Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Budgeting and Forecasting
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.05% 0.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £472 - -
25th Percentile £477 £663 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.81% - -
75th Percentile £505 £688 -
90th Percentile £506 - -
Wales median daily rate £494 £675 -
% change year-on-year -26.81% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 246 286 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 86.01% 81.25% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 144 274
10th Percentile £195 £160 £183
25th Percentile £277 £210 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £584
90th Percentile £638 £648 £642
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 39 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.42 £16.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £19.50 £21.86
Median hourly rate £17.65 £25.00 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% -16.20% +49.16%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £53.19
90th Percentile £29.11 £50.75 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.59% -7.31% +50.92%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in South Wales

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Cardiff +1 3 £494 -26.81% 1
Budgeting and Forecasting
Wales

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Asana
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Services Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO