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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 319 389
Rank change year-on-year -13 +70 -13
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 317 193 134
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.70% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.77% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 114 82
10th Percentile £339 £218 £366
25th Percentile £469 £314 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £456 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.03% -13.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £647
90th Percentile £775 £771 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £456 £525
% change year-on-year +17.81% -13.10% -4.55%
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 - £68.50 -
UK median hourly rate £71.75 £40.50 £58.38
% change year-on-year +77.16% -30.62% +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 38,841 25,050 28,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.82% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,525
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,450 1,590
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.12
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.87 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.45 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -28 149 £600 +14.29% 199
South East -34 59 £500 +6.38% 95
South West -8 39 £600 +140.00% 22
Midlands -38 28 £575 +28.64% 35
North of England -85 25 £400 +12.68% 54
West Midlands -53 22 £588 +47.80% 17
North West -46 13 £400 +30.72% 29
East of England -21 10 £550 -22.81% 14
Yorkshire -59 9 £425 +19.72% 14
East Midlands -15 6 £537 +1.32% 18
North East - 3 £375 - 12
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 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.52%) Confluence
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 48 (15.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (4.10%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.58%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.95%) Trello
8 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (4.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.84%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.84%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (2.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.26%) Cloudability
5 4 (1.26%) Magento
5 4 (1.26%) SAP GRC
5 4 (1.26%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.95%) CA PPM
6 3 (0.95%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.95%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.63%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.63%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.73%) Azure
2 24 (7.57%) Power Platform
3 15 (4.73%) SaaS
4 14 (4.42%) AWS
4 14 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.84%) OCI
7 8 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.21%) GCP
9 6 (1.89%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.89%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.58%) Google Ads
10 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.26%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (1.26%) PaaS
11 4 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.26%) Tricentis Tosca
12 3 (0.95%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.95%) IaaS
13 2 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
2 1 (0.32%) Intranet
2 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.32%) Modbus
2 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.68%) Power BI
2 12 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.26%) Tableau
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.63%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.32%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.32%) Essbase
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) OLAP
6 1 (0.32%) Power Query
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (4.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.26%) Git
2 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.26%) Subversion
2 4 (1.26%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.32%) Hudson
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 278 (87.70%) Finance
2 119 (37.54%) Social Skills
3 90 (28.39%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.04%) Public Sector
5 30 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (9.15%) Banking
7 28 (8.83%) General Ledger
8 19 (5.99%) Legal
9 14 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.79%) Retail
12 10 (3.15%) Aerospace
12 10 (3.15%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.84%) Local Government
13 9 (2.84%) Marketing
14 8 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.89%) Billing
15 6 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (1.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 49 (15.46%) Project Manager
2 45 (14.20%) Lead
3 32 (10.09%) Senior
4 31 (9.78%) Consultant
5 28 (8.83%) Analyst
6 22 (6.94%) Accountant
7 17 (5.36%) Architect
8 15 (4.73%) Financial Analyst
9 14 (4.42%) Management Accountant
10 13 (4.10%) Developer
11 12 (3.79%) IT Manager
11 12 (3.79%) Senior Manager
12 11 (3.47%) Programme Manager
13 10 (3.15%) Functional Consultant
13 10 (3.15%) Senior Project Manager
14 8 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
14 8 (2.52%) Lead Consultant
15 7 (2.21%) Business Analyst
15 7 (2.21%) Implementation Consultant
15 7 (2.21%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.58%) VML
3 4 (1.26%) Middleware
4 2 (0.63%) .NET
4 2 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.63%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.32%) JWT
5 1 (0.32%) Kafka
5 1 (0.32%) OAuth
5 1 (0.32%) OpenID
5 1 (0.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.36%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.84%) Operational Technology
4 8 (2.52%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.52%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.89%) CMDB
6 6 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.58%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.58%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.95%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.95%) Life Science
9 3 (0.95%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.95%) Windows
2 1 (0.32%) Unix
2 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (52.68%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 126 (39.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 90 (28.39%) Agile
4 87 (27.44%) Decision-Making
5 69 (21.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (20.19%) Project Delivery
7 56 (17.67%) Project Management
8 53 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 51 (16.09%) ERP
10 48 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (15.14%) Roadmaps
11 45 (14.20%) Change Management
12 41 (12.93%) Risk Management
13 39 (12.30%) Analytics
13 39 (12.30%) Financial Modelling
13 39 (12.30%) Planning and Forecasting
14 38 (11.99%) Migration
15 34 (10.73%) PRINCE2
16 33 (10.41%) Budget Management
16 33 (10.41%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.99%) SQL
2 10 (3.15%) Python
3 5 (1.58%) C#
3 5 (1.58%) X++
4 3 (0.95%) Groovy
5 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.63%) Korn
5 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.32%) Bicep
6 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.32%) Java
6 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (16.09%) ACCA
2 50 (15.77%) CIMA
3 47 (14.83%) Security Cleared
4 44 (13.88%) Degree
5 31 (9.78%) PMP
6 24 (7.57%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.68%) PMI Certification
8 11 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (3.47%) CISM
8 11 (3.47%) CISSP
8 11 (3.47%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.95%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.63%) AAT
11 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.63%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.32%) CRISC
12 1 (0.32%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.41%) PMO
2 22 (6.94%) QA
3 17 (5.36%) GDPR
4 13 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 13 (4.10%) IFRS
5 8 (2.52%) GAAP
6 7 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.21%) NIST
7 6 (1.89%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.58%) GRC
9 4 (1.26%) P3O
9 4 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.95%) PSD2
11 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.63%) SLA
12 1 (0.32%) GxP
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.32%) Ansible
2 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.25%) Oracle
3 34 (10.73%) SAP
4 18 (5.68%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.47%) Workday
6 8 (2.52%) Anaplan
6 8 (2.52%) Tagetik
7 5 (1.58%) Hyperion
7 5 (1.58%) Xero
8 4 (1.26%) Adaptive Insights
8 4 (1.26%) Google
9 3 (0.95%) BMC
9 3 (0.95%) Sage
9 3 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.63%) Adobe
10 2 (0.63%) Ariba
10 2 (0.63%) Databricks
10 2 (0.63%) iManage
10 2 (0.63%) Intapp
10 2 (0.63%) Planview