Budget Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Budget Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Budget Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 165 178
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +53
Permanent jobs citing Budget Management 44 83 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.56% 1.30% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.43% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 34 42
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,322 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £50,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,436
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +6.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £81,750 £117,500
England median annual salary £67,366 £63,700 £63,856
% change year-on-year +5.75% -0.24% +2.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,381 5,787 4,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.23% 90.49% 86.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,553 2,530 4,052
10th Percentile £28,178 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Budget Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Budget Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Budget Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Budget Management in the Midlands

Budget Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
West Midlands -11 30 £63,076 +9.22% 19
East Midlands -20 14 £40,000 -33.33% 4
Budget Management
England

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (9.09%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (2.27%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.73%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Entra ID
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (11.36%) OneDrive
2 5 (11.36%) SaaS
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 30 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 22 (50.00%) Finance
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.91%) Legal
4 7 (15.91%) Manufacturing
5 5 (11.36%) Electronics
5 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.09%) Aerospace
7 3 (6.82%) Marketing
7 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.55%) Banking
8 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.55%) Retail
9 1 (2.27%) German Language
9 1 (2.27%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.27%) Local Government
9 1 (2.27%) Polish Language
9 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Project Manager
2 7 (15.91%) Senior
3 6 (13.64%) Senior Manager
4 5 (11.36%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) IT Support
4 5 (11.36%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Lead
4 5 (11.36%) Senior Project Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) IT Director
6 3 (6.82%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.82%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Lead Architect
8 1 (2.27%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (2.27%) Project Officer
8 1 (2.27%) Senior Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) EDI
1 1 (2.27%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (11.36%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.55%) NHS
5 1 (2.27%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (38.64%) Decision-Making
3 14 (31.82%) Agile
3 14 (31.82%) Project Delivery
4 13 (29.55%) Budgeting
5 12 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (27.27%) Project Management
6 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (20.45%) Mentoring
8 8 (18.18%) IT Strategy
8 8 (18.18%) Roadmaps
8 8 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (15.91%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (15.91%) PRINCE2
9 7 (15.91%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (15.91%) Technology Roadmap
10 6 (13.64%) Coaching
10 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
10 6 (13.64%) ERP
10 6 (13.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (45.45%) Degree
2 9 (20.45%) ACCA
3 7 (15.91%) CIMA
4 5 (11.36%) DBS Check
4 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
5 3 (6.82%) PMI Certification
5 3 (6.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (4.55%) PMP
6 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) GDPR
1 5 (11.36%) PMO
2 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.91%) Sage
3 5 (11.36%) Progress
3 5 (11.36%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (2.27%) IBM
4 1 (2.27%) Planon
4 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow