Budgeting Contracts in the North of England

Budgeting
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 165 203
Rank change year-on-year +12 +38 +4
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 13 20 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.39% 0.42% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.49% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 15
10th Percentile £346 £420 £463
25th Percentile £365 £450 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +15.61%
75th Percentile £545 £738 £553
90th Percentile - £743 £622
England median daily rate £490 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -10.91% -6.38% +10.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £14.27 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £14.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +124.14% -66.86% -1.56%

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 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the North of England

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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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the North of England

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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 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
North West +12 8 £545 -17.74% 116
Yorkshire +7 5 £370 -18.95% 77
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (7.69%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Asana
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Essbase
2 4 (30.77%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Retail
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Essbase Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Governance Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
3 2 (15.38%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (15.38%) PMI
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Financial Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) Metadata Management
3 4 (30.77%) Planning and Forecasting
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Programme Management
4 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Backlog Management
5 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
5 2 (15.38%) Project Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) ACCA
2 1 (7.69%) APMP
2 1 (7.69%) CIMA
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam