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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 426 269
Rank change year-on-year +107 -157 +298
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 581 235 678
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 0.54% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.61% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 423 149 47
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £36,722
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £44,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £81,500 £111,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,425
% change year-on-year - -0.70% -10.48%

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 76,481 38,519 54,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.55% 89.12% 82.39%
Number of salaries quoted 53,828 21,783 29,723
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,532 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 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 3 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 +82 230 £67,500 - 264
South East +30 138 £62,500 +59.72% 101
North of England -47 81 £56,250 +8.17% 88
South West -28 56 £51,250 -38.81% 38
Midlands -16 54 £52,500 -8.70% 51
Yorkshire -22 33 £57,500 +44.43% 36
West Midlands -33 28 £52,500 -8.70% 32
North East -40 26 £47,500 -50.00% 15
East Midlands - 26 £63,750 - 19
North West -58 22 £56,250 +8.17% 39
East of England -31 21 £38,550 +2.80% 32
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 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 127 (21.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.27%) PlantUML
3 18 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 47 (8.09%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.69%) Sage 50
3 4 (0.69%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.52%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.34%) 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 91 (15.66%) SaaS
2 81 (13.94%) Power Platform
3 44 (7.57%) Azure
4 21 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (3.27%) IaaS
5 19 (3.27%) PaaS
6 13 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.89%) Google Sheets
8 10 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.55%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.86%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.69%) AWS
13 3 (0.52%) OCI
13 3 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
14 2 (0.34%) GCP
14 2 (0.34%) Google Ads
15 1 (0.17%) Amazon Ads
15 1 (0.17%) Google Tag Manager
15 1 (0.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.07%) Internet
2 9 (1.55%) DNS
3 8 (1.38%) LAN
3 8 (1.38%) WAN
4 4 (0.69%) Network Security
5 3 (0.52%) 5G
6 2 (0.34%) BGP
6 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.34%) DMVPN
6 2 (0.34%) Extranet
6 2 (0.34%) OSPF
6 2 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) Broadband
7 1 (0.17%) SNMP
7 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.60%) Power BI
2 19 (3.27%) Tableau
3 12 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.86%) Looker
6 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.52%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.52%) Metabase
8 2 (0.34%) Power Query
8 2 (0.34%) 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 (2.93%) JIRA
General
1 525 (90.36%) Finance
2 201 (34.60%) Analytical Skills
3 189 (32.53%) Social Skills
4 46 (7.92%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (7.23%) Legal
6 38 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (6.54%) Manufacturing
7 36 (6.20%) Law
8 28 (4.82%) Marketing
9 23 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.79%) Telecoms
11 21 (3.61%) Public Sector
11 21 (3.61%) Retail
12 17 (2.93%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.58%) Advertising
15 14 (2.41%) Banking
15 14 (2.41%) Billing
16 12 (2.07%) General Ledger
17 9 (1.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 109 (18.76%) Accountant
2 94 (16.18%) Management Accountant
3 75 (12.91%) Analyst
4 52 (8.95%) Senior
5 46 (7.92%) Project Manager
6 41 (7.06%) Financial Controller
7 40 (6.88%) Finance Manager
8 27 (4.65%) Financial Analyst
9 25 (4.30%) IT Manager
10 24 (4.13%) Lead
11 23 (3.96%) Systems Analyst
12 22 (3.79%) Architect
13 19 (3.27%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (3.10%) Senior Accountant
15 14 (2.41%) Azure Architect
15 14 (2.41%) Senior Management Accountant
16 13 (2.24%) Administrator
16 13 (2.24%) Head of Finance
16 13 (2.24%) Operations Manager
17 12 (2.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.27%) Terraform
2 4 (0.69%) EDI
3 1 (0.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 105 (18.07%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.27%) Enterprise Cloud
5 18 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.20%) Blog
9 7 (1.20%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.86%) NHS
12 4 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.69%) IVR
12 4 (0.69%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.52%) FMCG
13 3 (0.52%) Robotics
13 3 (0.52%) Social Media
13 3 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.72%) Windows
2 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (69.88%) Budgeting
2 223 (38.38%) Decision-Making
3 167 (28.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 130 (22.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 120 (20.65%) Financial Modelling
6 117 (20.14%) Process Improvement
7 110 (18.93%) Business Intelligence
8 102 (17.56%) Financial Analysis
9 81 (13.94%) ERP
10 79 (13.60%) Budget Management
11 72 (12.39%) Business Case
12 64 (11.02%) AI
12 64 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
12 64 (11.02%) Risk Management
13 62 (10.67%) Project Management
14 56 (9.64%) Project Delivery
15 55 (9.47%) Agile
16 47 (8.09%) Strategic Planning
17 46 (7.92%) Roadmaps
18 45 (7.75%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.88%) SQL
2 11 (1.89%) Python
3 4 (0.69%) XAML
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 271 (46.64%) ACCA
2 263 (45.27%) CIMA
3 73 (12.56%) Degree
4 17 (2.93%) AAT
5 14 (2.41%) PMP
6 13 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.07%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.55%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.55%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.38%) CIPFA
10 7 (1.20%) HNC
10 7 (1.20%) HND
11 5 (0.86%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.69%) CIPD
12 4 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.52%) CCAB
13 3 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.82%) PMO
3 25 (4.30%) GAAP
3 25 (4.30%) IFRS
4 16 (2.75%) GDPR
5 13 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.89%) SLA
7 10 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.20%) QA
9 5 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.52%) ECSS
12 2 (0.34%) GRC
12 2 (0.34%) GxP
12 2 (0.34%) NIST
13 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.27%) Ansible
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 61 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.68%) SAP
3 30 (5.16%) Sage
4 22 (3.79%) Cisco
4 22 (3.79%) Oracle
5 19 (3.27%) VMware
5 19 (3.27%) Xero
6 16 (2.75%) Workday
7 13 (2.24%) Google
8 11 (1.89%) Aderant
9 10 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.38%) Adaptive Insights
11 7 (1.20%) Pega
12 5 (0.86%) Anaplan
13 4 (0.69%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.52%) Adobe
14 3 (0.52%) BMC
14 3 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.52%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.52%) Progress