Business Forecasting Contracts

Business Forecasting
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Business Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 705 826
Rank change year-on-year +151 +121 -143
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 24 11 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.019% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.021% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 26
10th Percentile £416 £450 £323
25th Percentile £513 £497 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +15.79% -8.43%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £587
90th Percentile £660 £592 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £488
% change year-on-year - +12.82% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £40.15 -
25th Percentile £22.61 £49.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £24.43 £67.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.81% +55.17% +25.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £70.13 £44.75
90th Percentile - £70.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.43 £68.00 -
% change year-on-year -64.07% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Forecasting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +121 20 £550 +12.82% 43
UK excluding London +69 16 £550 - 27
South East +32 12 - - 9
Work from Home +129 9 £575 +4.55% 17
London +110 3 £444 -1.44% 17
East of England - 2 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 8
Midlands - 1 £550 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1

Business 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 3 (12.50%) SAS
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) SAP IBP
2 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
1 6 (25.00%) Snowflake
2 5 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Tableau
2 3 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 3 (12.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (50.00%) Finance
3 8 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) French Language
4 2 (8.33%) German Language
5 1 (4.17%) Back Office
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Local Government
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Lead
3 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Business Manager
3 4 (16.67%) ERP Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Insight Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Performance Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Architect
5 2 (8.33%) DevOps Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Project Controller
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Commercial Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Finance Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Head of Communications
6 1 (4.17%) Head of Strategy
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) .NET Core
1 3 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 3 (12.50%) ARM Templates
1 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
1 3 (12.50%) CSS
1 3 (12.50%) Entity Framework
1 3 (12.50%) jQuery
1 3 (12.50%) React
1 3 (12.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) N-Tier
3 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.17%) Graphic Design
3 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 11 (45.83%) Analytics
3 10 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (29.17%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (29.17%) Planning and Forecasting
4 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (25.00%) Data Transformation
5 6 (25.00%) ERP
6 5 (20.83%) PLM
6 5 (20.83%) Record to Report
6 5 (20.83%) Source to Pay
7 4 (16.67%) CRM
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
8 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 3 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
8 3 (12.50%) MVC
8 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 3 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) Python
3 3 (12.50%) C#
3 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) MATLAB
4 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) ACCA
3 5 (20.83%) CIMA
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.17%) IFRS
1 1 (4.17%) IFRS 17
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) SAP
2 6 (25.00%) Alteryx
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.83%) Oracle
4 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Nintex