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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 409 450
Rank change year-on-year -43 +41 +60
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 150 298 477
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 88 207 334
10th Percentile £397 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £639 £675 £625
90th Percentile £739 £788 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 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 9 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 -4 139 £550 - 331
UK excluding London 0 81 £525 +5.00% 216
London -7 62 £600 - 127
Work from Home +41 49 £600 +9.09% 147
South East +10 34 £525 +5.00% 60
North of England +23 19 £650 +30.00% 54
North West +13 16 £650 +30.00% 32
Midlands +23 15 £425 -46.88% 30
West Midlands +12 12 £475 -40.63% 14
South West +10 7 £513 +13.89% 28
Scotland +16 5 £438 -13.58% 18
East Midlands - 3 £392 - 16
North East +14 2 £738 - 2
Wales +19 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +9 1 - - 20
East of England -9 1 £575 +4.55% 33

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 6 (4.00%) Confluence
2 1 (0.67%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.33%) Cloudability
2 2 (1.33%) ResourceLink
2 2 (1.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.33%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.00%) Azure
3 5 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.67%) AWS
4 4 (2.67%) OCI
4 4 (2.67%) SaaS
5 3 (2.00%) IaaS
5 3 (2.00%) PaaS
6 2 (1.33%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.67%) GCP
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.33%) Network Security
2 4 (2.67%) Firewall
3 2 (1.33%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (1.33%) SAN
3 2 (1.33%) SNA
4 1 (0.67%) 4G
4 1 (0.67%) 5G
4 1 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.67%) ISDN
4 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.67%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.67%) Metadata
3 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.67%) JIRA
1 7 (4.67%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.33%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 78 (52.00%) Finance
2 35 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 21 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.67%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.33%) Marketing
7 7 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.67%) Military
8 6 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.00%) Local Government
8 6 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.33%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.67%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.67%) Billing
10 4 (2.67%) French Language
10 4 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.00%) Legal
11 3 (2.00%) Retail
12 2 (1.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 31 (20.67%) Senior
2 29 (19.33%) Project Manager
3 21 (14.00%) Analyst
4 20 (13.33%) IT Manager
5 14 (9.33%) Consultant
5 14 (9.33%) Senior Manager
6 13 (8.67%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (8.00%) Architect
8 10 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (5.33%) Lead
9 8 (5.33%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (4.67%) Business Manager
10 7 (4.67%) Programme Manager
10 7 (4.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.67%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) Technical Manager
11 6 (4.00%) Product Manager
11 6 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
12 5 (3.33%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.33%) VML
2 1 (0.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.00%) FMCG
1 9 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.00%) Cyberattack
3 3 (2.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.33%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.67%) CMDB
5 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.67%) Handset
5 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.67%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.67%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.67%) Solar Power
5 1 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.67%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.33%) Windows
2 13 (8.67%) Unix
3 7 (4.67%) Linux
4 2 (1.33%) Solaris
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.33%) Project Management
2 37 (24.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (23.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 33 (22.00%) Agile
5 28 (18.67%) Risk Management
6 27 (18.00%) Project Delivery
7 24 (16.00%) Budget Management
8 23 (15.33%) Decision-Making
9 21 (14.00%) ITIL
10 19 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (12.67%) ERP
10 19 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (12.67%) Roadmaps
10 19 (12.67%) Waterfall
11 17 (11.33%) Migration
12 15 (10.00%) Change Management
13 14 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (8.67%) Information Security
14 13 (8.67%) Process Improvement
14 13 (8.67%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.00%) Perl
1 3 (2.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.33%) AWK
2 2 (1.33%) Bourne shell
2 2 (1.33%) Java
2 2 (1.33%) Korn
2 2 (1.33%) SQL
3 1 (0.67%) Bash
3 1 (0.67%) Julia
3 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.67%) Python
3 1 (0.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (22.67%) Security Cleared
2 29 (19.33%) SC Cleared
3 23 (15.33%) Degree
4 9 (6.00%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (5.33%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.33%) PMI Certification
5 8 (5.33%) PMP
6 7 (4.67%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (4.00%) ISACA
8 5 (3.33%) ACCA
8 5 (3.33%) CIMA
9 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.33%) RHCE
10 2 (1.33%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.00%) PMO
2 8 (5.33%) COBIT
2 8 (5.33%) GDPR
2 8 (5.33%) SLA
3 7 (4.67%) NIST
3 7 (4.67%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.67%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) vCloud
2 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.00%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (2.00%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.33%) Ansible
2 2 (1.33%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle ZFS
2 2 (1.33%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.33%) yum
3 1 (0.67%) Avamar
3 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.67%) SAP
3 12 (8.00%) Oracle
4 3 (2.00%) EMC
4 3 (2.00%) Remedy
4 3 (2.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.33%) Adobe
5 2 (1.33%) Cisco
5 2 (1.33%) Facebook
5 2 (1.33%) IFS
5 2 (1.33%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.33%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.33%) Veritas
6 1 (0.67%) Avaya
6 1 (0.67%) Citrix
6 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.67%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.67%) Mitel
6 1 (0.67%) VMware