Budgeting Contracts in Scotland

Budgeting
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Budgeting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 127 129
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 15 2 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.92% 0.090% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.10% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 20
10th Percentile £350 - £423
25th Percentile £411 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +52.81%
75th Percentile £513 £488 £541
90th Percentile £550 - £599
UK median daily rate £489 £538 £570
% change year-on-year -9.02% -5.70% +8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in Scotland

Budgeting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in Scotland

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in Scotland

Budgeting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in Scotland

Budgeting
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 10 £489 - 6
Glasgow +4 2 £449 - 6
Perthshire - 2 £350 -
Budgeting
UK

Budgeting
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 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Smart View
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (6.67%) Asana
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) ADSL
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) PSTN
1 1 (6.67%) SDH
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power Query
2 3 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (6.67%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Electronics
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Portfolio Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Service Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Hyperion Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) PMO Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Product Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Project Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.67%) PMI
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Budget Management
1 6 (40.00%) Change Management
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (26.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 4 (26.67%) Business Forecasting
3 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 3 (20.00%) Cost Management
4 3 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (13.33%) Business Development
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CIMA
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) HNC
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) PMO
2 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (13.33%) P3O
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Hyperion
2 1 (6.67%) Nokia