Budgeting Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Budgeting
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Budgeting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 128 181
Rank change year-on-year -13 +53 +23
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting 30 53 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.74% 1.57% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.71% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 19 24 11
10th Percentile £49,250 £57,365 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £70,467 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £90,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +73.08% -11.49%
75th Percentile £66,875 £93,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £71,250 - £122,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £73,238 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.66% +12.67% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Budgeting
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Budgeting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Budgeting in the Thames Valley

Budgeting
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Buckinghamshire +9 22 £62,500 -30.56% 5
Oxfordshire +20 4 £42,500 -19.05% 1
Berkshire -32 4 £80,000 +9.22% 7
Budgeting
South East

Budgeting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (23.33%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.67%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) GCP
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (80.00%) Power BI
2 3 (10.00%) Tableau
3 2 (6.67%) Looker
General
1 27 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (63.33%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (60.00%) Finance
4 8 (26.67%) Manufacturing
5 7 (23.33%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (23.33%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Retail
7 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Business Developer
1 8 (26.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 8 (26.67%) Developer
1 8 (26.67%) Power BI Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Lead
3 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 6 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Power BI Specialist
4 2 (6.67%) Accountant
4 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Management Accountant
4 2 (6.67%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Technical Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Technical Product Manager
5 1 (3.33%) CRM Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Financial Controller
5 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) SAP CO-PA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (90.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 25 (83.33%) Decision-Making
3 24 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (50.00%) Analytics
5 14 (46.67%) ETL
6 10 (33.33%) Business Strategy
6 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
7 8 (26.67%) Cost Optimisation
7 8 (26.67%) CRM
7 8 (26.67%) Data Analytics
7 8 (26.67%) Data Integration
7 8 (26.67%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (26.67%) Visualisation
8 7 (23.33%) Agile
8 7 (23.33%) Data Analysis
8 7 (23.33%) Data Management
8 7 (23.33%) Financial Analysis
8 7 (23.33%) Information Management
8 7 (23.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (46.67%) SQL
2 8 (26.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (20.00%) Python
3 6 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Degree
2 10 (33.33%) CIMA
3 9 (30.00%) ACCA
4 7 (23.33%) HNC
5 2 (6.67%) AAT
5 2 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.33%) GDPR
1 1 (3.33%) IFRS
1 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) SAP
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.67%) Concur
3 2 (6.67%) Google
3 2 (6.67%) Xero