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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 320 411
Rank change year-on-year +9 +91 -17
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 313 159 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 0.66% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.72% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 86 84
10th Percentile £319 £231 £413
25th Percentile £469 £377 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £650 £597 £646
90th Percentile £763 £719 £742
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +7.53% -11.23% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 5
10th Percentile £33.85 £32.38 -
25th Percentile £46.44 £34.06 £14.13
Median hourly rate £84.00 £38.75 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.77% +167.24% -66.86%
75th Percentile - £44.06 £16.41
90th Percentile £98.55 £46.13 £16.90
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £36.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +133.33% +148.28% -66.86%

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 35,421 21,987 31,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.31% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,454 14,284 20,634
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,213 963 2,325
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.84% -23.32% +0.29%

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 June 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 2 June 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 June 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 -4 148 £550 +4.76% 134
South East -24 55 £500 +23.19% 63
South West +6 38 £600 +140.00% 9
Midlands -45 36 £630 +57.50% 18
West Midlands -47 32 £630 +101.28% 13
North of England -73 22 £495 +18.21% 34
East of England -26 12 £568 -25.57% 17
North West -35 12 £525 -3.67% 13
Yorkshire -65 7 £495 +33.78% 15
East Midlands -28 5 £519 +17.18% 5
North East - 3 £313 - 6
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 18 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.51%) Confluence
3 3 (0.96%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.64%) CMS
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 37 (11.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (5.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.64%) Trello
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.56%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.24%) NetSuite
3 7 (2.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.60%) Shopify
5 2 (0.64%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.64%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.32%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.32%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (7.35%) Azure
2 13 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (4.15%) SaaS
3 12 (3.83%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.56%) AWS
6 6 (1.92%) GCP
6 6 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.92%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.60%) BigCommerce
8 4 (1.28%) OCI
8 4 (1.28%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.28%) PaaS
8 4 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.96%) IaaS
10 2 (0.64%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.64%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.64%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) Broadband
1 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.43%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (3.19%) Power BI
3 4 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.32%) Ataccama
4 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.32%) Essbase
4 1 (0.32%) Metadata
4 1 (0.32%) OLAP
4 1 (0.32%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.32%) Redis
4 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (6.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Git
2 1 (0.32%) Hudson
2 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 270 (86.26%) Finance
2 117 (37.38%) Social Skills
3 69 (22.04%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.50%) Public Sector
5 32 (10.22%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (7.99%) Legal
7 22 (7.03%) Banking
7 22 (7.03%) General Ledger
8 15 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.47%) Local Government
10 12 (3.83%) Marketing
11 11 (3.51%) Aerospace
11 11 (3.51%) Billing
11 11 (3.51%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.24%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.92%) Retail
15 4 (1.28%) Advertising
15 4 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (16.61%) Project Manager
2 47 (15.02%) Senior
3 39 (12.46%) Lead
4 31 (9.90%) Analyst
5 26 (8.31%) Accountant
6 22 (7.03%) Senior Manager
7 21 (6.71%) Senior Project Manager
8 20 (6.39%) Consultant
9 14 (4.47%) Management Accountant
10 13 (4.15%) Architect
10 13 (4.15%) Financial Analyst
10 13 (4.15%) IT Manager
11 11 (3.51%) Senior Accountant
11 11 (3.51%) Senior Systems Accountant
11 11 (3.51%) Systems Accountant
12 10 (3.19%) PMO Analyst
13 9 (2.88%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.56%) Functional Consultant
14 8 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (2.24%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.24%) Middleware
3 5 (1.60%) VML
4 3 (0.96%) Web Services
5 2 (0.64%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.64%) HTML
5 2 (0.64%) Kafka
6 1 (0.32%) .NET
6 1 (0.32%) JSON
6 1 (0.32%) JWT
6 1 (0.32%) Node.js
6 1 (0.32%) OAuth
6 1 (0.32%) OpenID
6 1 (0.32%) REST
6 1 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.58%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.35%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.83%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.60%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (0.96%) CMDB
8 3 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.64%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.64%) NHS
9 2 (0.64%) PMI
9 2 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (45.37%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 96 (30.67%) Agile
2 96 (30.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 75 (23.96%) Decision-Making
4 67 (21.41%) Project Management
5 65 (20.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (18.53%) Project Delivery
7 50 (15.97%) Change Management
8 46 (14.70%) Roadmaps
9 42 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (13.42%) Process Improvement
10 37 (11.82%) Financial Modelling
11 34 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (10.86%) ERP
11 34 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 33 (10.54%) Risk Management
13 29 (9.27%) Business Case
14 28 (8.95%) Budget Management
14 28 (8.95%) PRINCE2
14 28 (8.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.15%) SQL
2 7 (2.24%) Python
3 3 (0.96%) C#
3 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.64%) Google Apps Script
4 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.64%) VBA
4 2 (0.64%) X++
5 1 (0.32%) Bicep
5 1 (0.32%) Groovy
5 1 (0.32%) Korn
Qualifications
1 55 (17.57%) ACCA
1 55 (17.57%) CIMA
2 39 (12.46%) Degree
3 33 (10.54%) Security Cleared
4 27 (8.63%) PMP
5 17 (5.43%) PMI Certification
6 13 (4.15%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.19%) CISM
7 10 (3.19%) CISSP
8 9 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.96%) CCAB
11 3 (0.96%) CRISC
12 2 (0.64%) CIPFA
12 2 (0.64%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.32%) CFA
13 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.14%) PMO
2 24 (7.67%) QA
3 16 (5.11%) GDPR
4 12 (3.83%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.56%) NIST
6 6 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.60%) IFRS
8 4 (1.28%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.96%) GAAP
9 3 (0.96%) PSD2
10 2 (0.64%) SLA
11 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.32%) GxP
11 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.32%) NCSC
11 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) logstash
1 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.46%) Oracle
3 30 (9.58%) SAP
4 13 (4.15%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.19%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.56%) Planview
7 7 (2.24%) Adobe
7 7 (2.24%) Workday
8 5 (1.60%) Anaplan
8 5 (1.60%) Google
8 5 (1.60%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.60%) Tagetik
9 3 (0.96%) Ariba
9 3 (0.96%) Databricks
9 3 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.96%) Xero
10 2 (0.64%) Cisco
10 2 (0.64%) Instagram
10 2 (0.64%) Intapp
10 2 (0.64%) Sage