Budgeting and Forecasting Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers permanent 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 53 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.17% - 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% - 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £48,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,108 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.39% -5.03% +12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Budgeting and 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 391 331 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.52% 83.59% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 171 106 217
10th Percentile £29,750 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,875 £45,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +18.86% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Budgeting and Forecasting
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
County Antrim - 5 £52,500 - 1
Newry - 1 - -
County Down - 1 - -
Budgeting and Forecasting
UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Finance Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Commercial Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Budgeting
1 5 (83.33%) Time Management
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) B2B
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Visual Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) WFM
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) ACCA
2 3 (50.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) IFRS
2 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) PMO