Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in the City of London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 110 124 174
Rank change year-on-year +14 +50 +14
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 9 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.51% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £468 £545 £688
25th Percentile £561 £575 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £750
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -16.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £697 £675 £781
90th Percentile £736 £705 £793
Central London median daily rate £638 £625 £750
% change year-on-year +2.00% -16.67% +36.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Services Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 7 (77.78%) Budgeting
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
4 4 (44.44%) Business Case
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Data Collection
5 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 3 (33.33%) User Experience
5 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
7 1 (11.11%) API Management
7 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (11.11%) Community of Practice
7 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
1 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCAB
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
1 2 (22.22%) QA
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Workday