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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 620 490
Rank change year-on-year +82 -130 +334
Permanent jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 115 79 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.15% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.16% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 57 29 51
10th Percentile - £51,850 £47,788
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £57,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +7.44% -3.20%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,756 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £69,000 £65,538
% change year-on-year -23.91% +5.28% +10.10%

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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Planning and Forecasting in the UK

Planning and Forecasting
Top 14 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 14 January 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
England +80 82 £52,500 -19.23% 57
UK excluding London +74 79 £52,500 -23.91% 52
Work from Home +99 49 £51,007 -26.08% 43
South East +59 33 £45,000 -34.78% 19
London +69 30 £71,500 +19.17% 18
Scotland +22 29 - - 2
Midlands +24 5 £51,635 -12.03% 9
North of England -9 5 £36,500 -35.40% 9
West Midlands +23 4 £53,000 -9.70% 8
East of England +23 4 £80,000 +88.24% 6
South West +8 3 £95,000 +31.96% 4
Yorkshire -11 3 £36,500 -35.40% 3
North West +2 2 £71,500 +29.41% 5
East Midlands -7 1 £50,269 - 1

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 4 (3.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (16.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (12.17%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (24.35%) Oracle Assets
1 28 (24.35%) Oracle Financials
1 28 (24.35%) Oracle General Ledger
1 28 (24.35%) Oracle Payables
1 28 (24.35%) Oracle Receivables
2 18 (15.65%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (12.17%) Hyperion Planning
4 4 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (1.74%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.74%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.30%) Power Platform
2 7 (6.09%) Azure
2 7 (6.09%) Power Automate
2 7 (6.09%) SaaS
3 5 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.35%) OCI
4 4 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.61%) Figma
5 3 (2.61%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.87%) AWS
6 1 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.87%) LAN
1 1 (0.87%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.17%) Essbase
1 14 (12.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 13 (11.30%) Power BI
3 7 (6.09%) Power Query
3 7 (6.09%) PowerPivot
4 3 (2.61%) Looker
5 2 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (24.35%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.87%) JIRA
General
1 98 (85.22%) Finance
2 54 (46.96%) Social Skills
3 26 (22.61%) Marketing
4 23 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (13.04%) Retail
6 13 (11.30%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (10.43%) Games
8 11 (9.57%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (8.70%) Electronics
9 10 (8.70%) Law
10 9 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.61%) Advertising
11 3 (2.61%) Back Office
11 3 (2.61%) Banking
11 3 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.61%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.74%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.74%) Legal
13 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (34.78%) Analyst
2 32 (27.83%) Senior
3 28 (24.35%) Oracle Analyst
3 28 (24.35%) Senior Analyst
3 28 (24.35%) Senior Oracle Analyst
4 10 (8.70%) ERP Analyst
4 10 (8.70%) Financial Analyst
4 10 (8.70%) Marketing Manager
5 8 (6.96%) Data Analyst
6 7 (6.09%) Business Development Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Business Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Channel Marketing Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Development Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Finance Manager
7 6 (5.22%) Accountant
8 4 (3.48%) Commercial Finance Manager
8 4 (3.48%) Commercial Manager
8 4 (3.48%) Finance Modeller
8 4 (3.48%) PMO Coordinator
8 4 (3.48%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) .NET
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.96%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.22%) FMCG
3 5 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.61%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.74%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.87%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.74%) Linux
2 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.04%) Roadmaps
2 37 (32.17%) ERP
3 30 (26.09%) Coaching
3 30 (26.09%) Financial Modelling
4 29 (25.22%) Business Intelligence
4 29 (25.22%) Data Management
5 28 (24.35%) Asset Management
5 28 (24.35%) Decision-Making
5 28 (24.35%) Enterprise Data Management
6 26 (22.61%) Analytics
6 26 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (21.74%) Agile
7 25 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (20.87%) Budgeting
9 22 (19.13%) Process Improvement
10 20 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (17.39%) Performance Management
11 19 (16.52%) Migration
12 18 (15.65%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (14.78%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 42 (36.52%) SQL
2 14 (12.17%) Groovy
3 12 (10.43%) VBA
4 7 (6.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (4.35%) Python
6 1 (0.87%) Java
6 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.87%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (26.09%) ACCA
2 25 (21.74%) CIMA
3 22 (19.13%) Degree
4 7 (6.09%) Master's Degree
4 7 (6.09%) MBA
5 6 (5.22%) PMI Certification
6 5 (4.35%) PMP
7 3 (2.61%) CIPD
8 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.87%) OCA
8 1 (0.87%) OCP
8 1 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) PMO
1 5 (4.35%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.61%) SLA
4 2 (1.74%) IFRS
5 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.87%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Ansible
1 1 (0.87%) Data Guard
1 1 (0.87%) Nagios
1 1 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (30.43%) Oracle
2 17 (14.78%) SAP
3 14 (12.17%) Hyperion
4 9 (7.83%) Microsoft
5 7 (6.09%) Anaplan
6 6 (5.22%) Google
7 4 (3.48%) Workday
8 3 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.61%) TikTok
8 3 (2.61%) YouTube
9 2 (1.74%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.87%) Pega
10 1 (0.87%) WorldPay