Budget Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Budget Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 193 232 207
Rank change year-on-year +39 -25 -21
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 147 172 295
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.15% 0.83% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.98% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 102 213
10th Percentile £358 £355 £350
25th Percentile £445 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £497 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% -3.12% +7.89%
75th Percentile £603 £575 £600
90th Percentile £677 £711 £655
UK median daily rate £539 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.57% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 7
10th Percentile £23.03 £18.11 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.19 £22.31 £20.89
Median hourly rate £28.75 £26.87 £27.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.02% -0.98% +20.31%
75th Percentile £30.63 £48.19 £37.50
90th Percentile - £85.28 £53.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -30.89% +16.67% +8.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +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 1 May 2025.

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
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 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
North of England +45 58 £543 +10.04% 118
North West +33 41 £650 +31.85% 69
South East +9 28 £500 +5.26% 110
Scotland +24 22 £489 +8.67% 18
Midlands +14 21 £541 +0.74% 53
South West +40 16 £575 +9.52% 52
West Midlands +7 14 £541 -1.55% 28
Yorkshire +14 13 £450 -5.26% 43
East Midlands +8 6 £500 -4.76% 20
North East - 4 £421 - 9
East of England +24 1 £775 +82.35% 39
Wales -4 1 £331 -55.10% 6
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 7 (4.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.72%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.36%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.68%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.68%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.76%) AWS
1 7 (4.76%) Azure
1 7 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.72%) GCP
3 3 (2.04%) SaaS
4 2 (1.36%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.36%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.68%) Asana
5 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.04%) MPLS
1 3 (2.04%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.04%) WAN
2 2 (1.36%) BGP
2 2 (1.36%) Firewall
2 2 (1.36%) Network Security
2 2 (1.36%) OSPF
2 2 (1.36%) VLAN
2 2 (1.36%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) 4G
3 1 (0.68%) DHCP
3 1 (0.68%) DNS
3 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.68%) SDH
3 1 (0.68%) Skype
3 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.72%) Metadata
1 4 (2.72%) Power Query
2 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.68%) GIS
2 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (7.48%) JIRA
General
1 70 (47.62%) Finance
2 55 (37.41%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 14 (9.52%) Banking
5 14 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (6.12%) Legal
7 6 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.08%) Marketing
7 6 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.72%) Automotive
9 4 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.04%) Local Government
10 3 (2.04%) Retail
11 2 (1.36%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.36%) Electronics
11 2 (1.36%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (31.97%) Project Manager
2 24 (16.33%) Administrator
3 22 (14.97%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
4 16 (10.88%) Lead
5 12 (8.16%) Programme Manager
6 11 (7.48%) IT Manager
7 10 (6.80%) IT Project Manager
7 10 (6.80%) Senior
8 9 (6.12%) Technical Manager
9 8 (5.44%) Senior Manager
10 7 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (4.08%) Analyst
11 6 (4.08%) Engagement Manager
12 5 (3.40%) Senior Project Manager
12 5 (3.40%) Technical Project Manager
13 4 (2.72%) Architect
13 4 (2.72%) Infrastructure Manager
13 4 (2.72%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 4 (2.72%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 3 (2.04%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.68%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.76%) PMI
2 6 (4.08%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.08%) Security Posture
3 5 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.36%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.36%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.36%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.36%) SCADA
6 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.68%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.68%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.68%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (44.22%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (40.14%) Project Management
3 46 (31.29%) Agile
3 46 (31.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (27.21%) Project Delivery
5 31 (21.09%) Process Improvement
6 28 (19.05%) Decision-Making
6 28 (19.05%) PRINCE2
7 27 (18.37%) Risk Management
8 23 (15.65%) Change Management
8 23 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (13.61%) Project Planning
10 19 (12.93%) Cloud Security
10 19 (12.93%) Roadmaps
10 19 (12.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (12.24%) Budgeting
12 17 (11.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 17 (11.56%) Programme Management
12 17 (11.56%) Waterfall
13 12 (8.16%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.72%) VBA
2 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (11.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (10.88%) Degree
2 16 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.16%) PMI Certification
5 9 (6.12%) CIMA
6 7 (4.76%) PMP
7 5 (3.40%) ACCA
8 4 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.72%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.04%) CCNP
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.36%) CCIE
10 2 (1.36%) CCNA
10 2 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.36%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.36%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.52%) PMO
2 6 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.08%) QA
3 5 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.72%) GDPR
5 3 (2.04%) NIST
6 2 (1.36%) COBIT
6 2 (1.36%) IFRS
7 1 (0.68%) Basel III
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.68%) HL7
7 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.68%) MiFID
7 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.88%) SAP
3 5 (3.40%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.72%) Cisco
4 4 (2.72%) Oracle
5 3 (2.04%) IFS
5 3 (2.04%) Pega
5 3 (2.04%) VMware
6 2 (1.36%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.36%) Google
6 2 (1.36%) Juniper
6 2 (1.36%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.68%) Ariba
7 1 (0.68%) Broadcom
7 1 (0.68%) BT
7 1 (0.68%) Concur
7 1 (0.68%) Genesys
7 1 (0.68%) Intel
7 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.68%) Veeam