Demand Forecasting Contracts in England

Demand Forecasting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Demand Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Demand Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 530 636
Rank change year-on-year +61 +106 +122
Contract jobs citing Demand Forecasting 16 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.032% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.037% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile £425 £606 -
25th Percentile - £606 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £613 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% +44.18% -39.29%
75th Percentile - £619 £465
90th Percentile £540 £619 -
UK median daily rate £500 £613 £425
% change year-on-year -18.40% +44.18% -39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39.25
Median hourly rate - - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £40.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Demand 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Demand Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Demand Forecasting in England

Demand Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Demand Forecasting in England

Demand Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Demand Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Demand Forecasting in England

Demand Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Demand Forecasting in England

Demand 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 Demand Forecasting within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +40 9 £500 -18.37% 23
North West +21 5 £500 - 3
North of England +21 5 £500 - 3
South East - 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 1
Demand Forecasting
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Demand 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (43.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.25%) Demantra
2 1 (6.25%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
1 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (31.25%) Retail
4 4 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Back Office
5 1 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Business Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning Scientist
5 1 (6.25%) Planning Manager
5 1 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.25%) EPoS
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) GAP Analysis
2 7 (43.75%) Planning and Forecasting
2 7 (43.75%) User Stories
3 6 (37.50%) Business Transformation
4 5 (31.25%) Inventory Management
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Project Management
6 3 (18.75%) Supply Chain Management
7 2 (12.50%) Analytics
7 2 (12.50%) Change Management
7 2 (12.50%) ERP
7 2 (12.50%) Logistics
7 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 2 (12.50%) WFM
8 1 (6.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 1 (6.25%) Requirements Workshops
8 1 (6.25%) Strategic Roadmap
8 1 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Go
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
1 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Ariba
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Anaplan
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Workday