Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 385 466 569
Rank change year-on-year +81 +103 +77
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 100 76 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 39 45
10th Percentile £343 - £375
25th Percentile £375 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -10.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £606 £600
90th Percentile £803 £695 £725
UK median daily rate £489 £490 £550
% change year-on-year -0.20% -10.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £35.96 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 -
% change year-on-year -1.37% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +49 44 £504 -12.39% 166
Midlands +36 24 £400 -5.88% 85
West Midlands +26 22 £400 -5.88% 49
South East +37 13 £700 +64.71% 116
North of England +21 9 £545 +5.01% 105
North West +18 8 £545 +5.01% 49
South West +49 5 £363 -34.09% 55
East of England +31 2 £713 - 69
East Midlands - 2 £488 - 30
Yorkshire - 1 - - 42
Budgeting and Forecasting
UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (7.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.00%) Confluence
3 1 (1.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.00%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (2.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (1.00%) Cloudability
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.00%) HFM
2 1 (1.00%) iTrent
2 1 (1.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.00%) Azure
1 6 (6.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.00%) AWS
2 4 (4.00%) OCI
3 2 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.00%) Smartsheet
3 2 (2.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.00%) GCP
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.00%) Essbase
1 6 (6.00%) Power BI
2 4 (4.00%) Metadata
3 3 (3.00%) Big Data
3 3 (3.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.00%) IDMS
4 1 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 92 (92.00%) Finance
2 33 (33.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (10.00%) Banking
6 7 (7.00%) Legal
7 6 (6.00%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.00%) Retail
9 3 (3.00%) Electronics
9 3 (3.00%) General Ledger
9 3 (3.00%) Marketing
9 3 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.00%) Billing
10 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.00%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.00%) Italian Language
10 2 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (20.00%) Senior
2 17 (17.00%) Analyst
3 11 (11.00%) Project Manager
4 10 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (9.00%) Consultant
6 7 (7.00%) Senior Manager
7 6 (6.00%) Accountant
7 6 (6.00%) Engagement Manager
7 6 (6.00%) Finance Manager
7 6 (6.00%) IT Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Business Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
8 5 (5.00%) PMO Analyst
8 5 (5.00%) Report Manager
9 4 (4.00%) Commercial Analyst
9 4 (4.00%) Essbase Consultant
9 4 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.00%) IT Analyst
10 3 (3.00%) Programme Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) MDX
2 1 (1.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.00%) CMDB
4 1 (1.00%) Culture of Ownership
4 1 (1.00%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.00%) NHS
4 1 (1.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (56.00%) Budgeting
2 30 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (29.00%) Project Management
4 24 (24.00%) Agile
5 23 (23.00%) Budget Management
6 18 (18.00%) Project Delivery
7 17 (17.00%) Planning and Forecasting
8 16 (16.00%) Business Case
8 16 (16.00%) Decision-Making
9 15 (15.00%) Financial Analysis
10 14 (14.00%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (14.00%) Waterfall
11 13 (13.00%) ERP
12 12 (12.00%) Data Management
12 12 (12.00%) Financial Modelling
12 12 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (11.00%) Contract Management
13 11 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (11.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (12.00%) ACCA
2 10 (10.00%) CIMA
2 10 (10.00%) Degree
3 8 (8.00%) PMI Certification
3 8 (8.00%) PMP
4 5 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 5 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.00%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.00%) PMO
2 5 (5.00%) IFRS
2 5 (5.00%) QA
3 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.00%) GAAP
4 2 (2.00%) SLA
5 1 (1.00%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.00%) Oracle
3 12 (12.00%) SAP
4 3 (3.00%) IFS
5 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.00%) Workday
6 1 (1.00%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.00%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.00%) Broadcom
6 1 (1.00%) Cisco
6 1 (1.00%) Databricks
6 1 (1.00%) IBM
6 1 (1.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.00%) Spotify
6 1 (1.00%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.00%) VMware