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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 439 301
Rank change year-on-year +104 -138 +283
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 506 220 653
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.50% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.56% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 401 138 53
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 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,862
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +9.09% -15.38%

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 69,952 39,107 58,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.26% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 49,460 22,554 38,208
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +117 234 £67,500 - 162
South East +11 83 £62,500 +62.87% 98
North of England -42 65 £57,500 +10.58% 64
Midlands -13 45 £61,250 +16.11% 25
South West -32 45 £42,500 -46.88% 27
East of England -8 31 £45,000 +20.00% 17
North West -16 30 £57,500 +21.05% 35
Yorkshire -20 30 £60,000 +54.84% 19
East Midlands - 24 £65,000 - 10
West Midlands -28 21 £52,500 -0.47% 15
North East -59 5 £37,500 -60.53% 10
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 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 106 (20.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.56%) PlantUML
3 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 48 (9.49%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.79%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.40%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (21.15%) SaaS
2 73 (14.43%) Power Platform
3 34 (6.72%) Azure
4 18 (3.56%) IaaS
4 18 (3.56%) PaaS
5 15 (2.96%) Google Sheets
6 14 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.38%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.79%) AWS
10 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.40%) GCP
11 2 (0.40%) Intacct
11 2 (0.40%) Miro
11 2 (0.40%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.40%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.37%) Internet
2 9 (1.78%) DNS
3 7 (1.38%) LAN
3 7 (1.38%) WAN
4 5 (0.99%) Network Security
5 3 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.40%) BGP
6 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.40%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.40%) Extranet
6 2 (0.40%) OSPF
7 1 (0.20%) Broadband
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) Firewall
7 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (14.23%) Power BI
2 24 (4.74%) Tableau
3 12 (2.37%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.20%) Looker
6 1 (0.20%) OLAP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (2.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 445 (87.94%) Finance
2 180 (35.57%) Analytical Skills
3 152 (30.04%) Social Skills
4 32 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (6.13%) Legal
6 29 (5.73%) Marketing
7 27 (5.34%) Law
8 26 (5.14%) Retail
9 23 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (3.95%) Telecoms
11 16 (3.16%) Advertising
11 16 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.96%) Manufacturing
13 14 (2.77%) Public Sector
14 13 (2.57%) Banking
15 11 (2.17%) Billing
15 11 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.98%) Military
17 6 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 97 (19.17%) Accountant
2 81 (16.01%) Analyst
3 78 (15.42%) Management Accountant
4 47 (9.29%) Financial Controller
5 42 (8.30%) Senior
6 36 (7.11%) Finance Manager
7 34 (6.72%) IT Manager
8 29 (5.73%) Project Manager
9 26 (5.14%) Systems Analyst
10 25 (4.94%) Financial Analyst
10 25 (4.94%) Lead
11 18 (3.56%) Architect
11 18 (3.56%) Infrastructure Architect
12 17 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
12 17 (3.36%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.57%) Azure Architect
14 12 (2.37%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.37%) Report Analyst
15 11 (2.17%) Operations Manager
16 10 (1.98%) Finance Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.20%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.86%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.56%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (3.16%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.58%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.38%) Blog
9 7 (1.38%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.38%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.38%) EPoS
9 7 (1.38%) PMI
10 6 (1.19%) NHS
11 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.59%) IVR
12 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.78%) Windows
2 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (69.76%) Budgeting
2 164 (32.41%) Decision-Making
3 134 (26.48%) Financial Modelling
4 131 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 100 (19.76%) Business Intelligence
6 99 (19.57%) Process Improvement
7 96 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 95 (18.77%) Financial Analysis
9 60 (11.86%) Budget Management
10 55 (10.87%) ERP
11 53 (10.47%) AI
12 52 (10.28%) Risk Management
13 50 (9.88%) Business Case
14 46 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
15 41 (8.10%) Fintech
15 41 (8.10%) Strategic Planning
16 40 (7.91%) Cost Control
16 40 (7.91%) Project Management
17 38 (7.51%) Agile
18 37 (7.31%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.74%) SQL
2 5 (0.99%) Python
3 3 (0.59%) XAML
4 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 262 (51.78%) ACCA
2 251 (49.60%) CIMA
3 39 (7.71%) Degree
4 22 (4.35%) AAT
5 13 (2.57%) PMP
6 12 (2.37%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.38%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.99%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.99%) HNC
8 5 (0.99%) HND
9 4 (0.79%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.59%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.40%) CCAB
11 2 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.40%) ICAEW
11 2 (0.40%) MBA
11 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.92%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.32%) IFRS
3 29 (5.73%) GAAP
4 25 (4.94%) PMO
5 14 (2.77%) SLA
6 8 (1.58%) GDPR
6 8 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.19%) QA
9 4 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.40%) NIST
11 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (3.56%) Ansible
1 18 (3.56%) Terraform
2 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (8.10%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.53%) SAP
3 27 (5.34%) Sage
4 22 (4.35%) Cisco
5 20 (3.95%) Xero
6 18 (3.56%) VMware
7 17 (3.36%) Oracle
8 16 (3.16%) Google
9 14 (2.77%) Salesforce
10 11 (2.17%) Workday
11 6 (1.19%) Adaptive Insights
12 5 (0.99%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.79%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.59%) BMC
15 2 (0.40%) Atlassian
15 2 (0.40%) Cognizant
15 2 (0.40%) Jedox
15 2 (0.40%) NEC
15 2 (0.40%) Palo Alto
15 2 (0.40%) SYSPRO