Budget Responsibility Job Trends in the South West

Budgetary Responsibility
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Budget Responsibility skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 167 235
Rank change year-on-year -71 +68 -
Permanent jobs citing Budget Responsibility 5 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.050% 0.057% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.070% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,500 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile £39,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £57,303 £100,000 £103,750
% change year-on-year -42.70% -3.61% +12.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Budget Responsibility 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,158 2,861 5,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 70.96% 81.86% 75.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,880 1,810 3,429
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,779 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Budget Responsibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Budget Responsibility relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Budget Responsibility job vacancy trend in the South West

Budget Responsibility
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Budget Responsibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Budget Responsibility

Budget Responsibility
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Responsibility within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Somerset - 3 - - 3
Dorset - 2 £39,000 -
Budget Responsibility
England

Budget Responsibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (40.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) HR Advisor
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Coaching
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) HND
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Thales
2 2 (40.00%) EMC