Budget Management Contracts in the North West

Budget Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 10 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 99 113
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 +26
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 39 26 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.77% 1.10% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.30% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 35
10th Percentile £438 £432 £367
25th Percentile £447 £484 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £601 £562 £588
90th Percentile £675 £763 £638
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.88 £15.92 -
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.17 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.80% -46.10% -
75th Percentile £31.41 £16.42 -
90th Percentile £43.03 - -
England median hourly rate £28.75 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +11.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,957 1,997 2,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.59% 84.23% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,265 1,211 1,826
10th Percentile £279 £310 £288
25th Percentile £375 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £664 £675 £674
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 169 171
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £19.08
Median hourly rate £27.90 £34.21 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.44% -2.26% +60.70%
75th Percentile £57.57 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.38 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.63% +58.11%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the North West

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the North West

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the North West over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the North West

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the North West

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management in the North West over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the North West

Budget Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Lancashire +20 24 - - 24
Cheshire -16 5 £447 -18.73% 9
Manchester -10 3 £499 -8.32% 20
Cumbria +3 2 - -
Merseyside -3 2 £680 +61.90% 1
Budget Management
England

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) LAN
1 1 (2.56%) Network Security
1 1 (2.56%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Banking
6 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Automotive
7 1 (2.56%) Billing
7 1 (2.56%) Legal
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Administrator
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
2 8 (20.51%) Project Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Governance Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Programme Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Project Controller
4 1 (2.56%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Change Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Head of Digital
4 1 (2.56%) Head of Networks
4 1 (2.56%) Head of Performance Improvement
4 1 (2.56%) Integration Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Technical Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) SCADA
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (61.54%) Process Improvement
3 17 (43.59%) Cloud Security
4 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.95%) Project Management
7 6 (15.38%) Change Management
7 6 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (12.82%) Migration
8 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
8 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
9 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2
10 3 (7.69%) Decision-Making
10 3 (7.69%) Risk Management
10 3 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
11 2 (5.13%) Commercial Awareness
11 2 (5.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 2 (5.13%) People Management
11 2 (5.13%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (10.26%) PMI Certification
2 4 (10.26%) PMP
2 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) BC Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Ariba
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) SAP
2 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow