Budget Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Budget Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Budget Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 201 185
Rank change year-on-year -23 -16 +63
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 171 294 432
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.22% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.36% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 213 309
10th Percentile £355 £350 £319
25th Percentile £450 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% +7.89% +10.14%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £556
90th Percentile £711 £655 £661
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 4
10th Percentile £18.11 £13.75 £9.22
25th Percentile £22.31 £20.89 £11.04
Median hourly rate £26.87 £27.13 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% +20.31% -21.57%
75th Percentile £48.19 £37.50 £35.24
90th Percentile £85.28 £53.00 £38.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £27.78
% change year-on-year +16.67% +8.01% +1.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Budget Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,514 21,548 27,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.76% 89.51% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,486 14,951 19,202
10th Percentile £248 £255 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,030 1,307 1,367
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Budget Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
South East +22 64 £475 -2.56% 71
North of England -5 32 £493 -5.65% 70
Midlands -17 29 £538 -2.27% 51
North West +9 25 £493 +1.13% 41
South West +9 22 £525 -5.62% 39
West Midlands 0 21 £550 +11.11% 36
Scotland +17 11 £450 -5.26% 20
East Midlands +5 8 £525 -10.64% 15
Yorkshire +5 7 £475 -11.21% 19
East of England -10 7 £425 -13.27% 27
Wales +12 6 £738 +73.53% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £125 - 7
Budget Management
UK

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (8.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.17%) CMS
2 2 (1.17%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) ColdFusion
3 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (12.87%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.75%) Acrobat
5 2 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.17%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.17%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.17%) SAP CRM
1 2 (1.17%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.60%) Azure
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.92%) Smartsheet
3 3 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (1.75%) IaaS
3 3 (1.75%) PaaS
3 3 (1.75%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.75%) SaaS
4 2 (1.17%) Figma
4 2 (1.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.58%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.26%) Network Security
2 4 (2.34%) Wireless
3 3 (1.75%) 5G
3 3 (1.75%) Internet
3 3 (1.75%) WAN
4 2 (1.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.58%) 4G
5 1 (0.58%) ISDN
5 1 (0.58%) PSTN
5 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (1.17%) GIS
1 2 (1.17%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.17%) JIRA
General
1 75 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 73 (42.69%) Finance
3 25 (14.62%) Telecoms
4 23 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (12.28%) Local Government
6 16 (9.36%) Public Sector
7 14 (8.19%) Legal
8 13 (7.60%) Marketing
9 10 (5.85%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (4.68%) Manufacturing
12 7 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (4.09%) Retail
13 4 (2.34%) Advertising
14 3 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (1.17%) Banking
15 2 (1.17%) General Ledger
15 2 (1.17%) Law
16 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.58%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 73 (42.69%) Project Manager
2 18 (10.53%) IT Manager
2 18 (10.53%) Lead
3 14 (8.19%) IT Project Manager
4 12 (7.02%) Senior
5 10 (5.85%) Analyst
6 8 (4.68%) Communications Manager
6 8 (4.68%) Internal Communications Manager
7 7 (4.09%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (3.51%) Engagement Manager
8 6 (3.51%) Head of IT
9 5 (2.92%) Architect
9 5 (2.92%) Consultant
9 5 (2.92%) HR Manager
9 5 (2.92%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 5 (2.92%) PMO Analyst
9 5 (2.92%) Senior Manager
9 5 (2.92%) Technical Manager
9 5 (2.92%) Technical Project Manager
10 4 (2.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.75%) HTML
2 2 (1.17%) Flash
3 1 (0.58%) .NET
3 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.19%) Data Centre
1 14 (8.19%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.75%) Life Science
2 3 (1.75%) NHS
3 2 (1.17%) Graphic Design
3 2 (1.17%) IoT
3 2 (1.17%) Social Media
3 2 (1.17%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.58%) CCTV
4 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.58%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.58%) FMCG
4 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.75%) Windows
1 3 (1.75%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.58%) AIX
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (43.27%) Project Management
2 59 (34.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 37 (21.64%) PRINCE2
5 34 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (17.54%) Agile
7 28 (16.37%) Risk Management
8 26 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (14.04%) Resource Management
10 23 (13.45%) Project Planning
11 21 (12.28%) Change Management
11 21 (12.28%) Decision-Making
12 20 (11.70%) Budgeting
13 18 (10.53%) Resource Allocation
14 15 (8.77%) ITIL
14 15 (8.77%) Service Delivery
15 14 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (8.19%) Information Security
16 13 (7.60%) Roadmaps
17 12 (7.02%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.75%) Python
2 2 (1.17%) Bash
2 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.17%) Julia
2 2 (1.17%) Perl
2 2 (1.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.17%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.58%) R
3 1 (0.58%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (19.88%) Degree
2 18 (10.53%) PMI Certification
2 18 (10.53%) PMP
3 17 (9.94%) Security Cleared
4 14 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (3.51%) ISACA
7 4 (2.34%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.75%) NVQ Level 4
8 3 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.58%) APMG
10 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.58%) CISSP
10 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.53%) PMO
2 12 (7.02%) QA
3 8 (4.68%) GDPR
4 7 (4.09%) COBIT
4 7 (4.09%) NIST
5 3 (1.75%) P3O
5 3 (1.75%) SLA
6 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.58%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 2 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.26%) SAP
3 5 (2.92%) Adobe
4 3 (1.75%) Cadence
4 3 (1.75%) Cisco
4 3 (1.75%) Oracle
5 2 (1.17%) Remedy
6 1 (0.58%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.58%) BT
6 1 (0.58%) Citrix
6 1 (0.58%) EMC
6 1 (0.58%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.58%) Openreach
6 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.58%) Planview
6 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.58%) VMware
6 1 (0.58%) Zscaler