Cost Reduction Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Cost Reduction
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Cost Reduction skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 24 32
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.42% 3.10% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 3.28% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £403 -
25th Percentile - £473 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £530 £625
Median % change year-on-year -35.77% -15.20% -
75th Percentile - £564 £638
90th Percentile - £584 -
Cheshire median daily rate £483 £530 £618
% change year-on-year -8.92% -14.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

Cost Reduction 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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 232 122 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.48% 94.57% 96.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 100 62
10th Percentile £310 £321 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% -23.81% +12.18%
75th Percentile £488 £518 £582
90th Percentile £577 £638 £587
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £23.18 £24.18 £24.81
% change year-on-year -4.16% -2.52% +83.00%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Cost Reduction job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Cost Reduction
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Cost Reduction.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Monitoring Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management