Budgeting Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Budgeting
England > North of England

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 149 164
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 +50
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 29 14 26
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.63% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.43% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 22
10th Percentile £263 £397 £400
25th Percentile £296 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -21.83% -7.69% +3.17%
75th Percentile £438 £491 £562
90th Percentile £491 £638 £574
England median daily rate £475 £500 £548
% change year-on-year -5.00% -8.68% +7.35%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £58.38 £89.44
% change year-on-year +24.20% -34.73% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,059 3,286 4,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.76% 85.55% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,718 1,811 2,790
10th Percentile £213 £285 £275
25th Percentile £360 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 179 194
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.02 £17.88 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% +14.55% +27.91%
75th Percentile £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £70.00 £60.14
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Budgeting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the North of England

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Budgeting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire -19 23 £355 -43.76% 18
North West -23 6 £275 -34.52% 11
Budgeting
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
3 3 (10.34%) AWS
3 3 (10.34%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) Power BI
2 4 (13.79%) Data Mining
2 4 (13.79%) Power Query
2 4 (13.79%) Relational Database
3 2 (6.90%) Tableau
4 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (79.31%) Finance
2 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
3 11 (37.93%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (31.03%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (20.69%) Banking
6 4 (13.79%) Billing
7 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (6.90%) Law
9 1 (3.45%) Legal
9 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
9 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Analyst
2 12 (41.38%) Data Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Senior
4 6 (20.69%) Report Analyst
5 5 (17.24%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Head of Operations
7 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Project Officer
7 1 (3.45%) Project Support Officer
7 1 (3.45%) Security Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Reporting Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.45%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Data Centre
2 9 (31.03%) Mainframe
3 6 (20.69%) Public Cloud
4 4 (13.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Cost Management
2 12 (41.38%) Virtual Environments
3 10 (34.48%) Data Analysis
3 10 (34.48%) ITIL
3 10 (34.48%) Service Management
4 9 (31.03%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (31.03%) Cost Optimisation
4 9 (31.03%) FinOps
5 7 (24.14%) Business Case
5 7 (24.14%) Visualisation
6 6 (20.69%) Data Mapping
6 6 (20.69%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (20.69%) Portfolio Management
6 6 (20.69%) Project Management
7 5 (17.24%) Agile
7 5 (17.24%) Change Management
7 5 (17.24%) Cost Reduction
7 5 (17.24%) Cost Transparency
7 5 (17.24%) Data Transformation
7 5 (17.24%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.90%) PMP
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft