Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in Berkshire

Budgeting and Forecasting
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 110 105
Rank change year-on-year +28 -5 +18
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 11 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.94% 0.71% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.79% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £475 £380
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% +25.00% -1.65%
South East median daily rate £700 £425 £428
% change year-on-year +64.71% -0.58% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £53.03 -
South East median hourly rate - £53.03 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Budgeting 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in Berkshire

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in Berkshire

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in Berkshire

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Reading +26 9 - - 4
Wokingham - 1 £700 -
Budgeting and Forecasting
South East

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) General Ledger
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 1 (9.09%) Billing
5 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Commercial Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Finance Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Report Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Commercial Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Budgeting
2 5 (45.45%) Budget Management
3 4 (36.36%) Financial Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Contract Management
4 3 (27.27%) Financial Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Internal Audit
5 2 (18.18%) People Management
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (9.09%) Benchmarking
6 1 (9.09%) Change Control
6 1 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
6 1 (9.09%) DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) FinOps
6 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) ACCA
2 5 (45.45%) CIMA
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) IFRS
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IFS
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle