Business Forecasting Contracts in England

Business Forecasting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Business Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 624 751
Rank change year-on-year +96 +127 -107
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 22 12 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.026% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 0.028% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 24
10th Percentile £342 £450 £336
25th Percentile £419 £468 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -20.00%
75th Percentile £576 £519 £586
90th Percentile £576 £588 £653
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £481
% change year-on-year +10.00% +3.90% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £23.83
25th Percentile £22.61 £34.25 £26.90
Median hourly rate £24.43 £35.50 £32.64
Median % change year-on-year -31.18% +8.76% -1.09%
75th Percentile £35.00 £36.75 £39.01
90th Percentile - - £42.45
UK median hourly rate £24.43 £35.50 £32.64
% change year-on-year -31.18% +8.76% -6.07%

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 22 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 22 June 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 +25 13 - - 5
London +77 4 £475 -5.00% 10
East of England - 2 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £550 - 5
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
Business Forecasting
UK

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 (13.64%) SAS
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP IBP
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Snowflake
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Tableau
2 4 (18.18%) Power BI
3 3 (13.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 13 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
4 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.09%) French Language
5 2 (9.09%) German Language
5 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Back Office
6 1 (4.55%) Banking
6 1 (4.55%) General Ledger
6 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Local Government
6 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.55%) Marketing
6 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Lead
3 4 (18.18%) Business Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Insight Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Performance Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Project Controller
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Commercial Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Head of Strategy
6 1 (4.55%) Management Accountant
6 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Developer
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Manager
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.55%) ARM Templates
1 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) Entity Framework
1 1 (4.55%) jQuery
1 1 (4.55%) React
1 1 (4.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Digital Media
2 1 (4.55%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.55%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Decision-Making
2 11 (50.00%) Analytics
3 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (27.27%) Data Transformation
5 5 (22.73%) Budgeting
5 5 (22.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 4 (18.18%) CRM
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) Statistical Modelling
7 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (13.64%) Planning and Forecasting
7 3 (13.64%) Project Management
8 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (9.09%) Demand Forecasting
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Management
8 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
8 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) MATLAB
3 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) ACCA
3 6 (27.27%) CIMA
4 1 (4.55%) CIPFA
4 1 (4.55%) ICAEW
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.55%) IFRS
1 1 (4.55%) IFRS 17
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Alteryx
1 6 (27.27%) SAP
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Nintex
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle