Cost Reduction Contracts in Berkshire

Cost Reduction
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 122 110
Rank change year-on-year +32 -12 +21
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 0.10% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.11% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £460
25th Percentile - - £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £585
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.95%
75th Percentile - - £725
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £663 £510
% change year-on-year -32.08% +29.90% -7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in Berkshire

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in Berkshire

Cost Reduction
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cost Reduction in Berkshire

Cost Reduction
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Wokingham - 2 £450 -
Cost Reduction
South East

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Applications Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Category Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Category Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Development Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Implementation Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) SOA
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Single Sign-On