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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 97 129
Rank change year-on-year -2 +32 -46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Budgeting 18 25 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.09% 1.11% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.30% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 9
10th Percentile £146 £497 £332
25th Percentile £406 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £688 - £460
90th Percentile £715 - £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £400
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £58.38 -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £58.38 -
% change year-on-year -44.33% - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,513 1,917 2,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.36% 84.79% 90.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 1,088 1,713
10th Percentile £300 £272 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £517 £518
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.22% +3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 103 86
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.90 £16.33
25th Percentile £15.12 £24.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +156.41%
75th Percentile £46.30 £68.59 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.30 £85.99 £74.90
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%

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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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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Budgeting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Budgeting

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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 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Budgeting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Budgeting

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DemandTrendContract 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 27 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +9 17 £470 -6.00% 26
Buckinghamshire +7 1 £513 - 6
Budgeting
South East

Budgeting
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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) Alation
3 1 (5.56%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (5.56%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) DTS
2 1 (5.56%) Metadata
2 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Billing
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Financial Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Smart Metering Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Commercial Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 2 (11.11%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Commercial Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Smart Meter
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (38.89%) Budget Management
4 6 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (33.33%) Business Case
4 6 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 5 (27.78%) Financial Analysis
5 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (22.22%) Cost Management
6 4 (22.22%) Project Governance
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (16.67%) Change Management
7 3 (16.67%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (16.67%) ERP
7 3 (16.67%) Risk Register
7 3 (16.67%) Technology Enablement
8 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.11%) Financial Modelling
8 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bicep
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) ACCA
1 4 (22.22%) CIMA
2 2 (11.11%) CIPFA
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PgMP
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
1 2 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) COBIT
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) IFS
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Informatica
3 1 (5.56%) Workday