Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in Scotland

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 118 154
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 +18
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 5 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.29% 0.098% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.11% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £458 - £300
25th Percentile £470 £463 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £488 £519
90th Percentile - - £538
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +2.79% -13.64% +8.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Budgeting 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,607 1,782 2,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.04% 87.18% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 909 1,111 1,747
10th Percentile £250 £213 £250
25th Percentile £366 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 69 57
10th Percentile £16.58 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £13.64 £12.75
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +10.55% -52.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £43.75
90th Percentile £28.22 £60.75 £63.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.81
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.83% +58.73%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in Scotland

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in Scotland

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in Scotland

Budgeting and Forecasting
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 Budgeting and Forecasting within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 July 2025. 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
Edinburgh +11 5 £489 - 6
Budgeting and Forecasting
UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Smart View
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power Query
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Budgeting
2 4 (80.00%) Budget Management
2 4 (80.00%) Business Forecasting
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle