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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 321 396
Rank change year-on-year -8 +75 -24
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 326 199 132
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.73% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.80% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 118 80
10th Percentile £339 £206 £375
25th Percentile £469 £314 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -15.91% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +16.22% -15.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £19.69 £33.50 -
25th Percentile £20.86 £36.88 £56.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £58.38
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -22.91% +16.75%
75th Percentile £84.00 £60.63 £60.06
90th Percentile £84.38 £68.50 -
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £45.00 £58.38
% change year-on-year +32.22% -22.91% +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 38,700 24,856 28,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,864 15,818 18,112
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,605 1,463 1,438
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in England

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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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -16 163 £600 +14.29% 331
South East -39 55 £500 - 87
South West -11 34 £600 +140.00% 35
North of England -82 26 £425 +19.72% 81
Midlands -55 24 £537 +20.13% 39
West Midlands -47 18 £550 +38.36% 26
North West -42 14 £500 +63.40% 47
East of England -17 11 £550 -22.81% 26
Yorkshire -54 9 £425 +19.72% 20
East Midlands -15 6 £537 +1.32% 12
North East - 3 £375 - 16
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 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.76%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 54 (16.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.92%) Trello
6 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (6.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.76%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.76%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (2.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (2.15%) SAP GRC
5 6 (1.84%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (1.84%) SAP CO
5 6 (1.84%) SAP FI
6 5 (1.53%) Cloudability
6 5 (1.53%) SAP SD
7 4 (1.23%) Magento
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (1.23%) SAP MM
7 4 (1.23%) SAP PM
7 4 (1.23%) SAP PS
7 4 (1.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.92%) CA PPM
9 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.74%) Azure
2 29 (8.90%) Power Platform
3 16 (4.91%) SaaS
4 15 (4.60%) AWS
5 14 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.37%) OCI
8 9 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.45%) GCP
10 7 (2.15%) Tricentis Tosca
11 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.84%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.53%) Google Ads
13 4 (1.23%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (1.23%) PaaS
13 4 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.92%) Entra ID
14 3 (0.92%) IaaS
15 2 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.92%) Network Security
2 2 (0.61%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) Intranet
3 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.31%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (0.31%) Modbus
3 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.06%) Power BI
2 12 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.15%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.53%) Tableau
5 3 (0.92%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.61%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) Ataccama
7 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.31%) Essbase
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.31%) OLAP
7 1 (0.31%) Power Query
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (4.91%) JIRA
2 4 (1.23%) Git
2 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.23%) Subversion
2 4 (1.23%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.31%) Hudson
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 281 (86.20%) Finance
2 129 (39.57%) Social Skills
3 96 (29.45%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.12%) Organisational Skills
4 33 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.59%) Banking
5 28 (8.59%) General Ledger
6 20 (6.13%) Legal
7 17 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.99%) Retail
10 10 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.07%) Marketing
11 8 (2.45%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.45%) Local Government
12 7 (2.15%) Billing
12 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.84%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (15.34%) Project Manager
2 45 (13.80%) Lead
3 37 (11.35%) Consultant
4 31 (9.51%) Senior
5 30 (9.20%) Analyst
6 17 (5.21%) Accountant
6 17 (5.21%) Architect
7 15 (4.60%) Financial Analyst
8 14 (4.29%) Functional Consultant
9 13 (3.99%) Developer
9 13 (3.99%) Programme Manager
9 13 (3.99%) Senior Manager
10 11 (3.37%) Management Accountant
10 11 (3.37%) Senior Project Manager
11 10 (3.07%) IT Manager
12 9 (2.76%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.45%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (2.45%) Lead Consultant
13 8 (2.45%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.15%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.84%) Middleware
3 5 (1.53%) VML
4 3 (0.92%) Terraform
5 2 (0.61%) .NET
5 2 (0.61%) REST
5 2 (0.61%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.31%) JWT
6 1 (0.31%) Kafka
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth
6 1 (0.31%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.21%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.07%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.07%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.76%) Operational Technology
4 8 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.15%) CMDB
5 7 (2.15%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.84%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.84%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.53%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.23%) Life Science
9 3 (0.92%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.92%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.92%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (51.84%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 138 (42.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 93 (28.53%) Agile
4 92 (28.22%) Decision-Making
5 68 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (19.94%) Project Delivery
7 63 (19.33%) Project Management
8 56 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (16.26%) ERP
9 53 (16.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (15.64%) Roadmaps
11 47 (14.42%) Risk Management
12 46 (14.11%) Change Management
13 45 (13.80%) Analytics
14 43 (13.19%) Migration
15 42 (12.88%) Planning and Forecasting
16 39 (11.96%) Budget Management
17 37 (11.35%) Financial Modelling
18 33 (10.12%) PRINCE2
18 33 (10.12%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.06%) SQL
2 12 (3.68%) Python
3 5 (1.53%) C#
4 4 (1.23%) X++
5 3 (0.92%) Groovy
6 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.61%) Korn
6 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.31%) Bicep
7 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.31%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (16.26%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.64%) ACCA
3 50 (15.34%) CIMA
4 47 (14.42%) Degree
5 31 (9.51%) PMP
5 31 (9.51%) SC Cleared
6 19 (5.83%) PMI Certification
7 12 (3.68%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.76%) CISM
9 9 (2.76%) CISSP
10 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.92%) CIPFA
12 2 (0.61%) AAT
12 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.31%) CRISC
13 1 (0.31%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.74%) PMO
2 26 (7.98%) QA
3 17 (5.21%) GDPR
4 15 (4.60%) IFRS
5 13 (3.99%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.45%) GAAP
6 8 (2.45%) GRC
7 6 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.84%) NIST
8 5 (1.53%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.23%) P3O
9 4 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.92%) PSD2
11 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.61%) SLA
12 1 (0.31%) GxP
12 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.61%) Ansible
1 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.31%) Grafana
2 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (17.79%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.58%) Oracle
3 40 (12.27%) SAP
4 17 (5.21%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.07%) Workday
6 8 (2.45%) Anaplan
7 7 (2.15%) Tagetik
8 5 (1.53%) Google
8 5 (1.53%) Hyperion
8 5 (1.53%) Xero
9 4 (1.23%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.92%) BMC
10 3 (0.92%) Databricks
10 3 (0.92%) Sage
10 3 (0.92%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.61%) Adobe
11 2 (0.61%) Ariba
11 2 (0.61%) iManage
11 2 (0.61%) Intapp
11 2 (0.61%) Litera