Budget Responsibility Contracts

Budgetary Responsibility
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Budget Responsibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Budget Responsibility 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 514 568 687
Rank change year-on-year +54 +119 +143
Contract jobs citing Budget Responsibility 6 14 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.032% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.037% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 21
10th Percentile £539 £443 £350
25th Percentile £544 £473 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £588 £586
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% +0.26% +7.77%
75th Percentile £599 £726 £637
90th Percentile £606 £955 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £560 £576
% change year-on-year -1.79% -2.82% +4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £46.18 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £46.18 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Budget Responsibility
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Budget Responsibility in the UK

Budget Responsibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Budget Responsibility in the UK

Budget Responsibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Budget Responsibility in the UK

Budget Responsibility
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 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
England +50 6 £570 -2.98% 26
UK excluding London +56 4 £550 -1.79% 16
South East +43 3 £550 +11.11% 4
Work from Home +39 2 £590 -5.60% 18
London +39 2 £590 +2.61% 15
Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1

Budget Responsibility
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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Product Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Use Case
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Aruba
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Planview