Business Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the South East

Business Forecasting
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 176 214
Rank change year-on-year +1 +38 +52
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.026% 0.073% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.086% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £470
25th Percentile £663 £375 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £400 £518
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -22.71% +33.55%
75th Percentile £688 £425 £556
90th Percentile - - £575
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Business 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,385 3,481 4,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.88% 84.99% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,138 2,129 3,185
10th Percentile £219 £257 £215
25th Percentile £388 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £651 £688 £694
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 167 250
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.72 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £28.88 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.98% +9.52% +24.56%
75th Percentile £33.49 £70.00 £66.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend in the South East

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Forecasting within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Berkshire +11 1 £675 - 14
Thames Valley +7 1 £675 - 15
Business Forecasting
England

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PgMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA