Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in the Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 119 142
Rank change year-on-year +1 +23 +66
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 22 13 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.89% 0.49% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.61% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 3
10th Percentile £206 £383 £483
25th Percentile £208 £398 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £289 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -26.09% +21.05%
75th Percentile £541 £438 £588
90th Percentile - £753 -
England median daily rate £525 £493 £550
% change year-on-year +6.49% -10.36% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,178 2,145 2,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.75% 81.04% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,471 1,875
10th Percentile £219 £275 £256
25th Percentile £355 £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £603 £600
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 101 81
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.70 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.04 £18.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% -32.73% +46.28%
75th Percentile £26.51 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in the Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +8 22 £289 -32.00% 16
Budgeting and Forecasting
England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (4.55%) CA PPM
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 22 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Games
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Engagement Manager
2 5 (22.73%) Accountant
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Systems Accountant
4 2 (9.09%) Management Accountant
4 2 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (50.00%) Budgeting
3 9 (40.91%) Agile
3 9 (40.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (36.36%) Budget Management
5 7 (31.82%) Decision-Making
5 7 (31.82%) Project Delivery
6 6 (27.27%) Project Planning
6 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
7 5 (22.73%) Planning and Forecasting
8 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (18.18%) CRM
8 4 (18.18%) Demand Forecasting
8 4 (18.18%) Financial Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) Data Management
9 3 (13.64%) Project Management
9 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
10 2 (9.09%) Programme Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) GAAP
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 6 (27.27%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Planview