Budget Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Budget Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Budget Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 127 164
Rank change year-on-year -12 +37 -8
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 45 37 37
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.03% 1.10% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.24% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 17 26
10th Percentile £420 £388 £381
25th Percentile £500 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +12.82% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £538
90th Percentile £668 £710 £588
England median daily rate £573 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +9.05% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £72.39 £35.73 £30.35
25th Percentile £75.75 £38.31 £35.38
Median hourly rate £82.58 £43.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.75% -0.57% -
75th Percentile £90.67 £49.31 £52.88
90th Percentile £94.77 £51.98 £58.05
England median hourly rate £45.46 £26.10 £38.50
% change year-on-year +74.21% -32.22% -30.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,699 2,991 4,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 89.15% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 1,847 2,812
10th Percentile £231 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 116 256
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.64 £18.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.93 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budget Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Budget Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Budget Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Budget Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the South East

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Budget Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the South East

Budget Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Thames Valley -15 22 £504 -22.50% 14
Berkshire -9 19 £500 -23.08% 6
Surrey +1 9 £600 -15.79% 7
Hampshire -14 9 £550 +2.33% 7
West Sussex -2 6 £500 +21.95% 2
Oxfordshire - 3 £525 - 4
Kent -3 1 £875 +59.09% 5
Budget Management
England

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (13.33%) Confluence
2 2 (4.44%) MS Project Server
2 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) AWS
2 4 (8.89%) GCP
2 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.22%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) 2G
1 1 (2.22%) 5G
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
1 1 (2.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) DTS
Development Applications
1 9 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (55.56%) Finance
2 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.78%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (11.11%) Legal
7 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.22%) Automotive
8 1 (2.22%) Electronics
8 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.22%) Publishing
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Senior
3 6 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 6 (13.33%) Senior Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Programme Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Contracts Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Data Centre Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Engagement Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Lead
5 4 (8.89%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) SAP Engagement Manager
5 4 (8.89%) SAP Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Engagement Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Smart Metering Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Integration Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) PMO Lead
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Virtual Team
2 5 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (8.89%) Smart Meter
4 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.22%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Project Management
2 22 (48.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (35.56%) Agile
4 14 (31.11%) Change Management
5 12 (26.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 11 (24.44%) PRINCE2
7 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (22.22%) Project Delivery
8 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (20.00%) Project Planning
8 9 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 9 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 8 (17.78%) Budgeting
9 8 (17.78%) Business Case
9 8 (17.78%) Line Management
9 8 (17.78%) Matrix Organization
10 7 (15.56%) Resource Allocation
10 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
10 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (13.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 12 (26.67%) Degree
2 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.78%) PMI Certification
3 8 (17.78%) PMP
4 1 (2.22%) MCSE
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.89%) PMO
2 6 (13.33%) SLA
3 5 (11.11%) QA
4 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.22%) GDPR
5 1 (2.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) SAP
3 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle
4 1 (2.22%) Remedy