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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 359 375
Rank change year-on-year +55 +16 +23
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 242 127 180
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.47% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.53% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 54 128
10th Percentile £275 £354 £400
25th Percentile £363 £425 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £588 £621 £639
90th Percentile £750 £688 £715
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £45.65 £30.22 -
25th Percentile £55.25 £40.14 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £58.38 £17.22
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% +239.00% -45.40%
75th Percentile £76.88 £61.91 -
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.01 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £50.44 £17.22
% change year-on-year +43.74% +192.90% -45.40%

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +64 132 £500 -11.89% 60
South East -8 42 £519 +17.56% 58
North of England -26 29 £355 -30.39% 17
Midlands -30 24 £550 +29.35% 12
Yorkshire -30 20 £355 -23.24% 9
West Midlands -29 14 £788 +96.88% 10
East Midlands -21 11 £490 +15.29% 2
East of England -14 9 £375 -53.13% 13
North West -26 7 £550 +0.92% 7
South West -23 4 - - 12
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 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 68 (28.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (11.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (7.85%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.89%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.65%) Trello
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.07%) Cloudability
2 5 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.65%) Shopify
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
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%) Primavera
6 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.40%) Power Platform
2 24 (9.92%) Azure
3 12 (4.96%) AWS
3 12 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (2.89%) GCP
4 7 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.48%) PowerApps
5 6 (2.48%) SaaS
6 5 (2.07%) OpenShift
6 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.65%) BigCommerce
7 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.65%) OCI
8 3 (1.24%) Asana
8 3 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.83%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.41%) Alation
10 1 (0.41%) Collibra
10 1 (0.41%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.83%) SMS
2 1 (0.41%) Broadband
2 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.40%) Power BI
2 9 (3.72%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (3.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.65%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.24%) Metadata
5 3 (1.24%) Power Query
5 3 (1.24%) Tableau
6 1 (0.41%) DTS
6 1 (0.41%) Essbase
6 1 (0.41%) Looker
6 1 (0.41%) QlikView
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (5.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.41%) TestDirector
General
1 202 (83.47%) Finance
2 124 (51.24%) Social Skills
3 61 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 18 (7.44%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (7.02%) Billing
8 15 (6.20%) Banking
9 14 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.96%) Marketing
10 12 (4.96%) Telecoms
11 11 (4.55%) Legal
11 11 (4.55%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.89%) General Ledger
14 6 (2.48%) Electronics
14 6 (2.48%) Retail
15 4 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.24%) Advertising
16 3 (1.24%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (16.12%) Analyst
2 34 (14.05%) Project Manager
3 26 (10.74%) Senior
4 19 (7.85%) Consultant
4 19 (7.85%) Lead
5 17 (7.02%) Programme Manager
6 11 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 11 (4.55%) Data Analyst
6 11 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 9 (3.72%) Finance Manager
7 9 (3.72%) Report Analyst
8 8 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
8 8 (3.31%) IT Manager
8 8 (3.31%) PMO Analyst
8 8 (3.31%) PMO Lead
8 8 (3.31%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (3.31%) Technical Manager
9 7 (2.89%) PMO Coordinator
9 7 (2.89%) Support Officer
10 6 (2.48%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.65%) VML
3 3 (1.24%) Middleware
4 2 (0.83%) HTML
4 2 (0.83%) Web Services
5 1 (0.41%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.44%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (6.20%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.79%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.13%) Mainframe
6 7 (2.89%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.07%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.65%) PMI
9 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.24%) Smart Meter
10 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.83%) NHS
10 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.41%) CMDB
11 1 (0.41%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.41%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.41%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.13%) Windows
2 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (33.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 64 (26.45%) Agile
3 55 (22.73%) Project Management
4 53 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 48 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (17.36%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (14.88%) Budget Management
8 35 (14.46%) Cost Management
9 33 (13.64%) Change Management
9 33 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 32 (13.22%) Risk Management
10 32 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (11.98%) Project Delivery
13 28 (11.57%) Process Improvement
14 24 (9.92%) Roadmaps
15 23 (9.50%) ITIL
16 22 (9.09%) Business Case
17 21 (8.68%) Portfolio Management
17 21 (8.68%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.44%) SQL
2 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.65%) Bash
4 3 (1.24%) Python
5 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.41%) Groovy
6 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (16.53%) Degree
2 24 (9.92%) ACCA
3 23 (9.50%) CIMA
4 21 (8.68%) Security Cleared
5 17 (7.02%) PMI Certification
5 17 (7.02%) PMP
6 16 (6.61%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.37%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.48%) CISM
8 6 (2.48%) CISSP
9 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.65%) CRISC
10 4 (1.65%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.83%) CCAB
11 2 (0.83%) CIPFA
12 1 (0.41%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.41%) CISA
12 1 (0.41%) GIAC
12 1 (0.41%) MBA
12 1 (0.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.88%) PMO
2 18 (7.44%) QA
3 16 (6.61%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.31%) GDPR
6 7 (2.89%) NIST
7 5 (2.07%) SLA
8 3 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.83%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.41%) P3O
10 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.65%) SCCM
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 68 (28.10%) Microsoft
2 47 (19.42%) SAP
3 19 (7.85%) Oracle
4 9 (3.72%) Citrix
4 9 (3.72%) Tagetik
5 6 (2.48%) Cisco
5 6 (2.48%) Planview
6 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.65%) Adaptive Insights
7 4 (1.65%) Adobe
7 4 (1.65%) Sitecore
7 4 (1.65%) VMware
8 3 (1.24%) Google
8 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.83%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) Instagram
9 2 (0.83%) Workday
10 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.41%) Databricks
10 1 (0.41%) Virgin Media