Cost Optimization
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cost Optimisation | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge | 0.48% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.53% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £600 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 190 | 184 | 191 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 91.79% | 90.20% | 86.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 97 | 86 | 106 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £268 | £207 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £340 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £452 | £471 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.15% | -4.08% | -5.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £567 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £575 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £508 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.73% | +1.05% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 14 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.00 | £19.35 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £23.00 | £23.47 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £53.75 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.93% | +168.75% | -61.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.68 | £63.75 | £61.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £71.63 | £77.50 |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £16.00 | £16.23 | £14.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.42% | +11.93% | -6.45% |
Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cost Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: