Budget Control Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Budget Control
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Budget Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 51 62
Rank change year-on-year -24 +11 +24
Contract jobs citing Budget Control 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% 0.35% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.40% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £449 -
25th Percentile £613 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £467 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.83% - -
75th Percentile £638 £479 -
90th Percentile - £485 -
England median daily rate £438 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.99
Median hourly rate - - £21.52
75th Percentile - - £22.04
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.50 £23.48 £66.00
% change year-on-year +0.09% -64.42% +35.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Budget Control 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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 759 496 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.09% 86.71% 82.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 301 421
10th Percentile £188 £250 £213
25th Percentile £351 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £569
90th Percentile £625 £625 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 23 42
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.48 £12.20
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.08% +24.85%
75th Percentile £24.74 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%

Budget Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budget Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Budget Control job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Budget Control
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Budget Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Budget Control

Budget Control
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Control within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire -21 1 £625 +33.83%
Budget Control
England

Budget Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Workday Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Workday Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday