Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 105 117
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +52
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 17 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.90% 0.27% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.32% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 1
10th Percentile £207 £310 -
25th Percentile £230 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £296
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +94.26% -39.28%
75th Percentile £521 £588 -
90th Percentile £541 £610 -
England median daily rate £500 £497 £550
% change year-on-year +0.60% -9.73% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,695 1,553 1,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.02% 83.14% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 978 1,158
10th Percentile £261 £227 £263
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £683 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 40 54
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.66 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.40 £15.44 £21.48
Median hourly rate £23.05 £23.05 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - -16.18% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.78 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in the West Midlands

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Shropshire -9 15 £394 +25.48%
Birmingham - 1 £600 - 3
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Budgeting and Forecasting
England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (5.88%) CA PPM
2 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
1 5 (29.41%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Engagement Manager
2 5 (29.41%) SAP Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) SAP Engagement Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) Budget Management
3 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (47.06%) Waterfall
4 7 (41.18%) Project Planning
5 5 (29.41%) AI
5 5 (29.41%) Change Management
5 5 (29.41%) CI/CD
5 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (29.41%) Data Management
5 5 (29.41%) DevOps
5 5 (29.41%) Machine Learning
5 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (29.41%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (29.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (23.53%) Budgeting
6 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (23.53%) Planning and Forecasting
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) PMO
2 5 (29.41%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) SAP
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
4 4 (23.53%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.88%) Planview