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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 420 257
Rank change year-on-year +101 -163 +301
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 582 224 680
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 0.52% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.58% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 425 147 49
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £37,879
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,000 £109,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,675
% change year-on-year - -1.11% -10.11%

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 76,581 38,469 54,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.04% 82.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53,748 21,719 29,115
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
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 6 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 6 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 +80 233 £67,500 - 268
South East +34 138 £62,500 +59.72% 98
North of England -44 79 £57,500 +10.58% 88
Midlands -21 56 £52,500 -12.50% 52
South West -28 55 £51,250 -46.05% 32
Yorkshire -5 33 £57,500 +44.43% 34
West Midlands -27 28 £52,500 -12.50% 32
East Midlands - 28 £63,750 - 20
North East -44 25 £52,500 -44.74% 16
North West -58 21 £57,500 +10.58% 40
East of England -21 20 £38,550 +2.80% 31
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 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 127 (21.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.26%) PlantUML
3 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 46 (7.90%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.69%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.69%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.52%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 90 (15.46%) SaaS
2 81 (13.92%) Power Platform
3 44 (7.56%) Azure
4 23 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (3.26%) IaaS
5 19 (3.26%) PaaS
6 13 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.89%) Google Sheets
8 10 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.55%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.86%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.69%) AWS
13 3 (0.52%) OCI
13 3 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
14 2 (0.34%) GCP
14 2 (0.34%) Google Ads
15 1 (0.17%) Amazon Ads
15 1 (0.17%) Google Tag Manager
15 1 (0.17%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.06%) Internet
2 9 (1.55%) DNS
3 8 (1.37%) LAN
3 8 (1.37%) WAN
4 4 (0.69%) Network Security
5 3 (0.52%) 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%) SNMP
7 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.57%) Power BI
2 19 (3.26%) Tableau
3 12 (2.06%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.86%) Looker
6 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.52%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.52%) Metabase
8 2 (0.34%) Power Query
8 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.17%) GIS
9 1 (0.17%) OLAP
9 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (2.92%) JIRA
General
1 525 (90.21%) Finance
2 201 (34.54%) Analytical Skills
3 191 (32.82%) Social Skills
4 46 (7.90%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (7.22%) Legal
6 39 (6.70%) Manufacturing
7 37 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (6.19%) Law
9 29 (4.98%) Marketing
10 24 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (3.78%) Telecoms
12 21 (3.61%) Public Sector
12 21 (3.61%) Retail
13 17 (2.92%) Financial Institution
13 17 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.58%) Advertising
15 14 (2.41%) Billing
16 13 (2.23%) Banking
17 12 (2.06%) General Ledger
18 9 (1.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 108 (18.56%) Accountant
2 94 (16.15%) Management Accountant
3 73 (12.54%) Analyst
4 52 (8.93%) Senior
5 46 (7.90%) Project Manager
6 40 (6.87%) Finance Manager
6 40 (6.87%) Financial Controller
7 26 (4.47%) Financial Analyst
8 25 (4.30%) IT Manager
9 24 (4.12%) Lead
10 23 (3.95%) Architect
11 22 (3.78%) Systems Analyst
12 19 (3.26%) Infrastructure Architect
13 18 (3.09%) Senior Accountant
14 14 (2.41%) Azure Architect
14 14 (2.41%) Senior Management Accountant
15 13 (2.23%) Administrator
15 13 (2.23%) Head of Finance
15 13 (2.23%) Operations Manager
15 13 (2.23%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.26%) Terraform
2 4 (0.69%) EDI
3 1 (0.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 106 (18.21%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.47%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.95%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (3.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (2.92%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.20%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.20%) Blog
8 7 (1.20%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.86%) NHS
10 4 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.69%) IVR
10 4 (0.69%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.52%) PMI
11 3 (0.52%) Robotics
11 3 (0.52%) Social Media
11 3 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.72%) Windows
2 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (69.93%) Budgeting
2 223 (38.32%) Decision-Making
3 166 (28.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 132 (22.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 121 (20.79%) Financial Modelling
6 116 (19.93%) Process Improvement
7 110 (18.90%) Business Intelligence
8 101 (17.35%) Financial Analysis
9 81 (13.92%) ERP
10 79 (13.57%) Budget Management
11 72 (12.37%) Business Case
12 66 (11.34%) AI
13 64 (11.00%) Risk Management
14 63 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
15 62 (10.65%) Project Management
16 56 (9.62%) Project Delivery
17 55 (9.45%) Agile
18 48 (8.25%) Strategic Planning
19 47 (8.08%) Roadmaps
20 46 (7.90%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.04%) SQL
2 12 (2.06%) Python
3 4 (0.69%) XAML
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 270 (46.39%) ACCA
2 262 (45.02%) CIMA
3 73 (12.54%) Degree
4 17 (2.92%) AAT
5 14 (2.41%) PMP
6 13 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.06%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.55%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.55%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.37%) CIPFA
10 7 (1.20%) HNC
10 7 (1.20%) HND
11 5 (0.86%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.69%) CIPD
12 4 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.52%) CCAB
13 3 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.11%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.81%) PMO
3 25 (4.30%) GAAP
3 25 (4.30%) IFRS
4 16 (2.75%) GDPR
5 13 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.89%) SLA
7 10 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.20%) QA
9 5 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.52%) ECSS
12 2 (0.34%) GRC
12 2 (0.34%) GxP
12 2 (0.34%) NIST
13 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.26%) Ansible
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 63 (10.82%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.01%) SAP
3 29 (4.98%) Sage
4 23 (3.95%) Oracle
5 22 (3.78%) Cisco
6 19 (3.26%) VMware
7 18 (3.09%) Xero
8 15 (2.58%) Workday
9 13 (2.23%) Google
10 11 (1.89%) Aderant
11 9 (1.55%) Adaptive Insights
11 9 (1.55%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.20%) Anaplan
12 7 (1.20%) Pega
13 4 (0.69%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.52%) Adobe
14 3 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.52%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.52%) Progress
15 2 (0.34%) BMC