Budgeting Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Budgeting
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Budgeting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 81 105
Rank change year-on-year -4 +24 +25
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.53% 0.17% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.20% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £264 - -
25th Percentile £266 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% -13.64% +46.67%
75th Percentile £291 £513 -
90th Percentile £294 - -
North West median daily rate £275 £435 £450
% change year-on-year -36.78% -3.33% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £72.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Budgeting 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 1,015 1,014 1,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.66% 88.71% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 597 1,026
10th Percentile £300 £294 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £661 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 41 48
10th Percentile £17.26 £16.00 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £22.00 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +64.56% -43.57%
75th Percentile £31.40 £45.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +46.15%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in Manchester

Budgeting
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting

Budgeting
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power Query
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Process Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Community of Practice
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) People Management
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft