Hybrid/Remote Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends

Planning and Forecasting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 303 345
Rank change year-on-year +3 +42 +118
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 13 13 20
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 16
10th Percentile £291 £459 £363
25th Percentile £337 £491 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +7.69% -11.36%
75th Percentile £548 £541 £509
90th Percentile £675 £721 £594
UK median daily rate £498 £411 £475
% change year-on-year +20.97% -13.42% -13.64%

All Process & 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 9,155 9,844 14,171
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.28% 89.58% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,014 6,207 9,574
10th Percentile £330 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 184 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.65 £15.95
25th Percentile £20.36 £22.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.14 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.37% -29.72% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Planning and Forecasting daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Planning and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Planning and 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Hyperion Planning
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Looker
1 1 (7.69%) Metadata
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Officer
4 1 (7.69%) Procurement Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Capacity Management
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (23.08%) Sprint Retrospective
3 3 (23.08%) Sprint Review
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
4 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
4 2 (15.38%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Progress
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Anaplan
3 1 (7.69%) Hyperion