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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 412 462
Rank change year-on-year -9 +50 +30
Contract jobs citing Budgeting 160 298 459
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.52% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.58% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 207 312
10th Percentile £413 £350 £333
25th Percentile £457 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £511
Median % change year-on-year - +7.58% +6.51%
75th Percentile £649 £698 £625
90th Percentile £739 £788 £724
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £470
% change year-on-year +5.00% +6.38% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £27.41 £27.12
25th Percentile £14.13 £33.90 £29.54
Median hourly rate £14.50 £43.75 £35.22
Median % change year-on-year -66.86% +24.21% -2.38%
75th Percentile £16.41 £52.19 £42.04
90th Percentile £16.90 £58.38 £45.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 £40.00 £35.22
% change year-on-year -64.34% +13.56% -15.06%

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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 May 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 20 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 +28 153 £550 -2.65% 332
UK excluding London +13 81 £525 +5.00% 216
London +23 72 £613 +2.08% 140
Work from Home +34 54 £600 +6.19% 125
South East +10 33 £525 - 70
Midlands +27 18 £525 +110.00% 31
North of England +29 17 £650 +30.00% 53
West Midlands +29 17 £525 +110.00% 15
North West +15 13 £663 +32.50% 29
South West +11 9 £519 -6.53% 22
Yorkshire +19 3 £500 -4.76% 16
Scotland +10 2 £475 -5.00% 19
North East +13 1 £900 - 9
East of England +3 1 £575 +21.05% 24
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 16
Wales - 1 - - 2

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 (1.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.63%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.63%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.50%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.25%) ResourceLink
3 2 (1.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.63%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (3.75%) Azure
3 5 (3.13%) SaaS
4 4 (2.50%) AWS
4 4 (2.50%) IaaS
4 4 (2.50%) PaaS
4 4 (2.50%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.88%) OCI
6 2 (1.25%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.00%) Network Security
2 4 (2.50%) Firewall
3 3 (1.88%) 5G
3 3 (1.88%) Internet
3 3 (1.88%) Wireless
4 2 (1.25%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (1.25%) SAN
4 2 (1.25%) SNA
5 1 (0.63%) 4G
5 1 (0.63%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.38%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.63%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.63%) Metadata
3 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (4.38%) JIRA
3 2 (1.25%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (55.00%) Finance
2 45 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.75%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (5.63%) Marketing
7 8 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.38%) General Ledger
8 7 (4.38%) Military
9 6 (3.75%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.50%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.50%) Banking
10 4 (2.50%) Billing
10 4 (2.50%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.50%) French Language
10 4 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.50%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (20.63%) Project Manager
1 33 (20.63%) Senior
2 19 (11.88%) IT Manager
3 18 (11.25%) Analyst
4 15 (9.38%) Consultant
5 14 (8.75%) Senior Manager
6 11 (6.88%) Architect
7 10 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
7 10 (6.25%) Lead
8 9 (5.63%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
9 8 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.38%) Business Manager
10 7 (4.38%) Programme Manager
10 7 (4.38%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Integration Engineer
11 6 (3.75%) Product Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Software Integration Engineer
11 6 (3.75%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.25%) VML
2 1 (0.63%) Middleware
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.63%) Data Centre
1 9 (5.63%) FMCG
1 9 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.50%) Derivative
3 4 (2.50%) Fixed Income
4 3 (1.88%) Cyberattack
4 3 (1.88%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.25%) IoT
5 2 (1.25%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.63%) CMDB
6 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.63%) Handset
6 1 (0.63%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.63%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.38%) Windows
2 14 (8.75%) Unix
3 7 (4.38%) Linux
4 2 (1.25%) Solaris
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.63%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.13%) Agile
2 43 (26.88%) Project Management
3 42 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (21.88%) Risk Management
5 31 (19.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 31 (19.38%) Decision-Making
6 29 (18.13%) Project Delivery
7 27 (16.88%) Budget Management
8 25 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (15.00%) Waterfall
10 23 (14.38%) Migration
11 22 (13.75%) ITIL
12 21 (13.13%) Change Management
13 20 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (12.50%) Roadmaps
14 19 (11.88%) ERP
15 17 (10.63%) PRINCE2
16 14 (8.75%) Collaborative Working
16 14 (8.75%) Process Improvement
16 14 (8.75%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.88%) Perl
1 3 (1.88%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.25%) AWK
2 2 (1.25%) Bourne shell
2 2 (1.25%) Java
2 2 (1.25%) Korn
2 2 (1.25%) SQL
3 1 (0.63%) Bash
3 1 (0.63%) Julia
3 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.63%) Python
3 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (21.25%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.50%) Degree
3 27 (16.88%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (5.63%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.63%) Master's Degree
6 8 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 8 (5.00%) PMP
7 6 (3.75%) ACCA
7 6 (3.75%) CIMA
7 6 (3.75%) ISACA
8 4 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.88%) APMP
9 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.88%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.25%) RHCE
10 2 (1.25%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.00%) PMO
2 8 (5.00%) COBIT
2 8 (5.00%) GDPR
2 8 (5.00%) PCI DSS
2 8 (5.00%) SLA
3 7 (4.38%) NIST
4 5 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) vCloud
2 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.88%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (1.88%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.25%) Ansible
2 2 (1.25%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.25%) Oracle ZFS
2 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.25%) yum
3 1 (0.63%) Avamar
3 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.50%) Oracle
2 12 (7.50%) SAP
3 3 (1.88%) Cisco
3 3 (1.88%) EMC
3 3 (1.88%) Remedy
3 3 (1.88%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.25%) Adobe
4 2 (1.25%) Facebook
4 2 (1.25%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.25%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.25%) Veritas
5 1 (0.63%) Ariba
5 1 (0.63%) Avaya
5 1 (0.63%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.63%) Fujitsu
5 1 (0.63%) Mitel
5 1 (0.63%) Sage
5 1 (0.63%) Siemens