Business Forecasting Contracts in the South East

Business Forecasting
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Business Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Forecasting over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 212 259
Rank change year-on-year +20 +47 -46
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 12 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.053% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.060% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £471 £371
25th Percentile - £486 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -34.00%
75th Percentile - £563 £434
90th Percentile - £578 £444
England median daily rate £550 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.61 - -
Median hourly rate £23.22 - -
75th Percentile £24.13 - -
90th Percentile £24.31 - -
England median hourly rate £24.43 £35.50 £32.64
% change year-on-year -31.18% +8.76% -1.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,681 5,025 6,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.11% 89.06% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,707 3,458 4,680
10th Percentile £260 £250 £230
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 217 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.14 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.16 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +141.77% -21.04%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Business Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Forecasting in the South East

Business Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Forecasting in the South East

Business Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Forecasting in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Forecasting in the South East

Business Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Forecasting within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +25 12 - - 3
Berkshire 0 9 - - 2
Buckinghamshire +32 3 - - 1
Business Forecasting
England

Business Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (25.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Tableau
2 4 (33.33%) Power BI
3 3 (25.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 11 (91.67%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Lead
3 3 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Insight Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Commercial Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 6 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (50.00%) Analytics
2 6 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 3 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 3 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Business Case
5 1 (8.33%) Business Development
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) ACCA
2 3 (25.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Alteryx
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (8.33%) SAP