Demand Forecasting Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Demand Forecasting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Demand Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Demand 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 297 341 465
Rank change year-on-year +44 +124 +159
Contract jobs citing Demand Forecasting 7 4 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.026% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.030% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £298 - -
25th Percentile £331 £606 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £613 £425
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +44.12% -29.17%
75th Percentile £400 £619 £465
90th Percentile £490 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £613 £425
% change year-on-year -18.40% +44.18% -39.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Demand 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%

Demand Forecasting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Demand Forecasting trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Demand 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 Demand Forecasting.

Demand Forecasting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Demand Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Demand Forecasting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Demand 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Demantra
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CAR
1 1 (14.29%) SAP IBP
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Retail
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DHCP
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
General
1 7 (100.00%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Back Office
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) EPoS
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) WFM
2 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
4 2 (28.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cost Control
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Workshops
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) Workday
4 1 (14.29%) Anaplan
4 1 (14.29%) Ariba