Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Budgeting and Forecasting
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 80 104
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 +31
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.18% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.30% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £396 -
25th Percentile £425 £398 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £750
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -46.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £475 £456 -
90th Percentile - £490 -
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £645
% change year-on-year -10.00% -22.48% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,015 1,014 1,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.66% 88.71% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 597 1,026
10th Percentile £300 £294 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £661 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 41 48
10th Percentile £17.26 £16.00 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £22.00 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +64.56% -43.57%
75th Percentile £31.40 £45.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +46.15%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Manchester

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 2 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP