Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting and Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 496 622
Rank change year-on-year +85 +126 +64
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 110 86 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.23% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 45 55
10th Percentile £311 £405 £375
25th Percentile £375 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £490 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -10.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £628
90th Percentile £785 £673 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £29.77 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.65 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% - -
75th Percentile £37.00 £40.00 -
90th Percentile - £42.91 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £53.03 -
% change year-on-year -32.11% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in the UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in the UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +81 100 £520 +5.48% 288
UK excluding London +76 60 £475 - 166
London +49 44 £504 -12.39% 155
Midlands +36 24 £400 -5.88% 25
Work from Home +40 22 £489 -0.81% 122
West Midlands +26 22 £400 -5.88% 17
South East +37 13 £700 +64.71% 48
North of England +21 9 £545 +5.01% 45
North West +18 8 £545 +5.01% 25
South West +49 5 £363 -34.09% 19
Scotland +15 4 £489 +2.95% 11
Northern Ireland -7 3 £313 +19.05% 1
East of England +31 2 £713 - 21
East Midlands - 2 £488 - 6
Yorkshire - 1 - - 14

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.91%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 19 (17.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.55%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.82%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.91%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.91%) HFM
2 1 (0.91%) iTrent
2 1 (0.91%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.45%) Azure
1 6 (5.45%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.64%) AWS
2 4 (3.64%) OCI
3 3 (2.73%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.82%) Smartsheet
4 2 (1.82%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.91%) GCP
5 1 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.91%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.45%) Essbase
1 6 (5.45%) Power BI
2 4 (3.64%) Metadata
2 4 (3.64%) Power Query
3 3 (2.73%) Big Data
3 3 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.91%) IDMS
4 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 101 (91.82%) Finance
2 40 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 21 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.91%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (9.09%) Banking
5 10 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.27%) Legal
7 5 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.55%) Retail
8 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.73%) Electronics
9 3 (2.73%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.73%) Marketing
10 2 (1.82%) Billing
10 2 (1.82%) Games
10 2 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.82%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.82%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.82%) Law
10 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (18.18%) Senior
2 17 (15.45%) Analyst
3 11 (10.00%) Consultant
3 11 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 10 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
5 7 (6.36%) Senior Manager
6 6 (5.45%) Accountant
6 6 (5.45%) Engagement Manager
6 6 (5.45%) Finance Manager
6 6 (5.45%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.55%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.55%) Oracle Consultant
7 5 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
7 5 (4.55%) Report Manager
8 4 (3.64%) Commercial Analyst
8 4 (3.64%) Essbase Consultant
8 4 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (3.64%) Programme Manager
8 4 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (2.73%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) MDX
1 4 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.91%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.64%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.73%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.91%) CMDB
4 1 (0.91%) Culture of Ownership
4 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.91%) NHS
4 1 (0.91%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (60.00%) Budgeting
2 32 (29.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (27.27%) Project Management
4 27 (24.55%) Budget Management
5 24 (21.82%) Agile
6 18 (16.36%) Decision-Making
6 18 (16.36%) Financial Analysis
6 18 (16.36%) Planning and Forecasting
6 18 (16.36%) Project Delivery
7 16 (14.55%) Business Case
7 16 (14.55%) Collaborative Working
8 15 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (12.73%) ERP
9 14 (12.73%) Waterfall
10 13 (11.82%) Financial Modelling
11 12 (10.91%) Change Management
11 12 (10.91%) Data Management
11 12 (10.91%) Process Improvement
11 12 (10.91%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.64%) VBA
2 2 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.64%) CIMA
2 13 (11.82%) ACCA
3 12 (10.91%) Degree
4 8 (7.27%) PMI Certification
4 8 (7.27%) PMP
5 5 (4.55%) Master's Degree
5 5 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.55%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.91%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.55%) PMO
2 5 (4.55%) IFRS
2 5 (4.55%) QA
3 3 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.82%) GAAP
4 2 (1.82%) SLA
5 1 (0.91%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.09%) Oracle
3 14 (12.73%) SAP
4 3 (2.73%) IFS
4 3 (2.73%) Workday
5 2 (1.82%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.91%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.91%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.91%) Ariba
6 1 (0.91%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.91%) Cisco
6 1 (0.91%) Databricks
6 1 (0.91%) IBM
6 1 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.91%) Spotify
6 1 (0.91%) Tagetik
6 1 (0.91%) VMware