Budgeting Contracts

Budgeting
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Budgeting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Budgeting over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 404 452
Rank change year-on-year -17 +48 +12
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 162 297 453
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.52% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.58% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 206 309
10th Percentile £413 £363 £330
25th Percentile £457 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +5.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £638
90th Percentile £738 £788 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £479
% change year-on-year +5.00% +4.44% +19.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £27.41 £27.12
25th Percentile £14.13 £33.90 £29.54
Median hourly rate £14.50 £43.75 £35.22
Median % change year-on-year -66.86% +24.21% -2.38%
75th Percentile £16.41 £52.19 £42.04
90th Percentile £16.90 £58.38 £45.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 £40.00 £35.22
% change year-on-year -64.34% +13.56% -15.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Budgeting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Budgeting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Budgeting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Budgeting.

Daily rate trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Budgeting.

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting in the UK

Budgeting
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
England +33 155 £550 -4.35% 297
UK excluding London +18 81 £525 +5.00% 189
London +25 74 £613 - 110
Work from Home +44 55 £600 +6.19% 110
South East +2 33 £525 -5.83% 53
Midlands +36 18 £525 +110.00% 31
West Midlands +34 17 £525 +110.00% 18
North of England +25 17 £650 +30.00% 52
North West +18 13 £663 +32.50% 29
South West +12 9 £519 -6.53% 20
Yorkshire +14 3 £500 -4.76% 16
Scotland +5 2 £475 -5.00% 11
North East +11 1 £900 - 8
East of England +2 1 £575 +21.05% 25
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 13
Wales - 1 - - 2

Budgeting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.62%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.62%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.70%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.23%) ResourceLink
3 2 (1.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.62%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (3.09%) Azure
2 5 (3.09%) SaaS
3 4 (2.47%) AWS
3 4 (2.47%) IaaS
3 4 (2.47%) PaaS
3 4 (2.47%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.23%) BigCommerce
4 2 (1.23%) OCI
5 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) Network Security
2 4 (2.47%) Firewall
3 3 (1.85%) 5G
3 3 (1.85%) Internet
3 3 (1.85%) Wireless
4 2 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (1.23%) SAN
4 2 (1.23%) SNA
5 1 (0.62%) 4G
5 1 (0.62%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.85%) Power BI
3 1 (0.62%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.62%) Metadata
3 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.94%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (4.32%) JIRA
3 2 (1.23%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 90 (55.56%) Finance
2 45 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (5.56%) Marketing
7 8 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.32%) General Ledger
8 7 (4.32%) Military
9 6 (3.70%) Banking
9 6 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.70%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.70%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.47%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.47%) Billing
10 4 (2.47%) French Language
10 4 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (21.60%) Project Manager
2 32 (19.75%) Senior
3 19 (11.73%) Analyst
3 19 (11.73%) IT Manager
4 14 (8.64%) Consultant
4 14 (8.64%) Senior Manager
5 11 (6.79%) Architect
5 11 (6.79%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (6.17%) Financial Analyst
6 10 (6.17%) Lead
7 8 (4.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (4.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Business Manager
8 7 (4.32%) Programme Manager
8 7 (4.32%) Technical Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Product Manager
9 6 (3.70%) Software Integration Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) VML
2 1 (0.62%) Middleware
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 9 (5.56%) FMCG
2 8 (4.94%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.70%) Derivative
4 6 (3.70%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.85%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.23%) IoT
6 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.62%) CMDB
7 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.62%) Handset
7 1 (0.62%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.62%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.62%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.26%) Windows
2 14 (8.64%) Unix
3 7 (4.32%) Linux
4 2 (1.23%) Solaris
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.62%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.63%) Agile
2 46 (28.40%) Project Management
3 41 (25.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (21.60%) Risk Management
5 34 (20.99%) Decision-Making
6 30 (18.52%) Project Delivery
7 29 (17.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 28 (17.28%) Budget Management
9 27 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (16.05%) Waterfall
11 24 (14.81%) Migration
12 23 (14.20%) Change Management
13 22 (13.58%) ITIL
14 20 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (12.35%) Roadmaps
15 18 (11.11%) ERP
15 18 (11.11%) PRINCE2
16 15 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
17 14 (8.64%) Process Improvement
17 14 (8.64%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.85%) Perl
1 3 (1.85%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.23%) AWK
2 2 (1.23%) Bourne shell
2 2 (1.23%) Java
2 2 (1.23%) Korn
2 2 (1.23%) SQL
3 1 (0.62%) Bash
3 1 (0.62%) Julia
3 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.62%) Python
3 1 (0.62%) X++
Qualifications
1 33 (20.37%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.28%) Degree
3 26 (16.05%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.17%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 8 (4.94%) PMI Certification
6 8 (4.94%) PMP
7 6 (3.70%) ACCA
7 6 (3.70%) CIMA
7 6 (3.70%) ISACA
8 4 (2.47%) APMP
8 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.47%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.23%) RHCE
10 2 (1.23%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.11%) PMO
2 8 (4.94%) COBIT
2 8 (4.94%) GDPR
2 8 (4.94%) PCI DSS
2 8 (4.94%) SLA
3 7 (4.32%) NIST
4 5 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.47%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) vCloud
2 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.85%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (1.85%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.23%) Ansible
2 2 (1.23%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.23%) Oracle ZFS
2 2 (1.23%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.23%) yum
3 1 (0.62%) Avamar
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.41%) Oracle
2 12 (7.41%) SAP
3 3 (1.85%) Cisco
3 3 (1.85%) EMC
3 3 (1.85%) Remedy
3 3 (1.85%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.23%) Adobe
4 2 (1.23%) Facebook
4 2 (1.23%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.23%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.23%) Veritas
5 1 (0.62%) Ariba
5 1 (0.62%) Aruba
5 1 (0.62%) Avaya
5 1 (0.62%) Citrix
5 1 (0.62%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.62%) Sage
5 1 (0.62%) Siemens