Cost Reduction
Bedfordshire > Bedford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 6 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford | - | 6.67% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 11.11% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | - | £560 | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £31.80 | - |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate | - | £31.80 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedford
Cost Reduction falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 12 | 18 | 16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford | 92.31% | 60.00% | 66.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £368 | £185 | £158 |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | £256 | £172 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £325 | £215 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +92.31% | +51.16% | -42.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £538 | £249 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £653 | £325 |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £600 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +10.53% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £31.80 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +44.55% | -58.10% |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate | £72.50 | £21.50 | £75.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +237.21% | -71.33% | +36.36% |
Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford
Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.
