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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 372 522 752
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 17.51% 19.24% 21.89%
As % of the General category 27.15% 28.86% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 353 558
10th Percentile £280 £356 £325
25th Percentile £382 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +2.83% +14.41%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £739 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £582 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 9
10th Percentile £12.30 £14.51 £19.32
25th Percentile £16.67 £16.60 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.89 £57.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -67.16% +53.62% -27.24%
75th Percentile £19.75 £62.66 £40.00
90th Percentile - £67.44 £41.30
UK median hourly rate £26.97 £26.85 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.47% -23.30% +59.09%

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 1,370 1,809 2,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.47% 66.68% 70.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 1,307 1,773
10th Percentile £178 £232 £230
25th Percentile £340 £404 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £550
90th Percentile £653 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 29 45
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.66 £14.75
25th Percentile £14.59 £14.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%
75th Percentile £56.25 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.75 £54.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +1 167 £475 -5.00% 92
Edinburgh 0 155 £500 +0.50% 122
Renfrewshire +4 7 £120 -79.13% 4
West Lothian +7 6 £300 - 4
Fife +5 6 £310 -47.23% 10
Highlands - 4 - - 3
Argyll and Bute - 2 £198 - 3
Lanarkshire - 2 £575 - 34
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 +23.53% 1
South Lanarkshire +1 1 £500 -24.24% 4
Perthshire 0 1 £525 -7.89% 2
Aberdeen -7 1 - - 20
Dundee - 1 - - 1
Stirling - 1 £525 - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Moray - 1 - - 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 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.49%) Confluence
3 4 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.81%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (0.81%) SAS
4 3 (0.81%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.81%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.81%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.81%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 51 (13.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.69%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.42%) Oracle Cash Management
2 9 (2.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.08%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 4 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.81%) iTrent
6 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.27%) Maximo
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.41%) Azure
2 30 (8.06%) AWS
3 24 (6.45%) OCI
4 23 (6.18%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.42%) Snowflake
7 7 (1.88%) GCP
8 6 (1.61%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.61%) SaaS
8 6 (1.61%) Yammer
9 5 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.34%) Serverless
10 4 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.81%) IaaS
11 3 (0.81%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.34%) ATM
1 5 (1.34%) DHCP
1 5 (1.34%) DNS
1 5 (1.34%) Firewall
2 3 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
2 3 (0.81%) HTTP
2 3 (0.81%) iSCSI
2 3 (0.81%) LAN
2 3 (0.81%) SAN
2 3 (0.81%) Skype
2 3 (0.81%) WAN
3 1 (0.27%) 4G
3 1 (0.27%) 5G
3 1 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.27%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.27%) NAS
3 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) SNMP
3 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.11%) Power BI
2 18 (4.84%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (3.23%) Tableau
4 11 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.15%) Big Data
6 7 (1.88%) DB2
6 7 (1.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (1.61%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.34%) Star Schema
9 4 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (1.08%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.08%) Parquet
9 4 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.81%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.54%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.54%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (7.53%) JIRA
2 5 (1.34%) ER Studio
2 5 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.81%) Git
3 3 (0.81%) GitLab
3 3 (0.81%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.54%) ERwin
4 2 (0.54%) Gradle
5 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.27%) JMeter
5 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.27%) Maven
5 1 (0.27%) Selenium
5 1 (0.27%) SilkCentral
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 100 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.09%) Banking
3 69 (18.55%) Public Sector
4 56 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 12 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.96%) Investment Banking
8 10 (2.69%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.42%) Legal
10 8 (2.15%) Retail Banking
11 7 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.88%) Publishing
12 6 (1.61%) Billing
12 6 (1.61%) Marketing
13 5 (1.34%) Electronics
14 4 (1.08%) Retail
15 3 (0.81%) Local Government
15 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (23.92%) Analyst
2 48 (12.90%) Project Manager
3 39 (10.48%) Developer
4 25 (6.72%) Architect
4 25 (6.72%) Lead
5 24 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 23 (6.18%) Senior
7 22 (5.91%) Data Analyst
8 17 (4.57%) Java Developer
9 14 (3.76%) Consultant
10 13 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
12 11 (2.96%) Administrator
12 11 (2.96%) Finance Manager
12 11 (2.96%) Programme Manager
12 11 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.15%) Java Scala Developer
13 8 (2.15%) Linux Developer
13 8 (2.15%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.76%) Spring
2 13 (3.49%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (2.96%) Middleware
4 10 (2.69%) Spring Boot
5 9 (2.42%) CSS
5 9 (2.42%) HTML
5 9 (2.42%) REST
6 8 (2.15%) Kafka
7 7 (1.88%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.61%) JPA
9 5 (1.34%) PySpark
9 5 (1.34%) React
9 5 (1.34%) RESTful
10 4 (1.08%) Apache Avro
10 4 (1.08%) AWS CDK
10 4 (1.08%) Node.js
11 3 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.81%) Flash
11 3 (0.81%) J2EE
11 3 (0.81%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.91%) Data Protection Act
1 22 (5.91%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.23%) Public Cloud
3 11 (2.96%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.69%) Credit Risk
5 6 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (1.34%) FMCG
6 5 (1.34%) iPhone
7 4 (1.08%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.08%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.08%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.81%) NVMe
8 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.26%) Windows
2 25 (6.72%) Linux
3 15 (4.03%) Unix
4 5 (1.34%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.81%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.54%) Android
8 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (23.12%) Agile
2 62 (16.67%) Project Management
3 43 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (10.75%) ERP
6 33 (8.87%) Project Delivery
7 30 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (7.26%) Data Modelling
8 27 (7.26%) DevOps
8 27 (7.26%) SDLC
9 25 (6.72%) Data Protection
10 24 (6.45%) Decision-Making
11 23 (6.18%) Analytics
11 23 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (6.18%) Migration
12 22 (5.91%) Business Case
12 22 (5.91%) Microservices
13 21 (5.65%) Software Engineering
14 20 (5.38%) Data Analysis
14 20 (5.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 49 (13.17%) SQL
2 37 (9.95%) Python
3 33 (8.87%) Java
4 17 (4.57%) Perl
5 14 (3.76%) PL/SQL
6 13 (3.49%) Shell Script
7 11 (2.96%) Scala
7 11 (2.96%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.61%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.08%) Bash
11 3 (0.81%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.54%) C#
13 1 (0.27%) C
13 1 (0.27%) COBOL
13 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.27%) Go
13 1 (0.27%) Groovy
13 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (8.33%) Degree
2 13 (3.49%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.15%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.34%) ACCA
4 5 (1.34%) CIMA
5 4 (1.08%) CISSP
5 4 (1.08%) HNC
5 4 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.81%) CISM
7 2 (0.54%) APMP
7 2 (0.54%) HND
7 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.54%) PMP
8 1 (0.27%) CISA
8 1 (0.27%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.27%) MCSE
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.53%) PMO
2 12 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (1.88%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.88%) QA
4 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.81%) SLA
6 2 (0.54%) Basel III
6 2 (0.54%) COBIT
6 2 (0.54%) FINREP
6 2 (0.54%) IFRS
6 2 (0.54%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.54%) NIST
6 2 (0.54%) P3O
7 1 (0.27%) COREP
7 1 (0.27%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (1.61%) Docker
1 6 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.34%) VMware NSX
2 5 (1.34%) vSphere
3 4 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.81%) GPFS
4 3 (0.81%) NFS
5 2 (0.54%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.61%) Terraform
3 4 (1.08%) Ansible
4 3 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.81%) Veritas Storage Foundation
5 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.54%) Puppet
5 2 (0.54%) Zipkin
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Istio
6 1 (0.27%) Nagios
6 1 (0.27%) OpenView
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 57 (15.32%) Oracle
2 54 (14.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.03%) SAP
4 10 (2.69%) Databricks
5 9 (2.42%) IBM
6 8 (2.15%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.15%) Informatica
7 7 (1.88%) Google
8 6 (1.61%) Cisco
8 6 (1.61%) Dell
8 6 (1.61%) VMware
9 5 (1.34%) IDERA
9 5 (1.34%) Qualys
9 5 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.08%) Avaloq
10 4 (1.08%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (1.08%) EMC
10 4 (1.08%) NetApp
10 4 (1.08%) Splunk
10 4 (1.08%) Sybase