Budget Management Contracts in the Midlands

Budget Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Budget Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budget Management over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 113 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +30
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 26 21 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.03% 0.79% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.97% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 23
10th Percentile £358 £349 £333
25th Percentile £438 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £775 £591
90th Percentile £775 £850 £670
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.49
Median hourly rate - - £20.97
75th Percentile - - £21.46
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.75 £32.50 £21.30
% change year-on-year -11.54% +52.58% -21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,216 2,158 2,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.62% 81.50% 85.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,421 1,468 1,810
10th Percentile £231 £270 £250
25th Percentile £358 £374 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £612 £600
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 97 85
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate £21.35 £20.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.73% -27.27% +48.25%
75th Percentile £26.69 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.43 £68.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.02
% change year-on-year -40.82% +3.61% +53.35%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Budget Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the Midlands

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
West Midlands +1 15 £575 +2.22% 13
East Midlands +2 11 £443 -19.55% 16
Budget Management
England

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) CA PPM
1 1 (3.85%) SAP HCM
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) SaaS
2 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
2 1 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 22 (84.62%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Legal
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Banking
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Retail
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Project Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Change Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Engagement Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Project Change Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Change Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Scrum Master
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (3.85%) Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) NHS Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Support
5 1 (3.85%) Services Director
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
2 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (57.69%) Project Delivery
3 11 (42.31%) Agile
4 9 (34.62%) Change Management
5 8 (30.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
6 7 (26.92%) Project Planning
6 7 (26.92%) Waterfall
7 6 (23.08%) Business Strategy
8 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
9 4 (15.38%) Project Management
9 4 (15.38%) Resource Allocation
10 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
10 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
10 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
10 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 2 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 2 (7.69%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.85%) BC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) PMO
2 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Basel III
3 1 (3.85%) MiFID
3 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) SAP
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Ariba
3 1 (3.85%) Concur
3 1 (3.85%) Planview
3 1 (3.85%) VMware