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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 398 439
Rank change year-on-year -29 +41 +76
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 152 304 478
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.54% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.60% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 207 331
10th Percentile £413 £350 £350
25th Percentile £459 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +9.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £645 £668 £625
90th Percentile £739 £788 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £456
% change year-on-year +5.00% +9.57% +14.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile - £27.41 -
25th Percentile £14.13 £33.90 £25.50
Median hourly rate £14.50 £43.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.86% +68.27% -24.11%
75th Percentile £16.41 £52.19 £26.50
90th Percentile £16.90 £58.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 £40.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -64.34% +53.85% -37.30%

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 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -3 140 £550 - 374
UK excluding London +2 80 £525 +5.00% 229
London +11 64 £613 +2.08% 162
Work from Home +37 50 £613 +11.36% 143
South East +4 34 £525 +5.00% 62
North of England +25 17 £663 +32.50% 64
Midlands +26 14 £525 -17.65% 29
North West +14 14 £663 +32.50% 41
West Midlands +16 13 £475 -25.49% 15
South West +9 8 £525 +16.67% 31
Scotland +13 5 £438 -13.58% 21
North East +13 2 £738 - 5
Yorkshire +18 1 - - 18
Wales +18 1 - -
East of England -2 1 £575 +6.98% 27
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 14

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 (1.97%) Confluence
2 1 (0.66%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) Cloudability
2 2 (1.32%) ResourceLink
2 2 (1.32%) Shopify
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.66%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.92%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (3.95%) Azure
3 5 (3.29%) AWS
3 5 (3.29%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.29%) SaaS
4 4 (2.63%) IaaS
4 4 (2.63%) PaaS
5 3 (1.97%) OCI
6 2 (1.32%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.66%) GCP
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.26%) Network Security
2 4 (2.63%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) 5G
3 2 (1.32%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (1.32%) Internet
3 2 (1.32%) SAN
3 2 (1.32%) SNA
3 2 (1.32%) Wireless
4 1 (0.66%) 4G
4 1 (0.66%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.61%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.66%) Metadata
3 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.61%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.63%) JIRA
3 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (52.63%) Finance
2 37 (24.34%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.55%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.26%) Marketing
7 7 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.61%) Military
8 6 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.95%) General Ledger
8 6 (3.95%) Local Government
8 6 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.29%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.63%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.63%) Billing
10 4 (2.63%) French Language
11 3 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.97%) Legal
11 3 (1.97%) Retail
12 2 (1.32%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (20.39%) Senior
2 28 (18.42%) Project Manager
3 21 (13.82%) Analyst
4 20 (13.16%) IT Manager
5 15 (9.87%) Consultant
6 14 (9.21%) Senior Manager
7 13 (8.55%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (7.24%) Architect
9 10 (6.58%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (5.92%) Lead
11 8 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (4.61%) Business Manager
12 7 (4.61%) Programme Manager
12 7 (4.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.61%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.61%) Technical Manager
13 6 (3.95%) Product Manager
13 6 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (3.95%) Technical Project Manager
14 5 (3.29%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) VML
2 1 (0.66%) Middleware
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.92%) FMCG
1 9 (5.92%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.97%) Cyberattack
3 3 (1.97%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.66%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.66%) Handset
5 1 (0.66%) IoT
5 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.66%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.66%) Solar Power
5 1 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.66%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.21%) Windows
2 13 (8.55%) Unix
3 7 (4.61%) Linux
4 2 (1.32%) Solaris
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.66%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 38 (25.00%) Project Management
3 35 (23.03%) Agile
4 34 (22.37%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 29 (19.08%) Risk Management
6 26 (17.11%) Budget Management
7 25 (16.45%) Decision-Making
7 25 (16.45%) Project Delivery
8 21 (13.82%) ITIL
8 21 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (13.16%) Roadmaps
10 19 (12.50%) Migration
11 18 (11.84%) ERP
11 18 (11.84%) Waterfall
12 17 (11.18%) Change Management
13 14 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (8.55%) Information Security
14 13 (8.55%) PRINCE2
14 13 (8.55%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.97%) Perl
1 3 (1.97%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.32%) AWK
2 2 (1.32%) Bourne shell
2 2 (1.32%) Java
2 2 (1.32%) Korn
2 2 (1.32%) SQL
3 1 (0.66%) Bash
3 1 (0.66%) Julia
3 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.66%) Python
3 1 (0.66%) X++
Qualifications
1 33 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 24 (15.79%) Degree
4 9 (5.92%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.26%) PMI Certification
5 8 (5.26%) PMP
6 6 (3.95%) ISACA
7 5 (3.29%) ACCA
7 5 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.29%) CIMA
8 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.32%) RHCE
9 2 (1.32%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.66%) APMP
10 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.58%) PMO
2 8 (5.26%) COBIT
2 8 (5.26%) GDPR
2 8 (5.26%) SLA
3 7 (4.61%) NIST
3 7 (4.61%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) vCloud
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.97%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (1.97%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.32%) Ansible
2 2 (1.32%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle ZFS
2 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.32%) yum
3 1 (0.66%) Avamar
3 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.55%) SAP
3 11 (7.24%) Oracle
4 3 (1.97%) Cisco
4 3 (1.97%) EMC
4 3 (1.97%) Remedy
4 3 (1.97%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.97%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe
5 2 (1.32%) Facebook
5 2 (1.32%) IFS
5 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.32%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.32%) Veritas
6 1 (0.66%) Ariba
6 1 (0.66%) Avaya
6 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.66%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.66%) Mitel
6 1 (0.66%) Siemens