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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 331 384
Rank change year-on-year -23 +53 -11
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 316 196 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.70% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.77% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 119 69
10th Percentile £405 £227 £354
25th Percentile £474 £343 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -6.67% -4.11%
75th Percentile £675 £607 £625
90th Percentile £775 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -6.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £19.69 £45.38 £30.22
25th Percentile £22.10 £49.69 £40.14
Median hourly rate £25.00 £58.75 £58.38
Median % change year-on-year -57.45% +0.64% -34.73%
75th Percentile £57.88 £67.19 £61.91
90th Percentile £70.55 £71.13 £63.01
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £58.75 £58.38
% change year-on-year -36.17% +0.64% -34.73%

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 39,775 25,570 27,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.94% 90.90% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,015 16,235 16,841
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,044 1,594 1,106
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.41 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.80 £66.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 14 October 2026.

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -26 184 £600 +14.29% 172
South East -46 45 £500 - 48
North of England -77 23 £460 +36.60% 26
South West -14 22 £600 +7.05% 10
Midlands -55 18 £537 +15.48% 11
North West -41 13 £554 +95.93% 12
East of England -22 11 £420 -30.00% 19
West Midlands -48 11 £600 +47.24% 9
Yorkshire -50 8 £425 +20.82% 4
East Midlands -19 7 £537 +9.59% 2
North East - 2 £375 - 10
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 11 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.53%) Confluence
3 3 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 57 (18.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.95%) Trello
5 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 25 (7.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.53%) NetSuite
2 8 (2.53%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.53%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (2.22%) SAP CO
3 7 (2.22%) SAP FI
3 7 (2.22%) SAP GRC
4 5 (1.58%) Cloudability
4 5 (1.58%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.58%) SAP MM
4 5 (1.58%) SAP PM
4 5 (1.58%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.58%) SAP SD
4 5 (1.58%) Workday HCM
5 4 (1.27%) Magento
5 4 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.63%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.63%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.03%) Azure
2 33 (10.44%) Power Platform
3 20 (6.33%) AWS
4 17 (5.38%) SaaS
5 13 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.80%) OCI
7 8 (2.53%) GCP
8 7 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.22%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.90%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.90%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (1.27%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.95%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.63%) Intacct
12 2 (0.63%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.32%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) Network Security
2 2 (0.63%) Firewall
3 1 (0.32%) Intranet
3 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.32%) LAN
3 1 (0.32%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (0.32%) Modbus
3 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.32%) VSAN
3 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.54%) Power BI
2 12 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.58%) Tableau
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.27%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.63%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.32%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.32%) Essbase
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) Power Query
6 1 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (4.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.27%) Git
2 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.27%) Subversion
2 4 (1.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 264 (83.54%) Finance
2 137 (43.35%) Social Skills
3 96 (30.38%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.86%) General Ledger
6 27 (8.54%) Banking
6 27 (8.54%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (8.23%) Public Sector
8 19 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (4.75%) Legal
10 13 (4.11%) Retail
11 12 (3.80%) Manufacturing
12 10 (3.16%) Marketing
13 8 (2.53%) Billing
13 8 (2.53%) Investment Banking
14 7 (2.22%) Aerospace
14 7 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (18.67%) Project Manager
2 38 (12.03%) Lead
3 34 (10.76%) Consultant
4 28 (8.86%) Analyst
5 22 (6.96%) Senior
6 20 (6.33%) Architect
7 15 (4.75%) Financial Analyst
8 13 (4.11%) Developer
9 11 (3.48%) Programme Manager
9 11 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.16%) Functional Consultant
10 10 (3.16%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.16%) Senior Manager
11 9 (2.85%) Business Analyst
11 9 (2.85%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
13 7 (2.22%) IT Director
13 7 (2.22%) PMO Manager
13 7 (2.22%) Senior Project Manager
13 7 (2.22%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.90%) Middleware
3 4 (1.27%) VML
4 3 (0.95%) Terraform
4 3 (0.95%) Web Services
5 2 (0.63%) .NET
5 2 (0.63%) REST
5 2 (0.63%) RESTful
6 1 (0.32%) JWT
6 1 (0.32%) OAuth
6 1 (0.32%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.11%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.48%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (3.48%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.48%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.85%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.53%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.22%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.90%) CMDB
6 6 (1.90%) Life Science
7 5 (1.58%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.27%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.95%) Windows
2 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (50.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 159 (50.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 98 (31.01%) Agile
4 82 (25.95%) Decision-Making
5 72 (22.78%) Project Delivery
6 70 (22.15%) Project Management
7 62 (19.62%) Roadmaps
8 61 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (18.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 57 (18.04%) Risk Management
11 52 (16.46%) Migration
12 49 (15.51%) Change Management
12 49 (15.51%) ERP
13 45 (14.24%) Analytics
13 45 (14.24%) Planning and Forecasting
14 44 (13.92%) Business Case
14 44 (13.92%) PRINCE2
15 42 (13.29%) Budget Management
16 41 (12.97%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.96%) SQL
2 10 (3.16%) Python
3 5 (1.58%) C#
4 4 (1.27%) X++
5 2 (0.63%) Groovy
5 2 (0.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.32%) Bicep
6 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.32%) Java
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.32%) Korn
6 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (17.41%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.82%) Degree
3 42 (13.29%) ACCA
3 42 (13.29%) CIMA
4 38 (12.03%) PMP
5 34 (10.76%) SC Cleared
6 26 (8.23%) PMI Certification
7 14 (4.43%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.27%) CISM
8 4 (1.27%) CISSP
9 3 (0.95%) CIPFA
9 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.95%) PgMP
10 2 (0.63%) AAT
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.63%) MBA
10 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.71%) PMO
2 27 (8.54%) QA
3 15 (4.75%) IFRS
4 12 (3.80%) GDPR
5 11 (3.48%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.53%) GAAP
6 8 (2.53%) GRC
7 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.27%) P3O
7 4 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.95%) NIST
8 3 (0.95%) PSD2
9 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) GxP
10 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Ansible
1 2 (0.63%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.32%) Grafana
2 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.61%) SAP
3 39 (12.34%) Oracle
4 15 (4.75%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.85%) Tagetik
5 9 (2.85%) Workday
6 5 (1.58%) Adaptive Insights
6 5 (1.58%) Google
6 5 (1.58%) Hyperion
7 4 (1.27%) Adobe
7 4 (1.27%) Anaplan
8 3 (0.95%) Databricks
8 3 (0.95%) Xero
9 2 (0.63%) Ariba
9 2 (0.63%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.63%) BMC
9 2 (0.63%) Sage
9 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.32%) SGI
10 1 (0.32%) VMware