Budgeting Contracts in Reading

Budgeting
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 46 82 56
Rank change year-on-year +36 -26 +22
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 14 9 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.35% 0.76% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 0.84% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 20
10th Percentile £127 - £350
25th Percentile £136 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £568
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.47%
75th Percentile £248 - £680
90th Percentile £302 - £719
Berkshire median daily rate £383 - £586
% change year-on-year - - +23.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 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%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in Reading

Budgeting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in Reading

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in Reading

Budgeting
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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Network Security
2 3 (21.43%) Radio Access Network
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Commercial Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Financial Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Head of Architecture
2 3 (21.43%) Head of Security
2 3 (21.43%) Head of Strategy
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Finance Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Commercial Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 7 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (42.86%) Budget Management
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) OWASP
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Contract Management
4 3 (21.43%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Financial Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (14.29%) Deadline-Driven
5 2 (14.29%) Internal Audit
5 2 (14.29%) People Management
5 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bicep
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) ACCA
1 5 (35.71%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) COBIT
1 4 (28.57%) GDPR
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) IFRS
3 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) IFS
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft