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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 476 569
Rank change year-on-year +111 +93 +205
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 281 224 124
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.45% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 181 45 68
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,294 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -12.00% +19.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £82,813
90th Percentile £93,750 £106,250 £134,356
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,108 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.41% -8.42% +21.74%

All Process and 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 39,223 50,097 44,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.75% 83.22% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 23,792 25,981 34,199
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - 0.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 86 £67,500 -10.00% 90
South East +61 62 £42,500 -27.84% 65
North of England -3 60 £52,000 +30.00% 18
North West -2 45 £49,250 +23.13% 11
Midlands +58 30 £60,000 +9.09% 21
West Midlands +49 23 £60,000 +9.09% 14
East of England +32 22 £37,500 -42.31% 12
South West +37 19 £80,000 +21.21% 15
Yorkshire +1 9 £39,813 - 8
East Midlands +27 6 - - 7
North East +4 6 £95,000 -
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 11 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.56%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 102 (36.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (5.34%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.42%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.07%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.36%) Lawson
5 1 (0.36%) Primavera
5 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.06%) Power Platform
2 42 (14.95%) SaaS
3 37 (13.17%) Azure
4 10 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (2.85%) AWS
6 7 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.07%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.71%) Contentsquare
10 2 (0.71%) GCP
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.36%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.07%) Internet
2 2 (0.71%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) ADSL
3 1 (0.36%) DNS
3 1 (0.36%) SSH
3 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (22.06%) Power BI
2 10 (3.56%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.49%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.14%) Tableau
5 4 (1.42%) Power Query
6 2 (0.71%) Looker
7 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.36%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.36%) Essbase
7 1 (0.36%) MS Access
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Git
General
1 228 (81.14%) Finance
2 126 (44.84%) Social Skills
3 114 (40.57%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.61%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (9.25%) Marketing
6 20 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.98%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.27%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.91%) Retail
11 10 (3.56%) Advertising
11 10 (3.56%) Public Sector
12 9 (3.20%) Banking
12 9 (3.20%) Billing
13 6 (2.14%) Law
14 5 (1.78%) Local Government
14 5 (1.78%) Police
15 4 (1.42%) Back Office
15 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 73 (25.98%) Analyst
2 52 (18.51%) Financial Analyst
3 49 (17.44%) Accountant
3 49 (17.44%) Senior
4 29 (10.32%) Finance Manager
5 25 (8.90%) Commercial Analyst
5 25 (8.90%) Management Accountant
6 23 (8.19%) Senior Manager
7 19 (6.76%) Lead
8 18 (6.41%) Project Manager
9 16 (5.69%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (4.63%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.91%) Senior Financial Analyst
12 10 (3.56%) Finance Business Analyst
12 10 (3.56%) Insight Analyst
12 10 (3.56%) Systems Accountant
13 9 (3.20%) Report Analyst
14 8 (2.85%) IT Manager
15 7 (2.49%) Project Support Officer
15 7 (2.49%) Senior Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.49%) Flash
2 5 (1.78%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.36%) .NET
4 1 (0.36%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (7.12%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.63%) Social Media
4 12 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.91%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.78%) NHS
7 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.36%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.36%) Blog
9 1 (0.36%) Clustering
9 1 (0.36%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.36%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.36%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.36%) IoT
9 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.78%) Windows
2 1 (0.36%) Linux
2 1 (0.36%) Solaris
2 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (70.82%) Budgeting
2 97 (34.52%) Decision-Making
3 75 (26.69%) Process Improvement
4 62 (22.06%) Financial Modelling
5 61 (21.71%) Business Intelligence
6 55 (19.57%) Financial Analysis
7 50 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (16.01%) Analytics
8 45 (16.01%) Data Analysis
8 45 (16.01%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (14.59%) ERP
10 37 (13.17%) Actionable Insight
10 37 (13.17%) Agile
11 34 (12.10%) Budget Management
12 31 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (9.96%) Project Management
14 27 (9.61%) Cost Control
15 25 (8.90%) Business Strategy
15 25 (8.90%) Planning and Forecasting
16 24 (8.54%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.25%) SQL
2 11 (3.91%) VBA
3 7 (2.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.42%) Python
5 2 (0.71%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.36%) Bash
6 1 (0.36%) Bourne shell
6 1 (0.36%) C-shell
6 1 (0.36%) Perl
6 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (45.20%) ACCA
2 113 (40.21%) CIMA
3 53 (18.86%) Degree
4 14 (4.98%) ICAEW
5 13 (4.63%) DBS Check
6 12 (4.27%) AAT
7 10 (3.56%) HNC
8 6 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.14%) PMP
9 5 (1.78%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.07%) CIPD
11 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.71%) CBAP
12 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.36%) MBA
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.19%) GAAP
2 22 (7.83%) IFRS
3 15 (5.34%) PMO
4 9 (3.20%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.78%) SLA
6 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.42%) QA
7 1 (0.36%) APQC
7 1 (0.36%) COBIT
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) FINRA
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.36%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Ansible
1 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
1 1 (0.36%) Terraform
1 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 47 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.41%) SAP
3 15 (5.34%) Oracle
4 11 (3.91%) Adaptive Insights
4 11 (3.91%) Workday
5 6 (2.14%) Google
6 5 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.42%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.42%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.07%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.07%) Openreach
8 3 (1.07%) Sage
8 3 (1.07%) Xero
9 1 (0.36%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.36%) Apple
9 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.36%) Pardot
9 1 (0.36%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.36%) TikTok