Business Forecasting Jobs

Business Forecasting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Business Forecasting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 621 784 863
Rank change year-on-year +163 +79 +261
Permanent jobs citing Business Forecasting 88 128 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 55 57 36
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,084 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% +3.14% -15.83%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £57,813
90th Percentile £75,250 £96,000 £86,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £49,792 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.50% -0.42% +2.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting.

Salary trend for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Forecasting within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
England +94 64 £60,000 +15.20% 118
UK excluding London +200 54 £60,000 +20.50% 111
Work from Home +119 28 £72,500 +61.11% 33
London +48 14 £47,500 -47.22% 23
South East +81 12 £60,000 +60.00% 44
Scotland - 12 £60,000 - 3
North of England +39 10 £60,000 +15.20% 23
Midlands +92 7 £60,000 -4.00% 15
South West - 7 £60,000 - 13
East Midlands - 6 £60,000 - 6
East of England +46 4 £60,000 -22.58% 13
North West -8 4 £60,000 +15.20% 12
Yorkshire - 4 £60,000 - 9
Wales - 2 £60,000 - 3
West Midlands +58 1 £72,500 +16.00% 8

Business Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (45.45%) Infor LN
1 40 (45.45%) SAP BPC
2 13 (14.77%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.68%) SaaS
2 3 (3.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.14%) AWS
3 1 (1.14%) Azure
3 1 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.14%) dbt
3 1 (1.14%) GCP
3 1 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.77%) WPA
2 4 (4.55%) LAN
2 4 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (47.73%) Tableau
2 3 (3.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (46.59%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.14%) MLflow
General
1 67 (76.14%) Finance
2 64 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (50.00%) Police
4 29 (32.95%) Social Skills
5 23 (26.14%) Marketing
6 13 (14.77%) Local Government
7 6 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.55%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.14%) Advertising
10 1 (1.14%) Banking
10 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (50.00%) Lead
2 43 (48.86%) Senior
3 40 (45.45%) Accountant
3 40 (45.45%) Project Accountant
3 40 (45.45%) Senior Accountant
3 40 (45.45%) Team Leader
4 17 (19.32%) Business Manager
5 13 (14.77%) Business Development Manager
5 13 (14.77%) Development Manager
6 10 (11.36%) Analyst
7 6 (6.82%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (4.55%) Account Director
8 4 (4.55%) Service Manager
9 3 (3.41%) Senior Manager
10 2 (2.27%) Data Analyst
10 2 (2.27%) IT Manager
10 2 (2.27%) Operations Manager
10 2 (2.27%) Programme Manager
10 2 (2.27%) Sales Manager
10 2 (2.27%) Senior Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 13 (14.77%) Social Media
3 2 (2.27%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.14%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.77%) Windows
1 13 (14.77%) Windows Vista
2 4 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (55.68%) Decision-Making
2 45 (51.14%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (46.59%) Collaborative Working
4 40 (45.45%) Cyber Intelligence
4 40 (45.45%) Internal Audit
4 40 (45.45%) Revenue Recognition
5 18 (20.45%) Business Strategy
6 16 (18.18%) CRM
7 15 (17.05%) Planning and Forecasting
8 13 (14.77%) Business Development
9 12 (13.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 9 (10.23%) Analytics
10 9 (10.23%) Business Case
10 9 (10.23%) Financial Analysis
10 9 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (9.09%) Cost Management
11 8 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (7.95%) Performance Management
12 7 (7.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.27%) Python
3 1 (1.14%) R
Qualifications
1 53 (60.23%) ACCA
2 49 (55.68%) CIMA
3 40 (45.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (14.77%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.41%) Degree
6 2 (2.27%) CFA
7 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (46.59%) IFRS
2 40 (45.45%) GAAP
3 4 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (4.55%) SLA
4 1 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.14%) QA
Vendors
1 41 (46.59%) Oracle
2 40 (45.45%) Cognos
2 40 (45.45%) Infor
2 40 (45.45%) SAP
3 5 (5.68%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.55%) Broadcom