Budgeting Contracts in the South West

Budgeting
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 136 148
Rank change year-on-year +23 +12 0
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 3 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.16% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.25% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £220 £354 £258
25th Percentile £231 £359 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £421 £363
Median % change year-on-year -40.64% +16.18% -27.50%
75th Percentile £405 £494 £475
90th Percentile £499 £543 -
England median daily rate £463 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,710 2,355 2,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.72% 83.66% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,506 2,083
10th Percentile £220 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £424 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +3.07%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 291 249
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £19.20
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £47.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.99
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.47
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +62.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the South West over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Wiltshire +21 2 £238 -36.67%
Bristol +5 1 £561 +19.95% 15
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Smartsheet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) IT Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) Project Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Support Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Document Management
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft