Budgeting Jobs

Budgeting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Budgeting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Budgeting over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 304 524
Rank change year-on-year -52 +220 +74
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting 408 938 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.95% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.11% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 183 342 343
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,729 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £54,950 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.01% -15.46% -
75th Percentile £77,375 £72,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,650 £91,250 £160,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.55%

All Process and 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 51,770 84,704 95,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.86% 85.53% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,375 59,701 56,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Budgeting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Budgeting.

Salary trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budgeting over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Top 16 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 15 May 2025. 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 -93 368 £60,000 +9.09% 648
UK excluding London -17 265 £55,000 +2.80% 371
North of England +96 146 £52,000 +9.47% 107
London -70 114 £70,000 - 364
Work from Home -159 91 £61,000 +1.67% 381
Yorkshire +105 66 £55,000 +29.41% 26
North West -4 54 £50,000 -5.94% 77
South East -85 40 £73,238 +27.37% 126
Midlands +15 29 £51,000 -4.67% 39
North East +54 26 - - 5
West Midlands +24 25 £57,000 +6.54% 29
South West +108 21 £67,500 +98.53% 33
East of England +7 14 £70,000 +40.00% 30
Scotland +85 12 £42,500 -52.25% 32
Wales +33 3 £65,000 +13.04% 5
East Midlands +18 3 £37,500 -21.88% 8

Budgeting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (6.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 50 (12.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.98%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.74%) Trello
7 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.23%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.98%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 4 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.98%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.74%) iTrent
5 2 (0.49%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.49%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 43 (10.54%) Power Platform
2 21 (5.15%) Azure
3 12 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.72%) AWS
6 6 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.23%) GCP
7 5 (1.23%) SaaS
8 4 (0.98%) Asana
9 3 (0.74%) dbt
9 3 (0.74%) Facebook Ads
10 1 (0.25%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.25%) Intacct
10 1 (0.25%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.25%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.25%) PaaS
10 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.25%) Serverless
10 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.25%) LAN
2 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.25%) VPN
2 1 (0.25%) WAN
2 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.54%) Power BI
2 14 (3.43%) Tableau
3 8 (1.96%) Power Query
4 6 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.98%) OLAP
5 4 (0.98%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.74%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 299 (73.28%) Finance
2 182 (44.61%) Social Skills
3 107 (26.23%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (19.61%) Manufacturing
5 61 (14.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (12.25%) Legal
7 38 (9.31%) Marketing
8 24 (5.88%) Retail
9 23 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (4.66%) Advertising
12 13 (3.19%) Banking
12 13 (3.19%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.94%) Law
14 11 (2.70%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.72%) Billing
15 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.72%) Publishing
16 6 (1.47%) French Language
17 5 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (20.10%) Project Manager
2 59 (14.46%) Analyst
3 48 (11.76%) Automation Engineer
4 43 (10.54%) Financial Analyst
5 30 (7.35%) Systems Engineer
6 27 (6.62%) Lead
7 26 (6.37%) Senior
8 20 (4.90%) IT Manager
8 20 (4.90%) Operations Manager
9 19 (4.66%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 19 (4.66%) Systems Analyst
10 15 (3.68%) Commercial Analyst
11 14 (3.43%) Head of Content
11 14 (3.43%) Head of Production
11 14 (3.43%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.43%) Vendor Manager
12 11 (2.70%) Architect
13 10 (2.45%) Consultant
13 10 (2.45%) Senior IT Manager
14 9 (2.21%) IT Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.47%) EDI
2 2 (0.49%) .NET
3 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.25%) JSON
3 1 (0.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 99 (24.26%) Management Information System
2 80 (19.61%) FMCG
3 38 (9.31%) Social Media
4 34 (8.33%) Operational Technology
5 30 (7.35%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 18 (4.41%) Cyberattack
7 15 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.43%) Digital Media
8 14 (3.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (2.70%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.21%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.23%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.98%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.74%) Public Cloud
15 2 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
15 2 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 2 (0.49%) IoT
15 2 (0.49%) Private Cloud
15 2 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.33%) Windows
2 30 (7.35%) Windows Vista
3 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) Linux
4 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (39.46%) Project Management
2 159 (38.97%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (34.31%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 123 (30.15%) Budget Management
5 98 (24.02%) Decision-Making
6 94 (23.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (20.59%) Agile
8 77 (18.87%) Coaching
9 76 (18.63%) Quality Management
10 56 (13.73%) Project Delivery
10 56 (13.73%) Risk Management
11 53 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (12.50%) Mentoring
13 50 (12.25%) Collaborative Working
14 47 (11.52%) Financial Analysis
15 44 (10.78%) Analytics
16 43 (10.54%) Strategic Thinking
17 42 (10.29%) Cost Control
18 38 (9.31%) Contract Negotiation
18 38 (9.31%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.70%) SQL
2 6 (1.47%) Ada
2 6 (1.47%) C
2 6 (1.47%) C++
3 4 (0.98%) Python
4 3 (0.74%) VBA
5 2 (0.49%) X++
6 1 (0.25%) COBOL
6 1 (0.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 115 (28.19%) Degree
2 47 (11.52%) ACCA
2 47 (11.52%) CIMA
3 39 (9.56%) HNC
4 33 (8.09%) DBS Check
5 20 (4.90%) Security Cleared
6 18 (4.41%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.41%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (3.43%) PMI Certification
9 13 (3.19%) CISSP
9 13 (3.19%) PMP
10 11 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.21%) CISA
11 9 (2.21%) HND
12 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (1.47%) AAT
14 4 (0.98%) MCSA
14 4 (0.98%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.60%) GDPR
2 18 (4.41%) PMBOK
3 17 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.94%) QA
5 10 (2.45%) PMO
6 9 (2.21%) ITGC
7 7 (1.72%) SLA
8 6 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (1.47%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) GxP
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.25%) NIST
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (1.47%) Firmware
2 5 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.35%) Rockwell
2 30 (7.35%) SAP
2 30 (7.35%) Siemens
3 8 (1.96%) Cognos
3 8 (1.96%) Facebook
3 8 (1.96%) Google
4 6 (1.47%) IBM
4 6 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.98%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (0.74%) Aderant
6 3 (0.74%) Adobe
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle
6 3 (0.74%) Workday
6 3 (0.74%) YouTube
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco
7 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.49%) VMware
8 1 (0.25%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.25%) Canon