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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 415 274
Rank change year-on-year +90 -141 +290
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 574 232 629
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.53% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.60% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 419 153 48
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £39,711
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,700
Median % change year-on-year - -4.31% -3.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £102,750 £87,500 £110,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,108
% change year-on-year - -6.41% -1.37%

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 76,345 38,619 53,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.62% 89.01% 82.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,555 21,921 28,813
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,681 £36,250 £43,750
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 £75,250 £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 9 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 9 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 +73 221 £67,500 - 304
South East +27 138 £62,500 +59.72% 93
North of England -48 81 £57,500 +10.58% 76
Midlands -11 58 £52,500 -12.50% 49
South West -32 53 £50,000 -40.30% 33
Yorkshire -7 33 £57,500 +44.43% 28
East Midlands -6 29 £62,500 - 18
West Midlands -34 29 £52,500 -12.50% 31
North East -42 27 £57,500 -39.47% 15
East of England -32 22 £38,550 +2.80% 31
North West -49 21 £57,500 +10.58% 35
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 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 129 (22.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.31%) PlantUML
3 18 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (7.49%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.70%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.70%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.52%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.35%) 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 84 (14.63%) SaaS
2 82 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 43 (7.49%) Azure
4 25 (4.36%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (3.31%) IaaS
5 19 (3.31%) PaaS
6 13 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.74%) Google Sheets
8 9 (1.57%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.87%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.52%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.52%) OCI
11 3 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon Ads
12 2 (0.35%) AWS
12 2 (0.35%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (0.35%) Meta Ads
13 1 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.09%) Internet
2 9 (1.57%) DNS
3 8 (1.39%) LAN
3 8 (1.39%) WAN
4 4 (0.70%) Network Security
5 3 (0.52%) 5G
6 2 (0.35%) BGP
6 2 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.35%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.35%) Extranet
6 2 (0.35%) OSPF
6 2 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) Broadband
7 1 (0.17%) SAN
7 1 (0.17%) SNMP
7 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (13.94%) Power BI
2 18 (3.14%) Tableau
3 11 (1.92%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.87%) Looker
6 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.52%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.52%) Metabase
8 2 (0.35%) Power Query
8 2 (0.35%) 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 (2.96%) JIRA
General
1 516 (89.90%) Finance
2 199 (34.67%) Analytical Skills
3 191 (33.28%) Social Skills
4 47 (8.19%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (7.67%) Legal
6 41 (7.14%) Manufacturing
7 39 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (6.45%) Law
9 29 (5.05%) Marketing
10 24 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (3.83%) Telecoms
12 21 (3.66%) Public Sector
12 21 (3.66%) Retail
13 18 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (2.96%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.61%) Billing
16 14 (2.44%) Advertising
16 14 (2.44%) General Ledger
17 13 (2.26%) Banking
18 10 (1.74%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 103 (17.94%) Accountant
2 90 (15.68%) Management Accountant
3 76 (13.24%) Analyst
4 51 (8.89%) Senior
5 46 (8.01%) Project Manager
6 41 (7.14%) Finance Manager
7 36 (6.27%) Financial Controller
8 29 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
9 24 (4.18%) IT Manager
10 23 (4.01%) Architect
10 23 (4.01%) Lead
10 23 (4.01%) Systems Analyst
11 19 (3.31%) Infrastructure Architect
12 18 (3.14%) Senior Accountant
13 14 (2.44%) Azure Architect
13 14 (2.44%) Senior Management Accountant
14 13 (2.26%) Administrator
14 13 (2.26%) Operations Manager
15 12 (2.09%) Report Analyst
15 12 (2.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.48%) Terraform
2 4 (0.70%) EDI
3 1 (0.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 107 (18.64%) Management Information System
2 27 (4.70%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.01%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (3.31%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (2.96%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.09%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.39%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.22%) Blog
9 7 (1.22%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.87%) NHS
11 4 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.70%) IVR
11 4 (0.70%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.52%) FMCG
12 3 (0.52%) PMI
12 3 (0.52%) Robotics
12 3 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.74%) Windows
2 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (69.69%) Budgeting
2 223 (38.85%) Decision-Making
3 167 (29.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 134 (23.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 118 (20.56%) Financial Modelling
6 114 (19.86%) Process Improvement
7 109 (18.99%) Business Intelligence
8 98 (17.07%) Financial Analysis
9 82 (14.29%) ERP
10 80 (13.94%) Budget Management
11 73 (12.72%) Business Case
12 69 (12.02%) AI
13 64 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
14 63 (10.98%) Risk Management
15 62 (10.80%) Project Management
16 56 (9.76%) Agile
16 56 (9.76%) Project Delivery
17 48 (8.36%) Strategic Planning
18 47 (8.19%) Planning and Forecasting
18 47 (8.19%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.14%) SQL
2 12 (2.09%) Python
3 4 (0.70%) XAML
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 265 (46.17%) ACCA
2 257 (44.77%) CIMA
3 75 (13.07%) Degree
4 17 (2.96%) AAT
5 13 (2.26%) PMP
6 12 (2.09%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.09%) Security Cleared
7 9 (1.57%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.57%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.39%) CIPFA
9 7 (1.22%) HNC
9 7 (1.22%) HND
10 5 (0.87%) CIPD
11 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.70%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.52%) CCAB
12 3 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.70%) PMO
3 23 (4.01%) GAAP
3 23 (4.01%) IFRS
4 16 (2.79%) GDPR
5 13 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (1.74%) SLA
7 7 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.05%) QA
9 5 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.52%) ECSS
11 2 (0.35%) GRC
11 2 (0.35%) GxP
11 2 (0.35%) NIST
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.31%) Ansible
2 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 68 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.27%) SAP
3 28 (4.88%) Sage
4 24 (4.18%) Oracle
5 22 (3.83%) Cisco
6 19 (3.31%) VMware
7 16 (2.79%) Workday
7 16 (2.79%) Xero
8 14 (2.44%) Google
9 12 (2.09%) Aderant
10 10 (1.74%) Adaptive Insights
11 8 (1.39%) Anaplan
11 8 (1.39%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.22%) Pega
13 4 (0.70%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.52%) Adobe
14 3 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.52%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.52%) Progress
14 3 (0.52%) TikTok