Budget Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Budget Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 206 215 240
Rank change year-on-year +9 +25 +27
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 98 131 260
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.99% 0.85% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.97% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 90 206
10th Percentile £325 £355 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -11.09% -3.34% +13.80%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £675 £741 £788
UK median daily rate £539 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.57% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 3
10th Percentile - £24.30 £23.04
25th Percentile £20.45 £35.00 £25.65
Median hourly rate £22.04 £42.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.14% +41.67% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £62.00 £44.38
90th Percentile £43.25 £82.64 £53.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -30.89% +16.67% +8.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Budget Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Budget Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Budget Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Budget Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Budget Management.

Budget Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Budget Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Budget Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Budget Management.

Budget Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Budget Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Budget Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Budget Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (4.08%) CMS
2 1 (1.02%) Confluence
2 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.06%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.04%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.06%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.14%) Azure
2 4 (4.08%) AWS
3 3 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.04%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.02%) Asana
5 1 (1.02%) Miro
5 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.02%) 4G
2 1 (1.02%) DHCP
2 1 (1.02%) DNS
2 1 (1.02%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.02%) Firewall
2 1 (1.02%) MPLS
2 1 (1.02%) Network Security
2 1 (1.02%) SDH
2 1 (1.02%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.02%) WAN
2 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.04%) Power Query
2 1 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.10%) JIRA
General
1 54 (55.10%) Finance
2 53 (54.08%) Social Skills
3 19 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 11 (11.22%) Banking
6 8 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (7.14%) Legal
8 6 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (6.12%) Local Government
9 5 (5.10%) Automotive
9 5 (5.10%) Back Office
10 3 (3.06%) Billing
10 3 (3.06%) General Ledger
10 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.06%) Marketing
10 3 (3.06%) Retail Banking
11 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (35.71%) Project Manager
2 13 (13.27%) IT Manager
3 9 (9.18%) Senior
4 8 (8.16%) IT Project Manager
4 8 (8.16%) Lead
4 8 (8.16%) Programme Manager
5 7 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (6.12%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 6 (6.12%) Senior Manager
7 5 (5.10%) SAP Manager
8 4 (4.08%) Analyst
8 4 (4.08%) Digital Director
8 4 (4.08%) IT Director
8 4 (4.08%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (4.08%) Transformation Manager
9 3 (3.06%) Category Manager
9 3 (3.06%) IT Risk Manager
9 3 (3.06%) Programme Director
9 3 (3.06%) Risk Manager
9 3 (3.06%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.18%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.08%) PMI
4 3 (3.06%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.04%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.04%) NHS
5 2 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.04%) Robotics
5 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.02%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.02%) IoT
6 1 (1.02%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.02%) PKI
6 1 (1.02%) SCADA
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.04%) Linux
1 2 (2.04%) Unix
1 2 (2.04%) Windows
1 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (50.00%) Project Management
2 41 (41.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (31.63%) Agile
4 27 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (21.43%) Change Management
6 20 (20.41%) Decision-Making
7 19 (19.39%) Roadmaps
8 18 (18.37%) Resource Allocation
9 17 (17.35%) PRINCE2
9 17 (17.35%) Risk Management
10 15 (15.31%) Project Delivery
10 15 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (15.31%) Waterfall
11 13 (13.27%) Programme Management
12 10 (10.20%) Business Case
12 10 (10.20%) Scrum
13 9 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (9.18%) Strategic Roadmap
14 8 (8.16%) Project Planning
14 8 (8.16%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (16.33%) Degree
2 13 (13.27%) PMI Certification
3 10 (10.20%) PMP
4 6 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.12%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.10%) Master's Degree
6 4 (4.08%) CIMA
7 3 (3.06%) CCNA
7 3 (3.06%) CISA
7 3 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (2.04%) ACCA
8 2 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.04%) MCP
9 1 (1.02%) APMP
9 1 (1.02%) CCNP
9 1 (1.02%) CFA
9 1 (1.02%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) PMO
2 9 (9.18%) QA
3 5 (5.10%) GDPR
4 4 (4.08%) COBIT
4 4 (4.08%) NIST
5 3 (3.06%) COSO
5 3 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.02%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) Firmware
2 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.12%) SAP
3 3 (3.06%) VMware
4 2 (2.04%) Blue Prism
4 2 (2.04%) Cisco
4 2 (2.04%) IFS
4 2 (2.04%) Oracle
4 2 (2.04%) Pega
4 2 (2.04%) Planview
4 2 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.02%) Ariba
5 1 (1.02%) BT
5 1 (1.02%) Concur
5 1 (1.02%) eFront
5 1 (1.02%) HP
5 1 (1.02%) Intel
5 1 (1.02%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.02%) Snow