Budget Management Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Budget Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Budget Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 66 87
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +32
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 5 14 20
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.50% 1.21% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.39% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 15
10th Percentile - £323 £391
25th Percentile £525 £356 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -19.05% -1.87%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £609
90th Percentile - £508 £653
North West median daily rate £499 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.30% -0.04% +0.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £16.17 -
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £16.17 -
% change year-on-year +81.01% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 896 1,006 1,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.87% 87.18% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 583 1,070
10th Percentile £306 £313 £270
25th Percentile £400 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £594 £594
90th Percentile £678 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £452 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.38% -2.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 34 61
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.94 £15.72
25th Percentile £18.97 £22.84 £16.29
Median hourly rate £22.63 £38.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +103.95% -5.61%
75th Percentile £35.50 £64.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £64.25 £87.45 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +50.21%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Budget Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Budget Management
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Director
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Coaching
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Content Curation
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree