Budget Management Job Trends in Manchester

Budget Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Budget Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 127 132
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +92
Permanent jobs citing Budget Management 16 24 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.56% 0.90% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.96% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 14
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £50,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £51,500 £59,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £52,000 £66,500 £97,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £56,147 £56,250
% change year-on-year -10.95% -0.18% -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Budget Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,284 2,498 2,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.72% 93.66% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,169 1,842
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Budget Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Budget Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Budget Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budget Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Budget Management in Manchester

Budget Management
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 5 £50,000 - 1
Budget Management
North West

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
4 5 (31.25%) Law
5 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Police
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Commercial Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) IT Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Assistant IT Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Assistant Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) IT Assistant
4 2 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Support Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Development Manager
5 1 (6.25%) IT Operations Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Project Management
2 11 (68.75%) PRINCE2
3 8 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (37.50%) ITIL
4 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 5 (31.25%) Agile
5 5 (31.25%) Business Case
5 5 (31.25%) Business Transformation
5 5 (31.25%) Change Management
5 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
5 5 (31.25%) Demand Management
5 5 (31.25%) Matrix Organization
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Process Improvement
5 5 (31.25%) Project Governance
5 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
5 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) DBS Check
2 5 (31.25%) PMI Certification
2 5 (31.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft