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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 429 292
Rank change year-on-year +93 -137 +262
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 517 218 653
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.51% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.57% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 407 140 48
10th Percentile £42,000 £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 £98,500 £80,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 71,905 38,217 56,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.27% 88.53% 80.99%
Number of salaries quoted 51,202 22,024 33,984
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,397 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 5 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 5 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 +94 223 £67,500 - 201
South East +8 97 £60,000 +43.71% 82
North of England -51 72 £57,500 +10.58% 72
South West -38 49 £46,250 -42.19% 28
Midlands -17 46 £61,250 +11.36% 25
North West -21 32 £57,500 +15.58% 37
Yorkshire -31 31 £60,000 +52.74% 21
East of England -18 29 £45,407 +21.08% 18
East Midlands - 25 £65,000 - 5
West Midlands -39 21 £52,500 -4.55% 19
North East -57 9 £37,500 -60.53% 14
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 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 108 (20.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.68%) PlantUML
3 15 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.58%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 47 (9.09%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.77%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.77%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 100 (19.34%) SaaS
2 78 (15.09%) Power Platform
3 38 (7.35%) Azure
4 19 (3.68%) IaaS
4 19 (3.68%) PaaS
5 16 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.90%) Google Sheets
7 10 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.77%) AWS
11 3 (0.58%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.39%) GCP
12 2 (0.39%) Intacct
12 2 (0.39%) Miro
12 2 (0.39%) OCI
12 2 (0.39%) Smartsheet
12 2 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.32%) Internet
2 10 (1.93%) DNS
3 9 (1.74%) LAN
3 9 (1.74%) WAN
4 5 (0.97%) Network Security
5 3 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.39%) BGP
6 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.39%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.39%) Extranet
6 2 (0.39%) OSPF
7 1 (0.19%) Broadband
7 1 (0.19%) DHCP
7 1 (0.19%) Firewall
7 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (14.51%) Power BI
2 20 (3.87%) Tableau
3 12 (2.32%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.39%) Power Query
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.19%) GIS
7 1 (0.19%) Looker
7 1 (0.19%) OLAP
7 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
General
1 460 (88.97%) Finance
2 176 (34.04%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (31.14%) Social Skills
4 35 (6.77%) Legal
5 34 (6.58%) Law
6 33 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (5.03%) Marketing
9 23 (4.45%) Retail
10 22 (4.26%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.29%) Public Sector
12 15 (2.90%) Advertising
12 15 (2.90%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.71%) Billing
14 13 (2.51%) Banking
15 12 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.93%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.93%) Military
17 7 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (18.96%) Accountant
2 81 (15.67%) Management Accountant
3 78 (15.09%) Analyst
4 43 (8.32%) Financial Controller
5 40 (7.74%) Senior
6 38 (7.35%) IT Manager
7 37 (7.16%) Project Manager
8 33 (6.38%) Finance Manager
9 26 (5.03%) Financial Analyst
9 26 (5.03%) Systems Analyst
10 19 (3.68%) Architect
10 19 (3.68%) Infrastructure Architect
10 19 (3.68%) Lead
11 18 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.71%) Azure Architect
13 13 (2.51%) Senior Manager
14 12 (2.32%) Business Analyst
15 11 (2.13%) IT Project Manager
15 11 (2.13%) Operations Manager
16 10 (1.93%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.68%) Terraform
2 1 (0.19%) EDI
2 1 (0.19%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.93%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.45%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.68%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (3.29%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.35%) Blog
10 7 (1.35%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.35%) EPoS
10 7 (1.35%) PMI
11 6 (1.16%) NHS
12 4 (0.77%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.58%) FMCG
13 3 (0.58%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.13%) Windows
2 6 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (70.60%) Budgeting
2 171 (33.08%) Decision-Making
3 133 (25.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 129 (24.95%) Financial Modelling
5 110 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 100 (19.34%) Business Intelligence
7 99 (19.15%) Process Improvement
8 95 (18.38%) Financial Analysis
9 70 (13.54%) Budget Management
10 62 (11.99%) ERP
11 61 (11.80%) Risk Management
12 54 (10.44%) AI
12 54 (10.44%) Business Case
13 50 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (8.70%) Project Delivery
15 44 (8.51%) Project Management
16 43 (8.32%) Agile
17 40 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 40 (7.74%) Strategic Planning
18 39 (7.54%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.61%) SQL
2 5 (0.97%) Python
3 4 (0.77%) XAML
4 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 253 (48.94%) ACCA
2 245 (47.39%) CIMA
3 47 (9.09%) Degree
4 18 (3.48%) AAT
5 12 (2.32%) PMP
6 11 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.35%) HNC
7 7 (1.35%) HND
7 7 (1.35%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.77%) CIPFA
9 4 (0.77%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) CCAB
11 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.39%) ICAEW
11 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.74%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.61%) GAAP
2 29 (5.61%) IFRS
2 29 (5.61%) PMO
3 13 (2.51%) SLA
4 12 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.32%) GDPR
5 11 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.16%) QA
8 5 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) GxP
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (3.68%) Ansible
2 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 47 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.80%) Sage
3 27 (5.22%) SAP
4 23 (4.45%) Cisco
4 23 (4.45%) Xero
5 19 (3.68%) VMware
6 18 (3.48%) Oracle
7 16 (3.09%) Google
8 13 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.32%) Workday
10 6 (1.16%) Adaptive Insights
11 4 (0.77%) Aderant
11 4 (0.77%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.77%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.58%) Adobe
12 3 (0.58%) BMC
13 2 (0.39%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.39%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.39%) Jedox
13 2 (0.39%) SYSPRO