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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 472 353
Rank change year-on-year +172 -119 +303
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 500 154 640
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 0.40% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.43% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 406 64 106
10th Percentile £47,125 £31,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £43,941 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +23.08% -11.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,813 £65,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,625 £89,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +23.50% -9.09%

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 61,552 35,586 72,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.01% 93.32% 83.95%
Number of salaries quoted 40,904 19,071 54,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +121 227 £67,500 -6.90% 71
South East +55 87 £61,250 +75.00% 49
North of England -56 57 £57,500 +7.48% 20
South West -19 44 £54,000 -25.52% 5
Midlands -4 42 £65,000 +23.81% 15
North West +4 32 £57,500 +10.58% 11
East of England +1 30 £45,407 -39.46% 4
West Midlands -19 26 £75,000 +42.86% 12
Yorkshire -58 21 £60,000 -25.00% 8
East Midlands - 16 £65,000 - 3
North East -62 4 £42,500 - 1
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 (1.20%) WordPress
2 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 94 (18.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.00%) Spreadsheet
3 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.20%) PlantUML
6 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (6.20%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.80%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (1.80%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 108 (21.60%) SaaS
2 64 (12.80%) Power Platform
3 30 (6.00%) Azure
4 13 (2.60%) Google Sheets
5 11 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.40%) Google Analytics
8 6 (1.20%) IaaS
8 6 (1.20%) PaaS
9 4 (0.80%) AWS
9 4 (0.80%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.40%) GCP
11 2 (0.40%) Intacct
11 2 (0.40%) Miro
11 2 (0.40%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.00%) DNS
1 5 (1.00%) Internet
2 3 (0.60%) Network Security
2 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.40%) BGP
3 2 (0.40%) Broadband
3 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (0.40%) DMVPN
3 2 (0.40%) Extranet
3 2 (0.40%) OSPF
4 1 (0.20%) DHCP
4 1 (0.20%) Firewall
4 1 (0.20%) LAN
4 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.60%) Power BI
2 23 (4.60%) Tableau
3 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) Looker
5 1 (0.20%) OLAP
5 1 (0.20%) Power Query
5 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 428 (85.60%) Finance
2 165 (33.00%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (25.20%) Social Skills
4 46 (9.20%) Marketing
5 30 (6.00%) Legal
6 23 (4.60%) Law
7 20 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.80%) Advertising
9 18 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (3.20%) Banking
10 16 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 15 (3.00%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.80%) Retail
13 12 (2.40%) Billing
14 11 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (2.00%) Military
15 10 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.40%) General Ledger
17 6 (1.20%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 87 (17.40%) Analyst
2 77 (15.40%) Accountant
3 57 (11.40%) Senior
4 53 (10.60%) Management Accountant
5 51 (10.20%) Finance Manager
6 47 (9.40%) Financial Controller
7 30 (6.00%) Lead
7 30 (6.00%) Senior Manager
8 29 (5.80%) Report Analyst
9 28 (5.60%) Financial Analyst
10 26 (5.20%) IT Manager
11 19 (3.80%) Project Manager
12 18 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.00%) Supplier Manager
14 13 (2.60%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
14 13 (2.60%) Developer
14 13 (2.60%) Systems Analyst
15 10 (2.00%) Business Developer
15 10 (2.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.80%) SAP CO-PA
2 3 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.20%) Flash
3 1 (0.20%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.40%) Management Information System
2 24 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.80%) PMI
7 8 (1.60%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.40%) EPoS
9 6 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.20%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.20%) NHS
10 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.80%) Solar Energy
11 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.40%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.40%) Taxonomies
13 1 (0.20%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (71.20%) Budgeting
2 135 (27.00%) Decision-Making
3 118 (23.60%) Process Improvement
4 113 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (21.00%) Financial Modelling
6 101 (20.20%) Financial Analysis
7 95 (19.00%) Business Intelligence
8 70 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 60 (12.00%) Budget Management
9 60 (12.00%) Cost Control
10 54 (10.80%) Cost Optimisation
11 52 (10.40%) Agile
12 51 (10.20%) ERP
13 49 (9.80%) Business Strategy
14 47 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (8.80%) Fintech
16 42 (8.40%) Analytics
17 40 (8.00%) Risk Management
18 35 (7.00%) Strategic Planning
19 34 (6.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.00%) SQL
2 13 (2.60%) Python
3 10 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (2.00%) VBA
4 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 244 (48.80%) ACCA
2 221 (44.20%) CIMA
3 42 (8.40%) Degree
4 22 (4.40%) AAT
5 13 (2.60%) ICAEW
5 13 (2.60%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.20%) PMP
7 6 (1.20%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.40%) APMP
9 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.40%) CCAB
9 2 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.40%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.20%) IFRS
2 46 (9.20%) GAAP
3 19 (3.80%) PMO
4 16 (3.20%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.40%) GDPR
6 7 (1.40%) SLA
7 6 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.80%) NIST
9 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.40%) QA
11 1 (0.20%) COBIT
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.20%) Ansible
1 6 (1.20%) Terraform
2 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (7.20%) SAP
2 31 (6.20%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.80%) Google
4 19 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.80%) Xero
5 15 (3.00%) Sage
5 15 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.80%) Oracle
7 10 (2.00%) Workday
8 9 (1.80%) Cisco
9 6 (1.20%) Pardot
9 6 (1.20%) VMware
10 4 (0.80%) Toshiba
11 3 (0.60%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.60%) BMC
11 3 (0.60%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.40%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.40%) Cognizant
12 2 (0.40%) Conga
12 2 (0.40%) NEC