Budgeting Job Trends in Manchester

Budgeting
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Budgeting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 73 135
Rank change year-on-year -52 +62 +97
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting 13 86 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.47% 3.17% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 3.40% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 6
10th Percentile £45,500 - £38,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,250 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.88% -7.20%
75th Percentile £82,500 £43,750 £61,938
90th Percentile £108,000 - £75,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £42,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +35.29% -27.35% +17.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Budgeting 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 2,243 2,532 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.51% 93.23% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,181 1,706
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,858
25th Percentile £35,486 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,325
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,858
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in Manchester

Budgeting
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Budgeting in Manchester

Budgeting
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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 2 £47,500 +15.15% 1
Salford -6 2 £45,000 -
Cheadle - 1 £200,000 -
Budgeting
North West

Budgeting
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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (7.69%) Power Query
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
5 3 (23.08%) Law
6 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (15.38%) Military
7 1 (7.69%) Billing
7 1 (7.69%) Marketing
7 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Report Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Procurement
4 1 (7.69%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Social Media
2 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
3 5 (38.46%) Financial Modelling
4 4 (30.77%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Business Case
6 2 (15.38%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Scorecard
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) Time Management
6 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) DBS Check
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) ACCA
2 3 (23.08%) CIMA
3 1 (7.69%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Anaplan
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Workday