%) Trello
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (17.78%) Azure
2 30 (16.67%) AWS
3 14 (7.78%) GCP
4 7 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (2.78%) Serverless
7 4 (2.22%) OCI
7 4 (2.22%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.67%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (1.67%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.67%) GitHub
8 3 (1.67%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.11%) Apigee
9 2 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.11%) Figma
9 2 (1.11%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.11%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (0.56%) ATM
2 1 (0.56%) Broadband
2 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (0.56%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.89%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.22%) Power BI
4 3 (1.67%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.67%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.11%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.11%) Data Mart
5 2 (1.11%) MySQL
5 2 (1.11%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.11%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.11%) Tableau
6 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.56%) DB2
6 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (9.44%) JIRA
2 6 (3.33%) GitLab
2 6 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.78%) Git
4 4 (2.22%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.67%) Liquibase
6 2 (1.11%) ER Studio
6 2 (1.11%) git-flow
6 2 (1.11%) JUnit
6 2 (1.11%) webpack
7 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.56%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.56%) Maven
7 1 (0.56%) Selenium
7 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.56%) Toad
General
1 71 (39.44%) Banking
2 62 (34.44%) Social Skills
3 41 (22.78%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (16.11%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.22%) Retail Banking
7 8 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.44%) Retail
8 7 (3.89%) Financial Institution
8 7 (3.89%) Legal
9 6 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.33%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.78%) Electronics
10 5 (2.78%) Marketing
10 5 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.67%) Automotive
11 3 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (32.22%) Analyst
2 15 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 13 (7.22%) Data Analyst
3 13 (7.22%) Fraud Analyst
3 13 (7.22%) Lead
3 13 (7.22%) Senior
3 13 (7.22%) Software Engineer
4 11 (6.11%) Developer
5 10 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
6 9 (5.00%) Consultant
7 7 (3.89%) Accountant
7 7 (3.89%) Systems Accountant
8 6 (3.33%) Support Officer
9 5 (2.78%) Architect
9 5 (2.78%) RF Engineer
9 5 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.22%) Implementation Project Manager
10 4 (2.22%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.44%) React
2 7 (3.89%) RESTful
3 6 (3.33%) .NET
3 6 (3.33%) REST
3 6 (3.33%) Spring
3 6 (3.33%) Spring Boot
4 5 (2.78%) FastAPI
4 5 (2.78%) JSON
5 3 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.67%) Kafka
5 3 (1.67%) OAuth
5 3 (1.67%) PySpark
6 2 (1.11%) Jest
6 2 (1.11%) Node.js
6 2 (1.11%) Playwright
6 2 (1.11%) Web Services
6 2 (1.11%) XML
7 1 (0.56%) Blazor
7 1 (0.56%) Next.js
7 1 (0.56%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.78%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.67%) Life Science
8 2 (1.11%) Derivative
8 2 (1.11%) OTC Derivatives
9 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.56%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) SCADA
9 1 (0.56%) Social Media
9 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.33%) Windows
2 4 (2.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.67%) Migration
2 50 (27.78%) Agile
3 49 (27.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (21.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (14.44%) Fintech
5 26 (14.44%) Regulatory Compliance
6 24 (13.33%) Digital Banking
6 24 (13.33%) Due Diligence
7 23 (12.78%) Case Management
7 23 (12.78%) DevOps
7 23 (12.78%) Scenario Testing
8 20 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 19 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (9.44%) Data Protection
10 17 (9.44%) Software Engineering
11 16 (8.89%) Decision-Making
11 16 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (8.33%) AI
13 14 (7.78%) Mentoring
14 13 (7.22%) Fraud Detection
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.33%) Python
2 16 (8.89%) Java
3 12 (6.67%) SQL
4 9 (5.00%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.78%) Groovy
6 4 (2.22%) C#
6 4 (2.22%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.67%) Go
8 2 (1.11%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.11%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.56%) Bash
9 1 (0.56%) Bicep
9 1 (0.56%) COBOL
9 1 (0.56%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 9 (5.00%) Degree
1 9 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (2.78%) AWS Certification
2 5 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (2.78%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 3 (1.67%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.67%) MCP
4 2 (1.11%) ACCA
4 2 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.11%) CIMA
4 2 (1.11%) CISA
4 2 (1.11%) CISM
4 2 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (0.56%) AAT
5 1 (0.56%) APMG
5 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.56%) PMP
5 1 (0.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.56%) PMO
2 9 (5.00%) QA
3 7 (3.89%) GDPR
4 6 (3.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (2.78%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.22%) COBIT
7 3 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.56%) COREP
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.56%) NIST
8 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.56%) PSD2
8 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 14 (7.78%) Terraform
2 9 (5.00%) Ansible
3 8 (4.44%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.67%) Grafana
4 3 (1.67%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (9.44%) Oracle
2 16 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.89%) SAP
4 6 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.78%) Dynatrace
6 4 (2.22%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.22%) Dell
6 4 (2.22%) F5
6 4 (2.22%) ForgeRock
6 4 (2.22%) Google
6 4 (2.22%) HP
7 3 (1.67%) Hitachi
7 3 (1.67%) IBM
7 3 (1.67%) Splunk
8 2 (1.11%) Cisco
8 2 (1.11%) Planview
8 2 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.11%) Tenable
9 1 (0.56%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.56%) StreamSets