Budget Management Contracts in Reading

Budget Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 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 54 80 78
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 -21
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 6 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.01% 0.92% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.02% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £534
25th Percentile - - £582
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £628
Median % change year-on-year - -44.22% +32.11%
75th Percentile - - £664
90th Percentile - - £678
Berkshire median daily rate £469 £400 £528
% change year-on-year +17.19% -24.17% +17.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Budget Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in Reading

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in Reading

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in Reading

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Unit4 Business World
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Commercial Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Budgeting
2 5 (83.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (50.00%) Contract Management
4 3 (50.00%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
6 1 (16.67%) Application Security
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
6 1 (16.67%) ITIL
6 1 (16.67%) OWASP
6 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) Security Management
6 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) ACCA
1 5 (83.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) IFRS
2 1 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) IFS