Business Forecasting
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 20 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 716 910 1077
Rank change year-on-year +194 +167 -218
Permanent jobs citing Business Forecasting 182 78 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.073% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.077% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 70 46 32
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £55,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% -13.73% -1.92%
75th Percentile £65,313 £76,875 £82,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £106,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,084 £51,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% -15.00% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Forecasting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,667 101,580 146,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.18% 95.66% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 59,403 59,507 83,596
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% +2.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

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 20 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Forecasting in the UK

Business Forecasting
Top 12 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 20 April 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 +242 182 £52,084 -5.30% 32
London +256 123 £90,000 -2.70% 13
UK excluding London +36 59 £52,084 +2.13% 19
North of England +101 39 £52,084 -9.42% 4
North West +54 35 £52,084 -9.42% 2
Work from Home +111 26 £53,750 -27.12% 9
South East +16 14 £37,500 -25.74% 9
East of England - 5 £77,500 - 4
Yorkshire +89 2 £80,000 - 1
North East - 2 £43,750 - 1
West Midlands +32 1 £62,500 - 1
Midlands +4 1 £62,500 -7.41% 3

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 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 91 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (48.90%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (46.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.30%) Azure
1 6 (3.30%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.10%) AWS
2 2 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.65%) Firewall
2 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (28.57%) Tableau
2 6 (3.30%) Power BI
3 3 (1.65%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
General
1 137 (75.27%) Finance
2 84 (46.15%) Banking
2 84 (46.15%) Investment Banking
3 52 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 38 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.69%) Marketing
6 9 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.30%) Retail
9 3 (1.65%) Legal
10 2 (1.10%) Back Office
10 2 (1.10%) Billing
10 2 (1.10%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Law
11 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 102 (56.04%) Analyst
2 84 (46.15%) Business Strategy Analyst
2 84 (46.15%) Strategy Analyst
3 41 (22.53%) Lead
4 38 (20.88%) Team Leader
5 30 (16.48%) Developer
6 28 (15.38%) Business Developer
6 28 (15.38%) Lead Developer
7 18 (9.89%) Analytics Manager
8 12 (6.59%) Customer Analytics Manager
9 10 (5.49%) Project Leader
10 9 (4.95%) Lead Project Manager
10 9 (4.95%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.30%) Consultant
11 6 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
12 5 (2.75%) Commercial Analyst
12 5 (2.75%) Procurement Manager
13 3 (1.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 3 (1.65%) Consulting Manager
13 3 (1.65%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) .NET
1 2 (1.10%) .NET Core
1 2 (1.10%) .NET Framework
1 2 (1.10%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.10%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (1.10%) CSS
1 2 (1.10%) Entity Framework
1 2 (1.10%) jQuery
1 2 (1.10%) React
1 2 (1.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 86 (47.25%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (2.20%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.65%) IoT
3 3 (1.65%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.65%) Robotics
4 2 (1.10%) FMCG
4 2 (1.10%) N-Tier
4 2 (1.10%) PKI
5 1 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.55%) Linux
1 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (54.95%) Business Strategy
2 88 (48.35%) Planning and Forecasting
3 86 (47.25%) Asset Management
4 84 (46.15%) Benchmarking
4 84 (46.15%) Competitor Analysis
4 84 (46.15%) Creative Thinking
5 55 (30.22%) Analytics
6 48 (26.37%) Dashboard Development
7 29 (15.93%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (15.38%) Innovative Thinking
9 25 (13.74%) Roadmaps
10 23 (12.64%) Economics
11 20 (10.99%) Mathematics
11 20 (10.99%) Risk Management
11 20 (10.99%) Statistics
12 19 (10.44%) Data Analytics
13 18 (9.89%) Customer Analytics
13 18 (9.89%) Data Modelling
14 16 (8.79%) Project Management
15 15 (8.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.38%) Python
2 13 (7.14%) SQL
3 2 (1.10%) C#
3 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 61 (33.52%) Degree
2 18 (9.89%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.75%) ACCA
4 5 (2.75%) CIMA
5 4 (2.20%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.65%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.10%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.10%) CISMP
7 2 (1.10%) CISSP
7 2 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.55%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.10%) GAAP
1 2 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (1.10%) IFRS
1 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.10%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.30%) SAP
3 2 (1.10%) Nintex
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle
4 1 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.55%) IBM
4 1 (0.55%) Qualys