Planning and Forecasting Contracts in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Planning and Forecasting 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 112 124 158
Rank change year-on-year +12 +34 +9
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £386 -
25th Percentile £625 £422 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +5.41% -19.21%
75th Percentile £675 £547 £469
90th Percentile - £579 -
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £583
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.87% +12.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 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%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Planning and Forecasting in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Planning and Forecasting in Scotland

Planning 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 Planning and Forecasting 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 - 4 £650 - 3
Planning and Forecasting
UK

Planning 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (75.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (75.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) HPUX
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Solaris
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
1 3 (75.00%) Sun
1 3 (75.00%) Unisys
2 2 (50.00%) HP