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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 326 388
Rank change year-on-year -7 +62 -11
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 322 196 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.71% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.78% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 118 80
10th Percentile £342 £206 £374
25th Percentile £469 £314 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -15.91% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +18.92% -15.91% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile £19.69 £33.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £36.88 £56.69
Median hourly rate £59.50 £45.00 £58.38
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% -22.91% +16.75%
75th Percentile £84.00 £60.63 £60.06
90th Percentile £84.25 £68.50 -
UK median hourly rate £71.50 £45.00 £58.38
% change year-on-year +58.89% -22.91% +16.75%

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 38,747 25,016 28,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.80% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,944 15,923 18,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,477 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £69.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%

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 August 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 26 August 2026.

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 August 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 -24 154 £600 +14.29% 93
South East -38 57 £500 - 31
South West -12 36 £600 +140.00% 17
Midlands -51 27 £575 +28.64% 17
North of England -77 26 £425 +19.72% 24
West Midlands -57 21 £575 +44.65% 8
North West -42 14 £500 +63.40% 14
East of England -18 11 £550 -22.81% 13
Yorkshire -53 9 £425 +19.72% 9
East Midlands -15 6 £537 +1.32% 8
North East - 3 £375 - 4
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 15 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.80%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (15.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (4.04%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.93%) Trello
8 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.80%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (2.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.86%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.86%) SAP GRC
5 5 (1.55%) Cloudability
6 4 (1.24%) Magento
6 4 (1.24%) SAP CO
6 4 (1.24%) SAP FI
6 4 (1.24%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.93%) CA PPM
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.93%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.62%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.62%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.62%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.49%) Azure
2 27 (8.39%) Power Platform
3 16 (4.97%) SaaS
4 15 (4.66%) AWS
5 14 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.11%) OCI
8 9 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.48%) GCP
10 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.86%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.86%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.86%) Tricentis Tosca
11 5 (1.55%) Google Ads
12 4 (1.24%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (1.24%) PaaS
12 4 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.93%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.93%) IaaS
14 2 (0.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.93%) Network Security
2 2 (0.62%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) Intranet
3 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.31%) Modbus
3 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.52%) Power BI
2 12 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.24%) Tableau
5 3 (0.93%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.62%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) Ataccama
7 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.31%) Essbase
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.31%) OLAP
7 1 (0.31%) Power Query
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (4.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.24%) Git
2 4 (1.24%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.24%) Subversion
2 4 (1.24%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.31%) Hudson
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 279 (86.65%) Finance
2 126 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 96 (29.81%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 30 (9.32%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (9.01%) Banking
7 28 (8.70%) General Ledger
8 19 (5.90%) Legal
9 16 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (3.73%) Retail
12 10 (3.11%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.80%) Aerospace
13 9 (2.80%) Local Government
13 9 (2.80%) Marketing
14 8 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (2.17%) Billing
15 7 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (1.24%) Games
Job Titles
1 51 (15.84%) Project Manager
2 44 (13.66%) Lead
3 33 (10.25%) Consultant
4 32 (9.94%) Senior
5 28 (8.70%) Analyst
6 19 (5.90%) Accountant
7 18 (5.59%) Architect
8 15 (4.66%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (4.04%) Developer
10 12 (3.73%) Management Accountant
10 12 (3.73%) Programme Manager
10 12 (3.73%) Senior Manager
11 11 (3.42%) Functional Consultant
11 11 (3.42%) IT Manager
12 10 (3.11%) Senior Project Manager
13 8 (2.48%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (2.48%) Lead Consultant
14 7 (2.17%) Implementation Consultant
14 7 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.86%) Middleware
3 5 (1.55%) VML
4 3 (0.93%) Terraform
5 2 (0.62%) .NET
5 2 (0.62%) REST
5 2 (0.62%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.31%) JWT
6 1 (0.31%) Kafka
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth
6 1 (0.31%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.28%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.42%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.11%) Operational Technology
4 8 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.17%) CMDB
5 7 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.86%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.55%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.24%) Life Science
9 3 (0.93%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.93%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.62%) Windows
2 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (52.48%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 136 (42.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 91 (28.26%) Agile
5 68 (21.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 63 (19.57%) Project Delivery
7 58 (18.01%) Project Management
8 54 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (16.46%) ERP
10 52 (16.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 50 (15.53%) Roadmaps
12 47 (14.60%) Change Management
13 44 (13.66%) Risk Management
14 43 (13.35%) Analytics
15 42 (13.04%) Planning and Forecasting
16 41 (12.73%) Migration
17 39 (12.11%) Financial Modelling
18 37 (11.49%) Budget Management
19 34 (10.56%) PRINCE2
20 33 (10.25%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.21%) SQL
2 11 (3.42%) Python
3 5 (1.55%) C#
3 5 (1.55%) X++
4 3 (0.93%) Groovy
5 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.62%) Korn
5 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.31%) Bicep
6 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.31%) Java
6 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (16.15%) ACCA
2 51 (15.84%) CIMA
2 51 (15.84%) Security Cleared
3 46 (14.29%) Degree
4 31 (9.63%) PMP
5 28 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 19 (5.90%) PMI Certification
7 12 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (3.11%) CISM
9 10 (3.11%) CISSP
10 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.93%) CIPFA
12 2 (0.62%) AAT
12 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.62%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.31%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.87%) PMO
2 25 (7.76%) QA
3 17 (5.28%) GDPR
4 14 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.35%) IFRS
5 8 (2.48%) GAAP
6 7 (2.17%) GRC
6 7 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.17%) NIST
7 6 (1.86%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.24%) P3O
8 4 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.93%) PSD2
10 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.62%) SLA
11 1 (0.31%) GxP
11 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) Ansible
1 2 (0.62%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.31%) Grafana
2 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (17.08%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.04%) Oracle
3 39 (12.11%) SAP
4 17 (5.28%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.42%) Workday
6 8 (2.48%) Anaplan
6 8 (2.48%) Tagetik
7 5 (1.55%) Google
7 5 (1.55%) Hyperion
7 5 (1.55%) Xero
8 4 (1.24%) Adaptive Insights
9 3 (0.93%) BMC
9 3 (0.93%) Databricks
9 3 (0.93%) Sage
9 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.62%) Adobe
10 2 (0.62%) Ariba
10 2 (0.62%) iManage
10 2 (0.62%) Intapp
10 2 (0.62%) Litera