Budget Management Contracts

Budget Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 276 251
Rank change year-on-year +29 -25 +2
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 317 361 625
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 0.84% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.97% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 209 463
10th Percentile £350 £355 £365
25th Percentile £438 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £663
90th Percentile £711 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £484 £525
% change year-on-year +10.54% -7.81% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 34 11
10th Percentile £20.45 £18.35 £20.49
25th Percentile £21.51 £21.57 £22.19
Median hourly rate £26.12 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% +16.67% +21.26%
75th Percentile £30.63 £50.31 £53.75
90th Percentile - £74.02 £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £26.87 £27.13
% change year-on-year +7.02% -0.98% +34.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,600 37,094 51,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.93% 86.26% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,092 23,889 35,981
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.40% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,089 2,438 1,716
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.24
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% +0.29% +41.73%
75th Percentile £60.13 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.78 £38.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.28% +8.74% +75.00%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 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
England +36 274 £545 +3.81% 789
London +19 147 £550 - 428
UK excluding London +26 142 £535 +10.54% 464
Work from Home +13 94 £477 -9.14% 377
North of England +43 57 £543 +10.04% 138
North West +27 40 £650 +31.85% 87
South East +5 25 £475 - 136
Midlands +11 21 £541 +0.74% 60
Scotland +21 20 £485 +7.72% 33
South West +36 16 £575 +9.52% 53
West Midlands +16 14 £546 -0.77% 36
Yorkshire +21 13 £450 -5.26% 40
East Midlands +6 6 £500 -4.76% 20
North East - 4 £421 - 16
East of England +17 1 £775 +82.35% 37
Wales -1 1 £331 -55.10% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 - 6

Budget Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.52%) Confluence
2 7 (2.21%) CMS
3 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Kentico
4 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (7.57%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.26%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.95%) Trello
7 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.26%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.95%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.63%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.63%) SAP SRM
4 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.32%) Endur
5 1 (0.32%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.32%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.32%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.32%) Shopify
5 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.52%) Azure
2 16 (5.05%) AWS
3 10 (3.15%) SaaS
4 9 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.52%) GCP
6 6 (1.89%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.95%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.95%) Veeva
9 2 (0.63%) Asana
9 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.63%) OCI
9 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.26%) Firewall
2 3 (0.95%) MPLS
2 3 (0.95%) Network Security
2 3 (0.95%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.95%) VPN
2 3 (0.95%) WAN
3 2 (0.63%) BGP
3 2 (0.63%) OSPF
3 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.63%) VLAN
4 1 (0.32%) 4G
4 1 (0.32%) DHCP
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.32%) SDH
4 1 (0.32%) Skype
4 1 (0.32%) WebEx
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.21%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.89%) Power BI
3 4 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.26%) Metadata
3 4 (1.26%) Power Query
4 3 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.63%) Big Data
5 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.32%) GIS
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Git
2 1 (0.32%) Jasmine
2 1 (0.32%) LSMW
2 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 169 (53.31%) Finance
2 146 (46.06%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (13.56%) Banking
5 31 (9.78%) Public Sector
6 27 (8.52%) Marketing
7 18 (5.68%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (5.68%) Legal
8 16 (5.05%) Local Government
8 16 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.15%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.84%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.21%) Back Office
13 7 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.21%) Retail
14 6 (1.89%) Automotive
14 6 (1.89%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 110 (34.70%) Project Manager
2 31 (9.78%) IT Manager
2 31 (9.78%) Programme Manager
3 26 (8.20%) IT Project Manager
3 26 (8.20%) Lead
4 22 (6.94%) Administrator
4 22 (6.94%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 20 (6.31%) Delivery Manager
6 18 (5.68%) Senior
7 13 (4.10%) Infrastructure Manager
7 13 (4.10%) SAP Manager
7 13 (4.10%) Senior Manager
7 13 (4.10%) Technical Manager
8 12 (3.79%) Analyst
9 10 (3.15%) Business Manager
10 9 (2.84%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 9 (2.84%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (2.21%) Financial Analyst
12 6 (1.89%) Engagement Manager
12 6 (1.89%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.32%) CSS
2 1 (0.32%) FHIR
2 1 (0.32%) HTML
2 1 (0.32%) REST
2 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.32%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.32%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (0.32%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.42%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.15%) PMI
5 8 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.21%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.89%) NHS
8 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.26%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.95%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.95%) IoT
10 3 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.95%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.95%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.95%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.95%) Social Media
11 2 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.26%) Windows
2 2 (0.63%) Linux
2 2 (0.63%) Unix
2 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (42.27%) Project Management
2 120 (37.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 93 (29.34%) Agile
3 93 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (25.24%) Project Delivery
5 65 (20.50%) Risk Management
6 56 (17.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 53 (16.72%) PRINCE2
8 52 (16.40%) Decision-Making
9 47 (14.83%) Change Management
9 47 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (13.56%) Waterfall
11 40 (12.62%) Roadmaps
12 38 (11.99%) Process Improvement
13 37 (11.67%) Programme Management
13 37 (11.67%) Resource Allocation
14 35 (11.04%) Project Planning
15 32 (10.09%) Resource Management
16 31 (9.78%) Budgeting
16 31 (9.78%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.26%) VBA
2 2 (0.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.32%) Java
3 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (11.99%) Degree
2 32 (10.09%) PMI Certification
3 26 (8.20%) PMP
4 22 (6.94%) Security Cleared
5 19 (5.99%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.84%) CIMA
8 8 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.58%) ACCA
10 5 (1.58%) CISA
10 5 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.95%) AAT
11 3 (0.95%) CCNA
11 3 (0.95%) CCNP
11 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.63%) APMP
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.63%) CCAB
12 2 (0.63%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.09%) PMO
2 16 (5.05%) QA
3 12 (3.79%) GDPR
4 11 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.52%) NIST
7 7 (2.21%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.58%) COBIT
8 5 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.58%) SLA
9 3 (0.95%) COSO
10 2 (0.63%) Basel III
10 2 (0.63%) GxP
10 2 (0.63%) IFRS
11 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.32%) EMIR
11 1 (0.32%) GRC
11 1 (0.32%) HL7
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 4 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Firmware
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Terraform
2 1 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 54 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.09%) SAP
3 12 (3.79%) Oracle
4 7 (2.21%) Planview
4 7 (2.21%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.58%) Cisco
5 5 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.58%) VMware
6 4 (1.26%) Databricks
6 4 (1.26%) Google
6 4 (1.26%) Pega
6 4 (1.26%) Siemens
7 3 (0.95%) Adobe
7 3 (0.95%) IFS
7 3 (0.95%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.63%) Ariba
8 2 (0.63%) Juniper
8 2 (0.63%) Remedy
8 2 (0.63%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.63%) Splunk