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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 363 373
Rank change year-on-year +36 +10 +31
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 220 142 211
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.46% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.53% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 69 152
10th Percentile £256 £360 £391
25th Percentile £350 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.68% +5.29%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £643
90th Percentile £720 £738 £721
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.54% +1.90%
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% -
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% -

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 27,877 26,975 33,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.88% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,778 16,586 23,069
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 956 1,438
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £14.72
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.23 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.04 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in England

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budgeting in England over the 6 months to 5 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 5 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 +68 120 £495 -10.00% 73
South East -16 38 £524 +4.75% 90
North of England -26 30 £355 -21.11% 50
Yorkshire -11 23 £365 -42.18% 27
Midlands -27 18 £520 +30.00% 44
East Midlands -12 10 £505 +18.82% 20
East of England -8 9 £425 - 20
West Midlands -23 8 £575 -14.81% 21
North West -23 7 £275 -34.52% 21
South West -16 1 - - 14
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 7 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.45%) CMS
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 68 (30.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.36%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.91%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (6.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.73%) SAP PS
3 5 (2.27%) Cloudability
3 5 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.91%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.91%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.45%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.45%) Primavera
6 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.45%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.73%) Power Platform
2 22 (10.00%) Azure
3 12 (5.45%) AWS
4 9 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.18%) GCP
5 7 (3.18%) SaaS
6 6 (2.73%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.82%) OCI
8 4 (1.82%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.36%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.45%) Alation
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.45%) CloudBees
10 1 (0.45%) Collibra
10 1 (0.45%) IaaS
10 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.45%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) SMS
2 1 (0.45%) Broadband
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.73%) Power BI
2 8 (3.64%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (3.64%) Tableau
3 7 (3.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 6 (2.73%) Power Query
5 4 (1.82%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.82%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.36%) Metadata
7 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.45%) DTS
8 1 (0.45%) Essbase
8 1 (0.45%) Looker
8 1 (0.45%) QlikView
8 1 (0.45%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.45%) LSMW
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.45%) TestDirector
General
1 176 (80.00%) Finance
2 111 (50.45%) Social Skills
3 62 (28.18%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.09%) Banking
4 20 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.91%) Billing
6 13 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.55%) Legal
7 10 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.09%) Marketing
9 8 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.64%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.27%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.82%) Electronics
11 4 (1.82%) Law
11 4 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (18.64%) Analyst
2 26 (11.82%) Project Manager
3 22 (10.00%) Consultant
4 18 (8.18%) Senior
5 17 (7.73%) Programme Manager
6 14 (6.36%) Data Analyst
7 11 (5.00%) Lead
8 10 (4.55%) Coordinator
8 10 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.09%) Business Analyst
9 9 (4.09%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.64%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.18%) Report Analyst
12 6 (2.73%) Finance Manager
12 6 (2.73%) PMO Lead
12 6 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (2.27%) PMO Coordinator
13 5 (2.27%) Project Coordinator
13 5 (2.27%) Senior Manager
13 5 (2.27%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.45%) ADO
2 1 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.18%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.55%) Mainframe
4 7 (3.18%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.18%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.73%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.82%) PMI
6 4 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.82%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.36%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.45%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.82%) Windows
2 4 (1.82%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (31.36%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 51 (23.18%) Project Management
3 49 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (20.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 43 (19.55%) Agile
6 37 (16.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 35 (15.91%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (15.91%) Change Management
8 31 (14.09%) Decision-Making
8 31 (14.09%) Risk Management
9 29 (13.18%) Business Case
9 29 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (13.18%) Project Delivery
10 28 (12.73%) Budget Management
11 25 (11.36%) Cost Management
12 22 (10.00%) ITIL
12 22 (10.00%) Migration
13 20 (9.09%) Financial Modelling
14 19 (8.64%) Data Analysis
14 19 (8.64%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.27%) SQL
2 5 (2.27%) Bash
2 5 (2.27%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.82%) Python
4 1 (0.45%) Go
4 1 (0.45%) Groovy
4 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (15.91%) Degree
2 20 (9.09%) ACCA
3 19 (8.64%) CIMA
4 17 (7.73%) PMI Certification
4 17 (7.73%) PMP
5 14 (6.36%) Security Cleared
6 11 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.09%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.73%) SAP Certification
9 5 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.36%) CISM
10 3 (1.36%) CISSP
11 2 (0.91%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.45%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.45%) MAPM
12 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.55%) PMO
2 12 (5.45%) QA
3 10 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.64%) NIST
5 7 (3.18%) SLA
6 5 (2.27%) GDPR
6 5 (2.27%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.36%) IFRS
8 2 (0.91%) GRC
8 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.45%) GAAP
9 1 (0.45%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.45%) MiFID
9 1 (0.45%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.27%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.82%) SCCM
2 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 44 (20.00%) SAP
3 17 (7.73%) Oracle
4 10 (4.55%) Tagetik
5 9 (4.09%) Citrix
6 5 (2.27%) Adaptive Insights
6 5 (2.27%) Workday
7 4 (1.82%) Cisco
7 4 (1.82%) VMware
8 3 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.91%) Concur
9 2 (0.91%) Google
9 2 (0.91%) IBM
10 1 (0.45%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.45%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.45%) Informatica
10 1 (0.45%) Progress
10 1 (0.45%) Sage
10 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.45%) Siemens