Budgeting Contracts in the City of London

Budgeting
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Budgeting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 117 160
Rank change year-on-year +11 +43 +16
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 11 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.63% 0.32% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 5
10th Percentile £489 £435 £242
25th Percentile £613 £525 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +17.50% -25.93%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £619
90th Percentile £728 £773 £683
Central London median daily rate £625 £588 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% +17.50% -25.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Budgeting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,642 1,978 3,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.45% 90.48% 91.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,397 2,188
10th Percentile £350 £354 £356
25th Percentile £460 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £726
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Budgeting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the City of London

Budgeting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the City of London

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the City of London

Budgeting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the City of London

Budgeting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (9.09%) Veeva
2 1 (9.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Financial Services Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Analysis
2 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Project Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Support Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Budget Management
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Data Collection
4 3 (27.27%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Business Case
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) CRM
6 1 (9.09%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) PMI Certification
1 3 (27.27%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) CCAB
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Citrix
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle
1 1 (9.09%) Workday