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 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Finance 154 183 159
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.85% 29.71% 19.30%
As % of the General category 37.56% 38.28% 25.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 90 72
10th Percentile £250 £262 £313
25th Percentile £405 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +4.50% -
75th Percentile £616 £600 £593
90th Percentile £686 £675 £673
Scotland median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - £17.83
25th Percentile - £22.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate - £23.59 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - +29.12% +52.25%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £20.57
90th Percentile - - £21.95
Scotland median hourly rate £12.80 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +24.00% -46.93%

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 410 478 618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 60.83% 77.60% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 266 356
10th Percentile £171 £193 £171
25th Percentile £373 £392 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £486
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -4.74% +2.21%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £575
90th Percentile £643 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 34
10th Percentile £16.38 £20.51 £16.25
25th Percentile £45.13 £21.61 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -39.55% +125.73%
75th Percentile £75.00 £26.52 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £39.43 £67.75
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £24.09 £19.50
% change year-on-year -32.54% +23.54% +10.05%

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 5 April 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 16 (10.39%) Confluence
2 3 (1.95%) Apache
2 3 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.65%) IIS
3 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (3.25%) Adobe XD
1 5 (3.25%) InVision
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (3.25%) Sketch
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.30%) iTrent
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (28.57%) Azure
2 17 (11.04%) AWS
3 14 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.49%) Figma
5 7 (4.55%) GitHub
5 7 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.90%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.95%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.95%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.95%) GCP
8 3 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.95%) OCI
8 3 (1.95%) SaaS
9 2 (1.30%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.30%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.30%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.30%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.95%) Firewall
1 3 (1.95%) Network Security
1 3 (1.95%) WAN
2 2 (1.30%) DNS
3 1 (0.65%) DHCP
3 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.90%) Power BI
2 4 (2.60%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.95%) Tableau
4 2 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.65%) Metadata
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 21 (13.64%) JIRA
2 5 (3.25%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.60%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.60%) ERwin
4 3 (1.95%) GitLab
4 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.95%) Snyk
4 3 (1.95%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.30%) Git
6 1 (0.65%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (41.56%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.73%) Banking
3 19 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.84%) Financial Institution
5 9 (5.84%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.19%) Retail
7 6 (3.90%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.95%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.95%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.95%) Legal
8 3 (1.95%) Military
9 2 (1.30%) Games
9 2 (1.30%) Local Government
9 2 (1.30%) Marketing
9 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 31 (20.13%) Analyst
2 17 (11.04%) Business Analyst
3 15 (9.74%) Senior
4 14 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 13 (8.44%) Lead
6 11 (7.14%) Administrator
6 11 (7.14%) Designer
7 7 (4.55%) Architect
7 7 (4.55%) Developer
7 7 (4.55%) Project Officer
7 7 (4.55%) Project Support Officer
7 7 (4.55%) Security Engineer
7 7 (4.55%) Support Officer
8 6 (3.90%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Design Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) UX Designer
10 4 (2.60%) Data Modeller
10 4 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.60%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.95%) SLSA
2 2 (1.30%) .NET
2 2 (1.30%) FastAPI
2 2 (1.30%) Kafka
2 2 (1.30%) Middleware
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.65%) ADO
3 1 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.65%) JMS
3 1 (0.65%) JSON
3 1 (0.65%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (0.65%) OAuth
3 1 (0.65%) OpenID
3 1 (0.65%) RESTful
3 1 (0.65%) SAML
3 1 (0.65%) Spring
3 1 (0.65%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.25%) Clustering
5 4 (2.60%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.60%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
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%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.30%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.30%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.30%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.30%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.30%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.30%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.30%) Linux
1 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (1.30%) Unix
1 2 (1.30%) Windows
1 2 (1.30%) zOS
2 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.22%) Agile
2 32 (20.78%) AI
3 28 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (12.99%) DevOps
5 19 (12.34%) Migration
6 17 (11.04%) Project Management
7 16 (10.39%) Generative AI
7 16 (10.39%) Workshop Facilitation
8 15 (9.74%) Asset Management
8 15 (9.74%) Data Analysis
8 15 (9.74%) Project Delivery
8 15 (9.74%) Risk Management
9 14 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (9.09%) Data Protection
9 14 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (8.44%) Data Modelling
11 12 (7.79%) CI/CD
12 11 (7.14%) Change Management
12 11 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.04%) Python
2 13 (8.44%) SQL
3 5 (3.25%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.60%) Bash
5 3 (1.95%) Java
6 2 (1.30%) C#
6 2 (1.30%) Korn
6 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.65%) C++
7 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (9.09%) Degree
2 5 (3.25%) CISM
2 5 (3.25%) CISSP
2 5 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.95%) PMP
4 3 (1.95%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.30%) FFIEC
5 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.65%) APMG
6 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.65%) PhD
6 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.44%) QA
2 9 (5.84%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.84%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (5.84%) PMO
3 8 (5.19%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.95%) NIST
5 2 (1.30%) GDPR
5 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.30%) WCAG
6 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Firmware
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.60%) Terraform
3 3 (1.95%) Ansible
3 3 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 26 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.49%) Adobe
2 10 (6.49%) Oracle
3 5 (3.25%) BiZZdesign
3 5 (3.25%) Google
3 5 (3.25%) OpenAI
3 5 (3.25%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.95%) Black Duck
4 3 (1.95%) Checkmarx
4 3 (1.95%) IBM
4 3 (1.95%) Pega
4 3 (1.95%) Tenable
5 2 (1.30%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.30%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.30%) Synthesia
5 2 (1.30%) Thales
6 1 (0.65%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.65%) Avaloq
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce