Cost Reduction Contracts in Leeds

Cost Reduction
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 61 84
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +15
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.63% 0.64% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.74% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £406 £665
25th Percentile £725 £416 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £432 £750
Median % change year-on-year +73.61% -42.40% -
75th Percentile £775 £434 £788
90th Percentile - £435 £795
West Yorkshire median daily rate £750 £432 £750
% change year-on-year +73.61% -42.40% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 437 679 1,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.00% 86.39% 91.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 417 810
10th Percentile £274 £300 £390
25th Percentile £375 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £549
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.88% +9.75%
75th Percentile £538 £585 £638
90th Percentile £600 £643 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.11% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 13
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.15 £15.75
Median hourly rate £33.11 £12.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +169.19% -38.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £66.51 £12.53 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.74 £15.24 £68.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £12.53 £19.00
% change year-on-year +76.70% -34.05% +1.60%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in Leeds

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in Leeds

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Applications Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Relationships Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Relationships Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Relationship Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Blockchain
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
2 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Interface Catalogue
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) SOA
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Relationship Management