Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in the North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 112 130 148
Rank change year-on-year +18 +18 +22
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 8 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.41% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.29% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £348 - £393
25th Percentile £395 £493 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £519 £545
Median % change year-on-year +5.01% -4.77% -0.91%
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - £598 £600
England median daily rate £520 £493 £550
% change year-on-year +5.48% -10.36% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
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 the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in the North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Merseyside - 4 £545 - 5
Cheshire - 3 £317 - 11
Manchester +17 1 £395 -39.23% 28
Budgeting and Forecasting
England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Essbase
1 4 (50.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Essbase Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Change Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Budgeting
2 4 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 4 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Matrix Management
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle