Budget Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Budget Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Budget Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 16 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 7.73% 0.69% 4.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 0.84% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £459
25th Percentile - - £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.50%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £530
North West median daily rate £436 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -12.85% -0.08% +8.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 - -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £24.10 -
% change year-on-year +88.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Budget Management 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 173 119 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 83.57% 82.64% 92.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 57 124
10th Percentile £165 £281 £383
25th Percentile £350 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £518 £623
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -16.87% +19.71%
75th Percentile £551 £550 £716
90th Percentile £679 £609 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 18 50
10th Percentile £25.15 £25.80 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £32.89 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £61.57 £54.69 £48.43
90th Percentile £74.26 £66.28 £57.66
North West median hourly rate £37.50 £30.20 £37.50
% change year-on-year +24.17% -19.47% +45.29%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budget Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Budget Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Budget Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Budget Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Budget Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in Lancashire

Budget Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Preston - 1 - - 6
Nelson - 1 - -
Budget Management
North West

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Google Ads
1 1 (6.25%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SAP BW
General
1 15 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Brand Awareness
2 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Marketing
2 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Lead
2 1 (6.25%) Administrator
2 1 (6.25%) Architect
2 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
2 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce Administrator
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Architect
2 1 (6.25%) SAP BW Architect
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (87.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Continuous Improvement
1 15 (93.75%) Project Delivery
1 15 (93.75%) Project Management
2 14 (87.50%) Agile
2 14 (87.50%) Agile Project Management
2 14 (87.50%) Change Management
2 14 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (87.50%) DevOps
2 14 (87.50%) ITIL
2 14 (87.50%) Lean Six Sigma
2 14 (87.50%) PRINCE2
2 14 (87.50%) Security Management
2 14 (87.50%) Service Delivery
2 14 (87.50%) Six Sigma
3 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (6.25%) Data Governance
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Degree
2 14 (87.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) SAP