Budget Responsibility Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Budgetary Responsibility
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Budget Responsibility skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 334 394
Rank change year-on-year -69 +60 +76
Contract jobs citing Budget Responsibility 4 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.059% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.066% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £533 £424
25th Percentile £410 £534 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £564 £495
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +13.89% -12.39%
75th Percentile £430 £620 £579
90th Percentile - £661 £619
UK median daily rate £420 £565 £535
% change year-on-year -25.66% +5.61% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.48
25th Percentile - - £54.43
Median hourly rate - - £62.68
75th Percentile - - £70.92
90th Percentile - - £75.87
UK median hourly rate - - £62.68

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Budget Responsibility 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 16,814 12,057 17,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.18% 89.09% 86.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 7,181 11,188
10th Percentile £238 £232 £248
25th Percentile £381 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% -0.77% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,814 648 1,728
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.12 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.79
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.53
% change year-on-year -22.62% -3.06% +3.15%

Budget Responsibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budget Responsibility relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Budget Responsibility job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Budget Responsibility
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Budget Responsibility.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Budget Responsibility

Budget Responsibility
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Budget Responsibility.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Budget Responsibility

Budget Responsibility
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 Responsibility within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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 West -33 1 - -
South East -42 1 £420 -25.50% 2
West Midlands -48 1 - - 1
Midlands -55 1 - - 2
North of England -57 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1
Budget Responsibility
UK

Budget Responsibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP IBP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Author
1 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (25.00%) DBA
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Architect
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BW Architect
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) DAMA
2 1 (25.00%) DAMA DMBOK
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Korn
1 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) HNC
2 1 (25.00%) MBA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP