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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 484 509
Rank change year-on-year +101 +25 +131
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 120 76 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.25% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 51 79
10th Percentile £225 £382 £400
25th Percentile £408 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £450 £560
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -19.64% +12.00%
75th Percentile £684 £569 £651
90th Percentile £813 £625 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +2.63% -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £18.88 £17.98 -
25th Percentile £22.44 £23.57 -
Median hourly rate £29.25 £33.77 £89.44
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% -62.25% -
75th Percentile £36.44 £44.60 -
90th Percentile £40.23 £50.57 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £33.77 £89.44
% change year-on-year +6.62% -62.25% -

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 24,672 31,000 42,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.65% 85.71% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,837 20,180 29,760
10th Percentile £300 £308 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £669
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,310 2,113 1,505
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.18 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.30 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.27 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
% change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.19%

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 17 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 July 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 +71 66 £550 - 182
Midlands +11 20 £289 -32.00% 57
West Midlands +11 20 £289 -32.00% 37
South East +23 12 £556 +30.88% 99
South West +52 9 - - 40
North of England 0 7 £317 -36.15% 59
Yorkshire - 4 £108 - 20
North West -5 3 £379 -23.77% 32
East of England - 2 £713 - 38
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 14 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (25.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.83%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.83%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.83%) HFM
3 1 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.83%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.83%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.17%) Power Platform
2 10 (8.33%) OCI
3 8 (6.67%) Azure
4 5 (4.17%) AWS
5 3 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (1.67%) GCP
6 2 (1.67%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.67%) SaaS
6 2 (1.67%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.83%) GitHub
7 1 (0.83%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.17%) Power BI
2 8 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.33%) Tableau
4 3 (2.50%) Big Data
5 2 (1.67%) Essbase
5 2 (1.67%) Power Query
5 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.83%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (10.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
General
1 110 (91.67%) Finance
2 44 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 32 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.83%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (6.67%) Banking
6 7 (5.83%) Legal
7 6 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.33%) General Ledger
9 4 (3.33%) Retail
10 2 (1.67%) Billing
10 2 (1.67%) Law
10 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.67%) Publishing
11 1 (0.83%) Advertising
11 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.83%) Games
11 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (23.33%) Analyst
2 18 (15.00%) Senior
3 14 (11.67%) Project Manager
4 13 (10.83%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (7.50%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.67%) Programme Controller
7 7 (5.83%) Senior Manager
8 6 (5.00%) Accountant
8 6 (5.00%) Consultant
8 6 (5.00%) Engagement Manager
8 6 (5.00%) PMO Analyst
9 5 (4.17%) Finance Business Analyst
10 4 (3.33%) Commercial Analyst
10 4 (3.33%) Finance Manager
10 4 (3.33%) Lead
10 4 (3.33%) Programme Manager
10 4 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 3 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
11 3 (2.50%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) ADO
1 1 (0.83%) Flash
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.83%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 8 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.67%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.83%) CMDB
4 1 (0.83%) Culture of Ownership
4 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.83%) PMI
4 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (51.67%) Budgeting
2 35 (29.17%) Project Management
3 31 (25.83%) Agile
4 28 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (21.67%) Decision-Making
6 22 (18.33%) Budget Management
6 22 (18.33%) Project Delivery
7 20 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (15.83%) Financial Analysis
9 18 (15.00%) ERP
9 18 (15.00%) Waterfall
10 16 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (12.50%) Data Management
12 14 (11.67%) Data Integration
12 14 (11.67%) Planning and Forecasting
13 12 (10.00%) Analytics
13 12 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (10.00%) Financial Modelling
13 12 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.33%) SQL
2 2 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (13.33%) Degree
2 15 (12.50%) ACCA
3 13 (10.83%) CIMA
4 8 (6.67%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.83%) PMP
5 7 (5.83%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.83%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.67%) CCAB
7 2 (1.67%) CIPFA
7 2 (1.67%) CISM
7 2 (1.67%) CRISC
7 2 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.83%) APMP
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (19.17%) PMO
2 6 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.17%) IFRS
4 4 (3.33%) QA
5 3 (2.50%) SLA
6 2 (1.67%) GAAP
7 1 (0.83%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Ansible
1 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) SCOM
1 1 (0.83%) Terraform
1 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.17%) Oracle
3 12 (10.00%) SAP
4 5 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.33%) Workday
6 3 (2.50%) IFS
7 2 (1.67%) Adaptive Insights
7 2 (1.67%) Cisco
7 2 (1.67%) IBM
7 2 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.67%) Tagetik
8 1 (0.83%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.83%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.83%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.83%) Citrix
8 1 (0.83%) Dell
8 1 (0.83%) Google
8 1 (0.83%) HP
8 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.83%) VMware