Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Planning and Forecasting
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 70 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.27% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - -
Scotland median daily rate £535 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Planning and Forecasting 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 585 627 903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.81% 85.07% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 328 557
10th Percentile £260 £221 £203
25th Percentile £413 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £600 £600 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 6
10th Percentile £16.19 £14.04 £12.47
25th Percentile - £19.28 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% -50.96% +154.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £67.25 - £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.63% +17.31% +4.00%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle