Budgeting Contracts in the Midlands

Budgeting
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Budgeting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 117 149
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 +25
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 21 18 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.05% 0.67% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.81% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 3
10th Percentile £206 - £132
25th Percentile £290 £413 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £250
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +110.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £457 £647 £369
90th Percentile £490 £746 £440
England median daily rate £490 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -10.91% -3.51% +8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,760 2,210 2,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.96% 82.13% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,487 2,028
10th Percentile £200 £234 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 169 104
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.06 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.91 £14.88
Median hourly rate £18.51 £18.00 £21.32
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -15.57% +21.83%
75th Percentile £24.66 £33.25 £32.77
90th Percentile £41.97 £55.00 £54.63
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -21.23% +0.29% +45.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting 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 Budgeting within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Midlands +4 16 £375 -28.67% 22
East Midlands +16 5 £443 -42.90% 4
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce CRM
General
1 19 (90.48%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Games
3 1 (4.76%) Legal
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Project Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Accountant
3 4 (19.05%) Business Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Accountant
5 2 (9.52%) Management Accountant
5 2 (9.52%) Report Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Finance Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Operations Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Service Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Service Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 10 (47.62%) Project Management
3 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 6 (28.57%) Planning and Forecasting
5 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
6 4 (19.05%) Contract Management
6 4 (19.05%) ERP
6 4 (19.05%) Financial Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) Project Planning
6 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
7 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Data Management
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (14.29%) Supplier Management
8 2 (9.52%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) Change Management
8 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
9 1 (4.76%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GAAP
2 1 (4.76%) Basel III
2 1 (4.76%) IFRS
2 1 (4.76%) MiFID
2 1 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) SAP