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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 384 360
Rank change year-on-year +51 -24 +28
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 219 127 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.44% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.49% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 55 149
10th Percentile £251 £328 £400
25th Percentile £348 £416 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% +1.38% +3.33%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £638
90th Percentile £714 £738 £712
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -
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% -
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% -

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 27,657 25,687 33,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.93% 88.34% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,611 15,867 22,695
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,806 869 1,403
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.94 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting in England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

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 15 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 15 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 +45 119 £498 -9.55% 86
South East -6 36 £535 +23.70% 118
North of England -24 30 £355 -24.27% 70
Yorkshire -24 23 £365 -42.18% 28
Midlands -32 18 £530 +24.71% 76
East of England -12 10 £500 -37.50% 44
East Midlands -11 9 £520 -28.28% 34
West Midlands -26 9 £575 -14.81% 40
North West -22 7 £275 -40.54% 35
South West -15 1 - - 29
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 7 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) CMS
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 70 (31.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (13.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (7.31%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.37%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (1.37%) Trello
6 2 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.74%) SAP PS
3 5 (2.28%) Cloudability
3 5 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.91%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.91%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.46%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.46%) Primavera
6 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.46%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (13.24%) Power Platform
2 22 (10.05%) Azure
3 12 (5.48%) AWS
4 9 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.20%) GCP
5 7 (3.20%) SaaS
6 6 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.83%) OCI
9 3 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.37%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.91%) Asana
11 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.46%) CloudBees
11 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.46%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.46%) PaaS
11 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.46%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) SMS
2 1 (0.46%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.24%) Power BI
2 9 (4.11%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (3.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 7 (3.20%) Tableau
4 6 (2.74%) Power Query
5 4 (1.83%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.37%) Metadata
7 1 (0.46%) DTS
7 1 (0.46%) Essbase
7 1 (0.46%) Looker
7 1 (0.46%) QlikView
7 1 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (3.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.46%) LSMW
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.46%) TestDirector
General
1 176 (80.37%) Finance
2 111 (50.68%) Social Skills
3 60 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.68%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (7.76%) Banking
6 16 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.94%) Billing
7 13 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.94%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.57%) Legal
9 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.65%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.65%) Marketing
10 5 (2.28%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.28%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Electronics
11 4 (1.83%) Law
11 4 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (17.81%) Analyst
2 26 (11.87%) Project Manager
3 22 (10.05%) Consultant
4 18 (8.22%) Senior
5 16 (7.31%) Programme Manager
6 15 (6.85%) Lead
7 14 (6.39%) Data Analyst
8 10 (4.57%) Coordinator
9 9 (4.11%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (3.65%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.20%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.20%) Finance Manager
11 7 (3.20%) Report Analyst
12 6 (2.74%) PMO Lead
12 6 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (2.28%) Accountant
13 5 (2.28%) Project Coordinator
13 5 (2.28%) Senior Manager
13 5 (2.28%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.91%) HTML
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.76%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (6.39%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.57%) Mainframe
5 7 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.20%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.74%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.83%) PMI
8 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.37%) Smart Meter
10 2 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.91%) NHS
11 1 (0.46%) CMDB
11 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.46%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.46%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.85%) Windows
2 4 (1.83%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (31.05%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 51 (23.29%) Project Management
3 49 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (20.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (20.09%) Agile
6 36 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (15.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 34 (15.53%) Change Management
9 31 (14.16%) Business Case
9 31 (14.16%) Decision-Making
10 29 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (12.79%) Budget Management
11 28 (12.79%) Project Delivery
11 28 (12.79%) Risk Management
12 25 (11.42%) Cost Management
13 23 (10.50%) ITIL
14 21 (9.59%) Migration
15 20 (9.13%) Data Analysis
15 20 (9.13%) Financial Modelling
16 18 (8.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.22%) SQL
2 5 (2.28%) Bash
2 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.83%) Python
4 1 (0.46%) Go
4 1 (0.46%) Groovy
4 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (15.07%) Degree
2 17 (7.76%) ACCA
2 17 (7.76%) PMI Certification
2 17 (7.76%) PMP
3 16 (7.31%) CIMA
4 15 (6.85%) Security Cleared
5 12 (5.48%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.11%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.74%) SAP Certification
9 3 (1.37%) CISM
9 3 (1.37%) CISSP
10 2 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.46%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.46%) CCAB
11 1 (0.46%) CIPFA
11 1 (0.46%) CISA
11 1 (0.46%) GIAC
11 1 (0.46%) MBA
11 1 (0.46%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.16%) PMO
2 12 (5.48%) QA
3 11 (5.02%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.20%) NIST
6 6 (2.74%) SLA
7 5 (2.28%) GDPR
8 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.91%) GRC
11 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.46%) IFRS
11 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.46%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (2.28%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.83%) SCCM
2 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 44 (20.09%) SAP
3 19 (8.68%) Oracle
4 10 (4.57%) Tagetik
5 9 (4.11%) Citrix
6 5 (2.28%) Adaptive Insights
7 4 (1.83%) Cisco
7 4 (1.83%) VMware
7 4 (1.83%) Workday
8 3 (1.37%) Google
8 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.91%) Concur
9 2 (0.91%) IBM
10 1 (0.46%) Aderant
10 1 (0.46%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.46%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.46%) Informatica
10 1 (0.46%) Progress
10 1 (0.46%) Sage
10 1 (0.46%) Siemens