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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 515 599
Rank change year-on-year +15 +84 +157
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 12 9 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.027% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.031% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 16
10th Percentile £404 £498 £450
25th Percentile £408 £550 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £564 £750 £547
90th Percentile £635 £803 £638
UK median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.95% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.41% +8.76%
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year - -1.41% +8.76%

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 25,098 28,614 39,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.80% 85.87% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,006 18,616 27,813
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,431 1,648 1,371
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.46 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
% change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%

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 14 August 2025.

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 14 August 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 +24 9 £425 -34.62% 43
South East +24 2 £594 - 8
North of England - 1 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 1
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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon S3
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (8.33%) DTS
2 1 (8.33%) Looker
2 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Resource Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Business Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (8.33%) Market Risk
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
1 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 4 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 2 (16.67%) DataOps
4 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 2 (16.67%) Fintech
4 2 (16.67%) Pricing Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) ACCA
1 1 (8.33%) CIMA
1 1 (8.33%) PgMP
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce