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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 427 284
Rank change year-on-year +114 -143 +280
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 600 231 673
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 0.54% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.60% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 443 148 49
10th Percentile £41,250 £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% -16.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,862
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £88,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -18.52%

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 75,707 38,228 55,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.45% 88.79% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 53,452 21,986 30,884
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
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 24 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 24 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 +90 234 £67,500 - 257
South East +17 129 £62,500 +54.55% 122
North of England -31 97 £57,500 +10.58% 86
South West -32 56 £52,500 -27.59% 40
Midlands -19 55 £54,500 -5.22% 58
North West -34 37 £57,500 +10.58% 41
Yorkshire -17 36 £60,000 +52.74% 34
East of England -15 28 £39,525 +5.40% 41
West Midlands -41 28 £52,500 -8.70% 40
East Midlands - 27 £63,750 - 18
North East -45 24 £42,500 -55.26% 13
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 (0.83%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 125 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.17%) PlantUML
3 18 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.50%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 46 (7.67%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.67%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.67%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 94 (15.67%) SaaS
2 81 (13.50%) Power Platform
3 42 (7.00%) Azure
4 19 (3.17%) IaaS
4 19 (3.17%) PaaS
5 18 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (2.33%) Google Sheets
7 13 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.50%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.83%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.67%) AWS
12 3 (0.50%) OCI
12 3 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.33%) GCP
13 2 (0.33%) Intacct
14 1 (0.17%) Google Ads
14 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.00%) Internet
2 10 (1.67%) DNS
3 9 (1.50%) LAN
3 9 (1.50%) WAN
4 5 (0.83%) Network Security
5 3 (0.50%) 5G
5 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.33%) BGP
6 2 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.33%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.33%) Extranet
6 2 (0.33%) OSPF
6 2 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.17%) Broadband
7 1 (0.17%) DHCP
7 1 (0.17%) Firewall
7 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.17%) Power BI
2 19 (3.17%) Tableau
3 12 (2.00%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.83%) Looker
6 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.50%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.50%) Metabase
8 2 (0.33%) Power Query
8 2 (0.33%) 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 13 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 543 (90.50%) Finance
2 205 (34.17%) Analytical Skills
3 192 (32.00%) Social Skills
4 45 (7.50%) Law
5 42 (7.00%) Legal
5 42 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 28 (4.67%) Telecoms
9 26 (4.33%) Marketing
10 24 (4.00%) Retail
11 22 (3.67%) Billing
12 21 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (3.17%) Public Sector
14 17 (2.83%) Financial Institution
15 16 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (2.50%) Advertising
16 15 (2.50%) Banking
17 12 (2.00%) General Ledger
18 10 (1.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (18.83%) Accountant
2 96 (16.00%) Management Accountant
3 88 (14.67%) Analyst
4 59 (9.83%) Senior
5 44 (7.33%) Finance Manager
5 44 (7.33%) Project Manager
6 43 (7.17%) Financial Controller
7 33 (5.50%) IT Manager
8 30 (5.00%) Financial Analyst
9 24 (4.00%) Systems Analyst
10 23 (3.83%) Lead
11 21 (3.50%) Architect
11 21 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
12 19 (3.17%) Infrastructure Architect
13 16 (2.67%) Senior Accountant
14 14 (2.33%) Azure Architect
14 14 (2.33%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.17%) Administrator
15 13 (2.17%) Operations Manager
15 13 (2.17%) Senior Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.17%) Terraform
2 4 (0.67%) EDI
3 1 (0.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 95 (15.83%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.83%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.17%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (2.83%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.83%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.83%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.17%) Blog
8 7 (1.17%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.00%) PMI
9 6 (1.00%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.83%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.83%) EPoS
10 5 (0.83%) NHS
11 4 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.67%) IVR
11 4 (0.67%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.50%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.83%) Windows
2 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (70.67%) Budgeting
2 219 (36.50%) Decision-Making
3 167 (27.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 134 (22.33%) Financial Modelling
5 130 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 118 (19.67%) Process Improvement
7 109 (18.17%) Business Intelligence
8 107 (17.83%) Financial Analysis
9 79 (13.17%) Budget Management
9 79 (13.17%) ERP
10 68 (11.33%) AI
10 68 (11.33%) Business Case
11 65 (10.83%) Risk Management
12 63 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
13 56 (9.33%) Project Management
14 53 (8.83%) Agile
14 53 (8.83%) Project Delivery
15 47 (7.83%) Business Strategy
16 46 (7.67%) Strategic Planning
17 43 (7.17%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.50%) SQL
2 8 (1.33%) Python
3 4 (0.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 288 (48.00%) ACCA
2 279 (46.50%) CIMA
3 65 (10.83%) Degree
4 20 (3.33%) AAT
5 13 (2.17%) PMP
6 12 (2.00%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.83%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.33%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.17%) CIPFA
10 7 (1.17%) HNC
10 7 (1.17%) HND
11 4 (0.67%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.50%) CCAB
12 3 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.33%) CIPD
13 2 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.17%) PMO
3 29 (4.83%) GAAP
3 29 (4.83%) IFRS
4 14 (2.33%) GDPR
5 13 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.00%) SLA
7 10 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.17%) QA
9 5 (0.83%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.33%) ECSS
10 2 (0.33%) GxP
10 2 (0.33%) NIST
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (3.17%) Ansible
2 10 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 58 (9.67%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.17%) Sage
2 31 (5.17%) SAP
3 23 (3.83%) Cisco
3 23 (3.83%) Xero
4 20 (3.33%) Oracle
5 19 (3.17%) VMware
6 15 (2.50%) Google
6 15 (2.50%) Workday
7 11 (1.83%) Aderant
8 10 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.17%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (0.67%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.67%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.50%) Adobe
11 3 (0.50%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.50%) BMC
11 3 (0.50%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.50%) Pega
11 3 (0.50%) Progress