Planning and Forecasting Job Trends

Planning and Forecasting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 548 726
Rank change year-on-year -13 +178 -167
Permanent jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 241 125 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.25% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.28% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 124 62 46
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,575 £30,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £62,435 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +14.04% -16.22%
75th Percentile £79,405 £79,334 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,125 £79,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +44.44% -14.29% -19.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Planning 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82,691 43,965 63,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.84% 88.66% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 57,506 24,819 36,681
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.23%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in the UK

Planning and Forecasting
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Planning and Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Planning and Forecasting over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Planning and Forecasting in the UK

Planning and 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 Planning and Forecasting within the UK over the 6 months to 13 September 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
UK excluding London +20 194 £65,000 +44.44% 135
England -41 172 £65,000 +8.57% 246
Work from Home -16 67 £60,850 +28.11% 145
Wales -15 63 £75,000 - 4
Midlands -13 48 £63,750 +70.00% 25
London -61 42 £71,500 +10.00% 128
South East -42 29 £66,250 +47.22% 43
East Midlands -7 27 £75,000 +49.20% 7
West Midlands -22 21 £60,000 +60.00% 18
East of England -14 18 £62,500 -19.52% 12
North of England -47 18 £54,175 +48.42% 31
South West -59 13 £58,750 -38.16% 13
Yorkshire -37 11 £42,500 +16.44% 14
North West -13 7 £67,500 +78.81% 14
Scotland +5 5 £97,500 - 6

Planning and 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 2 (0.83%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 92 (38.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.83%) SAP APO
4 2 (0.83%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.83%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.83%) Shopify
4 2 (0.83%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.41%) HFM
5 1 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 70 (29.05%) SaaS
2 62 (25.73%) Google Ads
3 59 (24.48%) Meta Ads
4 20 (8.30%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.98%) Azure
6 8 (3.32%) OCI
7 6 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.49%) Datadog
7 6 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.49%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.41%) AWS
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Databricks
8 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.41%) GCP
8 1 (0.41%) GitHub
8 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.41%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.41%) Intacct
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.83%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.47%) Power BI
2 12 (4.98%) Power Query
3 6 (2.49%) Tableau
4 4 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.41%) DTS
6 1 (0.41%) Looker
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (2.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) MLflow
General
1 178 (73.86%) Finance
2 137 (56.85%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (34.02%) Marketing
4 62 (25.73%) Social Skills
5 24 (9.96%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.13%) Retail
7 17 (7.05%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.56%) Law
8 11 (4.56%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.90%) Legal
11 6 (2.49%) Advertising
11 6 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.66%) Banking
14 3 (1.24%) Back Office
15 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.83%) Electronics
15 2 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 86 (35.68%) Senior
2 32 (13.28%) Analyst
3 19 (7.88%) Financial Analyst
4 18 (7.47%) Delivery Manager
5 14 (5.81%) Report Analyst
5 14 (5.81%) Senior Manager
6 13 (5.39%) Change Manager
6 13 (5.39%) Lead
7 11 (4.56%) Consultant
7 11 (4.56%) Planning Manager
8 10 (4.15%) Portfolio Manager
8 10 (4.15%) Portfolio Planning Manager
9 7 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (2.90%) Finance Manager
9 7 (2.90%) Functional Consultant
10 6 (2.49%) Capacity Manager
10 6 (2.49%) Commercial Finance Manager
10 6 (2.49%) Commercial Manager
10 6 (2.49%) Developer
10 6 (2.49%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.49%) Terraform
2 4 (1.66%) EDI
2 4 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.83%) .NET
4 1 (0.41%) Middleware
4 1 (0.41%) PySpark
4 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 67 (27.80%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.90%) Reinsurance
4 6 (2.49%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.07%) FMCG
6 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.41%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.41%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.41%) Multi-touch
8 1 (0.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.41%) Robotics
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (46.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 91 (37.76%) AI
3 84 (34.85%) Business Intelligence
4 79 (32.78%) Actionable Insight
5 70 (29.05%) E-Commerce
6 69 (28.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (27.80%) Decision-Making
8 64 (26.56%) Demand Generation
9 63 (26.14%) A/B Testing
10 62 (25.73%) B2B
10 62 (25.73%) B2B Marketing
10 62 (25.73%) Statistics
11 61 (25.31%) Mathematics
11 61 (25.31%) Test Automation
12 60 (24.90%) Data Analysis
13 59 (24.48%) Customer Segmentation
13 59 (24.48%) Marketing Automation
13 59 (24.48%) Mathematical Modelling
13 59 (24.48%) Regression Analysis
13 59 (24.48%) Standard Deviation
Programming Languages
1 75 (31.12%) SQL
2 8 (3.32%) Python
3 7 (2.90%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.49%) Bash
5 5 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.83%) C
6 2 (0.83%) C#
7 1 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (21.58%) ACCA
1 52 (21.58%) CIMA
2 8 (3.32%) AAT
2 8 (3.32%) Degree
3 4 (1.66%) PMI Certification
3 4 (1.66%) PMP
4 3 (1.24%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.24%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.83%) CCAB
5 2 (0.83%) CIPFA
5 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.41%) PhD
6 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.71%) PMO
2 9 (3.73%) IFRS
3 8 (3.32%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.90%) GAAP
5 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.24%) GRC
5 3 (1.24%) QA
6 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.41%) GDPR
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
1 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.90%) Ansible
2 6 (2.49%) Rundeck
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) Salt
Vendors
1 78 (32.37%) Microsoft
2 63 (26.14%) Google
3 10 (4.15%) Oracle
4 7 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.49%) Cognizant
5 6 (2.49%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.49%) IBM
5 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.49%) Splunk
6 5 (2.07%) IFS
7 4 (1.66%) SAP
8 3 (1.24%) Workday
9 2 (0.83%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.83%) SYSPRO
10 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.41%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.41%) Infor
10 1 (0.41%) Sage
10 1 (0.41%) VMware
10 1 (0.41%) Xero