Budget Management Contracts

Budget Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Budget Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Budget Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 244 252
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 +80
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 353 608 992
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.08% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.21% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 447 715
10th Percentile £355 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £657 £622
90th Percentile £775 £760 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 10
10th Percentile £18.35 £20.49 £11.98
25th Percentile £22.16 £22.19 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +11.19% -1.89%
75th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £39.52
90th Percentile £75.50 £64.00 £82.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £27.13 £20.24
% change year-on-year -0.48% +34.04% -26.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Budget Management 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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
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% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
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% -4.76%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budget Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budget Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
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 Budget Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 -34 317 £525 -7.33% 425
UK excluding London -50 164 £500 -3.85% 276
London +16 161 £550 -8.33% 157
Work from Home +13 131 £525 -4.55% 129
South East +9 63 £475 -2.56% 67
North of England -11 33 £519 -5.64% 86
Midlands -21 25 £525 -4.55% 54
North West +11 24 £519 +3.80% 52
South West +5 21 £525 +10.53% 27
West Midlands -18 16 £538 +13.16% 32
Scotland +11 9 £450 -6.98% 17
East Midlands -2 9 £525 -10.64% 22
East of England -14 9 £300 -48.28% 31
Yorkshire -2 8 £475 -17.39% 26
Wales +18 5 £1,000 +145.40% 4
North East +8 1 £575 -23.33% 11

Budget Management
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 23 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.42%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.28%) Drupal
4 1 (0.28%) Kentico
Applications
1 43 (12.18%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (5.67%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.70%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.85%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.85%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.57%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.57%) Workfront
4 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.28%) Primavera
4 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.22%) Azure
2 11 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (2.55%) SaaS
4 7 (1.98%) AWS
4 7 (1.98%) Smartsheet
5 6 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.42%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.13%) Asana
7 4 (1.13%) IaaS
7 4 (1.13%) PaaS
8 3 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.85%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.57%) GCP
9 2 (0.57%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.57%) Google Sheets
9 2 (0.57%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.57%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.57%) Slack
10 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.27%) Network Security
2 6 (1.70%) Intranet
3 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.13%) Extranet
4 4 (1.13%) Firewall
5 3 (0.85%) VPN
6 2 (0.57%) 5G
6 2 (0.57%) Internet
6 2 (0.57%) ISDN
6 2 (0.57%) PSTN
6 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) 4G
7 1 (0.28%) Broadband
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.55%) GIS
2 4 (1.13%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.13%) Power BI
3 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.28%) Big Data
4 1 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.40%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 168 (47.59%) Finance
2 136 (38.53%) Social Skills
3 47 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.92%) Telecoms
5 32 (9.07%) Public Sector
6 31 (8.78%) Marketing
7 30 (8.50%) Local Government
8 29 (8.22%) Legal
9 25 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (3.40%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.83%) Retail
14 6 (1.70%) Advertising
14 6 (1.70%) Banking
15 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.13%) Law
16 3 (0.85%) Automotive
16 3 (0.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 159 (45.04%) Project Manager
2 34 (9.63%) Senior
3 27 (7.65%) IT Manager
3 27 (7.65%) Lead
4 22 (6.23%) IT Project Manager
5 21 (5.95%) Programme Manager
6 19 (5.38%) Senior Manager
7 17 (4.82%) Analyst
8 15 (4.25%) Senior Project Manager
9 11 (3.12%) Consultant
10 10 (2.83%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (2.83%) Technical Manager
11 9 (2.55%) Communications Manager
11 9 (2.55%) Head of IT
11 9 (2.55%) Infrastructure Manager
11 9 (2.55%) Technical Project Manager
11 9 (2.55%) Telecoms Manager
12 8 (2.27%) Internal Communications Manager
13 7 (1.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 7 (1.98%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.85%) .NET
2 2 (0.57%) ADO
2 2 (0.57%) Flash
2 2 (0.57%) HTML
3 1 (0.28%) ATL
3 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.53%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.97%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.98%) Photography
5 5 (1.42%) Life Science
5 5 (1.42%) NHS
5 5 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.42%) Social Media
6 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.57%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.57%) IVR
8 2 (0.57%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.57%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.57%) PMI
8 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.57%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.28%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.28%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.85%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) AIX
2 1 (0.28%) Android
2 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (46.18%) Project Management
2 105 (29.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 85 (24.08%) Project Delivery
4 79 (22.38%) Agile
5 66 (18.70%) PRINCE2
6 54 (15.30%) Risk Management
7 53 (15.01%) Change Management
8 52 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (9.92%) Business Case
11 32 (9.07%) Decision-Making
11 32 (9.07%) Project Planning
12 30 (8.50%) Resource Management
13 29 (8.22%) Resource Allocation
14 27 (7.65%) Analytics
14 27 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (7.37%) Budgeting
15 26 (7.37%) Programme Management
15 26 (7.37%) Waterfall
16 24 (6.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (0.57%) Python
1 2 (0.57%) SQL
2 1 (0.28%) Bash
2 1 (0.28%) Julia
2 1 (0.28%) Perl
2 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.28%) R
2 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 60 (17.00%) Degree
2 30 (8.50%) PMI Certification
3 29 (8.22%) PMP
4 28 (7.93%) Security Cleared
5 23 (6.52%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (2.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.70%) ISACA
10 5 (1.42%) APMP
11 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.85%) ISEB
12 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.85%) NVQ Level 4
13 2 (0.57%) ACCA
13 2 (0.57%) CIMA
13 2 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.18%) PMO
2 16 (4.53%) QA
3 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.27%) COBIT
3 8 (2.27%) NIST
4 7 (1.98%) GDPR
4 7 (1.98%) SLA
5 5 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.85%) P3O
7 2 (0.57%) Basel III
7 2 (0.57%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.57%) IFRS
8 1 (0.28%) COREP
8 1 (0.28%) EMIR
8 1 (0.28%) GMP
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 5 (1.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.57%) Terraform
2 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (16.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.82%) SAP
3 8 (2.27%) Cisco
4 6 (1.70%) BT
5 4 (1.13%) Adobe
5 4 (1.13%) Ariba
5 4 (1.13%) Cadence
5 4 (1.13%) Oracle
5 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.13%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.85%) Databricks
6 3 (0.85%) Google
6 3 (0.85%) NetCracker
6 3 (0.85%) webMethods
7 2 (0.57%) Instagram
7 2 (0.57%) Openreach
7 2 (0.57%) Remedy
7 2 (0.57%) VMware
7 2 (0.57%) Workday
7 2 (0.57%) YouTube