Budgeting Contracts in the West Midlands

Budgeting
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 98 112
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 +58
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Budgeting 20 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.15% 0.53% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.65% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 9
10th Percentile £206 - £413
25th Percentile £230 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -27.73% -8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £538 £644 £838
90th Percentile £793 £665 £845
England median daily rate £463 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -15.91% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,533 1,542 1,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.31% 81.41% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,037 1,245
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £387 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - -
75th Percentile £584 £625 £606
90th Percentile £650 £725 £729
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 56 44
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.09 £14.70
25th Percentile £14.70 £14.93 £20.76
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.91% -20.91% +62.60%
75th Percentile £34.98 £37.50 £34.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.19
% change year-on-year -40.82% +0.73% +56.26%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Budgeting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the West Midlands

Budgeting
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the West Midlands

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budgeting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budgeting

Budgeting
DemandTrendContract 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 Budgeting within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +5 5 £471 +10.88% 6
Solihull +11 4 £449 - 1
Shropshire - 4 £263 - 4
Coventry -1 3 £213 -68.52% 3
Warwickshire -9 3 £1,375 +115.69% 3
Budgeting
England

Budgeting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (5.00%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Broadband
1 1 (5.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) TestDirector
General
1 18 (90.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Games
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Accountant
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Accountant
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Operations Director
4 1 (5.00%) Operations Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Report Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP PS Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
3 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
5 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (20.00%) CRM
5 4 (20.00%) Data Management
5 4 (20.00%) Demand Forecasting
5 4 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (15.00%) SDLC
6 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (10.00%) Application Security
7 2 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (10.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) CISM
2 2 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) CEH
3 1 (5.00%) CRISC
3 1 (5.00%) CSSLP
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) GCIH
3 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) SAP