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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 393 351
Rank change year-on-year +61 -42 +61
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 229 125 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.49% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 56 150
10th Percentile £263 £331 £400
25th Percentile £362 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £535 £539
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% -0.70% +2.62%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £721 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - -
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 £89.44
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% -34.73% +183.58%
75th Percentile £76.88 £61.91 -
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.01 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £50.44 £89.44
% change year-on-year +43.74% -43.61% +183.58%

All Process and 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 28,041 25,399 32,549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.71% 88.67% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,829 15,672 22,137
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,820 835 1,372
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%
75th Percentile £55.21 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025. 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 +67 125 £500 -9.09% 106
South East -8 38 £525 +21.39% 126
North of England -27 30 £355 -25.26% 70
Yorkshire -23 24 £355 -43.76% 32
Midlands -31 20 £505 +18.82% 72
East of England -13 11 £438 -45.31% 52
West Midlands -22 11 £418 -38.15% 35
East Midlands -12 10 £505 -12.17% 34
North West -28 5 £275 -42.11% 37
South West -9 1 - - 34
North East - 1 £375 - 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 14 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 70 (30.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (13.97%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (12.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (6.99%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (3.06%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (1.31%) Trello
7 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.62%) SAP PS
3 5 (2.18%) Cloudability
3 5 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.31%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.87%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.87%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.44%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.44%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.44%) Primavera
6 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.44%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.66%) Power Platform
2 24 (10.48%) Azure
3 13 (5.68%) AWS
4 12 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.06%) GCP
5 7 (3.06%) SaaS
6 6 (2.62%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.62%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.18%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.75%) OCI
8 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.31%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.87%) Asana
11 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.44%) CloudBees
11 1 (0.44%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.44%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.87%) SMS
2 1 (0.44%) Broadband
2 1 (0.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.66%) Power BI
2 9 (3.93%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (3.06%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 7 (3.06%) Tableau
4 6 (2.62%) Power Query
5 4 (1.75%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.44%) DTS
7 1 (0.44%) Essbase
7 1 (0.44%) Looker
7 1 (0.44%) QlikView
7 1 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (3.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.44%) LSMW
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.44%) TestDirector
General
1 185 (80.79%) Finance
2 121 (52.84%) Social Skills
3 63 (27.51%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.30%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (6.99%) Banking
5 16 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.68%) Billing
6 13 (5.68%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.80%) Legal
9 9 (3.93%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.49%) Marketing
11 5 (2.18%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.75%) Electronics
12 4 (1.75%) Law
12 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (19.65%) Analyst
2 27 (11.79%) Project Manager
3 22 (9.61%) Consultant
4 19 (8.30%) Senior
5 18 (7.86%) Programme Manager
6 17 (7.42%) Lead
7 14 (6.11%) Data Analyst
8 10 (4.37%) Coordinator
9 9 (3.93%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (3.93%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.49%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.49%) Finance Manager
10 8 (3.49%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.06%) Report Analyst
12 6 (2.62%) Architect
12 6 (2.62%) PMO Analyst
12 6 (2.62%) PMO Lead
12 6 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (2.62%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.31%) Middleware
3 2 (0.87%) HTML
3 2 (0.87%) Web Services
4 1 (0.44%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.42%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.37%) Mainframe
5 7 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.06%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.62%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.75%) PMI
7 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.31%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.31%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.87%) NHS
10 1 (0.44%) CCTV
10 1 (0.44%) CMDB
10 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.44%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.37%) Windows
2 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (32.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 52 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 51 (22.27%) Project Management
4 48 (20.96%) Agile
5 47 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (16.59%) Change Management
7 36 (15.72%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (15.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 34 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (14.85%) Decision-Making
9 33 (14.41%) Budget Management
9 33 (14.41%) Risk Management
10 30 (13.10%) Project Delivery
11 29 (12.66%) Business Case
12 26 (11.35%) Cost Management
13 23 (10.04%) ITIL
13 23 (10.04%) Migration
13 23 (10.04%) Process Improvement
14 21 (9.17%) ERP
14 21 (9.17%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.86%) SQL
2 5 (2.18%) Bash
2 5 (2.18%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.75%) Python
4 1 (0.44%) Go
4 1 (0.44%) Groovy
4 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (15.28%) Degree
2 18 (7.86%) ACCA
2 18 (7.86%) PMI Certification
2 18 (7.86%) PMP
2 18 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.42%) CIMA
4 13 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.37%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.62%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.75%) CISM
8 4 (1.75%) CISSP
9 2 (0.87%) CCAB
9 2 (0.87%) CIPFA
9 2 (0.87%) CRISC
9 2 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.44%) APMP
10 1 (0.44%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) CBAP
10 1 (0.44%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (13.10%) PMO
2 21 (9.17%) QA
3 15 (6.55%) Data Quality
4 10 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.93%) NIST
6 6 (2.62%) GDPR
6 6 (2.62%) SLA
7 4 (1.75%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.87%) GRC
10 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.44%) IFRS
10 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.44%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.18%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.75%) SCCM
2 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
3 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 44 (19.21%) SAP
3 19 (8.30%) Oracle
4 10 (4.37%) Tagetik
5 9 (3.93%) Citrix
6 5 (2.18%) Adaptive Insights
7 4 (1.75%) Cisco
7 4 (1.75%) Planview
7 4 (1.75%) VMware
7 4 (1.75%) Workday
8 3 (1.31%) Google
8 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.87%) Concur
9 2 (0.87%) IBM
10 1 (0.44%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.44%) Informatica
10 1 (0.44%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.44%) Progress
10 1 (0.44%) Sage
10 1 (0.44%) Siemens