Budgeting Contracts in the UK excluding London

Budgeting
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 319 318
Rank change year-on-year +71 -1 +33
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 86 84 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.41% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.48% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 52 96
10th Percentile £213 £413 £350
25th Percentile £350 £450 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £519 £609 £652
90th Percentile £675 £733 £725
UK median daily rate £489 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -11.09% -3.51% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £31.63 - -
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.13 -
Median hourly rate £34.25 £14.27 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +140.10% -64.34% +13.56%
75th Percentile £36.19 £15.41 -
90th Percentile £36.68 £16.01 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £14.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +148.28% -66.86% +24.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,553 17,505 21,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.71% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,248 10,459 14,852
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +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% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 2,060 1,308
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the UK excluding London

Budgeting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the UK excluding London

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the UK excluding London

Budgeting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the UK excluding London

Budgeting
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +35 29 £433 -17.62% 106
Midlands +16 20 £425 -19.05% 55
Scotland +26 15 £450 -5.26% 17
West Midlands +13 14 £375 -28.67% 36
North of England +13 13 £450 -30.77% 106
North West +10 8 £545 -17.74% 67
East Midlands +17 6 £434 -44.03% 14
Yorkshire +13 5 £370 -26.00% 35
East of England +38 4 £763 +32.61% 35
Northern Ireland -3 3 £313 +150.00% 5
South West +32 2 £238 -53.66% 38
Budgeting
UK

Budgeting
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 6 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (13.95%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (5.81%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.33%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (2.33%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.16%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.49%) Azure
1 3 (3.49%) Power Platform
1 3 (3.49%) Smartsheet
2 2 (2.33%) Asana
2 2 (2.33%) Azure AKS
2 2 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.16%) OCI
3 1 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.81%) Network Security
2 3 (3.49%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (2.33%) LAN
3 2 (2.33%) WAN
4 1 (1.16%) ADSL
4 1 (1.16%) Intranet
4 1 (1.16%) PSTN
4 1 (1.16%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.98%) Essbase
2 4 (4.65%) Metadata
2 4 (4.65%) Power Query
3 3 (3.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 58 (67.44%) Finance
2 33 (38.37%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.98%) Banking
6 6 (6.98%) Retail
7 5 (5.81%) Legal
7 5 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.33%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.16%) Billing
11 1 (1.16%) Electronics
11 1 (1.16%) Games
11 1 (1.16%) Law
11 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.16%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 22 (25.58%) Project Manager
2 11 (12.79%) Analyst
3 10 (11.63%) IT Manager
4 9 (10.47%) Consultant
5 5 (5.81%) Accountant
5 5 (5.81%) Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Business Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Essbase Consultant
6 4 (4.65%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Oracle Consultant
6 4 (4.65%) Senior
7 3 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (3.49%) Performance Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Systems Accountant
7 3 (3.49%) Technical Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.65%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.30%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.49%) PMI
3 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.16%) Life Science
5 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.16%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 30 (34.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (32.56%) Project Management
4 20 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (23.26%) Risk Management
5 18 (20.93%) Budget Management
6 16 (18.60%) Change Management
7 15 (17.44%) Project Delivery
8 14 (16.28%) Roadmaps
9 13 (15.12%) Agile
9 13 (15.12%) Project Planning
10 12 (13.95%) Decision-Making
10 12 (13.95%) PRINCE2
11 11 (12.79%) Contract Management
11 11 (12.79%) Financial Analysis
12 10 (11.63%) Planning and Forecasting
12 10 (11.63%) Programme Management
12 10 (11.63%) Resource Allocation
13 9 (10.47%) ERP
13 9 (10.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.65%) VBA
2 2 (2.33%) Bicep
2 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Degree
2 11 (12.79%) CIMA
3 7 (8.14%) ACCA
4 6 (6.98%) PMI Certification
4 6 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.49%) PMP
6 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.16%) APMP
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.16%) HNC
7 1 (1.16%) ISACA
7 1 (1.16%) MBA
7 1 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.79%) PMO
2 5 (5.81%) COBIT
2 5 (5.81%) GDPR
2 5 (5.81%) NIST
3 3 (3.49%) IFRS
4 2 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.33%) GAAP
4 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (2.33%) P3O
4 2 (2.33%) QA
5 1 (1.16%) Basel III
5 1 (1.16%) GRC
5 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.16%) MiFID
5 1 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Docker
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Ansible
1 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) Oracle
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.65%) SAP
4 3 (3.49%) IFS
4 3 (3.49%) Workday
5 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.16%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco
6 1 (1.16%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.16%) Nokia
6 1 (1.16%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.16%) Veeam