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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 473 349
Rank change year-on-year +165 -124 +290
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 489 158 652
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.41% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.44% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 395 72 105
10th Percentile £46,750 £31,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £86,400
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -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 61,529 36,213 74,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.94% 93.28% 83.22%
Number of salaries quoted 40,990 19,458 55,070
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +146 224 £67,500 -3.57% 99
South East +54 84 £62,500 +62.87% 61
North of England -50 57 £57,500 +10.58% 27
South West -24 43 £54,000 -25.52% 14
Midlands -6 39 £65,000 +23.81% 15
North West +3 32 £57,500 +10.58% 12
East of England +9 29 £45,407 -39.46% 7
West Midlands -27 24 £75,000 +42.86% 13
Yorkshire -56 21 £60,000 +1.05% 14
East Midlands - 15 £65,000 - 2
North East -64 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 (1.23%) WordPress
2 5 (1.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 89 (18.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
3 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.43%) PlantUML
6 4 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (6.54%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.84%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (1.84%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.41%) 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
1 106 (21.68%) SaaS
2 60 (12.27%) Power Platform
3 29 (5.93%) Azure
4 13 (2.66%) Google Sheets
5 10 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.43%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.43%) IaaS
7 7 (1.43%) PaaS
8 4 (0.82%) AWS
8 4 (0.82%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.61%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.41%) GCP
10 2 (0.41%) Intacct
10 2 (0.41%) Miro
10 2 (0.41%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.02%) DNS
1 5 (1.02%) Internet
2 3 (0.61%) Network Security
2 3 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.41%) BGP
3 2 (0.41%) Broadband
3 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (0.41%) DMVPN
3 2 (0.41%) Extranet
3 2 (0.41%) 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 59 (12.07%) Power BI
2 23 (4.70%) Tableau
3 5 (1.02%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) Looker
5 1 (0.20%) OLAP
5 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (2.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 420 (85.89%) Finance
2 159 (32.52%) Analytical Skills
3 121 (24.74%) Social Skills
4 45 (9.20%) Marketing
5 29 (5.93%) Legal
6 23 (4.70%) Law
7 21 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (4.09%) Public Sector
9 18 (3.68%) Advertising
10 17 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (3.48%) Telecoms
11 16 (3.27%) Banking
12 14 (2.86%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.86%) Retail
13 12 (2.45%) Billing
14 11 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (2.04%) Military
15 10 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.43%) General Ledger
17 6 (1.23%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 82 (16.77%) Analyst
2 77 (15.75%) Accountant
3 55 (11.25%) Senior
4 53 (10.84%) Management Accountant
5 50 (10.22%) Finance Manager
6 46 (9.41%) Financial Controller
7 30 (6.13%) Lead
8 29 (5.93%) Senior Manager
9 27 (5.52%) Report Analyst
10 26 (5.32%) IT Manager
11 25 (5.11%) Financial Analyst
12 19 (3.89%) Project Manager
13 17 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (3.07%) Supplier Manager
15 13 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
16 12 (2.45%) Developer
16 12 (2.45%) Systems Analyst
17 11 (2.25%) Data Analyst
18 9 (1.84%) Business Developer
18 9 (1.84%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.84%) SAP CO-PA
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.20%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.54%) Management Information System
2 24 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.66%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (1.84%) PMI
6 8 (1.64%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (1.43%) EPoS
8 6 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.23%) NHS
9 4 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.82%) Solar Energy
10 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.41%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.41%) Taxonomies
12 1 (0.20%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (70.96%) Budgeting
2 131 (26.79%) Decision-Making
3 112 (22.90%) Process Improvement
4 111 (22.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (21.27%) Financial Modelling
6 98 (20.04%) Financial Analysis
7 90 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
8 71 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (12.07%) Budget Management
9 59 (12.07%) Cost Control
10 51 (10.43%) Agile
10 51 (10.43%) Cost Optimisation
11 49 (10.02%) ERP
12 47 (9.61%) Business Strategy
13 44 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
14 43 (8.79%) Fintech
15 41 (8.38%) Analytics
16 39 (7.98%) Risk Management
17 35 (7.16%) Strategic Planning
18 34 (6.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.73%) SQL
2 12 (2.45%) Python
3 9 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 9 (1.84%) VBA
4 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 240 (49.08%) ACCA
2 218 (44.58%) CIMA
3 41 (8.38%) Degree
4 21 (4.29%) AAT
5 13 (2.66%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.45%) ICAEW
7 11 (2.25%) PMP
8 6 (1.23%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.82%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.41%) APMP
10 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.41%) CCAB
10 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.84%) IFRS
2 43 (8.79%) GAAP
3 18 (3.68%) PMO
4 16 (3.27%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.43%) GDPR
6 7 (1.43%) SLA
7 6 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.82%) NIST
9 3 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.41%) 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 7 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.43%) Ansible
1 7 (1.43%) Terraform
2 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (6.95%) SAP
2 30 (6.13%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.91%) Google
4 20 (4.09%) Xero
5 19 (3.89%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.07%) Sage
6 15 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.86%) Oracle
8 10 (2.04%) Cisco
8 10 (2.04%) Workday
9 7 (1.43%) VMware
10 6 (1.23%) Pardot
11 4 (0.82%) Toshiba
12 3 (0.61%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.61%) BMC
12 3 (0.61%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.41%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.41%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.41%) Conga
13 2 (0.41%) NEC