Budgeting
UK

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 303 304
Rank change year-on-year +47 +1 +186
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting 697 429 978
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.96% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.04% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 518 208 348
10th Percentile £45,875 £40,875 £34,625
25th Percentile £55,044 £49,750 £42,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,652 £54,900
Median % change year-on-year +8.96% +8.66% -15.54%
75th Percentile £79,688 £74,250 £71,063
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,450 £59,652 £53,500
% change year-on-year -0.34% +11.50% -2.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,162 41,264 88,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 92.57% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46,887 22,044 62,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,607
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in the UK

Budgeting
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Budgeting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budgeting over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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
England +56 643 £65,000 +8.96% 250
London +144 339 £67,500 -3.57% 89
UK excluding London -37 332 £59,450 -0.34% 232
Work from Home +112 200 £59,450 +15.44% 181
North of England -85 94 £57,500 +12.75% 51
South East +11 69 £62,500 +4.77% 68
Midlands +8 60 £51,300 -1.96% 23
South West -24 52 £52,500 -19.23% 16
Yorkshire -80 49 £45,000 -24.78% 16
West Midlands +4 47 £51,300 +14.00% 10
North West -19 32 £57,500 +15.00% 26
East of England +1 27 £55,725 -20.39% 27
Northern Ireland -21 13 £55,000 -57.69% 9
East Midlands -21 13 £65,000 +33.81% 13
North East -50 13 £62,500 +4.77% 9
Scotland +6 10 £60,000 +41.18% 27
Wales -38 7 £69,501 +6.92% 14

Budgeting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (1.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.15%) Confluence
3 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 81 (11.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.01%) Spreadsheet
3 10 (1.43%) PlantUML
4 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.57%) InDesign
7 4 (0.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 52 (7.46%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.29%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.86%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.14%) HFM
7 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 128 (18.36%) SaaS
2 56 (8.03%) Power Platform
3 42 (6.03%) Azure
4 21 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (2.44%) Power Automate
7 16 (2.30%) Google Sheets
8 13 (1.87%) IaaS
8 13 (1.87%) PaaS
9 9 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.00%) AWS
10 7 (1.00%) Smartsheet
11 6 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (0.86%) Datadog
11 6 (0.86%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.86%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.72%) Intacct
12 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.57%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.16%) Broadband
2 15 (2.15%) Internet
3 6 (0.86%) DNS
3 6 (0.86%) Wireless
4 4 (0.57%) Firewall
5 3 (0.43%) Network Security
6 1 (0.14%) DHCP
6 1 (0.14%) SSL
6 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.60%) Power BI
2 20 (2.87%) Big Data
3 8 (1.15%) Power Query
3 8 (1.15%) PowerPivot
4 7 (1.00%) Tableau
5 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.29%) OLAP
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.29%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.01%) JIRA
2 2 (0.29%) GitLab
2 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 599 (85.94%) Finance
2 169 (24.25%) Analytical Skills
3 160 (22.96%) Social Skills
4 51 (7.32%) Legal
5 49 (7.03%) Marketing
6 29 (4.16%) Law
7 25 (3.59%) Banking
7 25 (3.59%) Games
8 24 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (3.16%) Advertising
9 22 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 21 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (2.73%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.15%) Retail
14 13 (1.87%) Public Sector
15 12 (1.72%) General Ledger
16 11 (1.58%) Billing
17 10 (1.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 124 (17.79%) Accountant
2 81 (11.62%) Senior
3 71 (10.19%) Management Accountant
4 62 (8.90%) Financial Controller
5 61 (8.75%) Analyst
6 51 (7.32%) Finance Manager
7 48 (6.89%) Project Manager
8 45 (6.46%) Senior Manager
9 36 (5.16%) Financial Analyst
9 36 (5.16%) Lead
10 25 (3.59%) IT Manager
11 24 (3.44%) Change Manager
11 24 (3.44%) Financial Accountant
11 24 (3.44%) Project Change Manager
12 21 (3.01%) Consultant
13 19 (2.73%) Data Analyst
14 17 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (2.15%) Systems Accountant
16 14 (2.01%) Delivery Manager
16 14 (2.01%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.86%) SAP CO-PA
2 5 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.14%) .NET
4 1 (0.14%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.14%) FHIR
4 1 (0.14%) Node.js
4 1 (0.14%) PySpark
4 1 (0.14%) React
4 1 (0.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 36 (5.16%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.30%) Mobile App
3 23 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (2.87%) Social Network
6 19 (2.73%) Driving Licence
7 16 (2.30%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.87%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.58%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.43%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (1.00%) Social Media
14 6 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
15 5 (0.72%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 4 (0.57%) Derivative
16 4 (0.57%) Taxonomies
16 4 (0.57%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.30%) Android
1 23 (3.30%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.57%) Windows
3 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (55.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 195 (27.98%) Decision-Making
3 148 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 137 (19.66%) Financial Modelling
5 134 (19.23%) Process Improvement
6 119 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 112 (16.07%) Agile
8 106 (15.21%) Project Management
9 101 (14.49%) Roadmaps
10 99 (14.20%) AI
11 97 (13.92%) Financial Analysis
12 92 (13.20%) Cost Control
13 81 (11.62%) ERP
14 77 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 68 (9.76%) Budget Management
17 66 (9.47%) Actionable Insight
17 66 (9.47%) Risk Management
18 65 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
19 61 (8.75%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (4.88%) SQL
2 22 (3.16%) Python
3 9 (1.29%) VBA
4 8 (1.15%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.86%) Bash
5 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.43%) C#
7 2 (0.29%) Java
7 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.14%) C++
8 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.14%) PHP
8 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.14%) Scala
8 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 299 (42.90%) ACCA
2 262 (37.59%) CIMA
3 69 (9.90%) Degree
4 34 (4.88%) PMI Certification
5 32 (4.59%) PMP
6 16 (2.30%) Security Cleared
7 12 (1.72%) ICAEW
8 9 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.00%) APMP
10 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (0.72%) SC Cleared
12 4 (0.57%) AAT
12 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.57%) HNC
13 3 (0.43%) CAPM
13 3 (0.43%) CISA
13 3 (0.43%) HND
13 3 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.90%) IFRS
2 65 (9.33%) GAAP
3 29 (4.16%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.16%) PMO
4 11 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.43%) QA
5 10 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.43%) SLA
6 8 (1.15%) GDPR
7 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.86%) ISO 14000
8 5 (0.72%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.57%) MiFID
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) DICOM
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (2.58%) Terraform
2 17 (2.44%) Ansible
3 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.86%) Rundeck
5 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.16%) SAP
3 24 (3.44%) Google
4 23 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.73%) Xero
6 18 (2.58%) Sage
7 14 (2.01%) Oracle
8 10 (1.43%) Cisco
8 10 (1.43%) VMware
8 10 (1.43%) Workday
9 9 (1.29%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.00%) Cognizant
11 6 (0.86%) Adobe
11 6 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.86%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.86%) Facebook
11 6 (0.86%) Meraki
11 6 (0.86%) Splunk
11 6 (0.86%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (0.57%) Instagram