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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 358 375
Rank change year-on-year +46 +17 +23
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 247 127 180
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.48% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.53% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 57 126
10th Percentile £288 £358 £400
25th Percentile £374 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £642
90th Percentile £748 £680 £716
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £45.65 £30.22 £14.44
25th Percentile £55.25 £40.14 £14.90
Median hourly rate £72.50 £58.38 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% +270.81% -50.09%
75th Percentile £76.88 £61.91 £16.51
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.01 £16.94
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £50.44 £15.74
% change year-on-year +43.74% +220.39% -50.09%

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 28,450 23,808 32,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.12% 89.33% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,222 14,593 21,730
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £409 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,765 770 1,701
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.01 £63.29
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +61 135 £500 -11.89% 67
South East -14 42 £519 +17.56% 56
North of England -32 29 £375 -31.19% 23
Midlands -38 26 £550 +29.35% 10
Yorkshire -35 20 £365 -21.08% 14
West Midlands -31 16 £703 +75.63% 8
East Midlands -24 11 £490 +12.00% 2
East of England -14 8 £375 -53.13% 15
North West -33 7 £550 +0.92% 8
South West -16 5 - - 14
North East - 2 £313 - 2
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 (6.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.21%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 67 (27.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (12.55%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.83%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.62%) Trello
7 3 (1.21%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.43%) SAP PS
3 5 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.62%) Cloudability
4 4 (1.62%) Shopify
5 3 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (1.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.81%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.40%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.40%) Primavera
7 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.40%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.40%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.15%) Power Platform
2 23 (9.31%) Azure
3 12 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (4.45%) AWS
5 7 (2.83%) GCP
5 7 (2.83%) SaaS
6 6 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.43%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.02%) OpenShift
7 5 (2.02%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.62%) BigCommerce
8 4 (1.62%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.62%) OCI
9 3 (1.21%) Asana
9 3 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.81%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.40%) Alation
11 1 (0.40%) Collibra
11 1 (0.40%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) SMS
2 1 (0.40%) Broadband
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.15%) Power BI
2 10 (4.05%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (3.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.62%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.21%) Metadata
5 3 (1.21%) Power Query
5 3 (1.21%) Tableau
6 1 (0.40%) DTS
6 1 (0.40%) Essbase
6 1 (0.40%) Looker
6 1 (0.40%) QlikView
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) LSMW
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.40%) TestDirector
General
1 207 (83.81%) Finance
2 125 (50.61%) Social Skills
3 61 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.31%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.91%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (7.29%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.88%) Billing
8 15 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (5.67%) Banking
10 13 (5.26%) Telecoms
11 12 (4.86%) Marketing
12 11 (4.45%) Legal
12 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
13 8 (3.24%) General Ledger
13 8 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (2.43%) Electronics
14 6 (2.43%) Retail
15 4 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.21%) Advertising
16 3 (1.21%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (15.79%) Analyst
2 37 (14.98%) Project Manager
3 30 (12.15%) Senior
4 19 (7.69%) Consultant
4 19 (7.69%) Lead
5 17 (6.88%) Programme Manager
6 14 (5.67%) Senior Manager
7 11 (4.45%) Coordinator
7 11 (4.45%) Data Analyst
7 11 (4.45%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.64%) Finance Manager
8 9 (3.64%) Report Analyst
9 8 (3.24%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (3.24%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.24%) PMO Analyst
9 8 (3.24%) PMO Lead
9 8 (3.24%) Technical Manager
10 7 (2.83%) PMO Coordinator
11 6 (2.43%) PMO Officer
11 6 (2.43%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.62%) VML
3 3 (1.21%) Middleware
4 2 (0.81%) HTML
4 2 (0.81%) Web Services
5 1 (0.40%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (6.48%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.05%) Mainframe
5 6 (2.43%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.43%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.62%) PMI
8 3 (1.21%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.21%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.81%) NHS
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.40%) CCTV
10 1 (0.40%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.40%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.40%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.05%) Windows
2 4 (1.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (34.41%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 66 (26.72%) Agile
3 57 (23.08%) Project Management
3 57 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (17.41%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (14.57%) Change Management
6 36 (14.57%) Cost Management
7 35 (14.17%) Budget Management
7 35 (14.17%) Decision-Making
8 33 (13.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (12.55%) Risk Management
10 30 (12.15%) Project Delivery
11 29 (11.74%) Process Improvement
12 24 (9.72%) Roadmaps
13 22 (8.91%) Business Case
13 22 (8.91%) ITIL
14 21 (8.50%) Portfolio Management
14 21 (8.50%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.29%) SQL
2 5 (2.02%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.62%) Bash
4 3 (1.21%) Python
5 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.40%) Groovy
6 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (15.79%) Degree
2 25 (10.12%) ACCA
3 24 (9.72%) CIMA
4 21 (8.50%) Security Cleared
5 19 (7.69%) PMP
6 17 (6.88%) PMI Certification
7 16 (6.48%) SC Cleared
8 13 (5.26%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.43%) CISM
9 6 (2.43%) CISSP
10 4 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.62%) CRISC
10 4 (1.62%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CCAB
11 2 (0.81%) CIPFA
12 1 (0.40%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.40%) CISA
12 1 (0.40%) GIAC
12 1 (0.40%) MBA
12 1 (0.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.17%) PMO
2 18 (7.29%) QA
3 16 (6.48%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.24%) GDPR
6 6 (2.43%) NIST
7 5 (2.02%) SLA
8 3 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.81%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.40%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.02%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (27.13%) Microsoft
2 48 (19.43%) SAP
3 20 (8.10%) Oracle
4 9 (3.64%) Citrix
4 9 (3.64%) Tagetik
5 6 (2.43%) Cisco
5 6 (2.43%) Planview
6 5 (2.02%) Adaptive Insights
6 5 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.62%) Adobe
7 4 (1.62%) Sitecore
7 4 (1.62%) VMware
8 3 (1.21%) Google
9 2 (0.81%) Instagram
9 2 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.81%) Workday
10 1 (0.40%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.40%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.40%) Databricks
10 1 (0.40%) Virgin Media