Cost Optimization
South East > Buckinghamshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 40 | 42 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cost Optimisation | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 0.31% | 1.91% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.34% | 2.33% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £475 | £650 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.92% | +18.18% | -2.22% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire
Cost Optimisation 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 Buckinghamshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 293 | 300 | 687 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 90.43% | 81.97% | 93.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 172 | 210 | 522 |
| 10th Percentile | £226 | £250 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £333 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £463 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.95% | -10.19% | +0.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £538 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £635 | £625 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £510 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.96% | -1.92% | +1.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 7 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £17.31 | £13.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.12 | £19.98 | £13.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.91 | £30.00 | £16.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -46.97% | +82.93% | +17.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £36.37 | £21.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £29.16 | £37.25 | £23.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £21.82 | £57.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -62.05% | +9.52% | +68.54% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire
Job postings citing Cost Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cost Optimisation.
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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | -1 | 1 | £650 | - | 1 |
| Cost Optimisation South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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: