Cost Control Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Cost Control
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Cost Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 81 79
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.14% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.27% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £381 -
25th Percentile £613 £428 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £513 £300
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% +70.83% -
75th Percentile £638 £603 £325
90th Percentile - £654 -
Scotland median daily rate £588 £513 £300
% change year-on-year +14.63% +70.83% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 610 743 835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.49% 92.18% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 451 542
10th Percentile £306 £313 £342
25th Percentile £384 £365 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £562 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 31
10th Percentile £14.17 £16.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.17 £15.42
Median hourly rate £23.75 £24.15 £16.70
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +44.61% +57.10%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.13 £40.94
90th Percentile £61.35 £65.00 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +10.05%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Cost Control job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Director
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared