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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 352 373
Rank change year-on-year +27 +21 +34
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 252 138 185
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.54% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.60% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 59 124
10th Percentile £307 £342 £400
25th Percentile £400 £416 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £643
90th Percentile £662 £678 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £27.37 -
25th Percentile £49.44 £33.01 £14.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £43.05 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.83% +196.90% -54.03%
75th Percentile £93.13 £53.71 £16.41
90th Percentile £102.75 £59.74 £16.90
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £39.25 £14.50
% change year-on-year +103.82% +170.69% -54.03%

All Process & 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 30,789 23,051 32,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.31% 90.11% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,727 14,450 21,724
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,908 755 2,031
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £72.15 £75.40 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £33.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year -21.39% -0.20% -5.53%

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 25 February 2026.

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 25 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Budgeting in England

Budgeting
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 25 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +33 143 £500 -9.09% 62
South East -24 45 £530 +24.71% 62
Midlands -51 22 £630 +52.73% 20
North of England -54 19 £475 -12.84% 23
West Midlands -44 16 £630 +57.50% 17
South West -20 11 - - 7
East of England -15 10 £518 -35.31% 11
Yorkshire -53 10 £475 - 9
East Midlands -27 7 £465 +6.29% 3
North West -38 7 £550 +0.92% 14
North East - 2 £313 -
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 14 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.17%) Confluence
3 3 (1.19%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.79%) CMS
Applications
1 57 (22.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (12.30%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (8.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (3.17%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.59%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (1.59%) Trello
7 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.59%) Cloudability
2 4 (1.59%) Shopify
3 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.40%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.40%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.52%) Azure
2 18 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 12 (4.76%) AWS
4 10 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.17%) GCP
5 8 (3.17%) SaaS
6 6 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.98%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.98%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.59%) BigCommerce
8 4 (1.59%) OCI
9 3 (1.19%) Asana
9 3 (1.19%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.79%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.40%) Azure App Service
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.40%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.40%) Broadband
1 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.14%) Power BI
2 17 (6.75%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (2.78%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.19%) Power Query
5 3 (1.19%) Tableau
6 2 (0.79%) Metadata
7 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.40%) Essbase
7 1 (0.40%) Looker
7 1 (0.40%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.40%) Redis
7 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 19 (7.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) LSMW
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
General
1 214 (84.92%) Finance
2 124 (49.21%) Social Skills
3 53 (21.03%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.49%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (6.35%) Telecoms
7 14 (5.56%) Billing
8 13 (5.16%) Legal
8 13 (5.16%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.16%) Marketing
9 12 (4.76%) General Ledger
10 11 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.97%) Banking
12 9 (3.57%) Local Government
13 6 (2.38%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.38%) Electronics
13 6 (2.38%) Retail
14 4 (1.59%) Advertising
14 4 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 35 (13.89%) Senior
3 29 (11.51%) Analyst
4 23 (9.13%) Lead
5 18 (7.14%) Senior Manager
6 17 (6.75%) Consultant
7 16 (6.35%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (5.16%) Programme Manager
9 12 (4.76%) Accountant
10 10 (3.97%) Finance Manager
10 10 (3.97%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.97%) Systems Accountant
11 9 (3.57%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.17%) PMO Analyst
12 8 (3.17%) PMO Lead
13 7 (2.78%) Business Analyst
13 7 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
13 7 (2.78%) Senior Accountant
13 7 (2.78%) Senior Systems Accountant
13 7 (2.78%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.98%) Middleware
3 4 (1.59%) VML
4 3 (1.19%) Web Services
5 2 (0.79%) HTML
6 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.40%) JSON
6 1 (0.40%) Kafka
6 1 (0.40%) Node.js
6 1 (0.40%) REST
6 1 (0.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.13%) Management Information System
1 23 (9.13%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.16%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.38%) PMI
6 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.19%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.79%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.79%) NHS
8 2 (0.79%) Social Media
8 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.40%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.97%) Windows
2 4 (1.59%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (41.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 73 (28.97%) Agile
3 65 (25.79%) Project Management
4 64 (25.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (17.06%) Business Intelligence
6 43 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (15.87%) Change Management
8 39 (15.48%) Decision-Making
9 37 (14.68%) Project Delivery
10 33 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (12.30%) Budget Management
12 30 (11.90%) Roadmaps
13 29 (11.51%) Process Improvement
13 29 (11.51%) Risk Management
14 25 (9.92%) ERP
14 25 (9.92%) Time Management
15 24 (9.52%) Cost Management
15 24 (9.52%) PRINCE2
16 23 (9.13%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.16%) SQL
2 5 (1.98%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.98%) Python
3 4 (1.59%) Bash
4 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.79%) VBA
5 1 (0.40%) C#
5 1 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.40%) Groovy
5 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (14.68%) Degree
2 30 (11.90%) ACCA
2 30 (11.90%) CIMA
3 27 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.94%) PMP
5 18 (7.14%) PMI Certification
6 16 (6.35%) SC Cleared
7 12 (4.76%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.59%) CISM
8 4 (1.59%) CISSP
9 3 (1.19%) CCAB
9 3 (1.19%) CRISC
10 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.79%) CIPFA
10 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.79%) MAPM
10 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.40%) CFA
11 1 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (16.27%) PMO
2 18 (7.14%) QA
3 12 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.17%) GDPR
6 4 (1.59%) NIST
6 4 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.79%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.40%) P3O
8 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.59%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) logstash
2 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (24.60%) Microsoft
2 43 (17.06%) SAP
3 28 (11.11%) Oracle
4 10 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.97%) Tagetik
5 8 (3.17%) Citrix
5 8 (3.17%) Planview
5 8 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.38%) Cisco
7 5 (1.98%) Adaptive Insights
7 5 (1.98%) Adobe
7 5 (1.98%) Google
8 4 (1.59%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.59%) VMware
9 3 (1.19%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.19%) Workday
10 2 (0.79%) Instagram
11 1 (0.40%) Botify
11 1 (0.40%) Cvent
11 1 (0.40%) OpenAI