Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Reading

Budgeting and Forecasting
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 65 86
Rank change year-on-year -13 +21 -5
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 5 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.55% 1.19% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 1.27% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £395
25th Percentile - £800 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £801 £475
Median % change year-on-year -65.02% +68.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile - £801 £495
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £430 £801 £475
% change year-on-year -46.28% +68.53% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £84.85 - -
25th Percentile £86.13 - -
Median hourly rate £89.50 - -
75th Percentile £94.13 - -
90th Percentile £96.15 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £89.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 809 710 1,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 88.32% 94.04% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 391 627
10th Percentile £310 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -3.40%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £615
90th Percentile £672 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 5 35
10th Percentile £55.80 £27.35 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.00 £29.00 £54.58
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.76 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +34.39% +0.19% -8.67%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £68.13
90th Percentile £107.00 £72.20 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £59.50
% change year-on-year +32.53% +3.35% -8.00%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Reading

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in Reading over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in Reading

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 2G
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Asset and Configuration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Budgeting
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (40.00%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow