Budget Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Budget Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Budget Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 134 142
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 +77
Permanent jobs citing Budget Management 29 66 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.55% 1.56% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.71% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 28
10th Percentile £53,400 £44,896 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -10.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £89,750 £74,375 £92,813
90th Percentile £94,000 £83,500 £117,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £64,371 £65,500
% change year-on-year +4.86% -1.72% +4.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Budget Management 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,355 3,852 3,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.17% 90.96% 86.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,259 1,716 2,621
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Budget Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Budget Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budget Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Budget Management in the West Midlands

Budget Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
Birmingham -7 10 £62,000 +1.64% 4
Herefordshire - 7 - -
Staffordshire -17 3 £62,500 +61.27% 3
Warwickshire +21 2 £86,500 -
Coventry -3 2 £75,000 -11.76% 1
Shropshire -22 2 £41,500 - 4
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £90,000 -
Budget Management
England

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (3.45%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) SaaS
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 20 (68.97%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Legal
5 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.34%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics
7 1 (3.45%) German Language
7 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Polish Language
7 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Lead
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) IT Manager
5 3 (10.34%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Accountant
6 2 (6.90%) Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Lead Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Programme Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Project Accountant
7 1 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Lead Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Project Support Officer
7 1 (3.45%) SaaS Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Support Officer
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.45%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (41.38%) Budgeting
2 12 (41.38%) Decision-Making
3 10 (34.48%) Agile
4 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
4 9 (31.03%) Project Management
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
7 5 (17.24%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (13.79%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
8 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
9 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
9 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
9 3 (10.34%) Portfolio Management
9 3 (10.34%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Degree
2 9 (31.03%) ACCA
3 7 (24.14%) CIMA
4 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
5 2 (6.90%) PMP
5 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Sage
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Adaptive Insights
3 1 (3.45%) IBM
3 1 (3.45%) Planon
3 1 (3.45%) SAP