Demand Forecasting
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Demand Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Demand Forecasting over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 936 1115
Rank change year-on-year +85 +179 -283
Permanent jobs citing Demand Forecasting 43 53 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.050% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.053% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 21
10th Percentile £52,500 - £36,250
25th Percentile £53,125 £41,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -43.33% +76.47%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year +52.94% +5.59% +23.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Demand Forecasting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Demand Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Demand Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Demand Forecasting in the UK

Demand Forecasting
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Demand Forecasting.

Salary trend for Demand Forecasting in the UK

Demand Forecasting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Demand Forecasting over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Demand Forecasting in the UK

Demand Forecasting
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Demand Forecasting within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +104 43 £65,000 +52.94% 9
London +141 28 £75,000 +3.45% 4
Work from Home +115 27 £75,000 +15.38% 5
UK excluding London -15 15 £65,000 +52.94% 5
North of England +42 7 £65,000 -
South East +8 5 - - 1
North West - 4 - -
Yorkshire +84 3 £65,000 -
Midlands +10 3 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands +20 2 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £90,000 -

Demand Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) SAP APO
1 4 (9.30%) SAP MM
1 4 (9.30%) SAP PP
1 4 (9.30%) SAP SD
1 4 (9.30%) SAP WM
2 2 (4.65%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.33%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) IaaS
1 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (4.65%) IBM Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (62.79%) Tableau
2 3 (6.98%) Power BI
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 25 (58.14%) Git
General
1 33 (76.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Retail
4 4 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.98%) Finance
5 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.65%) Billing
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Automotive
7 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Law
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Marketing
7 1 (2.33%) Police
7 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (62.79%) Senior
2 25 (58.14%) Data Scientist
2 25 (58.14%) Senior Data Scientist
3 4 (9.30%) Architect
3 4 (9.30%) SAP Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
4 3 (6.98%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Supply Chain Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Specialist
6 1 (2.33%) Capacity Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (58.14%) Pandas
1 25 (58.14%) PySpark
1 25 (58.14%) scikit-learn
1 25 (58.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (58.14%) Algorithms
2 7 (16.28%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Blockchain
3 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) Robotics
4 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (83.72%) Decision-Making
2 28 (65.12%) Visualisation
3 27 (62.79%) Actionable Insight
3 27 (62.79%) Artificial Intelligence
3 27 (62.79%) Customer Experience
3 27 (62.79%) Data Science
3 27 (62.79%) Machine Learning
3 27 (62.79%) WFM
4 26 (60.47%) Statistics
5 25 (58.14%) Data Munging
5 25 (58.14%) Generative AI
5 25 (58.14%) Mathematics
5 25 (58.14%) MLOps
5 25 (58.14%) Natural Language Processing
5 25 (58.14%) Neural Network
5 25 (58.14%) Physics
5 25 (58.14%) Predictive Modelling
5 25 (58.14%) Propensity Modelling
5 25 (58.14%) Root Cause Analysis
5 25 (58.14%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (62.79%) Python
1 27 (62.79%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) Java
2 2 (4.65%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (72.09%) Degree
2 30 (69.77%) Master's Degree
3 25 (58.14%) DBS Check
4 4 (9.30%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.33%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.33%) CISSP
5 1 (2.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.33%) NCSC
3 1 (2.33%) NIST
3 1 (2.33%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Databricks
2 6 (13.95%) SAP
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.98%) Splunk
5 2 (4.65%) IBM
5 2 (4.65%) Red Hat