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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 424 286
Rank change year-on-year +115 -138 +271
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 577 227 671
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 0.53% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.59% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 431 144 50
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% -18.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,646
90th Percentile £102,500 £77,500 £84,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -20.00%

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 74,604 38,365 56,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.40% 88.79% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 52,829 22,080 32,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
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 18 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 18 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 +90 226 £67,500 - 262
South East +27 123 £62,500 +49.70% 114
North of England -40 89 £57,500 +10.58% 88
South West -40 56 £51,250 -29.31% 34
Midlands -14 54 £56,700 -1.39% 51
North West -23 36 £57,500 +15.58% 37
Yorkshire -27 33 £60,000 +52.74% 36
East of England -11 28 £39,525 +5.40% 38
East Midlands - 28 £65,000 - 14
West Midlands -41 26 £52,500 -8.70% 37
North East -52 20 £37,500 -60.53% 17
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
1 121 (20.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.29%) PlantUML
3 18 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 46 (7.97%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.69%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.69%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.35%) 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 95 (16.46%) SaaS
2 78 (13.52%) Power Platform
3 39 (6.76%) Azure
4 19 (3.29%) IaaS
4 19 (3.29%) PaaS
5 16 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (2.43%) Google Sheets
7 13 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.56%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.87%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.69%) AWS
12 3 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.52%) OCI
12 3 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.35%) GCP
13 2 (0.35%) Intacct
14 1 (0.17%) Google Ads
14 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.08%) Internet
2 10 (1.73%) DNS
3 9 (1.56%) LAN
3 9 (1.56%) WAN
4 5 (0.87%) Network Security
5 3 (0.52%) 5G
5 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
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
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 76 (13.17%) Power BI
2 19 (3.29%) Tableau
3 12 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.04%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.87%) Looker
6 4 (0.69%) 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 10 (1.73%) JIRA
General
1 520 (90.12%) Finance
2 199 (34.49%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (31.72%) Social Skills
4 41 (7.11%) Law
4 41 (7.11%) Legal
5 40 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (6.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.85%) Manufacturing
8 24 (4.16%) Retail
8 24 (4.16%) Telecoms
9 23 (3.99%) Marketing
10 20 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (3.12%) Billing
11 18 (3.12%) Public Sector
12 16 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.60%) Advertising
14 14 (2.43%) Financial Institution
15 13 (2.25%) Banking
16 10 (1.73%) Military
17 9 (1.56%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 112 (19.41%) Accountant
2 96 (16.64%) Management Accountant
3 83 (14.38%) Analyst
4 54 (9.36%) Senior
5 43 (7.45%) Financial Controller
6 40 (6.93%) Project Manager
7 38 (6.59%) Finance Manager
8 35 (6.07%) IT Manager
9 28 (4.85%) Financial Analyst
10 24 (4.16%) Systems Analyst
11 22 (3.81%) Lead
12 21 (3.64%) Architect
13 19 (3.29%) Infrastructure Architect
13 19 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (2.77%) Senior Accountant
15 14 (2.43%) Azure Architect
16 13 (2.25%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.25%) Head of Finance
16 13 (2.25%) Operations Manager
16 13 (2.25%) Senior Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.29%) Terraform
2 4 (0.69%) EDI
3 1 (0.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 91 (15.77%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.29%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (2.95%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.91%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.39%) PMI
9 8 (1.39%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.21%) Blog
10 7 (1.21%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.21%) EPoS
11 5 (0.87%) NHS
12 4 (0.69%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (0.52%) IVR
13 3 (0.52%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.52%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.73%) Windows
2 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (70.54%) Budgeting
2 207 (35.88%) Decision-Making
3 158 (27.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 130 (22.53%) Financial Modelling
5 125 (21.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 113 (19.58%) Process Improvement
7 103 (17.85%) Business Intelligence
8 102 (17.68%) Financial Analysis
9 74 (12.82%) ERP
10 73 (12.65%) Budget Management
11 65 (11.27%) Business Case
11 65 (11.27%) Risk Management
12 62 (10.75%) AI
13 59 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
14 50 (8.67%) Project Management
15 49 (8.49%) Project Delivery
16 48 (8.32%) Agile
17 46 (7.97%) Strategic Planning
18 45 (7.80%) Business Strategy
19 44 (7.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 33 (5.72%) SQL
2 6 (1.04%) Python
3 4 (0.69%) XAML
Qualifications
1 281 (48.70%) ACCA
2 271 (46.97%) CIMA
3 57 (9.88%) Degree
4 20 (3.47%) AAT
5 12 (2.08%) PMP
6 11 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.56%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.21%) HNC
8 7 (1.21%) HND
9 6 (1.04%) SC Cleared
10 5 (0.87%) CIPFA
11 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.35%) CCAB
13 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.32%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.37%) PMO
3 29 (5.03%) GAAP
3 29 (5.03%) IFRS
4 14 (2.43%) GDPR
5 13 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.08%) SLA
7 10 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.21%) QA
9 5 (0.87%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.35%) ECSS
10 2 (0.35%) GxP
10 2 (0.35%) NIST
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (3.29%) Ansible
2 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 56 (9.71%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.55%) Sage
3 30 (5.20%) SAP
4 24 (4.16%) Xero
5 23 (3.99%) Cisco
6 19 (3.29%) Oracle
6 19 (3.29%) VMware
7 15 (2.60%) Google
8 14 (2.43%) Workday
9 10 (1.73%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.39%) Aderant
11 6 (1.04%) Adaptive Insights
12 4 (0.69%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.69%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.52%) Adobe
13 3 (0.52%) BMC
13 3 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.52%) Progress
14 2 (0.35%) Cognizant
14 2 (0.35%) NEC