Budgeting and Forecasting Job Trends in Edinburgh

Budgeting and Forecasting
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 106
Rank change year-on-year -16 +25 +45
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 8 15 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.75% 1.36% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.41% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £123,887
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £129,121
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.77%
75th Percentile - - £134,356
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 - £129,121
% change year-on-year - - +106.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Budgeting and Forecasting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 910 1,065 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.45% 96.21% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 390 405 777
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Budgeting and Forecasting
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting 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 2 (25.00%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
1 6 (75.00%) Senior
1 6 (75.00%) Senior Manager
1 6 (75.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Associate Director
2 2 (25.00%) IT Director
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 8 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 8 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) Contingency Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Business Case
3 2 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
1 2 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes