Budgeting Contracts in the South East

Budgeting
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 160 170
Rank change year-on-year +41 +10 +31
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 27 33 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.91% 0.60% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.72% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 32
10th Percentile £153 £425 £363
25th Percentile £342 £459 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% -5.83% +18.62%
75th Percentile £483 £563 £691
90th Percentile £538 £612 £723
England median daily rate £490 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -10.91% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £40.00
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £14.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +124.14% -66.86% -1.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,709 4,610 5,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.30% 84.31% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,685 3,481
10th Percentile £250 £250 £248
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 436 220
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £27.88 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% -3.06% +127.90%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.67% +50.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Budgeting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the South East

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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 Budgeting within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Thames Valley +35 18 £383 -40.70% 33
Berkshire +31 18 £383 - 11
Hampshire +25 4 £398 -7.36% 8
Surrey +4 1 £525 - 6
Sussex - 1 £433 - 4
Kent - 1 £450 - 4
Home Counties - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) Azure AKS
2 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Network Security
2 2 (7.41%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.70%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Legal
6 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.70%) Billing
7 1 (3.70%) Law
7 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.70%) Multimedia
7 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
2 4 (14.81%) Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Commercial Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Coordinator
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Head of Architecture
4 2 (7.41%) Head of Security
4 2 (7.41%) Head of Strategy
4 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
1 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 8 (29.63%) Budget Management
2 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (29.63%) Roadmaps
2 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (25.93%) Project Management
3 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
4 5 (18.52%) Financial Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) ITIL
4 5 (18.52%) Project Governance
4 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
5 4 (14.81%) Contract Management
5 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (14.81%) Information Security
5 4 (14.81%) OWASP
5 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Risk Register
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) Cost Management
6 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Bicep
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) ACCA
1 5 (18.52%) CIMA
2 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.70%) ISACA
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) COBIT
1 4 (14.81%) GDPR
1 4 (14.81%) NIST
2 2 (7.41%) IFRS
2 2 (7.41%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) IFS
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.70%) Workday