Budgeting Contracts

Budgeting
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Budgeting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Budgeting over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 417 472
Rank change year-on-year -2 +55 +11
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 176 320 429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.54% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.60% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 220 283
10th Percentile £413 £361 £318
25th Percentile £450 £486 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £645 £700 £638
90th Percentile £738 £788 £724
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £506 £500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +1.25% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £27.41 £27.12
25th Percentile £14.13 £33.90 £29.54
Median hourly rate £14.50 £43.75 £35.22
Median % change year-on-year -66.86% +24.21% +8.58%
75th Percentile £16.41 £52.19 £42.04
90th Percentile £16.90 £58.38 £45.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 £40.00 £35.22
% change year-on-year -64.34% +13.56% -15.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Budgeting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Budgeting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +27 166 £550 -6.38% 294
UK excluding London +16 89 £525 +3.70% 177
London +35 79 £613 +2.08% 124
Work from Home +47 62 £600 +6.19% 112
South East -9 34 £525 -7.08% 50
North of England +35 20 £525 +5.00% 50
Midlands +37 19 £525 +110.00% 32
West Midlands +40 18 £500 +100.00% 18
North West +24 13 £663 +32.50% 29
South West +18 10 £513 -22.35% 24
Yorkshire +25 6 £457 -13.05% 14
Scotland +2 2 £475 -5.00% 8
Wales - 2 £220 - 1
North East +21 1 £900 - 8
East of England +1 1 £575 +15.00% 19
Northern Ireland - 1 £125 -
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 14

Budgeting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.84%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.70%) Sketch
6 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.41%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.14%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.57%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.39%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (5.11%) Azure
3 5 (2.84%) IaaS
3 5 (2.84%) PaaS
4 4 (2.27%) AWS
4 4 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.27%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.27%) SaaS
5 3 (1.70%) Figma
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.57%) Miro
6 1 (0.57%) OCI
6 1 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.55%) Network Security
2 5 (2.84%) SNA
3 4 (2.27%) Firewall
4 3 (1.70%) 5G
4 3 (1.70%) Internet
4 3 (1.70%) Wireless
5 2 (1.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (1.14%) SAN
6 1 (0.57%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.70%) Power BI
3 1 (0.57%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.57%) Metadata
3 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.55%) JIRA
1 8 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.14%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 95 (53.98%) Finance
2 47 (26.70%) Social Skills
3 31 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (6.25%) Military
7 9 (5.11%) Marketing
8 8 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.98%) Banking
9 7 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.98%) General Ledger
10 6 (3.41%) Financial Institution
10 6 (3.41%) Investment Banking
10 6 (3.41%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.27%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.27%) French Language
11 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.27%) Local Government
12 3 (1.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 40 (22.73%) Project Manager
2 28 (15.91%) Senior
3 23 (13.07%) Analyst
4 20 (11.36%) IT Manager
5 18 (10.23%) Delivery Manager
6 13 (7.39%) Consultant
7 12 (6.82%) Architect
7 12 (6.82%) Senior Manager
8 11 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
9 10 (5.68%) Lead
9 10 (5.68%) Technical Manager
10 9 (5.11%) Security Manager
11 8 (4.55%) Programme Manager
11 8 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
11 8 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
12 7 (3.98%) Business Manager
12 7 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (3.41%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.70%) ADO
2 1 (0.57%) Middleware
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.55%) Data Centre
1 8 (4.55%) FMCG
2 7 (3.98%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (3.98%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.41%) Derivative
3 6 (3.41%) Fixed Income
4 3 (1.70%) Cyberattack
4 3 (1.70%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.14%) IoT
5 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.14%) PMI
5 2 (1.14%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.57%) CMDB
6 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.57%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.57%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.57%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.09%) Windows
2 14 (7.95%) Unix
3 7 (3.98%) Linux
4 2 (1.14%) Solaris
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (30.68%) Project Management
2 53 (30.11%) Agile
3 44 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (19.32%) Decision-Making
5 34 (19.32%) Risk Management
6 32 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 32 (18.18%) Project Delivery
7 29 (16.48%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 28 (15.91%) Waterfall
9 24 (13.64%) Change Management
9 24 (13.64%) Migration
10 23 (13.07%) PRINCE2
11 22 (12.50%) ERP
11 22 (12.50%) ITIL
12 20 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (10.23%) Roadmaps
14 15 (8.52%) Data Analysis
14 15 (8.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.27%) Perl
1 4 (2.27%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.14%) AWK
2 2 (1.14%) Bash
2 2 (1.14%) Bourne shell
2 2 (1.14%) Java
2 2 (1.14%) Julia
2 2 (1.14%) Korn
2 2 (1.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.14%) Python
2 2 (1.14%) SQL
3 1 (0.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 30 (17.05%) Degree
3 27 (15.34%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.95%) PMI Certification
5 13 (7.39%) PMP
6 10 (5.68%) DV Cleared
6 10 (5.68%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (5.68%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.98%) ACCA
7 7 (3.98%) CIMA
8 6 (3.41%) ISACA
9 4 (2.27%) APMP
9 4 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.14%) RHCE
11 2 (1.14%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.80%) PMO
2 8 (4.55%) COBIT
2 8 (4.55%) GDPR
2 8 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 7 (3.98%) NIST
3 7 (3.98%) SLA
4 5 (2.84%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.27%) QA
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.57%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.57%) IFRS
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) vCloud
2 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.70%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (1.70%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.14%) Ansible
2 2 (1.14%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle ZFS
2 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.14%) Terraform
2 2 (1.14%) yum
3 1 (0.57%) Avamar
Vendors
1 38 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.39%) SAP
3 12 (6.82%) Oracle
4 3 (1.70%) Adobe
4 3 (1.70%) EMC
4 3 (1.70%) Remedy
4 3 (1.70%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.70%) Workday
5 2 (1.14%) Cisco
5 2 (1.14%) Facebook
5 2 (1.14%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.14%) Veritas
6 1 (0.57%) Ariba
6 1 (0.57%) Citrix
6 1 (0.57%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.57%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.57%) Mitel
6 1 (0.57%) Sage
6 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.57%) VMware