Budget Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Budget Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Budget Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 68 69
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +40
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 4 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.67% 0.17% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.18% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £470 - £241
25th Percentile £481 £663 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £401
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +68.54% -30.95%
75th Percentile £550 £688 £469
90th Percentile £580 - £530
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £471
% change year-on-year - +0.80% -0.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Budget Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 543 559 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.41% 92.55% 91.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 299 502
10th Percentile £233 £230 £199
25th Percentile £406 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £559 £536 £550
90th Percentile £652 £638 £626
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 10
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £13.12
25th Percentile - £22.22 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.96% -17.17%
75th Percentile £31.50 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £61.25 £26.70 £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
% change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budget Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Budget Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Budget Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budget Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in Edinburgh

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budget Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budget Management

Budget Management
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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Technology
2 1 (25.00%) HR Manager
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) QA