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

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 379 442
Rank change year-on-year +28 +63 +143
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Forecasting 8 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.060% 0.025% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.028% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 13
10th Percentile - £498 £330
25th Percentile £404 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £488 £750 -
90th Percentile £555 £803 £665
England median daily rate £475 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year - -1.41% +62.99%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,355 14,441 20,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.42% 88.95% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,228 9,953 15,029
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 193 223
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.25 £18.03
25th Percentile £24.77 £22.00 £22.63
Median hourly rate £30.75 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £49.69 £53.75 £64.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Forecasting in London

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
DemandTrendContract 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 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +1 1 £425 -48.48% 12
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (12.50%) Looker
2 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Resource Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Internal Audit
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (25.00%) DataOps
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Fintech
3 2 (25.00%) Pricing Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ACCA
1 1 (12.50%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce