Cost Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Cost Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Cost Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cost Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -15.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Cost Management 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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 172 104 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 65.90% 85.25% 74.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 84 60
10th Percentile £192 £178 £155
25th Percentile £238 £282 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £388 £500
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -22.50% -
75th Percentile £637 £564 £598
90th Percentile £650 £630 £641
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 6 12
10th Percentile £12.71 £15.06 -
25th Percentile £14.94 £17.37 £15.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £20.40 £31.39
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -35.01% -42.93%
75th Percentile £46.37 - £54.09
90th Percentile £58.10 - £57.22
South East median hourly rate £45.65 £21.25 £59.25
% change year-on-year +114.82% -64.13% +8.97%

Cost Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Cost Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Cost Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Cost Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Cost Management

Cost Management
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Management within the Kent region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Stansted - 1 £411 -
Cost Management
South East

Cost Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 31000