Budget Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Budget Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Budget Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budget Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 107 104
Rank change year-on-year +23 -3 -37
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 18 38 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.19% 1.41% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.62% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 37
10th Percentile £345 £315 £350
25th Percentile £376 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -12.82% +5.98%
75th Percentile £497 £475 £600
90th Percentile £650 £566 £631
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +273.44%
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £26.87 £45.00
% change year-on-year -16.25% -40.30% +273.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Budget Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the Thames Valley

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the Thames Valley

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the Thames Valley

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the Thames Valley

Budget Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +12 14 £469 +17.19% 28
Buckinghamshire +16 4 £445 -8.25% 21
Budget Management
South East

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) DHCP
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.56%) MPLS
2 1 (5.56%) SDH
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Commercial Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow Manager
4 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Budget Controller
5 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) PKI
2 1 (5.56%) PMI
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) SCADA
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Budgeting
2 7 (38.89%) Roadmaps
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Contract Management
6 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
6 3 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) Information Security
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 3 (16.67%) Project Planning
6 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) ACCA
1 5 (27.78%) CIMA
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) CCNA
4 1 (5.56%) CCNP
4 1 (5.56%) CISA
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) CISM
4 1 (5.56%) CISSP
4 1 (5.56%) ISACA
4 1 (5.56%) PgMP
4 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
1 3 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (11.11%) COBIT
2 2 (11.11%) IFRS
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.56%) PMO
3 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) IFS
1 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Genesys
2 1 (5.56%) Intel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) VMware