Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland 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 113 115 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.063% 0.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - -
UK median daily rate £413 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% -4.76%

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 1,430 1,523 2,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 89.77% 85.95% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 891 1,389
10th Percentile £244 £206 £238
25th Percentile £390 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £677
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 43 51
10th Percentile £14.86 £13.33 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.46 £13.22
Median hourly rate £19.99 £22.88 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +17.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £57.72
90th Percentile £41.98 £40.90 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.87% -19.64% +25.71%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Planning and Forecasting

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 3 November 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 +5 1 £535 - 5
Planning and Forecasting
UK

Planning and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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