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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 415 525
Rank change year-on-year +92 +110 +27
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 595 236 228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 0.55% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.62% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 434 156 46
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £39,518
25th Percentile £52,063 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £64,950
Median % change year-on-year - -7.62% -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,563 £78,438
90th Percentile £103,375 £88,750 £113,125
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £64,108
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.41% -3.23%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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 October 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 +60 225 £67,500 - 21
South East +28 144 £62,500 +59.72% 16
North of England -41 84 £57,500 +10.58% 13
Midlands -6 63 £52,500 -12.50% 7
South West -29 53 £51,250 -31.67% 4
Yorkshire -8 32 £57,500 +44.43% 4
West Midlands -36 32 £52,500 -12.50% 6
East Midlands +2 31 £62,500 - 1
North East -39 28 £57,500 -39.47% 5
East of England -33 25 £39,525 +5.40% 3
North West -51 24 £57,500 +21.05% 4
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 6 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 134 (22.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.19%) PlantUML
3 18 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.50%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (7.23%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.84%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.67%) Sage 50
4 4 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 87 (14.62%) Power Platform
2 83 (13.95%) SaaS
3 46 (7.73%) Azure
4 28 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (3.19%) IaaS
5 19 (3.19%) PaaS
6 14 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.68%) Google Sheets
9 9 (1.51%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.50%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.50%) OCI
11 3 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.34%) Amazon Ads
12 2 (0.34%) AWS
12 2 (0.34%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (0.34%) Meta Ads
13 1 (0.17%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.02%) Internet
2 9 (1.51%) DNS
3 8 (1.34%) LAN
3 8 (1.34%) WAN
4 4 (0.67%) Network Security
5 3 (0.50%) 5G
6 2 (0.34%) BGP
6 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.34%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.34%) Extranet
6 2 (0.34%) OSPF
6 2 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) Broadband
7 1 (0.17%) SAN
7 1 (0.17%) SNMP
7 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (14.29%) Power BI
2 17 (2.86%) Tableau
3 10 (1.68%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.01%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.01%) Looker
5 4 (0.67%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.67%) Metabase
6 3 (0.50%) Power Query
7 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.17%) GIS
8 1 (0.17%) OLAP
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (3.19%) JIRA
General
1 536 (90.08%) Finance
2 207 (34.79%) Analytical Skills
3 198 (33.28%) Social Skills
4 50 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
5 46 (7.73%) Manufacturing
6 45 (7.56%) Legal
7 40 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (6.22%) Law
9 32 (5.38%) Marketing
10 28 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (4.20%) Public Sector
12 24 (4.03%) Telecoms
13 20 (3.36%) Retail
14 18 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (2.86%) Financial Institution
16 15 (2.52%) Billing
17 14 (2.35%) Advertising
17 14 (2.35%) General Ledger
18 13 (2.18%) Banking
19 10 (1.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 105 (17.65%) Accountant
2 90 (15.13%) Management Accountant
3 79 (13.28%) Analyst
4 53 (8.91%) Senior
5 47 (7.90%) Project Manager
6 44 (7.39%) Finance Manager
7 36 (6.05%) Financial Controller
8 32 (5.38%) Financial Analyst
9 25 (4.20%) Systems Analyst
10 24 (4.03%) Lead
11 23 (3.87%) Architect
11 23 (3.87%) IT Manager
12 19 (3.19%) Infrastructure Architect
12 19 (3.19%) Senior Accountant
13 15 (2.52%) Operations Manager
14 14 (2.35%) Azure Architect
14 14 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
14 14 (2.35%) Senior Management Accountant
14 14 (2.35%) Senior Manager
15 13 (2.18%) Head of Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.36%) Terraform
2 4 (0.67%) EDI
3 1 (0.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 116 (19.50%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.87%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (3.19%) Enterprise Cloud
6 17 (2.86%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.85%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.68%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.18%) Blog
10 7 (1.18%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.84%) NHS
12 4 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.67%) IVR
12 4 (0.67%) PropTech
12 4 (0.67%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.50%) FMCG
13 3 (0.50%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.68%) Windows
2 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (69.75%) Budgeting
2 234 (39.33%) Decision-Making
3 176 (29.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 145 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 119 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
5 119 (20.00%) Process Improvement
6 115 (19.33%) Business Intelligence
7 103 (17.31%) Financial Analysis
8 85 (14.29%) ERP
9 81 (13.61%) Budget Management
10 76 (12.77%) AI
11 74 (12.44%) Business Case
12 67 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
13 66 (11.09%) Project Management
14 64 (10.76%) Risk Management
15 58 (9.75%) Project Delivery
16 57 (9.58%) Agile
17 52 (8.74%) Planning and Forecasting
18 48 (8.07%) Commercial Awareness
18 48 (8.07%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.23%) SQL
2 13 (2.18%) Python
3 4 (0.67%) XAML
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 273 (45.88%) ACCA
2 264 (44.37%) CIMA
3 77 (12.94%) Degree
4 17 (2.86%) AAT
5 15 (2.52%) PMP
6 14 (2.35%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.18%) Security Cleared
8 10 (1.68%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.51%) CIPFA
9 9 (1.51%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.18%) HNC
10 7 (1.18%) HND
11 6 (1.01%) CIPD
12 5 (0.84%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.50%) CCAB
14 3 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 2 (0.34%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.87%) PMO
3 23 (3.87%) GAAP
3 23 (3.87%) IFRS
4 17 (2.86%) GDPR
5 13 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (1.68%) SLA
7 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.01%) QA
9 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.50%) ECSS
10 3 (0.50%) GRC
11 2 (0.34%) GxP
11 2 (0.34%) NIST
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.19%) Ansible
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 74 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.55%) SAP
3 29 (4.87%) Sage
4 28 (4.71%) Oracle
5 22 (3.70%) Cisco
6 19 (3.19%) VMware
7 16 (2.69%) Workday
8 15 (2.52%) Google
8 15 (2.52%) Xero
9 12 (2.02%) Adaptive Insights
9 12 (2.02%) Aderant
10 10 (1.68%) Anaplan
11 9 (1.51%) Pega
12 7 (1.18%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.01%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.50%) Adobe
14 3 (0.50%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.50%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.50%) Progress
14 3 (0.50%) TikTok