Business Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Business Forecasting
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 115 127
Rank change year-on-year -46 +12 +16
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.060% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.065% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 £496 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.34% - -
75th Percentile £288 £529 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £369 £513 -
% change year-on-year -28.05% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,634 1,538 2,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.00% 92.26% 84.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,692 918 1,186
10th Percentile £310 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -2.24%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £612
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 107 137
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £13.28
25th Percentile £31.25 £14.94 £19.38
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.15 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +224.06% -52.57% +6.06%
75th Percentile £88.00 £54.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £104.00 £81.20 £86.37
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £22.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +155.56% -59.09% +10.00%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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 - 4 £275 - 1
Business Forecasting
South East

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow