Budgeting and Resource Allocation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Budgeting and Resource Allocation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting and Resource Allocation 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 327 385 451
Rank change year-on-year +58 +66 +37
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation 9 14 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.067% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.080% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 9
10th Percentile £403 £314 £490
25th Percentile £450 £348 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.33% -18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £688 £553 £700
90th Percentile £736 £596 £730
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Budgeting and Resource Allocation 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%

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
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 Budgeting and Resource Allocation 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
Scotland +18 6 £563 +18.42% 1
South East +40 1 £372 +3.26% 8
North of England +18 1 £769 +57.74% 10
North West +16 1 £769 +57.74% 8
East of England - 1 £519 - 2
Budgeting and Resource Allocation
UK

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) ADSL
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) PSTN
1 1 (11.11%) SDH
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Planning Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Strategy Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 6 (66.67%) Project Management
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Budgeting
4 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
5 3 (33.33%) Change Management
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (22.22%) Agile
6 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
6 2 (22.22%) Business Development
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Service Management
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) CISM
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) HNC
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Nokia