Finance Contracts in Scotland

Financial
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 357 498 743
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 16.82% 18.58% 21.69%
As % of the General category 26.50% 27.81% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 335 546
10th Percentile £267 £308 £323
25th Percentile £350 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.27% +16.18%
75th Percentile £583 £597 £575
90th Percentile £740 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 9
10th Percentile £12.30 £14.51 £23.90
25th Percentile £15.41 £16.60 -
Median hourly rate £18.89 £57.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -67.16% +53.62% -14.93%
75th Percentile £19.75 £62.66 £40.75
90th Percentile £20.19 £67.44 £41.30
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £30.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year -10.00% -19.85% +74.91%

All General Skills
Scotland

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,347 1,791 2,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 63.45% 66.80% 70.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 1,276 1,750
10th Percentile £178 £223 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £561 £554 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 29 47
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.66 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.56 £14.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.07 £19.18 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -48.76% +113.15%
75th Percentile £47.25 £58.75 £47.60
90th Percentile £66.50 £67.00 £55.30
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +42.22% +6.89%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Scotland

Finance
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
Glasgow 0 154 £450 -10.00% 76
Edinburgh 0 149 £500 +4.82% 108
Renfrewshire +3 8 £120 -79.13% 4
Fife +6 7 £310 -43.64% 6
West Lothian +9 6 £300 - 9
Highlands - 4 - - 3
Argyll and Bute - 3 £198 - 3
Lanarkshire - 3 £575 - 34
South Lanarkshire +6 2 £500 -24.24% 3
Dundee +4 1 - -
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 +23.53% 1
Perthshire -3 1 £525 +2.44%
Aberdeen -7 1 - - 22
Stirling - 1 £525 - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Finance
UK

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 19 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.64%) Confluence
3 7 (1.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.84%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (0.84%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.84%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.84%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.84%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (2.52%) Oracle Cash Management
1 9 (2.52%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (2.52%) Oracle Receivables
2 6 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.12%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.84%) iTrent
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.28%) Maximo
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 34 (9.52%) Azure
2 27 (7.56%) AWS
3 19 (5.32%) OCI
4 18 (5.04%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.52%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.68%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.68%) GCP
8 6 (1.68%) SaaS
8 6 (1.68%) Yammer
9 5 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.40%) Serverless
10 4 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.56%) Figma
12 2 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) ATM
2 4 (1.12%) Firewall
3 3 (0.84%) HTTP
3 3 (0.84%) LAN
3 3 (0.84%) Skype
3 3 (0.84%) WAN
4 2 (0.56%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) 5G
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.28%) DHCP
5 1 (0.28%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.28%) NAS
5 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.28%) SNMP
5 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
5 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.04%) Oracle Reports
2 16 (4.48%) Power BI
3 11 (3.08%) Big Data
3 11 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.08%) Tableau
4 6 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 6 (1.68%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.40%) Apache Hive
5 5 (1.40%) Spark SQL
5 5 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.40%) Star Schema
6 4 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.12%) Impala
6 4 (1.12%) MySQL
6 4 (1.12%) Parquet
6 4 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (7.00%) JIRA
2 5 (1.40%) ER Studio
3 3 (0.84%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.56%) ERwin
4 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.28%) Git
5 1 (0.28%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Gradle
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.28%) Maven
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
5 1 (0.28%) SilkCentral
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 100 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 63 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 62 (17.37%) Banking
4 53 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.64%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.36%) Legal
7 11 (3.08%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.08%) Retail Banking
8 8 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.24%) Marketing
9 7 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.96%) Publishing
10 6 (1.68%) Electronics
10 6 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Back Office
11 5 (1.40%) Billing
12 3 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (24.65%) Analyst
2 43 (12.04%) Project Manager
3 40 (11.20%) Developer
4 27 (7.56%) Senior
5 25 (7.00%) Business Analyst
6 23 (6.44%) Architect
7 22 (6.16%) Data Analyst
7 22 (6.16%) Lead
8 15 (4.20%) Consultant
9 13 (3.64%) Java Developer
10 12 (3.36%) Financial Analyst
11 11 (3.08%) Administrator
11 11 (3.08%) Finance Manager
11 11 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.52%) PMO Analyst
13 9 (2.52%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.24%) Change Analyst
14 8 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 7 (1.96%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (3.08%) Spring
3 10 (2.80%) Middleware
4 9 (2.52%) Spring Boot
5 8 (2.24%) CSS
5 8 (2.24%) HTML
5 8 (2.24%) Kafka
5 8 (2.24%) REST
6 6 (1.68%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.40%) JPA
7 5 (1.40%) PySpark
8 4 (1.12%) Apache Avro
8 4 (1.12%) AWS CDK
8 4 (1.12%) Node.js
8 4 (1.12%) React
8 4 (1.12%) RESTful
9 3 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.84%) J2EE
10 2 (0.56%) ADO
10 2 (0.56%) OpenTracing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.04%) Data Protection Act
2 13 (3.64%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.52%) Public Cloud
5 8 (2.24%) Credit Risk
5 8 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.96%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.68%) iPhone
7 6 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.40%) CMDB
8 5 (1.40%) FMCG
8 5 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.84%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.84%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.84%) Windows
2 17 (4.76%) Unix
3 16 (4.48%) Linux
4 7 (1.96%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.56%) zOS
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.73%) Agile
2 54 (15.13%) Project Management
3 41 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (11.20%) ERP
4 40 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (8.40%) Project Delivery
6 29 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (7.00%) Data Modelling
8 24 (6.72%) SDLC
9 23 (6.44%) DevOps
9 23 (6.44%) Migration
10 22 (6.16%) Data Protection
10 22 (6.16%) Decision-Making
11 21 (5.88%) Analytics
11 21 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (5.04%) Data Analysis
12 18 (5.04%) Microservices
12 18 (5.04%) User Acceptance Testing
13 16 (4.48%) Software Engineering
13 16 (4.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.17%) SQL
2 26 (7.28%) Python
3 22 (6.16%) Java
4 17 (4.76%) Shell Script
5 16 (4.48%) PL/SQL
6 10 (2.80%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.24%) Scala
8 5 (1.40%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.40%) Perl
8 5 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.12%) Bash
10 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (8.40%) Degree
2 19 (5.32%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.36%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.40%) ACCA
4 5 (1.40%) CIMA
5 4 (1.12%) HNC
6 3 (0.84%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.56%) HND
7 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.56%) PMP
8 1 (0.28%) APMG
8 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.28%) CISA
8 1 (0.28%) CISSP
8 1 (0.28%) MCSE
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.68%) PMO
2 8 (2.24%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.96%) QA
4 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.56%) Basel III
5 2 (0.56%) COBIT
5 2 (0.56%) FINREP
5 2 (0.56%) IFRS
5 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.56%) NEBOSH
5 2 (0.56%) NIST
5 2 (0.56%) P3O
5 2 (0.56%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) COREP
6 1 (0.28%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 5 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (1.40%) VMware NSX
1 5 (1.40%) vSphere
2 4 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.84%) Docker
4 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (0.84%) Terraform
3 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.56%) Zipkin
4 1 (0.28%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Nagios
4 1 (0.28%) Nessus
4 1 (0.28%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.28%) OpenView
Vendors
1 59 (16.53%) Oracle
2 53 (14.85%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.48%) SAP
4 10 (2.80%) Databricks
5 8 (2.24%) Alteryx
5 8 (2.24%) Informatica
5 8 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.68%) Cisco
6 6 (1.68%) Dell
6 6 (1.68%) Google
7 5 (1.40%) HP
7 5 (1.40%) IDERA
7 5 (1.40%) Splunk
7 5 (1.40%) VMware
8 4 (1.12%) Adobe
8 4 (1.12%) Apple
8 4 (1.12%) Avaloq
8 4 (1.12%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.12%) IBM
9 3 (0.84%) Pega