Business Forecasting Contracts in England

Business Forecasting
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 655 747
Rank change year-on-year +125 +92 -137
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 20 10 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.020% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.022% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 25
10th Percentile £367 £435 £322
25th Percentile £481 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -13.25%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £585
90th Percentile £576 £556 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £451
% change year-on-year +2.33% +19.31% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £43.10 £39.78
25th Percentile £22.61 £56.38 £40.19
Median hourly rate £23.22 £67.75 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.73% +63.25% +25.76%
75th Percentile £24.13 £73.06 £43.44
90th Percentile £24.31 £76.33 £44.23
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £67.75 £41.50
% change year-on-year -65.73% +63.25% +19.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Forecasting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,223 45,987 64,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,190 32,199 46,005
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,635 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in England

Business Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Forecasting in England

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Forecasting in England

Business Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Forecasting in England

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 23 April 2024. 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
South East +29 12 - - 10
London +100 5 £494 +9.72% 12
Midlands +36 1 £550 +22.22% 2
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
North of England - 1 - - 4
Business Forecasting
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Business 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 3 (15.00%) SAS
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP IBP
2 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Snowflake
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Tableau
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 13 (65.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Finance
4 6 (30.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (5.00%) Automotive
6 1 (5.00%) Back Office
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Local Government
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
6 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Lead
3 4 (20.00%) Business Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Insight Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Performance Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Commercial Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Head of Communications
6 1 (5.00%) Head of Strategy
6 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Developer
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Manager
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (5.00%) jQuery
1 1 (5.00%) React
1 1 (5.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (5.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Analytics
2 10 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (35.00%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (30.00%) Data Transformation
5 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (20.00%) CRM
6 4 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
7 3 (15.00%) Analytical Modelling
7 3 (15.00%) Budgeting
7 3 (15.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
7 3 (15.00%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (15.00%) Planning and Forecasting
8 2 (10.00%) ERP
8 2 (10.00%) Inventory Management
8 2 (10.00%) Migration
8 2 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) ACCA
3 3 (15.00%) CIMA
4 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) IFRS
2 1 (5.00%) IFRS 17
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Alteryx
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (15.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Nintex
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle