Business Forecasting Contracts in London

Business Forecasting
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 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 340 386 487
Rank change year-on-year +46 +101 +91
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 13 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.028% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.032% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £356 £347 -
25th Percentile £380 £433 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +9.72% +28.57%
75th Percentile £688 £519 £569
90th Percentile £775 £554 £640
England median daily rate £458 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -8.50% +2.56% +8.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37.20
25th Percentile - - £41.63
Median hourly rate - - £51.50
75th Percentile - - £62.63
90th Percentile - - £67.80
England median hourly rate - £24.43 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -63.81% +55.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 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%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in London

Business Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Forecasting in London

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Forecasting in London

Business Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Forecasting in London

Business 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 Business 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
West London - 1 £450 - 2
Business Forecasting
England

Business 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 2 (15.38%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Functions
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
1 2 (15.38%) Vertex AI
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon S3
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Looker
1 3 (23.08%) Tableau
2 2 (15.38%) BigQuery
2 2 (15.38%) Power BI
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Marketing
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (15.38%) Electronics
5 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
6 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Banking
6 1 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Data Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Resource Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Business Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Matplotlib
1 2 (15.38%) scikit-learn
1 2 (15.38%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
2 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.69%) Market Risk
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Data Analysis
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (30.77%) Data Science
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Machine Learning
3 4 (30.77%) Planning and Forecasting
3 4 (30.77%) Time Series Forecasting
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (15.38%) Deep Learning
5 2 (15.38%) Natural Language Processing
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ACCA
1 2 (15.38%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Google
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce