Cost Control Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Cost Control
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cost Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile £520 - -
England median daily rate £525 £523 £475
% change year-on-year +0.53% +10.00% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,765 950 1,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.83% 89.45% 84.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 891 482 666
10th Percentile £190 £213 £206
25th Percentile £378 £366 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £442
Median % change year-on-year - +13.12% -9.33%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £664
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 187 619
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £31.64 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -20.90% +90.48%
75th Percentile £67.50 £66.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.40 £71.65
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cost Control job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cost Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cost Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Hertfordshire - 2 £475 - 3
Cambridgeshire - 1 £500 -
Cost Control
England

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Video\Live Streaming
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware