Business Forecasting Job Trends in Cheshire

Business Forecasting
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Business Forecasting 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.12% - 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -10.53% -17.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Business Forecasting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,280 365 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 76.19% 86.90% 80.71%
Number of salaries quoted 598 202 858
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,600 £25,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Forecasting relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Business Forecasting
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Business Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Forecasting within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Alderley Edge - 2 £60,000 -
Business Forecasting
North West

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Boomi
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 2 (100.00%) Software Distribution
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
1 2 (100.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft