Planning and Forecasting Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Planning and Forecasting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Planning 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 288 316 435
Rank change year-on-year +28 +119 +119
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 16 29 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.19% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 30
10th Percentile £408 £369 £462
25th Percentile £495 £375 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £631
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -29.64% +23.73%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £689
90th Percentile £644 £650 £853
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £583
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.87% +12.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £64.08
25th Percentile - - £64.56
Median hourly rate - - £67.75
75th Percentile - - £70.69
90th Percentile - - £71.03
UK median hourly rate - - £67.75
% change year-on-year - - +35.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Planning 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%

Planning and Forecasting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Planning 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 Planning and Forecasting.

Planning and Forecasting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

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

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Planning and Forecasting hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Planning 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SAP CO
1 3 (18.75%) SAP FI
1 3 (18.75%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (12.50%) SAP BPC
2 2 (12.50%) SAP SD
3 1 (6.25%) SAP MM
3 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (6.25%) Essbase
2 1 (6.25%) Looker
2 1 (6.25%) Metadata
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
5 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) SAP Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) SAP CO Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) SAP FI Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) SAP FI Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Financial Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Supply Chain Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Supply Chain Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (6.25%) BAPI
2 1 (6.25%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Change Management
1 5 (31.25%) ERP
2 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (18.75%) BPR
3 3 (18.75%) Budgeting
3 3 (18.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (12.50%) DataOps
4 2 (12.50%) Pricing Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ACCA
2 1 (6.25%) APMP
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Ariba
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.25%) QAD