Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in London

Budgeting and Forecasting
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting and 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 309 358 450
Rank change year-on-year +49 +92 +77
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 44 33 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.19% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.21% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 13 22
10th Percentile £356 £415 £440
25th Percentile £378 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -12.39% -2.13% +17.50%
75th Percentile £684 £625 £690
90th Percentile £817 £735 £725
England median daily rate £520 £493 £550
% change year-on-year +5.48% -10.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £35.96 -
England median hourly rate - £35.96 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Budgeting and 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in London.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in London.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in London

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting within the London 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
Central London +10 9 £638 +2.00% 9
West London +13 2 - - 13
Budgeting and Forecasting
England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Confluence
3 1 (2.27%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Cloudability
1 1 (2.27%) iTrent
1 1 (2.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.09%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) OCI
4 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) Power BI
2 3 (6.82%) Big Data
2 3 (6.82%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.27%) IDMS
3 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 43 (97.73%) Finance
2 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Banking
3 9 (20.45%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Legal
6 2 (4.55%) Electronics
6 2 (4.55%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.55%) Marketing
6 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.27%) Billing
7 1 (2.27%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Analyst
2 11 (25.00%) Senior
3 7 (15.91%) Financial Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) IT Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Lead
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.55%) Finance Business Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Project Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
1 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.27%) CMDB
2 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Budgeting
2 16 (36.36%) Project Management
3 11 (25.00%) Business Case
4 10 (22.73%) Budget Management
4 10 (22.73%) Project Delivery
4 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.45%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (20.45%) Resource Allocation
6 8 (18.18%) Agile
6 8 (18.18%) Data Analysis
6 8 (18.18%) Data Management
6 8 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 7 (15.91%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (13.64%) Financial Analysis
9 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.36%) Cost Optimisation
9 5 (11.36%) Data Integration
9 5 (11.36%) Planning and Forecasting
9 5 (11.36%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) PMI Certification
2 6 (13.64%) PMP
3 4 (9.09%) ACCA
3 4 (9.09%) CIMA
3 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.27%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) PMO
2 5 (11.36%) QA
3 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Oracle
3 2 (4.55%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (2.27%) IBM
4 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.27%) Workday