Hybrid/Remote Demand Forecasting Job Trends

Demand Forecasting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Demand Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 431 467
Rank change year-on-year +71 +36 +243
Permanent jobs citing Demand Forecasting 5 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.053% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.057% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £34,050 - -
25th Percentile £37,125 £67,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.86% +12.00% -24.24%
75th Percentile £51,125 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £54,950 - -
UK median annual salary £43,500 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -17.14% -7.08% -27.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Demand 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,369 15,861 19,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.41% 93.11% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,464 9,489 15,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Demand Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Demand Forecasting and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Demand Forecasting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Demand Forecasting
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Demand Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Demand Forecasting

Demand Forecasting
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Demand Forecasting over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Demand Forecasting salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Demand Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) French Language
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Pricing Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) FMCG
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) Video on Demand
1 1 (20.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Economics
2 2 (40.00%) Pricing Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Revenue Management
2 2 (40.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) B2C
3 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) Go
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Icinga
1 1 (20.00%) Nagios
1 1 (20.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) VMware