Business Forecasting Contract Job Trends in England

Business Forecasting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 493 544
Rank change year-on-year -28 +51 +177
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 12 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.038% 0.038% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.043% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 12
10th Percentile £407 £420 £318
25th Percentile £419 £456 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £588 £775 £550
90th Percentile £689 £800 £573
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +15.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business 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 27,932 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.81% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,758 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.90 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend in England

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Forecasting in England

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Forecasting

Business 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 Business Forecasting within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London -11 6 £493 -34.33% 2
Midlands -38 3 £475 - 9
West Midlands - 2 £475 - 7
East Midlands -18 1 £393 -17.37% 2
South East -24 1 £675 +50.00% 8
Business Forecasting
UK

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Google Sheets
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) QlikView
3 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (8.33%) DTS
3 1 (8.33%) Essbase
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Accountant
3 2 (16.67%) Data Scientist
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Management Accountant
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Accountant
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Management Accountant
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Manager
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 4 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (33.33%) Business Case
1 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 4 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Data Ingestion
3 2 (16.67%) Data Science
3 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 2 (16.67%) Feature Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ACCA
1 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (16.67%) CIMA
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CFA
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MBA
2 1 (8.33%) PgMP
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (8.33%) PMO
3 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Google