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 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 544 991
Rank change year-on-year -159 +447 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Forecasting 63 190 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.36% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.38% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 17 60 51
10th Percentile £39,361 - £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,084 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,375 £93,750
90th Percentile £116,267 £110,500 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £52,084 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.80% -22.84% +12.50%

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 61,487 49,863 117,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.65% 94.11% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 28,400 36,022 72,003
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,680 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,714 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.22% -1.87% +7.00%

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 8 December 2024.

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 8 December 2024. 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 -198 43 £62,625 +4.38% 14
UK excluding London -90 28 £58,750 +12.80% 9
Work from Home +12 21 £41,158 -41.20% 10
London -133 18 £140,000 +43.59% 4
East of England -61 7 - - 2
South East -42 6 £58,750 -12.96% 1
Midlands -45 5 £38,000 -47.95% 3
North of England -55 5 £56,375 +8.24% 3
North West -62 4 £65,250 +25.28% 1
East Midlands - 3 £38,000 - 2
South West +1 2 £85,253 +3.34%
West Midlands -39 2 £69,890 -4.26% 1
Scotland - 2 - -
Wales +24 1 £44,315 +47.72%
Yorkshire +13 1 £47,500 -40.63% 1

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 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (1.59%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 7 (11.11%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 4 (6.35%) AWS
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) GCP
2 4 (6.35%) SaaS
3 3 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (4.76%) Google Sheets
3 3 (4.76%) OCI
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) WPA
2 1 (1.59%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.70%) Tableau
2 6 (9.52%) Amazon QuickSight
2 6 (9.52%) Power BI
3 4 (6.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (6.35%) BigQuery
3 4 (6.35%) Data Mining
4 3 (4.76%) Looker
4 3 (4.76%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.17%) Power Query
6 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.59%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 33 (52.38%) Marketing
2 32 (50.79%) Finance
3 23 (36.51%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
5 9 (14.29%) Local Government
6 7 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (11.11%) Retail
7 3 (4.76%) Back Office
8 2 (3.17%) Banking
8 2 (3.17%) Billing
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Law
9 1 (1.59%) Legal
9 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) EMEA Sales Director
1 17 (26.98%) Sales Director
2 13 (20.63%) Analyst
3 12 (19.05%) Business Manager
4 10 (15.87%) Business Development Manager
4 10 (15.87%) Development Manager
5 6 (9.52%) Data Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Senior
6 5 (7.94%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) Senior Data Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Capacity Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Capacity Management Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Capacity Planning Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Finance Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Network Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) JSON
2 1 (1.59%) .NET
2 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.59%) NumPy
2 1 (1.59%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Mainframe
2 10 (15.87%) Social Media
3 8 (12.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) Cybercrime
4 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) FMCG
5 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Windows
1 9 (14.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 17 (26.98%) Business Enablement
2 17 (26.98%) Business Strategy
2 17 (26.98%) Marketing Strategy
2 17 (26.98%) Technology Enablement
3 15 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 12 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (17.46%) Business Development
5 11 (17.46%) Visualisation
6 10 (15.87%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (15.87%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (14.29%) CRM
7 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.70%) Planning and Forecasting
9 7 (11.11%) Agile
9 7 (11.11%) Customer Experience
9 7 (11.11%) Data Analysis
9 7 (11.11%) E-Commerce
9 7 (11.11%) Inventory Management
9 7 (11.11%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (28.57%) SQL
2 11 (17.46%) Python
3 6 (9.52%) R
4 2 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.59%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Degree
2 11 (17.46%) DBS Check
3 5 (7.94%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.17%) ACCA
4 2 (3.17%) CFA
4 2 (3.17%) CIMA
4 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.17%) PMP
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.17%) GDPR
2 2 (3.17%) QA
3 1 (1.59%) COBIT
Vendors
1 17 (26.98%) Broadcom
1 17 (26.98%) YouTube
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.70%) Salesforce
4 7 (11.11%) Adyen
5 5 (7.94%) Google
6 3 (4.76%) Oracle
7 1 (1.59%) Apple
7 1 (1.59%) Databricks
7 1 (1.59%) SAP