Budgeting Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Budgeting
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Budgeting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 37 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +18
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.45% 1.42% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.74% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £403 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £700 £220
Median % change year-on-year -41.07% +218.18% -
75th Percentile £460 £750 £410
90th Percentile £484 - £524
Wales median daily rate £413 £700 £225
% change year-on-year -41.07% +211.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 288 357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 88.77% 81.59% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 148 267
10th Percentile £190 £161 £193
25th Percentile £278 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £488 £540 £588
90th Percentile £649 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 40 23
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.37 £20.12 £19.13
Median hourly rate £16.65 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.35% -2.46% +30.00%
75th Percentile £20.75 £41.88 £40.63
90th Percentile £25.53 £53.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £24.96
% change year-on-year -19.16% +1.61% +25.35%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in South Wales

Budgeting
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Budgeting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Cardiff -1 2 £450 -35.68% 4
Newport - 2 £413 -
Budgeting
Wales

Budgeting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) PMO