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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 349 382
Rank change year-on-year +19 +33 +27
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 242 131 182
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.56% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 57 121
10th Percentile £304 £357 £400
25th Percentile £400 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £581 £611 £643
90th Percentile £654 £688 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -6.67%
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 £42.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year +88.24% +193.10% -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 29,784 23,344 33,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.41% 89.82% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,034 14,461 22,141
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,874 730 1,983
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.23 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.41 £64.73 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.03 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.28
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.35% -1.12%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +65 141 £500 -9.09% 69
South East -18 42 £513 +18.50% 62
Midlands -51 20 £628 +47.65% 15
North of England -56 19 £475 -12.84% 18
West Midlands -39 14 £630 +57.50% 13
East of England -14 10 £500 -37.50% 12
Yorkshire -58 10 £475 +2.70% 5
South West -22 8 - - 6
East Midlands -25 7 £465 +6.29% 2
North West -32 7 £550 +0.92% 12
North East - 2 £313 - 1
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 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
Applications
1 59 (24.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (7.85%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (3.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.65%) Trello
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.65%) Cloudability
3 4 (1.65%) Shopify
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.41%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.41%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.74%) Azure
2 20 (8.26%) Power Platform
3 13 (5.37%) AWS
4 12 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.72%) GCP
6 7 (2.89%) SaaS
7 6 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.07%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.65%) BigCommerce
9 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.65%) OCI
10 3 (1.24%) Asana
10 3 (1.24%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.83%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.41%) Azure App Service
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.41%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) Broadband
1 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.26%) Power BI
2 14 (5.79%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (3.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.24%) Power Query
4 3 (1.24%) Tableau
5 2 (0.83%) Metadata
6 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.41%) Essbase
6 1 (0.41%) Looker
6 1 (0.41%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.41%) QlikView
6 1 (0.41%) Redis
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 16 (6.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 205 (84.71%) Finance
2 122 (50.41%) Social Skills
3 52 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.22%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.92%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.61%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (6.20%) Billing
7 15 (6.20%) Telecoms
8 13 (5.37%) Marketing
9 11 (4.55%) General Ledger
9 11 (4.55%) Legal
9 11 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.72%) Banking
11 7 (2.89%) Local Government
12 6 (2.48%) Electronics
12 6 (2.48%) Retail
13 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.65%) Advertising
14 4 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (16.94%) Project Manager
2 32 (13.22%) Senior
3 31 (12.81%) Analyst
4 20 (8.26%) Lead
5 17 (7.02%) Consultant
5 17 (7.02%) Senior Manager
6 15 (6.20%) Senior Project Manager
7 14 (5.79%) Programme Manager
8 11 (4.55%) Accountant
9 10 (4.13%) Systems Accountant
10 9 (3.72%) Coordinator
10 9 (3.72%) Finance Manager
11 8 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.31%) PMO Analyst
11 8 (3.31%) PMO Lead
11 8 (3.31%) Technical Manager
12 7 (2.89%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.89%) IT Manager
12 7 (2.89%) PMO Coordinator
13 6 (2.48%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.65%) VML
3 3 (1.24%) Middleware
3 3 (1.24%) Web Services
4 2 (0.83%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.41%) JSON
5 1 (0.41%) Kafka
5 1 (0.41%) Node.js
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.68%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.44%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.13%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.48%) PMI
7 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.24%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.83%) NHS
9 2 (0.83%) Social Media
9 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.41%) CMDB
10 1 (0.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.13%) Windows
2 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (40.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 72 (29.75%) Agile
3 62 (25.62%) Project Management
3 62 (25.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (16.53%) Business Intelligence
6 38 (15.70%) Change Management
6 38 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (15.29%) Decision-Making
8 33 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 32 (13.22%) Budget Management
9 32 (13.22%) Project Delivery
10 31 (12.81%) Process Improvement
11 28 (11.57%) Risk Management
12 25 (10.33%) Time Management
13 24 (9.92%) Cost Management
14 23 (9.50%) Business Case
14 23 (9.50%) Roadmaps
15 22 (9.09%) ERP
15 22 (9.09%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.37%) SQL
2 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.07%) Python
3 4 (1.65%) Bash
4 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.83%) VBA
5 1 (0.41%) C#
5 1 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.41%) Groovy
5 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (15.29%) Degree
2 30 (12.40%) ACCA
2 30 (12.40%) CIMA
3 24 (9.92%) Security Cleared
4 18 (7.44%) PMP
5 17 (7.02%) PMI Certification
6 16 (6.61%) SC Cleared
7 12 (4.96%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.24%) CCAB
8 3 (1.24%) CISM
8 3 (1.24%) CISSP
8 3 (1.24%) CRISC
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.83%) CIPFA
9 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.83%) MAPM
9 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.41%) APMP
10 1 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (16.12%) PMO
2 19 (7.85%) QA
3 12 (4.96%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.31%) GDPR
6 4 (1.65%) NIST
6 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.83%) GRC
8 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.41%) IFRS
8 1 (0.41%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.41%) P3O
8 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.65%) SCCM
2 1 (0.41%) logstash
Vendors
1 63 (26.03%) Microsoft
2 45 (18.60%) SAP
3 25 (10.33%) Oracle
4 10 (4.13%) Tagetik
5 9 (3.72%) Citrix
6 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.48%) Cisco
7 6 (2.48%) Planview
7 6 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.07%) Adaptive Insights
9 4 (1.65%) Adobe
9 4 (1.65%) Google
9 4 (1.65%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.65%) VMware
10 3 (1.24%) Workday
11 2 (0.83%) Instagram
12 1 (0.41%) Cvent
12 1 (0.41%) Databricks
12 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.41%) Virgin Media