# Market evidence report — budget-manager

Source: **38 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 38), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-09.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 28 | 74 % |
| senior | 9 | 24 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 20 | 53 % |
| 2 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 6 | 16 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Word | 5 | 13 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | Power BI | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | Microsoft Project | 3 | 8 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | financial analysis | 15 | 39 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 12 | 32 % |
| 3 | variance analysis | 10 | 26 % |
| 4 | financial reporting | 9 | 24 % |
| 5 | budget management | 7 | 18 % |
| 6 | budgeting | 7 | 18 % |
| 7 | financial modeling | 7 | 18 % |
| 8 | financial planning | 7 | 18 % |
| 9 | forecasting | 7 | 18 % |
| 10 | budget analysis | 6 | 16 % |
| 11 | financial management | 6 | 16 % |
| 12 | budget development | 5 | 13 % |
| 13 | budget execution | 5 | 13 % |
| 14 | budget formulation | 4 | 11 % |
| 15 | resource allocation | 4 | 11 % |
| 16 | cost analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | financial forecasting | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | strategic planning | 3 | 8 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | budget monitoring | 6 | 16 % |
| 2 | financial reporting | 6 | 16 % |
| 3 | budget development | 5 | 13 % |
| 4 | report preparation | 5 | 13 % |
| 5 | team leadership | 5 | 13 % |
| 6 | budget preparation | 4 | 11 % |
| 7 | data analysis | 4 | 11 % |
| 8 | data collection | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | process improvement | 3 | 8 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 38 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

38 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- financial analysis — 39 % (15 ads)
- data analysis — 32 % (12 ads)
- variance analysis — 26 % (10 ads)
- financial reporting — 24 % (9 ads)
- budget management — 18 % (7 ads)
- budgeting — 18 % (7 ads)
- financial modeling — 18 % (7 ads)
- financial planning — 18 % (7 ads)
- forecasting — 18 % (7 ads)
- budget analysis — 16 % (6 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 53 % (20 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 16 % (6 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 13 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 11 % (4 ads)
- Power BI — 11 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Project — 8 % (3 ads)
- ERP systems — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Copilot — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft SharePoint — 5 % (2 ads)
- Power Apps — 5 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 74 % · senior 24 % · lead 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Financial Planning and Analysis Manager | 5 |
| BUDGET MANAGER | 2 |
| Accounting & Budget Manager | 1 |
| Budget Analyst - Execution SME | 1 |
| Budget Analyst (GS26061604) | 1 |
| Budget Analyst II: DoD Budget & Financial Systems Expert | 1 |
| Budget Analyst IV | 1 |
| Budget Analyst, Senior - TS/SCI | 1 |
| Budget Coordinator | 1 |
| Budget Coordinator/Cost Analyst | Reston, VA, USA | 1 |
| Budget Director - Operations Director I | 1 |
| Budget Formulation and Executive Strategy Coordinator with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Budget Formulation Lead | 1 |
| Budget Manager (11988, Grade 32) | 1 |
| Budget Senior Manager | 1 |
| Budgets Manager | 1 |
| Cybersecurity Resource & Budget Manager | 1 |
| Financial & Budget Management Analyst - Senior with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Financial & Budget Management Analyst (Program Budget) - Expert with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Financial Analyst, Budget & Planning | 1 |
| Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst/ Budget Analyst/ Financial Reporting Analyst | 1 |
| Financial/Budget Mgt. Support w/TS_SCI Jobs | 1 |
| General Accounting and Budget Manager | 1 |
| Impactful Budget Analytics & Financial Operations Analyst | 1 |
| Naval Program Finance & Budget Manager | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.