Budget Control Contracts

Budget Control
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Budget Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budget Control over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 668 805
Rank change year-on-year +105 +137 -90
Contract jobs citing Budget Control 21 29 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.052% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.058% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 25
10th Percentile £350 £246 £340
25th Percentile £388 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% +18.75%
75th Percentile £541 £617 £575
90th Percentile £700 £750 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £553 £419
% change year-on-year -2.71% +31.86% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +333.33% -
75th Percentile - - £19.86
90th Percentile - - £22.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year - +333.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Budget Control 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Budget Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Budget Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Budget Control in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budget Control.

Daily rate trend for Budget Control in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Control over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Control in the UK

Budget Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budget Control.

Hourly rate trend for Budget Control in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Control within the UK over the 6 months to 21 June 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
England +78 20 £525 -3.00% 22
London +87 17 £495 -3.88% 8
Work from Home +122 16 £525 -9.72% 10
UK excluding London +15 3 £538 -2.71% 17
East of England +3 2 - - 2
South West - 1 £538 - 2

Budget Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Asana
1 2 (9.52%) Slack
2 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Wireless
2 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Local Government
4 2 (9.52%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Advertising
5 1 (4.76%) Aviation
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Project Manager
2 4 (19.05%) SAP Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Business Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Network Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) PMO Specialist
3 2 (9.52%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (4.76%) Finance Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Pricing Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Project Officer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Life Science
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) Project Delivery
2 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 7 (33.33%) Project Management
3 6 (28.57%) Business Case
3 6 (28.57%) Change Control
4 4 (19.05%) Programme Management
4 4 (19.05%) Project Governance
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 3 (14.29%) Change Management
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (9.52%) Community of Practice
6 2 (9.52%) IT Strategy
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Measurement
6 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
3 2 (9.52%) PMP
3 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft