forecasting jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, forecasting appears in 2,562 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning forecasting, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about forecasting
+Is forecasting in demand in 2026?
Yes. forecasting appears in 2,562 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning forecasting (10.8% of all postings mentioning forecasting).
+What jobs require forecasting?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning forecasting are Sales Operations Manager (57.1% of that role’s postings mention forecasting), FP&A Manager (52.4% of that role’s postings mention forecasting), FP&A Analyst (50.0% of that role’s postings mention forecasting).
+What skills are commonly paired with forecasting?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), forecasting most often appears alongside SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, machine learning.
+Where is forecasting most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring forecasting are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new forecasting content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring forecasting — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require forecasting
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Sales Operations Manager | 16 | 57.1% |
| FP&A Manager | 22 | 52.4% |
| FP&A Analyst | 21 | 50.0% |
| Sales Operations Analyst | 22 | 37.3% |
| Sales Specialist | 21 | 36.8% |
| Marketing Analytics Director | 9 | 33.3% |
| Finance Analyst | 9 | 27.3% |
| Business Operations Analyst | 7 | 21.9% |
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 10 | 21.7% |
| Commercial Analytics Manager | 5 | 21.7% |
Roles with the most forecasting postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 277 | 10.8% |
| Product Manager | 169 | 6.6% |
| Program Manager | 148 | 5.8% |
| Data Analyst | 125 | 4.9% |
| Business Analyst | 82 | 3.2% |
| Technical Program Manager | 34 | 1.3% |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 26 | 1.0% |
| Analytics Manager | 24 | 0.9% |
| FP&A Manager | 22 | 0.9% |
| Sales Operations Analyst | 22 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for forecasting
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 121 | 4.7% |
| San Francisco | 109 | 4.3% |
| London | 72 | 2.8% |
| Toronto | 47 | 1.8% |
| San Jose | 46 | 1.8% |
| Bengaluru | 31 | 1.2% |
| Boston | 31 | 1.2% |
| Chicago | 26 | 1.0% |
| Austin | 25 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with forecasting
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning forecasting by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s forecasting postings by all forecasting postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- entity_id
- 729f9063995ca758
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-28
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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