Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 282 322 443
Rank change year-on-year +40 +121 +112
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 22 23 34
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 20
10th Percentile £349 £435 £373
25th Percentile £369 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £493 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -17.83% +20.60%
75th Percentile £519 £631 £688
90th Percentile £545 £713 £740
UK median daily rate £489 £490 £550
% change year-on-year -0.20% -10.91% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Budgeting and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Budgeting and Forecasting trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Budgeting and Forecasting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Budgeting and Forecasting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power Query
2 1 (4.55%) Essbase
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
General
1 19 (86.36%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Retail
6 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (9.09%) Law
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Billing
7 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Commercial Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Essbase Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) ITIL Manager
5 1 (4.55%) ITIL Service Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (4.55%) Relationships Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Budgeting
2 7 (31.82%) Analytics
3 6 (27.27%) Financial Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Budget Management
4 5 (22.73%) Change Management
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.64%) Contract Management
6 3 (13.64%) Cost Control
6 3 (13.64%) Data Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
6 3 (13.64%) ERP
6 3 (13.64%) Financial Modelling
6 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Planning and Forecasting
7 2 (9.09%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) CIMA
2 3 (13.64%) ACCA
3 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 2 (9.09%) PMP
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GAAP
2 1 (4.55%) IFRS
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Oracle
2 5 (22.73%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) IFS
3 2 (9.09%) Workday
4 1 (4.55%) Ariba
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft