Cost Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Cost Optimization
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 94 100
Rank change year-on-year +20 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Cost Optimisation 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.21% 0.072% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.091% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £475 £625 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £525 £675 £688
90th Percentile £533 - -
South East median daily rate £444 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -31.73% +18.18% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 834 1,093 1,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.34% 79.20% 87.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 678 637
10th Percentile £314 £363 £263
25th Percentile £460 £451 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £725 £683
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 110 113
10th Percentile - £22.04 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £52.73 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +4.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £50.00 £74.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £78.75 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £20.75 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.82% +9.24% +61.54%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Cost Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Optimisation in Hampshire

Cost Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cost Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Havant - 2 £500 - 2
Cost Optimisation
South East

Cost Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 19770
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Snow