Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Budgeting and Forecasting
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 53 53
Rank change year-on-year -17 0 +12
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.16% 0.66% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.73% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £526 £459
25th Percentile £463 £528 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +11.11% +1.54%
75th Percentile £488 £572 £518
90th Percentile - £574 £531
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £645
% change year-on-year -10.00% -22.48% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 557 410 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 87.99% 89.91% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 241 237
10th Percentile £268 £313 £265
25th Percentile £356 £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £685 £650 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +2.41% +54.82%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.75 £35.75
90th Percentile £71.65 £84.30 £42.25
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £30.95 £35.73
% change year-on-year +3.39% -13.37% +34.66%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Warrington 0 1 £475 -
Budgeting and Forecasting
North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree