Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the North West

Budgeting and Forecasting
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 103 131
Rank change year-on-year -26 +28 +47
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 2 20 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.093% 0.84% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 1.00% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 11
10th Percentile £421 £412 £463
25th Percentile £421 £488 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -8.26% -9.17%
75th Percentile £471 £519 £600
90th Percentile £474 £568 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £548
% change year-on-year -0.10% -8.68% +4.29%

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 1,903 2,000 2,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.47% 83.51% 87.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,263 1,147 1,697
10th Percentile £296 £294 £270
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £680 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 109 163
10th Percentile £13.61 £16.45 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.39 £28.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +21.43% +57.30%
75th Percentile £49.84 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.06 £72.10 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Budgeting and Forecasting

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 21 September 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
Manchester -2 2 £445 -20.89% 12
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 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP