Budget Control Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Budget Control
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Budget Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 - 104
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Budget Control 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.052% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
England median daily rate £400 £489 £525
% change year-on-year -18.20% -6.86% -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £62.40
25th Percentile - - £63.75
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.50 £23.48 £66.00
% change year-on-year +0.09% -64.42% +1.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,515 875 1,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 79.03% 87.76% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 459 805
10th Percentile £198 £250 £235
25th Percentile £351 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £694 £700
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 160 516
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.43 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.26 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.80 £51.25 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -57.46% +34.44% +18.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

Budget Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Budget Control job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Budget Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Budget Control

Budget Control
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £600 - 2
Budget Control
England

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle