Business Forecasting Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Business Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 440 487
Rank change year-on-year +58 +47 -53
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 16 7 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.031% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.034% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 14
10th Percentile - £492 £410
25th Percentile £525 £531 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £481
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -1.28%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £576
90th Percentile - £565 £648
UK median daily rate £564 £513 £475
% change year-on-year +9.95% +7.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.61 - -
Median hourly rate £24.43 - £21.78
75th Percentile £35.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.43 £35.50 £32.64
% change year-on-year -31.18% +8.76% -6.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Business Forecasting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,354 20,436 27,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.24% 89.17% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,295 14,024 19,087
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £579
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,139 1,241 1,336
10th Percentile £12.47 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.38
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Forecasting within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
South East +19 12 - - 4
East of England - 2 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £550 -
Midlands - 1 £550 - 2
Business Forecasting
UK

Business Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (18.75%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP IBP
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Snowflake
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (18.75%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Tableau
2 4 (25.00%) Power BI
3 3 (18.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 11 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (31.25%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) French Language
5 2 (12.50%) German Language
6 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (6.25%) Local Government
6 1 (6.25%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Lead
3 3 (18.75%) Business Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Commercial Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Insight Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Project Controller
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Commercial Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Head of Communications
5 1 (6.25%) Head of Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Graphic Design
2 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 8 (50.00%) Analytics
3 7 (43.75%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (37.50%) Data Transformation
4 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (25.00%) CRM
7 3 (18.75%) Budgeting
7 3 (18.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (18.75%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (18.75%) Statistical Modelling
8 2 (12.50%) Analytical Modelling
8 2 (12.50%) CAD
8 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
8 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
8 2 (12.50%) Project Management
9 1 (6.25%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) ACCA
2 5 (31.25%) CIMA
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Alteryx
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) SAP
4 3 (18.75%) Salesforce