Budgeting Contract Job Trends in the North West

Budgeting
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Budgeting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 111 136
Rank change year-on-year -20 +25 +37
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 4 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.18% 0.46% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.54% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile £273 £358 £440
25th Percentile £276 £394 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -13.68% -2.56%
75th Percentile £289 £443 £519
90th Percentile £293 £481 £560
England median daily rate £475 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.11% +9.50%
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 £58.75 £58.38 £89.44
% change year-on-year +0.64% -34.73% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,946 2,020 2,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.45% 83.64% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,286 1,101 1,695
10th Percentile £264 £294 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £680 £663 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 110 166
10th Percentile £13.88 £16.48 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £28.75 £17.73
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.41 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.28% +21.80% +46.49%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.66 £68.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.09% -4.07% +39.72%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Budgeting
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 Budgeting within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Manchester -3 4 £283 -31.52% 9
Budgeting
England

Budgeting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Law
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Process Management
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) People Management
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft