Budgeting and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Budgeting and Forecasting
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Budgeting and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.90% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South West median daily rate £330 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

Budgeting and Forecasting 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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 345 150 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 77.53% 90.91% 70.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 89 84
10th Percentile £354 £225 £204
25th Percentile £413 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £520 £516
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +0.78% +5.85%
75th Percentile £667 £675 £600
90th Percentile £730 £727 £676
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 26 15
10th Percentile £32.50 £16.47 £12.35
25th Percentile £52.50 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -51.82%
75th Percentile £63.38 £62.81 £48.00
90th Percentile £96.30 £63.75 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Budgeting and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Somerset

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Budgeting and Forecasting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 30 July 2026. 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
Taunton - 3 £550 - 1
Yeovil - 1 - -
Budgeting and Forecasting
South West

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Scrum Master
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum Master
2 1 (25.00%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Cost Control
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Kanban
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Review
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification