Business Forecasting Job Trends

Business Forecasting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 661 522
Rank change year-on-year +70 -139 +477
Permanent jobs citing Business Forecasting 55 55 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.095% 0.094% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.11% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 38
10th Percentile £37,625 £38,680 £52,084
25th Percentile £50,938 £42,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,625 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.18% -14.21% +2.46%
75th Percentile £93,750 £73,478 £106,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £120,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% -3.70%

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 48,535 51,647 46,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.52% 88.55% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 28,396 26,504 35,505
10th Percentile £28,432 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £99,899
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% +4.37% -2.51%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Forecasting
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Forecasting

Business Forecasting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Top 13 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 14 December 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 +97 47 £55,000 -15.71% 148
UK excluding London +71 35 £52,500 -12.50% 154
Work from Home +78 16 £88,750 +115.64% 106
South East +51 15 £52,500 -12.50% 40
London +73 13 £92,500 -10.84% 10
North of England +32 11 £55,000 -2.44% 25
North West +35 5 £40,000 -38.70% 10
West Midlands +33 5 £57,500 -17.73% 16
Midlands +29 5 £57,500 +51.32% 30
North East - 4 £95,000 - 1
Scotland +14 2 - - 9
South West +12 2 £47,500 -44.28% 19
Yorkshire +1 2 - - 14

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (5.45%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.82%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (38.18%) Power Platform
2 12 (21.82%) SaaS
3 7 (12.73%) Power Automate
4 4 (7.27%) AWS
4 4 (7.27%) Snowflake
5 3 (5.45%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (38.18%) Power BI
2 7 (12.73%) Power Query
2 7 (12.73%) PowerPivot
3 5 (9.09%) Tableau
4 4 (7.27%) Looker
5 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
General
1 37 (67.27%) Finance
2 31 (56.36%) Social Skills
3 16 (29.09%) Marketing
4 12 (21.82%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.91%) Retail
6 5 (9.09%) German Language
6 5 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Spanish Language
8 2 (3.64%) Law
8 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Analyst
2 13 (23.64%) Financial Analyst
3 11 (20.00%) Data Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 5 (9.09%) Senior
6 4 (7.27%) Business Development Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Business Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Commercial Analyst
6 4 (7.27%) Development Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Head of Finance
7 3 (5.45%) Account Executive
7 3 (5.45%) Content Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Digital Content Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Sales Representative
7 3 (5.45%) Senior Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Lead
8 2 (3.64%) Sales Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 5 (9.09%) Social Media
2 4 (7.27%) FMCG
3 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.64%) Life Science
5 1 (1.82%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (1.82%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (65.45%) Decision-Making
2 21 (38.18%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (30.91%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 17 (30.91%) Planning and Forecasting
3 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (29.09%) Budgeting
4 16 (29.09%) Data Analysis
5 11 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
6 10 (18.18%) Analytics
6 10 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.18%) CRM
7 9 (16.36%) Data Modelling
7 9 (16.36%) Strategic Planning
8 8 (14.55%) Business Strategy
9 7 (12.73%) AI
9 7 (12.73%) Business Case
9 7 (12.73%) Business Development
10 6 (10.91%) ERP
10 6 (10.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.45%) SQL
2 7 (12.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 7 (12.73%) VBA
3 4 (7.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) CIMA
2 16 (29.09%) ACCA
3 11 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (3.64%) CCAB
4 2 (3.64%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.64%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.64%) IFRS
3 1 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) SAP
2 5 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.45%) Anaplan
3 3 (5.45%) Google
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.82%) TikTok
5 1 (1.82%) Workday