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 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 282 248 252
Rank change year-on-year -34 +4 +62
Contract jobs citing Budget Management 357 623 974
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.09% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.22% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 458 704
10th Percentile £361 £363 £345
25th Percentile £450 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £775 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £518 £475
% change year-on-year -4.73% +8.95% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 11 8
10th Percentile £18.35 £20.49 £11.84
25th Percentile £21.57 £22.19 £12.95
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £24.74
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +21.26% -10.04%
75th Percentile £50.31 £53.75 £35.24
90th Percentile £74.02 £64.00 £40.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.87 £27.13 £20.24
% change year-on-year -0.98% +34.04% -29.60%

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 36,679 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%

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 16 May 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 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Budget Management in the UK

Budget Management
Top 15 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 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 -28 319 £525 -6.67% 370
London +20 166 £550 -8.33% 126
UK excluding London -53 162 £493 -4.73% 252
Work from Home +14 131 £525 -4.55% 121
South East +13 62 £475 -5.00% 58
North of England -14 32 £493 -5.65% 77
Midlands -19 27 £538 -2.27% 53
North West +6 26 £493 +1.13% 46
South West +7 20 £525 -4.55% 30
West Midlands -7 19 £550 +11.11% 35
Scotland +11 10 £450 +2.62% 14
East Midlands -1 8 £525 -10.64% 18
East of England -12 7 £425 -26.72% 22
Yorkshire -9 6 £475 -11.21% 23
Wales +14 5 £1,000 +135.29% 4

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 25 (7.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.12%) Confluence
3 3 (0.84%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.28%) Drupal
4 1 (0.28%) Kentico
Applications
1 46 (12.89%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (7.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.84%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.84%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Loan IQ
2 5 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.56%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.56%) Workfront
4 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
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 30 (8.40%) Azure
2 11 (3.08%) SaaS
3 10 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (1.96%) AWS
4 7 (1.96%) Smartsheet
5 6 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.40%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.12%) Asana
7 4 (1.12%) IaaS
7 4 (1.12%) PaaS
8 2 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.56%) GCP
8 2 (0.56%) Google Docs
8 2 (0.56%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.56%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.56%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.56%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.56%) Slack
8 2 (0.56%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.24%) Network Security
2 6 (1.68%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.12%) Intranet
4 3 (0.84%) 5G
4 3 (0.84%) Internet
5 2 (0.56%) ISDN
5 2 (0.56%) PSTN
5 2 (0.56%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) Wireless
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) LAN
6 1 (0.28%) SAN
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.52%) GIS
2 4 (1.12%) Power BI
3 3 (0.84%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.28%) Big Data
5 1 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (2.52%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 174 (48.74%) Finance
2 138 (38.66%) Social Skills
3 41 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.64%) Public Sector
5 37 (10.36%) Telecoms
6 32 (8.96%) Legal
7 31 (8.68%) Marketing
8 29 (8.12%) Local Government
8 29 (8.12%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (3.64%) Manufacturing
12 12 (3.36%) Banking
13 10 (2.80%) Retail
14 9 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (2.24%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.68%) Advertising
16 6 (1.68%) Investment Banking
17 5 (1.40%) Automotive
18 4 (1.12%) Law
Job Titles
1 164 (45.94%) Project Manager
2 34 (9.52%) Senior
3 28 (7.84%) Lead
4 27 (7.56%) IT Manager
5 22 (6.16%) IT Project Manager
6 19 (5.32%) Senior Manager
7 18 (5.04%) Programme Manager
8 16 (4.48%) Analyst
9 15 (4.20%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (2.80%) Consultant
10 10 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (2.80%) Technical Manager
11 9 (2.52%) Communications Manager
11 9 (2.52%) Head of IT
11 9 (2.52%) Technical Project Manager
12 8 (2.24%) Internal Communications Manager
12 8 (2.24%) Telecoms Manager
13 7 (1.96%) Financial Analyst
13 7 (1.96%) Infrastructure Manager
13 7 (1.96%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.12%) .NET
2 2 (0.56%) ADO
2 2 (0.56%) Flash
2 2 (0.56%) HTML
3 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.28%) ATL
3 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.64%) Data Centre
4 7 (1.96%) Photography
5 6 (1.68%) Derivative
5 6 (1.68%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.40%) Life Science
6 5 (1.40%) NHS
6 5 (1.40%) Social Media
7 4 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.84%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (0.84%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.56%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.56%) IoT
9 2 (0.56%) IVR
9 2 (0.56%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.56%) PMI
9 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.84%) 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
1 169 (47.34%) Project Management
2 104 (29.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 83 (23.25%) Agile
5 68 (19.05%) PRINCE2
6 60 (16.81%) Change Management
7 55 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (14.85%) Risk Management
9 40 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (10.36%) Business Case
11 36 (10.08%) Decision-Making
12 34 (9.52%) Project Planning
13 30 (8.40%) Project Governance
13 30 (8.40%) Waterfall
14 29 (8.12%) Resource Allocation
14 29 (8.12%) Resource Management
15 28 (7.84%) Budgeting
16 26 (7.28%) Analytics
16 26 (7.28%) Programme Management
16 26 (7.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
1 2 (0.56%) Python
1 2 (0.56%) 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 62 (17.37%) Degree
2 31 (8.68%) PMI Certification
3 30 (8.40%) PMP
3 30 (8.40%) Security Cleared
4 24 (6.72%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (2.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (2.24%) APMP
7 8 (2.24%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.68%) ISACA
9 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.84%) ISEB
10 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.84%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.56%) ACCA
11 2 (0.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (13.73%) PMO
2 20 (5.60%) QA
3 8 (2.24%) NIST
4 7 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.96%) COBIT
4 7 (1.96%) GDPR
4 7 (1.96%) SLA
5 5 (1.40%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.84%) P3O
7 2 (0.56%) Basel III
7 2 (0.56%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.56%) 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 (1.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.56%) Terraform
2 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.04%) SAP
3 6 (1.68%) Ariba
3 6 (1.68%) BT
4 5 (1.40%) Cisco
5 4 (1.12%) Adobe
5 4 (1.12%) Cadence
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle
5 4 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.84%) Google
6 3 (0.84%) NetCracker
6 3 (0.84%) webMethods
7 2 (0.56%) Databricks
7 2 (0.56%) Facebook
7 2 (0.56%) Instagram
7 2 (0.56%) Openreach
7 2 (0.56%) Remedy
7 2 (0.56%) VMware
7 2 (0.56%) Workday
7 2 (0.56%) YouTube