Cost Reduction
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 28 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cost Reduction | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | - | 0.49% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.68% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £444 | £548 | £258 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.95% | +112.51% | -48.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £36.00 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £47.12 | £36.00 | £52.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.89% | -30.77% | +48.57% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 153 | 147 | 216 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 84.07% | 71.71% | 86.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 98 | 76 | 144 |
| 10th Percentile | £129 | £176 | £262 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £213 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £420 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.95% | -16.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £513 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £682 | £594 | £600 |
| North West median daily rate | £455 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.37 | £15.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.21 | £19.14 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.30 | £27.69 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.52% | +38.44% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.44 | £39.06 | £34.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £54.00 | £50.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £26.08 | £35.00 | £31.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.50% | +9.80% | +46.36% |
Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Cost Reduction
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Cost Reduction.
