Cost Control Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Cost Control
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Cost Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Cost Control 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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 243 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 83.42% 88.36% 82.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 134 147
10th Percentile £168 £264 £200
25th Percentile £265 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £527 £550 £563
90th Percentile £624 £650 £700
East of England median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 50 196
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.39 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.12% +8.20% +3.45%
75th Percentile £32.00 £18.85 £21.39
90th Percentile £39.50 £27.30 £48.38
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.44% - +81.82%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cost Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Cost Control job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Cost Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Ely - 1 £500 - 2
Cost Control
East of England

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management