Budgeting Contracts in the Thames Valley

Budgeting
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 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 82 130 113
Rank change year-on-year +48 -17 +19
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 20 15 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.32% 0.56% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 0.64% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 24
10th Percentile £136 - £350
25th Percentile £193 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £645 £586
Median % change year-on-year -40.70% +10.07% +17.20%
75th Percentile £490 - £682
90th Percentile £600 - £711
South East median daily rate £433 £525 £565
% change year-on-year -17.62% -7.08% +13.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the Thames Valley

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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 Budgeting 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 +37 20 £383 - 23
Budgeting
South East

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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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (5.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (15.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) Financial Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Head of Architecture
2 3 (15.00%) Head of Security
2 3 (15.00%) Head of Strategy
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Life Science
2 1 (5.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 8 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (25.00%) Information Security
5 5 (25.00%) ITIL
5 5 (25.00%) OWASP
6 4 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Project Governance
6 4 (20.00%) Risk Register
7 3 (15.00%) Contract Management
7 3 (15.00%) Cost Management
7 3 (15.00%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (15.00%) DevOps
7 3 (15.00%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (15.00%) Project Planning
7 3 (15.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Bicep
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) ACCA
1 5 (25.00%) CIMA
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) ISACA
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) COBIT
1 5 (25.00%) GDPR
1 5 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) IFRS
2 2 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) IFS