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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 439 306
Rank change year-on-year +95 -133 +267
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 511 218 654
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.50% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.56% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 405 139 56
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +12.15% -17.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £71,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 69,000 39,152 58,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 89.43% 81.36%
Number of salaries quoted 48,669 22,708 38,960
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +109 239 £67,500 - 142
South East -5 79 £62,500 +49.70% 79
North of England -45 65 £57,500 +10.58% 50
Midlands -6 46 £60,000 +14.29% 19
South West -23 46 £42,500 -44.26% 18
North West -19 33 £57,500 +21.05% 23
East of England -8 31 £45,000 +20.00% 17
Yorkshire -31 28 £60,000 +1.05% 18
East Midlands - 24 £65,000 - 5
West Midlands -31 22 £54,600 +4.00% 14
North East -52 4 £37,500 -60.53% 9
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 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 108 (21.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.13%) PlantUML
3 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 50 (9.78%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.78%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.20%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 112 (21.92%) SaaS
2 73 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 31 (6.07%) Azure
4 16 (3.13%) IaaS
4 16 (3.13%) PaaS
5 15 (2.94%) Google Sheets
6 12 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.98%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.78%) AWS
9 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.39%) GCP
11 2 (0.39%) Intacct
11 2 (0.39%) Miro
11 2 (0.39%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.35%) Internet
2 7 (1.37%) DNS
3 5 (0.98%) LAN
3 5 (0.98%) WAN
4 4 (0.78%) Network Security
5 3 (0.59%) 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 (0.20%) Broadband
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) Firewall
7 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (14.09%) Power BI
2 25 (4.89%) Tableau
3 12 (2.35%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.20%) Looker
6 1 (0.20%) OLAP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (2.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 448 (87.67%) Finance
2 181 (35.42%) Analytical Skills
3 153 (29.94%) Social Skills
4 35 (6.85%) Marketing
5 33 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (5.28%) Legal
7 26 (5.09%) Law
7 26 (5.09%) Retail
8 23 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.72%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.52%) Advertising
11 16 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.94%) Manufacturing
13 14 (2.74%) Public Sector
14 13 (2.54%) Banking
14 13 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (2.35%) Billing
16 10 (1.96%) Military
17 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 97 (18.98%) Accountant
2 85 (16.63%) Analyst
3 78 (15.26%) Management Accountant
4 49 (9.59%) Financial Controller
5 43 (8.41%) Senior
6 39 (7.63%) Finance Manager
7 30 (5.87%) IT Manager
8 27 (5.28%) Financial Analyst
9 26 (5.09%) Lead
9 26 (5.09%) Systems Analyst
10 24 (4.70%) Project Manager
11 18 (3.52%) Senior Manager
12 17 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (3.13%) Architect
13 16 (3.13%) Infrastructure Architect
14 14 (2.74%) Report Analyst
15 12 (2.35%) Business Analyst
16 11 (2.15%) Azure Architect
17 10 (1.96%) Finance Systems Analyst
17 10 (1.96%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.20%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.20%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.74%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.50%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.91%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
6 15 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.37%) EPoS
8 7 (1.37%) PMI
9 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.17%) NHS
10 5 (0.98%) Blog
10 5 (0.98%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.78%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.78%) Solar Energy
12 3 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.37%) Windows
2 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (69.67%) Budgeting
2 166 (32.49%) Decision-Making
3 134 (26.22%) Financial Modelling
4 133 (26.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (20.16%) Process Improvement
6 102 (19.96%) Business Intelligence
7 101 (19.77%) Financial Analysis
8 93 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 57 (11.15%) Budget Management
9 57 (11.15%) ERP
10 49 (9.59%) AI
11 48 (9.39%) Risk Management
12 47 (9.20%) Cost Control
13 46 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (8.61%) Business Case
15 42 (8.22%) Fintech
16 39 (7.63%) Agile
16 39 (7.63%) Strategic Planning
17 38 (7.44%) Business Strategy
18 36 (7.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.70%) SQL
2 6 (1.17%) Python
3 2 (0.39%) XAML
4 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 272 (53.23%) ACCA
2 260 (50.88%) CIMA
3 38 (7.44%) Degree
4 23 (4.50%) AAT
5 13 (2.54%) PMP
6 12 (2.35%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.57%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.98%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.78%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.59%) HNC
10 3 (0.59%) HND
10 3 (0.59%) ICAEW
10 3 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.59%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.39%) CCAB
11 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.85%) IFRS
2 34 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 30 (5.87%) GAAP
4 24 (4.70%) PMO
5 14 (2.74%) SLA
6 9 (1.76%) GDPR
6 9 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.17%) QA
8 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.59%) NIST
11 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (3.13%) Ansible
1 16 (3.13%) Terraform
2 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 45 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.87%) SAP
3 25 (4.89%) Sage
4 20 (3.91%) Cisco
4 20 (3.91%) Xero
5 19 (3.72%) Google
6 18 (3.52%) Oracle
7 16 (3.13%) VMware
8 15 (2.94%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.15%) Workday
10 6 (1.17%) Adaptive Insights
10 6 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.78%) Toshiba
12 3 (0.59%) BMC
13 2 (0.39%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.39%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.39%) Jedox
13 2 (0.39%) NEC
13 2 (0.39%) SYSPRO