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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 438 354
Rank change year-on-year +139 -84 +307
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 468 177 610
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.47% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.51% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 359 74 107
10th Percentile £48,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,125 £42,939 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +17.65% -7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £98,500 £97,500 £86,600
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £51,997
% change year-on-year - +25.01% -6.48%

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 59,557 34,998 71,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.07% 92.97% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 37,626 20,618 53,744
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -11.29%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +109 190 £70,000 - 60
South East +46 85 £60,000 -33.33% 45
North of England -80 60 £57,500 +43.75% 24
South West -8 46 £54,000 -25.52% 11
Midlands -21 45 £75,000 +57.89% 19
North West -22 33 £57,500 +43.75% 13
East of England -6 30 £48,500 -35.33% 9
West Midlands -12 27 £75,000 +53.85% 12
Yorkshire -66 20 £62,500 -21.88% 9
East Midlands -33 18 £53,750 +13.16% 7
North East -64 7 £38,500 -45.00% 2
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 7 (1.50%) WordPress
2 5 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 106 (22.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.63%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 26 (5.56%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (1.92%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.64%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.21%) Lawson
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 88 (18.80%) SaaS
2 72 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.26%) Azure
4 13 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.92%) Google Sheets
7 8 (1.71%) Google Analytics
8 7 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (0.85%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.64%) AWS
10 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.43%) GCP
11 2 (0.43%) Intacct
11 2 (0.43%) Miro
12 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.21%) IaaS
12 1 (0.21%) PaaS
12 1 (0.21%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.64%) Internet
2 2 (0.43%) DNS
2 2 (0.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.43%) VoIP
3 1 (0.21%) Broadband
3 1 (0.21%) DHCP
3 1 (0.21%) Firewall
3 1 (0.21%) LAN
3 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (15.17%) Power BI
2 21 (4.49%) Tableau
3 7 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (1.50%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.64%) Looker
5 2 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.21%) Essbase
6 1 (0.21%) MS Access
6 1 (0.21%) OLAP
6 1 (0.21%) Power Query
6 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (1.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 395 (84.40%) Finance
2 170 (36.32%) Analytical Skills
3 143 (30.56%) Social Skills
4 46 (9.83%) Marketing
5 30 (6.41%) Legal
6 22 (4.70%) Law
7 20 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.85%) Advertising
8 18 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 17 (3.63%) Billing
10 16 (3.42%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.21%) Banking
12 14 (2.99%) Retail
13 11 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (2.14%) Military
15 7 (1.50%) Brand Awareness
16 6 (1.28%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 95 (20.30%) Analyst
2 68 (14.53%) Accountant
3 64 (13.68%) Senior
4 49 (10.47%) Finance Manager
5 41 (8.76%) Financial Controller
5 41 (8.76%) Management Accountant
6 38 (8.12%) Financial Analyst
7 36 (7.69%) Report Analyst
8 31 (6.62%) Senior Manager
9 26 (5.56%) Lead
10 24 (5.13%) IT Manager
10 24 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (3.63%) Project Manager
12 16 (3.42%) Data Analyst
13 14 (2.99%) Supplier Manager
14 13 (2.78%) Developer
15 11 (2.35%) Administrator
15 11 (2.35%) Commercial Analyst
15 11 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
16 10 (2.14%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.92%) SAP CO-PA
2 7 (1.50%) Flash
3 3 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.21%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
1 24 (5.13%) Management Information System
1 24 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 9 (1.92%) PMI
5 8 (1.71%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.50%) EPoS
7 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (0.85%) Solar Energy
8 3 (0.64%) NHS
8 3 (0.64%) Social Media
9 2 (0.43%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.43%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.21%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.21%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.21%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.07%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (70.09%) Budgeting
2 136 (29.06%) Decision-Making
3 129 (27.56%) Process Improvement
4 109 (23.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (22.01%) Business Intelligence
6 92 (19.66%) Financial Analysis
7 87 (18.59%) Financial Modelling
8 61 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (11.54%) Cost Control
11 53 (11.32%) Agile
11 53 (11.32%) Analytics
11 53 (11.32%) Business Strategy
12 52 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
13 50 (10.68%) Budget Management
14 49 (10.47%) ERP
15 40 (8.55%) Fintech
16 34 (7.26%) Project Management
17 33 (7.05%) Risk Management
18 32 (6.84%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.12%) SQL
2 17 (3.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 15 (3.21%) Python
4 13 (2.78%) VBA
5 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 231 (49.36%) ACCA
2 206 (44.02%) CIMA
3 42 (8.97%) Degree
4 29 (6.20%) AAT
5 18 (3.85%) ICAEW
6 14 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.56%) PMP
8 6 (1.28%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.07%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.43%) APMP
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.43%) CCAB
11 2 (0.43%) MBA
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.43%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.21%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.61%) IFRS
2 49 (10.47%) GAAP
3 16 (3.42%) PMO
4 15 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.28%) GDPR
6 6 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.07%) SLA
8 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.85%) NIST
9 3 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.64%) QA
10 2 (0.43%) COBIT
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.21%) Ansible
2 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (7.69%) SAP
2 28 (5.98%) Microsoft
3 22 (4.70%) Xero
4 21 (4.49%) Google
5 17 (3.63%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.42%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.56%) Oracle
8 10 (2.14%) Sage
9 9 (1.92%) Workday
10 7 (1.50%) Pardot
11 4 (0.85%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.85%) Toshiba
12 3 (0.64%) BMC
12 3 (0.64%) IBM
13 2 (0.43%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.43%) Cisco
13 2 (0.43%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.43%) Cognos
13 2 (0.43%) Conga
13 2 (0.43%) NEC