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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 362 382
Rank change year-on-year +39 +20 +21
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 250 124 179
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.47% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 54 124
10th Percentile £288 £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 £639
90th Percentile £746 £684 £718
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £45.65 £30.22 £14.44
25th Percentile £55.25 £40.14 £14.90
Median hourly rate £72.50 £58.38 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% +270.81% -50.09%
75th Percentile £76.88 £61.91 £16.51
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.01 £16.94
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £50.44 £15.74
% change year-on-year +43.74% +220.39% -50.09%

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 28,832 23,662 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.43% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,449 14,467 21,997
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £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 1,786 760 1,829
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.98
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.67% +12.44%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +67 143 £500 -9.09% 67
South East -7 44 £519 +19.94% 81
Midlands -42 24 £592 +39.35% 18
North of England -45 22 £413 -24.31% 31
West Midlands -29 16 £703 +75.63% 9
Yorkshire -40 13 £450 -2.70% 21
East of England -5 9 £438 -45.31% 25
East Midlands -28 9 £475 +8.57% 9
North West -28 7 £550 +0.92% 6
South West -21 6 - - 20
North East - 2 £313 - 5
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 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 63 (25.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (12.40%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (9.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (3.20%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.60%) Trello
7 3 (1.20%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.00%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.60%) Cloudability
3 4 (1.60%) Shopify
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.80%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.40%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.40%) Primavera
6 1 (0.40%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.40%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.40%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.40%) Power Platform
2 25 (10.00%) Azure
3 12 (4.80%) AWS
3 12 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (2.80%) GCP
4 7 (2.80%) SaaS
5 6 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.00%) OpenShift
6 5 (2.00%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.60%) BigCommerce
7 4 (1.60%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.60%) OCI
7 4 (1.60%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.20%) Asana
9 2 (0.80%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.40%) Alation
10 1 (0.40%) Collibra
10 1 (0.40%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.80%) Broadband
1 2 (0.80%) Internet
1 2 (0.80%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.40%) Power BI
2 11 (4.40%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (3.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.20%) Metadata
5 3 (1.20%) Power Query
5 3 (1.20%) Tableau
6 2 (0.80%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.40%) DTS
7 1 (0.40%) Essbase
7 1 (0.40%) Looker
7 1 (0.40%) QlikView
7 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (6.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) LSMW
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.40%) TestDirector
General
1 209 (83.60%) Finance
2 129 (51.60%) Social Skills
3 60 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.20%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (7.20%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (6.40%) Billing
8 15 (6.00%) Telecoms
9 14 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (4.80%) Banking
10 12 (4.80%) Legal
10 12 (4.80%) Marketing
11 11 (4.40%) Manufacturing
12 9 (3.60%) General Ledger
13 7 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (2.40%) Electronics
14 6 (2.40%) Retail
15 4 (1.60%) Local Government
15 4 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 41 (16.40%) Project Manager
2 35 (14.00%) Analyst
3 30 (12.00%) Senior
4 22 (8.80%) Lead
5 19 (7.60%) Consultant
6 15 (6.00%) Programme Manager
7 14 (5.60%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.80%) Senior Project Manager
9 11 (4.40%) Coordinator
10 9 (3.60%) Finance Manager
10 9 (3.60%) PMO Lead
10 9 (3.60%) Technical Manager
11 8 (3.20%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.20%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.20%) PMO Analyst
12 7 (2.80%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.80%) Data Analyst
12 7 (2.80%) PMO Coordinator
12 7 (2.80%) Report Analyst
12 7 (2.80%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.60%) VML
3 3 (1.20%) Middleware
4 2 (0.80%) HTML
4 2 (0.80%) Web Services
5 1 (0.40%) ADO
5 1 (0.40%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.60%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.20%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.80%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.40%) Mainframe
5 6 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.00%) PMI
7 4 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.60%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.20%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.80%) NHS
10 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.40%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.40%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.00%) Windows
2 4 (1.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (36.80%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 73 (29.20%) Agile
3 63 (25.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (24.00%) Project Management
5 51 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (16.80%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (14.40%) Budget Management
7 36 (14.40%) Change Management
7 36 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (14.40%) Decision-Making
8 35 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 34 (13.60%) Project Delivery
10 32 (12.80%) Risk Management
11 30 (12.00%) Cost Management
11 30 (12.00%) Process Improvement
12 23 (9.20%) Business Case
12 23 (9.20%) Roadmaps
13 22 (8.80%) ERP
13 22 (8.80%) Project Governance
14 21 (8.40%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.00%) SQL
2 5 (2.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.60%) Bash
4 3 (1.20%) Python
5 2 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.40%) Groovy
6 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (16.40%) Degree
2 27 (10.80%) ACCA
2 27 (10.80%) CIMA
3 23 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.00%) PMP
5 19 (7.60%) PMI Certification
6 17 (6.80%) SC Cleared
7 14 (5.60%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.40%) CISM
8 6 (2.40%) CISSP
9 4 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.60%) CRISC
9 4 (1.60%) SAP Certification
10 3 (1.20%) CCAB
11 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.80%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.40%) ISACA
12 1 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.40%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.80%) PMO
2 20 (8.00%) QA
3 14 (5.60%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.20%) GDPR
6 6 (2.40%) NIST
7 5 (2.00%) SLA
8 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.80%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.40%) IFRS
10 1 (0.40%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.40%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.40%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) logstash
Vendors
1 66 (26.40%) Microsoft
2 48 (19.20%) SAP
3 24 (9.60%) Oracle
4 10 (4.00%) Tagetik
5 9 (3.60%) Citrix
6 6 (2.40%) Cisco
6 6 (2.40%) Planview
6 6 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.00%) Adaptive Insights
8 4 (1.60%) Adobe
8 4 (1.60%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.60%) VMware
9 3 (1.20%) Google
9 3 (1.20%) Workday
10 2 (0.80%) Instagram
10 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.40%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.40%) Databricks
11 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.40%) Virgin Media