Hybrid/Remote Budgeting and Resource Allocation Contract Job Trends

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Budgeting and Resource Allocation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 315 337
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 +197
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation 14 9 22
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.078% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.087% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 21
10th Percentile £402 £530 £225
25th Percentile £516 £575 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £700 £622 £550
90th Percentile £735 £661 £588
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +23.08% -11.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Budgeting and Resource Allocation 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 9,280 10,293 14,823
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.63% 89.30% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,119 6,460 10,109
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 210 372
10th Percentile £15.47 £18.04 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.36 £22.00 £27.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.63 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.70% -32.78% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.01 £70.02
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Budgeting and Resource Allocation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Budgeting and Resource Allocation daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Teamcenter
1 1 (7.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Law
3 3 (21.43%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Billing
5 1 (7.14%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Finance Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Health and Safety Manager
3 1 (7.14%) ICT Manager
3 1 (7.14%) ICT Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Junior
3 1 (7.14%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Product Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.14%) PMI
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 11 (78.57%) Agile
2 11 (78.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (71.43%) Project Management
4 7 (50.00%) Change Management
4 7 (50.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
5 5 (35.71%) Waterfall
6 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
6 4 (28.57%) Data Privacy
6 4 (28.57%) Migration
7 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
7 3 (21.43%) Budgeting
7 3 (21.43%) Project Governance
7 3 (21.43%) Scrum
7 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (14.29%) Due Diligence
8 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) PMP
2 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.14%) MBA
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (7.14%) SAFe Agilist
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) Basel III
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Siemens
2 1 (7.14%) Workday