Budgeting Contract Job Trends in England

Budgeting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Budgeting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 366 359
Rank change year-on-year +44 -7 +45
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 233 130 204
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.45% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.51% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 59 147
10th Percentile £269 £343 £400
25th Percentile £363 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £535
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £744 £738 £712
UK median daily rate £495 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -9.17% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £45.65 £30.22 -
25th Percentile £55.25 £40.14 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £58.38 £89.44
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% -34.73% +183.58%
75th Percentile £76.88 £61.91 -
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.01 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £50.44 £89.44
% change year-on-year +43.74% -43.61% +183.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Budgeting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,123 25,389 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.50% 88.70% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,664 22,179
10th Percentile £300 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,806 836 1,435
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.43 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Budgeting job vacancy trend in England

Budgeting
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budgeting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in England

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budgeting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budgeting

Budgeting
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budgeting in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Budgeting in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the England region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +72 128 £500 -9.09% 98
South East -7 38 £525 +21.39% 146
North of England -45 29 £355 -34.86% 107
Yorkshire -23 22 £355 -43.76% 48
Midlands -37 22 £530 +24.71% 87
West Midlands -25 13 £575 -14.81% 42
East of England -13 11 £438 -45.31% 66
East Midlands -13 10 £505 -12.17% 40
North West -31 6 £413 -24.31% 54
South West -14 1 - - 44
North East - 1 £375 - 6
Budgeting
UK

Budgeting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.86%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 69 (29.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (12.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (6.87%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (3.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.29%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (1.29%) Trello
7 2 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.58%) SAP PS
3 5 (2.15%) Cloudability
3 5 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.86%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.86%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.43%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.43%) Primavera
6 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.43%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.43%) Shopify
6 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.88%) Power Platform
2 25 (10.73%) Azure
3 12 (5.15%) AWS
3 12 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (3.00%) GCP
4 7 (3.00%) SaaS
5 6 (2.58%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.58%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.15%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.72%) OCI
7 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.29%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.86%) Asana
9 2 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.43%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.43%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.86%) SMS
2 1 (0.43%) Broadband
2 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.88%) Power BI
2 9 (3.86%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (3.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 7 (3.00%) Tableau
4 5 (2.15%) Power Query
5 4 (1.72%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.29%) Metadata
7 1 (0.43%) DTS
7 1 (0.43%) Essbase
7 1 (0.43%) Looker
7 1 (0.43%) QlikView
7 1 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (4.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) LSMW
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.43%) TestDirector
General
1 190 (81.55%) Finance
2 120 (51.50%) Social Skills
3 62 (26.61%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.73%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (7.30%) Banking
5 17 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.58%) Billing
6 13 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (5.58%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.72%) Legal
8 9 (3.86%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.86%) Marketing
9 8 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.15%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.15%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.72%) Electronics
11 4 (1.72%) Law
11 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (19.31%) Analyst
2 28 (12.02%) Project Manager
3 22 (9.44%) Consultant
4 21 (9.01%) Senior
5 18 (7.73%) Programme Manager
6 17 (7.30%) Lead
7 13 (5.58%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.86%) Coordinator
8 9 (3.86%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (3.86%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.43%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.43%) Finance Manager
9 8 (3.43%) Report Analyst
9 8 (3.43%) Technical Manager
10 7 (3.00%) PMO Analyst
11 6 (2.58%) Architect
11 6 (2.58%) PMO Lead
11 6 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.58%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.29%) Middleware
3 2 (0.86%) HTML
3 2 (0.86%) Web Services
4 1 (0.43%) ADO
4 1 (0.43%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.30%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.87%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (6.01%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.29%) Mainframe
5 9 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.00%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.72%) PMI
8 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.29%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.29%) Smart Meter
10 2 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.86%) NHS
11 1 (0.43%) CCTV
11 1 (0.43%) CMDB
11 1 (0.43%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.43%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.29%) Windows
2 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (32.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 53 (22.75%) Agile
2 53 (22.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (22.32%) Project Management
4 48 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (16.31%) Change Management
6 37 (15.88%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (15.02%) Budget Management
7 35 (15.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 34 (14.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (14.16%) Decision-Making
10 32 (13.73%) Risk Management
11 29 (12.45%) Project Delivery
12 28 (12.02%) Business Case
12 28 (12.02%) Cost Management
13 24 (10.30%) Process Improvement
14 23 (9.87%) ITIL
14 23 (9.87%) Migration
15 21 (9.01%) ERP
15 21 (9.01%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.73%) SQL
2 5 (2.15%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.72%) Bash
4 3 (1.29%) Python
5 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.43%) Groovy
5 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (15.88%) Degree
2 18 (7.73%) ACCA
2 18 (7.73%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.30%) CIMA
3 17 (7.30%) PMI Certification
3 17 (7.30%) PMP
4 13 (5.58%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.72%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.58%) SAP Certification
8 5 (2.15%) CISM
8 5 (2.15%) CISSP
9 3 (1.29%) CRISC
10 2 (0.86%) CCAB
10 2 (0.86%) CIPFA
10 2 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CISA
11 1 (0.43%) GIAC
11 1 (0.43%) MBA
11 1 (0.43%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.30%) PMO
2 21 (9.01%) QA
3 15 (6.44%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.29%) NIST
6 7 (3.00%) GDPR
7 6 (2.58%) SLA
8 4 (1.72%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.86%) GRC
11 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.43%) IFRS
11 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.15%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.72%) SCCM
2 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 65 (27.90%) Microsoft
2 45 (19.31%) SAP
3 20 (8.58%) Oracle
4 10 (4.29%) Tagetik
5 9 (3.86%) Citrix
6 5 (2.15%) Adaptive Insights
6 5 (2.15%) Planview
7 4 (1.72%) Cisco
7 4 (1.72%) VMware
7 4 (1.72%) Workday
8 3 (1.29%) Google
8 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.86%) Concur
9 2 (0.86%) IBM
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe
10 1 (0.43%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.43%) Informatica
10 1 (0.43%) Progress
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.43%) Siemens