Budget Responsibility Contracts in England

Budgetary Responsibility
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Budget Responsibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budget Responsibility over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 529 626
Rank change year-on-year +50 +97 +137
Contract jobs citing Budget Responsibility 6 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.035% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.040% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 19
10th Percentile £539 £443 £350
25th Percentile £544 £473 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% -2.08% +20.30%
75th Percentile £599 £726 £644
90th Percentile £606 £955 £750
UK median daily rate £570 £588 £586
% change year-on-year -2.98% +0.26% +7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £46.18 -
UK median hourly rate - £46.18 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Budget Responsibility 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Budget Responsibility
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Budget Responsibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Responsibility in England

Budget Responsibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Responsibility in England.

Daily rate trend for Budget Responsibility in England

Budget Responsibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Responsibility in England.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Responsibility in England

Budget Responsibility
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Responsibility within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East +43 3 £550 +11.11% 4
London +39 2 £590 +2.61% 15
Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Budget Responsibility
UK

Budget Responsibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Product Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Use Case
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Aruba
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Planview