Budgeting and Forecasting Contracts in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Budgeting and Forecasting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Budgeting and Forecasting over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 543 641
Rank change year-on-year +65 +98 -64
Contract jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting 73 99 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 63 78
10th Percentile - £379 £344
25th Percentile £413 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +10.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £616 £600 £575
90th Percentile £643 £725 £679
UK median daily rate £510 £548 £500
% change year-on-year -6.94% +9.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £25.89 - -
25th Percentile £33.65 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 - £30.00
75th Percentile £39.25 - £51.25
90th Percentile £45.37 - £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - +79.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Budgeting and Forecasting 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,458 42,946 64,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.64% 89.97% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,501 30,170 46,065
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,315 1,518 1,726
10th Percentile £12.83 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Budgeting and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Budgeting and Forecasting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Budgeting and Forecasting in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Budgeting and Forecasting in England

Budgeting and Forecasting
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 and Forecasting within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +79 35 £563 -2.17% 90
South East +16 20 £425 -5.56% 46
Midlands +26 9 £425 -26.09% 17
West Midlands +18 9 £425 -26.09% 7
North of England +22 7 £519 -4.77% 29
North West +8 7 £519 +1.27% 19
South West +9 2 £550 +38.36% 18
Budgeting and Forecasting
UK

Budgeting and Forecasting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (2.74%) Apache
1 2 (2.74%) IIS
1 2 (2.74%) nginx
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.37%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.22%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.48%) Azure
3 3 (4.11%) AWS
3 3 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.74%) OCI
4 2 (2.74%) SaaS
4 2 (2.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) Firewall
2 2 (2.74%) CTI
3 1 (1.37%) Internet
3 1 (1.37%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (8.22%) Power BI
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
2 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.37%) Metadata
3 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) GitLab
2 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 48 (65.75%) Finance
2 20 (27.40%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.70%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.85%) Retail
6 5 (6.85%) Social Housing
7 4 (5.48%) Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Corporate Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.48%) Retail Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.11%) Local Government
9 2 (2.74%) Billing
9 2 (2.74%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.74%) Tech for Good
10 1 (1.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (23.29%) Project Manager
2 14 (19.18%) Analyst
3 11 (15.07%) Senior
4 10 (13.70%) IT Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Financial Analyst
5 7 (9.59%) Lead
6 6 (8.22%) Business Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Engagement Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Commercial Analyst
8 4 (5.48%) Digital Product Owner
8 4 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (5.48%) Operations Manager
8 4 (5.48%) Performance Manager
8 4 (5.48%) Product Owner
9 3 (4.11%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.11%) Developer
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Manager
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (4.11%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.11%) FMCG
3 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) Handset
5 1 (1.37%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Linux
1 6 (8.22%) Windows
2 4 (5.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Budgeting
2 24 (32.88%) Agile
3 13 (17.81%) Budget Management
4 12 (16.44%) Project Delivery
5 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (13.70%) ERP
6 10 (13.70%) Project Management
7 9 (12.33%) Decision-Making
8 8 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (10.96%) Waterfall
9 7 (9.59%) Analytics
9 7 (9.59%) Financial Modelling
10 6 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (8.22%) DevOps
10 6 (8.22%) Logistics
10 6 (8.22%) Migration
10 6 (8.22%) Proactive Management
10 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (8.22%) Risk Management
11 5 (6.85%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.59%) Degree
4 6 (8.22%) ACCA
4 6 (8.22%) CIMA
5 3 (4.11%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.37%) APMG
7 1 (1.37%) APMP
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.37%) CIPFA
7 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) ICAEW
7 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) PMO
2 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (4.11%) Tivoli
2 2 (2.74%) Ansible
2 2 (2.74%) Progress Chef
2 2 (2.74%) Puppet
2 2 (2.74%) Salt
2 2 (2.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.59%) Oracle
3 4 (5.48%) Siemens
4 3 (4.11%) Remedy
4 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.74%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.74%) IFS
5 2 (2.74%) SAP
6 1 (1.37%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.37%) Ariba
6 1 (1.37%) Avaya
6 1 (1.37%) Cisco
6 1 (1.37%) Progress