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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 369 372
Rank change year-on-year +50 +3 +34
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 241 124 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.47% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 54 125
10th Percentile £307 £366 £400
25th Percentile £400 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £643
90th Percentile £688 £684 £720
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £43.33 £30.22 -
25th Percentile £49.44 £40.14 £14.13
Median hourly rate £60.25 £58.38 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% +309.22% -54.77%
75th Percentile £70.44 £61.91 £15.81
90th Percentile £76.18 £63.01 £16.66
UK median hourly rate £60.25 £50.44 £14.27
% change year-on-year +19.45% +253.58% -54.77%

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 29,029 23,736 33,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.78% 89.47% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,558 14,524 22,275
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £643 £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 1,797 756 1,886
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +12.38%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +57 139 £500 -9.09% 68
South East -15 42 £513 +18.50% 70
Midlands -37 24 £592 +39.35% 9
North of England -45 19 £450 -17.43% 24
West Midlands -35 16 £703 +75.63% 5
Yorkshire -40 11 £475 +2.70% 16
East of England -8 9 £438 -45.31% 13
East Midlands -19 9 £475 +8.57% 4
South West -20 6 - - 13
North West -30 6 £425 -22.02% 6
North East - 2 £313 - 3
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 16 (6.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.49%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 62 (25.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (13.28%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (9.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (8.30%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (3.32%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.66%) Trello
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.66%) Cloudability
3 4 (1.66%) 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 25 (10.37%) Azure
2 24 (9.96%) Power Platform
3 12 (4.98%) AWS
3 12 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (2.90%) GCP
4 7 (2.90%) SaaS
5 6 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.07%) OpenShift
6 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.66%) BigCommerce
7 4 (1.66%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.66%) OCI
7 4 (1.66%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.24%) Asana
9 2 (0.83%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.41%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.41%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.83%) Broadband
1 2 (0.83%) Internet
1 2 (0.83%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.96%) Power BI
2 11 (4.56%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (3.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.24%) Metadata
5 3 (1.24%) Power Query
5 3 (1.24%) Tableau
6 2 (0.83%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.41%) DTS
7 1 (0.41%) Essbase
7 1 (0.41%) Looker
7 1 (0.41%) QlikView
7 1 (0.41%) Redis
7 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.41%) TestDirector
General
1 205 (85.06%) Finance
2 127 (52.70%) Social Skills
3 59 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (12.03%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.96%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.64%) Billing
6 16 (6.64%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (6.22%) Telecoms
8 13 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.98%) Banking
9 12 (4.98%) Legal
9 12 (4.98%) Marketing
10 11 (4.56%) Manufacturing
11 9 (3.73%) General Ledger
12 7 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.49%) Electronics
13 6 (2.49%) Retail
14 4 (1.66%) Local Government
14 4 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.24%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 42 (17.43%) Project Manager
2 33 (13.69%) Analyst
3 29 (12.03%) Senior
4 22 (9.13%) Lead
5 16 (6.64%) Consultant
6 15 (6.22%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.39%) Programme Manager
7 13 (5.39%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.73%) Coordinator
8 9 (3.73%) Finance Manager
8 9 (3.73%) PMO Lead
8 9 (3.73%) Technical Manager
9 8 (3.32%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (3.32%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.32%) PMO Analyst
10 7 (2.90%) Accountant
10 7 (2.90%) Business Analyst
10 7 (2.90%) PMO Coordinator
10 7 (2.90%) Systems Accountant
11 6 (2.49%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.66%) VML
3 3 (1.24%) Middleware
3 3 (1.24%) Web Services
4 2 (0.83%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) ADO
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 20 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.07%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.07%) PMI
5 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.66%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.66%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.24%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.83%) NHS
8 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.41%) CCTV
9 1 (0.41%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.41%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.56%) Windows
2 4 (1.66%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (38.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 72 (29.88%) Agile
3 62 (25.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (24.48%) Project Management
5 52 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (16.60%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (15.35%) Budget Management
8 36 (14.94%) Change Management
9 35 (14.52%) Decision-Making
10 34 (14.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (12.45%) Process Improvement
12 30 (12.45%) Project Delivery
12 30 (12.45%) Risk Management
13 27 (11.20%) Cost Management
14 23 (9.54%) Roadmaps
14 23 (9.54%) Time Management
15 22 (9.13%) Business Case
15 22 (9.13%) Project Governance
16 20 (8.30%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.81%) SQL
2 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.66%) Bash
3 4 (1.66%) Python
4 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.83%) VBA
5 1 (0.41%) C#
5 1 (0.41%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 39 (16.18%) Degree
2 27 (11.20%) ACCA
2 27 (11.20%) CIMA
3 21 (8.71%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.30%) PMP
5 19 (7.88%) PMI Certification
6 14 (5.81%) SC Cleared
7 12 (4.98%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.49%) CISM
8 6 (2.49%) CISSP
9 4 (1.66%) CRISC
10 3 (1.24%) CCAB
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.83%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.41%) CBAP
12 1 (0.41%) ISACA
12 1 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.77%) PMO
2 20 (8.30%) QA
3 14 (5.81%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.32%) GDPR
6 6 (2.49%) 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%) IFRS
10 1 (0.41%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.41%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.66%) SCCM
2 1 (0.41%) logstash
Vendors
1 67 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 44 (18.26%) SAP
3 22 (9.13%) Oracle
4 10 (4.15%) Tagetik
5 9 (3.73%) Citrix
6 6 (2.49%) Cisco
6 6 (2.49%) Planview
6 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.07%) Adaptive Insights
8 4 (1.66%) Adobe
8 4 (1.66%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.66%) VMware
9 3 (1.24%) Google
9 3 (1.24%) Workday
10 2 (0.83%) Instagram
10 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.41%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.41%) Databricks
11 1 (0.41%) OpenAI