Cost Reduction Contracts in London

Cost Reduction
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 455 516
Rank change year-on-year +101 +61 -117
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 35 45 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 16 45
10th Percentile £419 £285 £408
25th Percentile £506 £464 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £654 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.87% -4.35% +23.66%
75th Percentile £763 £753 £700
90th Percentile £815 £975 £759
England median daily rate £600 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.80 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +39.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cost Reduction is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,769 24,761 35,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 91.14% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,293 17,773 26,130
10th Percentile £338 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 287 421
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.83 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% +8.33% +11.73%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.59 £50.61
90th Percentile £66.25 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Central London +42 4 £575 +67.03% 9
South London - 2 £425 - 1
West London - 1 £761 - 3
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.71%) CMS
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) SaaS
3 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (5.71%) GCP
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.71%) Yammer
4 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.86%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.86%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.86%) IaaS
4 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) DNS
2 1 (2.86%) Network Security
2 1 (2.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.86%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Local Government
5 4 (11.43%) Marketing
5 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.57%) Law
6 3 (8.57%) Legal
7 2 (5.71%) Electronics
7 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.71%) Retail
8 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Architect
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Senior
4 4 (11.43%) AWS Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Technical Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Business Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Excel Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Project Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Web Services
2 1 (2.86%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.71%) CCTV
2 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.71%) Social Media
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.86%) Solar Panel
3 1 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Agile
2 8 (22.86%) Programme Management
2 8 (22.86%) Roadmaps
3 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (17.14%) Business Strategy
4 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
5 5 (14.29%) Business Case
5 5 (14.29%) Change Management
5 5 (14.29%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (11.43%) Contract Management
6 4 (11.43%) Design Patterns
6 4 (11.43%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (11.43%) IT Strategy
6 4 (11.43%) Matrix Management
6 4 (11.43%) Performance Management
6 4 (11.43%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (11.43%) User Stories
7 3 (8.57%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
1 3 (8.57%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Java
2 1 (2.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) SAP
3 2 (5.71%) Panasonic
3 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (2.86%) Google
4 1 (2.86%) TOWER Software
4 1 (2.86%) Workday