Budgeting Job Trends

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 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 256 262 470
Rank change year-on-year +6 +208 +64
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting 506 619 253
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.84% 1.15% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.27% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 331 172 172
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £38,875
25th Percentile £54,375 £46,875 £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -4.58% +0.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,250 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £58,804
% change year-on-year +8.70% -2.22% +2.27%

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 48,808 48,616 49,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.95% 90.71% 89.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28,796 23,669 37,967
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%

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 15 January 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 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
England +1 444 £67,500 +11.11% 144
UK excluding London -66 264 £62,500 +8.70% 120
London +112 192 £70,000 -9.68% 61
Work from Home +71 128 £59,100 -6.64% 70
South East +19 75 £62,500 -14.66% 58
Midlands +31 51 £75,000 +31.58% 10
South West +28 46 £53,300 -17.36% 12
West Midlands +29 45 £75,000 +31.58% 8
North of England -89 42 £72,500 +70.59% 19
East of England -65 31 £62,500 +25.00% 14
North West -50 26 £57,500 +35.29% 8
Scotland -1 10 - - 6
Yorkshire -25 9 £80,000 +45.45% 10
North East -11 7 £52,500 - 2
East Midlands -10 6 £80,000 +54.59% 2
Northern Ireland -9 5 £52,500 -
Wales -1 4 £65,000 - 4

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 14 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.78%) CMS
3 7 (1.38%) SugarCRM
4 3 (0.59%) Confluence
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.40%) MTS
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 128 (25.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.99%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.59%) Trello
8 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.40%) Weka
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.20%) Blender
9 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.78%) Dynamics AX
2 8 (1.58%) SAP CO
3 7 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.99%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.79%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.59%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.59%) SAP APO
6 3 (0.59%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.20%) Lawson
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI-AA
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.23%) Power Platform
2 67 (13.24%) Azure
3 49 (9.68%) SaaS
4 19 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (3.56%) AWS
6 15 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (1.19%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.99%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.79%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.59%) OCI
11 3 (0.59%) Slack
12 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.40%) GCP
12 2 (0.40%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Advertising
12 2 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.38%) LAN
1 7 (1.38%) SD-WAN
1 7 (1.38%) WAN
2 6 (1.19%) Unified Communications
2 6 (1.19%) VoIP
2 6 (1.19%) VPN
2 6 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.79%) SAN
4 3 (0.59%) Internet
5 2 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.20%) ADSL
6 1 (0.20%) Broadband
6 1 (0.20%) Network Security
6 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (13.83%) Power BI
2 15 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (2.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.17%) Power Query
5 10 (1.98%) Tableau
6 8 (1.58%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.58%) Oracle Exadata
7 5 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.99%) Essbase
8 4 (0.79%) Big Data
9 3 (0.59%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.40%) Looker
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.20%) MS Access
11 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (1.38%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.20%) GitLab
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 379 (74.90%) Finance
2 212 (41.90%) Social Skills
3 144 (28.46%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.49%) Marketing
5 46 (9.09%) Legal
6 37 (7.31%) Telecoms
7 35 (6.92%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.94%) Manufacturing
10 24 (4.74%) Law
11 22 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.16%) Public Sector
14 15 (2.96%) Advertising
15 13 (2.57%) Billing
16 12 (2.37%) Retail
17 10 (1.98%) Banking
17 10 (1.98%) General Ledger
18 6 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 5 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 59 (11.66%) Senior
2 58 (11.46%) Analyst
3 46 (9.09%) Accountant
4 42 (8.30%) Senior Manager
5 39 (7.71%) Finance Manager
6 34 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 31 (6.13%) Financial Analyst
8 29 (5.73%) Management Accountant
9 26 (5.14%) IT Manager
10 20 (3.95%) Financial Controller
10 20 (3.95%) Lead
11 19 (3.75%) Head of Procurement
12 17 (3.36%) Administrator
13 16 (3.16%) IT Administrator
14 15 (2.96%) Data Analyst
15 14 (2.77%) Commercial Analyst
16 13 (2.57%) Insight Analyst
17 12 (2.37%) Architect
18 11 (2.17%) Developer
18 11 (2.17%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.38%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.20%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.20%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.20%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 40 (7.91%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.75%) Social Media
5 14 (2.77%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.78%) Reinsurance
7 9 (1.78%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.58%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.58%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.99%) CMDB
10 5 (0.99%) Wiki
11 4 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.79%) Social Network
11 4 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.59%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.35%) Windows
2 6 (1.19%) Linux
2 6 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (49.80%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 152 (30.04%) Decision-Making
3 120 (23.72%) Process Improvement
4 101 (19.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (17.79%) Project Management
7 85 (16.80%) Business Intelligence
8 75 (14.82%) Agile
9 67 (13.24%) Financial Analysis
10 66 (13.04%) Analytics
11 64 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 61 (12.06%) ERP
12 61 (12.06%) Financial Modelling
13 60 (11.86%) Budget Management
14 59 (11.66%) Business Strategy
14 59 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
15 50 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 47 (9.29%) Strategic Planning
17 46 (9.09%) Line Management
18 45 (8.89%) AI
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.09%) SQL
2 20 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 12 (2.37%) Python
4 9 (1.78%) VBA
5 4 (0.79%) Groovy
5 4 (0.79%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 146 (28.85%) ACCA
2 120 (23.72%) CIMA
3 119 (23.52%) Degree
4 21 (4.15%) ICAEW
5 19 (3.75%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 16 (3.16%) PMP
8 14 (2.77%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.17%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.78%) MBA
11 8 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.58%) HNC
11 8 (1.58%) OCP
11 8 (1.58%) Oracle Certification
12 7 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.19%) CCNP
13 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.50%) IFRS
2 35 (6.92%) GAAP
3 27 (5.34%) PMO
4 16 (3.16%) GDPR
5 15 (2.96%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.17%) QA
7 8 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.38%) NIST
9 5 (0.99%) GRC
9 5 (0.99%) SLA
10 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.40%) COBIT
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) GxP
11 2 (0.40%) MiFID
11 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.20%) APQC
12 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (1.58%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.19%) vSphere
3 5 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.58%) Data Guard
1 8 (1.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 8 (1.58%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 89 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.08%) SAP
3 23 (4.55%) Oracle
4 11 (2.17%) Cisco
5 10 (1.98%) Google
5 10 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.78%) Sage
6 9 (1.78%) Workday
7 8 (1.58%) Delphix
8 6 (1.19%) Anaplan
8 6 (1.19%) VMware
8 6 (1.19%) YouTube
9 5 (0.99%) Adaptive Insights
9 5 (0.99%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.79%) Hyperion
10 4 (0.79%) Mitel
10 4 (0.79%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.79%) Veeam