Budget Control Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Budget Control
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Budget Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 115 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Contract jobs citing Budget Control 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.058% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.066% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £371 - -
25th Percentile £384 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - -
75th Percentile £434 - -
90th Percentile £444 - -
England median daily rate £425 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +6.25% -23.81% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,940 1,517 1,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.95% 88.25% 82.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,846 962 1,039
10th Percentile £313 £235 £269
25th Percentile £406 £382 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% -2.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £670 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 105 58
10th Percentile £13.40 £12.62 £13.13
25th Percentile £17.94 £14.70 £14.78
Median hourly rate £30.73 £24.34 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.25% +11.91% -19.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £34.98 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.48 £50.00 £55.38
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%

Budget Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budget Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Budget Control job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Budget Control
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budget Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budget Control

Budget Control
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
Shropshire -40 2 £450 +12.50%
Warwickshire - 1 £375 - 1
Birmingham - 1 - -
Budget Control
England

Budget Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Dependency Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
3 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) People Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (25.00%) Order Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow