Finance Contracts 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 11 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 222 162 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 33.53% 18.56% 20.74%
As % of the General category 42.86% 26.38% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 67 154
10th Percentile £263 £250 £269
25th Percentile £431 £344 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +4.38% -4.20%
75th Percentile £550 £622 £575
90th Percentile £675 £750 £693
Scotland median daily rate £493 £475 £498
% change year-on-year +3.68% -4.62% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +3.10% -18.53%
Scotland median hourly rate £26.21 £18.13 £37.61
% change year-on-year +44.57% -51.79% +0.48%

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 518 614 896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 78.25% 70.33% 73.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 329 618
10th Percentile £210 £161 £213
25th Percentile £400 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £534 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £654 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.28% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 31 5
10th Percentile £17.55 £13.21 -
25th Percentile £19.16 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.68 £18.13 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year +36.10% -14.72% -30.30%
75th Percentile £41.44 £59.13 £21.67
90th Percentile £52.90 £60.75 £33.27
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £17.00 £18.84
% change year-on-year +17.47% -9.77% -46.17%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 11 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Edinburgh

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 11 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Balerno - 1 - -
Finance
Scotland

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (7.21%) Confluence
2 9 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.45%) nginx
4 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.80%) Oracle Smart View
4 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.35%) Trello
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (2.25%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.35%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.90%) iTrent
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.16%) AWS
2 26 (11.71%) Azure
3 11 (4.95%) GCP
4 10 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.05%) OCI
6 8 (3.60%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.15%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.25%) Serverless
9 4 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.80%) Apigee
9 4 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.80%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.35%) Alation
10 3 (1.35%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.35%) Figma
10 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.35%) SaaS
11 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.90%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.35%) Broadband
2 2 (0.90%) 4G
2 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.90%) SNA
2 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.90%) WAN
3 1 (0.45%) ATM
3 1 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.45%) Firewall
3 1 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) Intranet
3 1 (0.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.45%) SMS
3 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.50%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.60%) Power BI
3 6 (2.70%) Tableau
4 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.80%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.80%) Power Query
5 4 (1.80%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.35%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.35%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.90%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.90%) DB2
7 2 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 27 (12.16%) JIRA
2 5 (2.25%) Git
2 5 (2.25%) GitLab
3 4 (1.80%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.35%) Selenium
5 2 (0.90%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) JUnit
6 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.45%) git-flow
6 1 (0.45%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) Toad
6 1 (0.45%) webpack
6 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 65 (29.28%) Banking
3 48 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (16.22%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.50%) Marketing
8 9 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.15%) Electronics
10 7 (3.15%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.70%) Retail Banking
12 5 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.25%) Law
13 4 (1.80%) Automotive
13 4 (1.80%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.80%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.80%) Retail
14 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (25.68%) Analyst
2 21 (9.46%) Project Manager
3 16 (7.21%) Lead
3 16 (7.21%) Senior
4 13 (5.86%) Data Analyst
5 12 (5.41%) Business Analyst
6 11 (4.95%) Architect
7 9 (4.05%) Fraud Analyst
8 8 (3.60%) Developer
9 7 (3.15%) RF Engineer
10 6 (2.70%) Consultant
10 6 (2.70%) Data Manager
10 6 (2.70%) Designer
10 6 (2.70%) Programme Manager
10 6 (2.70%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
11 5 (2.25%) Administrator
11 5 (2.25%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (2.25%) Migration Manager
11 5 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (3.15%) RESTful
2 7 (3.15%) Spring Boot
3 6 (2.70%) Spring
4 4 (1.80%) Kafka
4 4 (1.80%) React
5 3 (1.35%) Middleware
5 3 (1.35%) Node.js
5 3 (1.35%) OAuth
5 3 (1.35%) SOAP
5 3 (1.35%) Swagger
6 2 (0.90%) .NET
6 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.90%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.90%) JSON
6 2 (0.90%) Playwright
6 2 (0.90%) Spring Security
6 2 (0.90%) Web Services
6 2 (0.90%) WebCenter
6 2 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.76%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.60%) Mainframe
4 8 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.25%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.80%) Life Science
7 4 (1.80%) Replication
8 3 (1.35%) Social Media
9 2 (0.90%) CMDB
9 2 (0.90%) Derivative
9 2 (0.90%) FMCG
9 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.45%) OTC Derivatives
10 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.50%) Linux
1 10 (4.50%) Windows
2 5 (2.25%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.80%) Amazon Linux
3 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.35%) HPUX
4 3 (1.35%) Solaris
4 3 (1.35%) zOS
5 2 (0.90%) AIX
5 2 (0.90%) Unix
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.42%) Agile
2 46 (20.72%) Migration
3 41 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (13.06%) DevOps
6 23 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (9.46%) Project Delivery
7 21 (9.46%) Project Management
8 20 (9.01%) Fintech
9 19 (8.56%) CI/CD
10 18 (8.11%) Regulatory Compliance
11 17 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (7.66%) Digital Banking
12 16 (7.21%) Data Modelling
12 16 (7.21%) Due Diligence
13 15 (6.76%) Case Management
13 15 (6.76%) Scenario Testing
14 14 (6.31%) Data Analysis
14 14 (6.31%) ITIL
14 14 (6.31%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.01%) SQL
2 12 (5.41%) Python
3 11 (4.95%) Java
4 5 (2.25%) VBA
5 4 (1.80%) Bash
5 4 (1.80%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.80%) ProC
5 4 (1.80%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.90%) C#
7 2 (0.90%) Groovy
7 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.90%) JCL
7 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.45%) COBOL
8 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.45%) Go
8 1 (0.45%) Perl
8 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (5.86%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.05%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.60%) CIMA
4 6 (2.70%) Degree
5 5 (2.25%) ACCA
6 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.35%) CISA
6 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.90%) CISM
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.45%) AAT
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.45%) PMP
8 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.95%) Disclosure Scotland
2 8 (3.60%) QA
3 5 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.25%) PMO
4 2 (0.90%) GDPR
4 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.90%) PERC
4 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.45%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.70%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.80%) Ansible
2 4 (1.80%) Terraform
3 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.90%) Tivoli NetView
4 1 (0.45%) Grafana
4 1 (0.45%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.45%) linkerd
4 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (11.71%) Oracle
2 22 (9.91%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.31%) IBM
4 10 (4.50%) SAP
5 7 (3.15%) Google
6 6 (2.70%) Informatica
6 6 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.25%) VMware
8 4 (1.80%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.80%) Hitachi
9 3 (1.35%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.35%) Splunk
9 3 (1.35%) StreamSets
9 3 (1.35%) Sun
9 3 (1.35%) Unisys
10 2 (0.90%) BT
10 2 (0.90%) Snow
10 2 (0.90%) Tenable
10 2 (0.90%) Thycotic