Planning and Forecasting Job Trends in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 132 266
Rank change year-on-year +13 +134 -61
Permanent jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 20 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.61% 0.10% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.40%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £70,262
90th Percentile - - £72,433
UK median annual salary £66,750 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.64% +33.33% -23.36%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,334 1,771 5,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 71.01% 92.97% 92.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 864 2,405
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,941 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,250 £40,563 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,288 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,090 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Scotland

Planning and Forecasting
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Planning and Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Planning and Forecasting within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +21 14 - -
Glasgow - 3 £40,000 - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
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 7 (35.00%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle Financials
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle Payables
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (35.00%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (35.00%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (5.00%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) Essbase
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (85.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Games
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Analyst
2 16 (80.00%) Senior
3 15 (75.00%) Senior Analyst
4 14 (70.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 14 (70.00%) Senior Oracle Analyst
5 7 (35.00%) ERP Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Forecast Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Lead
7 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Social Media
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Coaching
2 15 (75.00%) ERP
2 15 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 14 (70.00%) Asset Management
3 14 (70.00%) Data Management
3 14 (70.00%) Enterprise Data Management
4 10 (50.00%) Analytics
5 8 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
5 8 (40.00%) Process Improvement
5 8 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (35.00%) Data Migration
6 7 (35.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (35.00%) GAP Analysis
6 7 (35.00%) Impact Assessments
6 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
6 7 (35.00%) Migration
6 7 (35.00%) Performance Management
6 7 (35.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (35.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) ACCA
1 1 (5.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Oracle
2 7 (35.00%) Hyperion
3 1 (5.00%) Infor