Hybrid/Remote Business Forecasting Contract Job Trends

Business Forecasting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 301 351
Rank change year-on-year -25 +50 +136
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 5 7 12
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.044% 0.068% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.076% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £413 £455 £443
25th Percentile £417 £461 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £608 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% +10.45% -
75th Percentile £492 £775 -
90th Percentile £504 - £650
UK median daily rate £469 £458 £550
% change year-on-year +2.46% -16.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 £34.13 £22.61
Median hourly rate £95.00 £35.25 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +169.50% +51.84% -65.86%
75th Percentile £97.50 £36.38 £23.82
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £35.25 £23.22
% change year-on-year +169.50% +51.84% -65.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,132 9,255 14,269
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.94% 90.30% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,612 6,252 9,540
10th Percentile £350 £331 £338
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 196 547
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.81 £15.33
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.88 £23.63
Median hourly rate £56.80 £39.02 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.55% -8.19% -26.09%
75th Percentile £67.38 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Forecasting and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Business Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Looker
2 2 (40.00%) Tableau
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (20.00%) QlikView
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Accountant
3 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Management Accountant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Accountant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) DataOps
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) CIMA
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow