Budgeting Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Budgeting
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Budgeting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.13% - 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £157 - -
25th Percentile £173 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £341 - -
90th Percentile £425 - -
Scotland median daily rate £331 £391 £387
% change year-on-year -15.28% +0.97% -13.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Budgeting 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 589 650 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.00% 85.64% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 339 561
10th Percentile £300 £223 £208
25th Percentile £413 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £550 £521 £543
90th Percentile £611 £600 £610
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.15% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 6
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.25 £12.47
25th Percentile - £18.05 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.84 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -52.52% +155.51%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £67.25 - £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £21.80 £19.18
% change year-on-year -8.30% +13.63% +2.29%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Budgeting
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budgeting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in Edinburgh

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budgeting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budgeting

Budgeting
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 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Entry
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Financial Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) KYC
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) P3O
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) Salesforce