Business Forecasting Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 378 449
Rank change year-on-year +55 +71 +56
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 11 16 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.077% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.091% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £403 - £528
25th Percentile £443 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £492 £575 -
90th Percentile £509 - £550
UK median daily rate £465 £577 £550
% change year-on-year -19.41% +4.91% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.13 £22.61 £67.00
Median hourly rate £35.25 £24.43 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -64.07% -
75th Percentile £36.38 £35.00 £69.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £24.43 £67.50
% change year-on-year +44.29% -63.81% +55.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Forecasting in the UK excluding London

Business Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East +28 4 £483 - 17
Scotland - 4 £489 - 2
North of England +11 1 - - 10
North West - 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £363 - 3
Business Forecasting
UK

Business Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Power Query
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Service Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Relationships Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Service Relationship Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Controller
4 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Controller
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 4 (36.36%) Budget Management
2 4 (36.36%) Budgeting
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Planning and Forecasting
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Contract Management
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Line Management
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Measurement
5 1 (9.09%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (9.09%) Supply Chain Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CIMA
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) ACCA
3 1 (9.09%) APMP
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) SAP