Budgeting and Forecasting Job Trends in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 417 281
Rank change year-on-year +85 -136 +291
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 542 223 664
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.52% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.58% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 418 144 48
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,959
90th Percentile £100,750 £79,250 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -18.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Budgeting 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 in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,454 38,135 55,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.14% 88.76% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 21,803 32,273
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,571 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,040
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London +88 222 £67,500 - 336
South East +17 113 £62,500 +49.70% 104
North of England -41 78 £57,500 +10.58% 97
South West -38 51 £50,000 -40.30% 36
Midlands -25 48 £58,500 +1.74% 40
North West -32 33 £57,500 +15.58% 46
Yorkshire -27 31 £60,000 +52.74% 36
East of England -9 29 £40,500 +8.00% 30
East Midlands - 26 £65,000 - 7
West Midlands -40 22 £52,500 -8.70% 33
North East -51 14 £37,500 -60.53% 17
Budgeting and Forecasting
UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 115 (21.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.51%) PlantUML
3 16 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.55%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 46 (8.49%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.74%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.74%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.37%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.53%) SaaS
2 78 (14.39%) Power Platform
3 38 (7.01%) Azure
4 19 (3.51%) IaaS
4 19 (3.51%) PaaS
5 15 (2.77%) Google Sheets
6 14 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.66%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.74%) AWS
10 4 (0.74%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.37%) GCP
12 2 (0.37%) Intacct
12 2 (0.37%) OCI
12 2 (0.37%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.18%) Miro
13 1 (0.18%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.21%) Internet
2 10 (1.85%) DNS
3 9 (1.66%) LAN
3 9 (1.66%) WAN
4 5 (0.92%) Network Security
5 3 (0.55%) 5G
5 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.37%) BGP
6 2 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.37%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.37%) Extranet
6 2 (0.37%) OSPF
6 2 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.18%) Broadband
7 1 (0.18%) DHCP
7 1 (0.18%) Firewall
7 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.02%) Power BI
2 19 (3.51%) Tableau
3 12 (2.21%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.92%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.55%) Looker
7 2 (0.37%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.37%) Metabase
7 2 (0.37%) Power Query
8 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) GIS
8 1 (0.18%) OLAP
8 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.21%) JIRA
General
1 486 (89.67%) Finance
2 185 (34.13%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (31.00%) Social Skills
4 39 (7.20%) Legal
5 36 (6.64%) Law
5 36 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.43%) Telecoms
8 23 (4.24%) Marketing
8 23 (4.24%) Retail
9 21 (3.87%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (3.14%) Public Sector
11 16 (2.95%) Advertising
11 16 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.58%) Billing
13 12 (2.21%) Banking
14 10 (1.85%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.85%) Military
15 7 (1.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 105 (19.37%) Accountant
2 88 (16.24%) Management Accountant
3 77 (14.21%) Analyst
4 48 (8.86%) Senior
5 42 (7.75%) Financial Controller
6 37 (6.83%) Project Manager
7 36 (6.64%) Finance Manager
8 34 (6.27%) IT Manager
9 25 (4.61%) Financial Analyst
9 25 (4.61%) Systems Analyst
10 21 (3.87%) Architect
10 21 (3.87%) Lead
11 19 (3.51%) Infrastructure Architect
11 19 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.58%) Azure Architect
13 13 (2.40%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.21%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.21%) Head of Finance
15 11 (2.03%) Senior Manager
16 10 (1.85%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.51%) Terraform
2 3 (0.55%) EDI
3 1 (0.18%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (14.94%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.24%) Cloud Native
2 23 (4.24%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
4 17 (3.14%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.85%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.48%) PMI
8 8 (1.48%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.29%) Blog
9 7 (1.29%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.29%) EPoS
10 5 (0.92%) NHS
11 4 (0.74%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.55%) FMCG
12 3 (0.55%) IVR
12 3 (0.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.85%) Windows
2 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (70.30%) Budgeting
2 191 (35.24%) Decision-Making
3 143 (26.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 127 (23.43%) Financial Modelling
5 116 (21.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 103 (19.00%) Process Improvement
7 101 (18.63%) Business Intelligence
8 96 (17.71%) Financial Analysis
9 70 (12.92%) Budget Management
10 68 (12.55%) ERP
11 64 (11.81%) Risk Management
12 60 (11.07%) AI
13 57 (10.52%) Business Case
14 50 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (8.67%) Project Management
16 46 (8.49%) Project Delivery
17 44 (8.12%) Agile
17 44 (8.12%) Business Strategy
17 44 (8.12%) Strategic Planning
18 42 (7.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.35%) SQL
2 6 (1.11%) Python
3 4 (0.74%) XAML
Qualifications
1 266 (49.08%) ACCA
2 257 (47.42%) CIMA
3 52 (9.59%) Degree
4 19 (3.51%) AAT
5 12 (2.21%) PMP
6 11 (2.03%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.66%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.48%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.29%) HNC
9 7 (1.29%) HND
10 6 (1.11%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.92%) CIPFA
12 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.37%) CCAB
13 2 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.37%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.72%) PMO
3 30 (5.54%) GAAP
3 30 (5.54%) IFRS
4 13 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.21%) GDPR
5 12 (2.21%) SLA
6 10 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.11%) QA
8 5 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.37%) ECSS
9 2 (0.37%) GxP
9 2 (0.37%) NIST
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (3.51%) Ansible
2 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 51 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.72%) Sage
3 29 (5.35%) SAP
4 23 (4.24%) Cisco
4 23 (4.24%) Xero
5 19 (3.51%) VMware
6 18 (3.32%) Oracle
7 15 (2.77%) Google
8 13 (2.40%) Workday
9 11 (2.03%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.11%) Adaptive Insights
11 4 (0.74%) Aderant
11 4 (0.74%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.55%) Adobe
12 3 (0.55%) BMC
12 3 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.55%) Progress
13 2 (0.37%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.37%) NEC