Budgeting and Resource Allocation Contracts in the North West

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Budgeting and Resource Allocation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting and Resource Allocation over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 121 140
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 +46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.082% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.098% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £491 - £320
25th Percentile £537 - £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £697 - £575
90th Percentile £740 - -
England median daily rate £575 £506 £550
% change year-on-year +13.58% -7.95% -19.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £25.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +186.56% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £25.30 -
% change year-on-year +186.56% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Budgeting and Resource Allocation 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,969 2,047 2,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.73% 83.93% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,233 1,747
10th Percentile £297 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £679 £663
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 159 158
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.16 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.88
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +9.80% +46.36%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.20 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% +2.41% +53.76%

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the North West

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the North West over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the North West

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
DemandTrendContract 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 Budgeting and Resource Allocation within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 2 £769 - 4
Cheshire - 1 £470 -
Budgeting and Resource Allocation
England

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
1 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) IAM Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Planning Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMBOK
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft