Cost Control Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cost Control
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cost Control skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 130 138
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +75
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 7 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.15% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.18% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £370 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.80% - -
75th Percentile £438 £313 -
90th Percentile £648 £350 -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £44.00 - -
England median hourly rate £44.00 £15.73 £60.00
% change year-on-year +179.72% -73.78% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cost Control 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,333 2,253 2,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.87% 82.38% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,514 1,433 1,722
10th Percentile £235 £263 £250
25th Percentile £360 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 73 98
10th Percentile £13.60 £12.90 £13.11
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.13 £17.73
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.59 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% -21.49% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.51 £42.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £45.20 £55.00 £67.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Control in the Midlands

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Control in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Control in the Midlands

Cost Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
West Midlands -3 4 £600 +140.00% 13
East Midlands -2 3 £380 +21.60% 2
Cost Control
England

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (14.29%) Navisworks
1 1 (14.29%) Revit
1 1 (14.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Operations Director
2 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Transformation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Fintech
2 3 (42.86%) Market Research
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Product Management
2 3 (42.86%) Product Vision
2 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Change
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Building Information Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CRISC
2 1 (14.29%) GCIH
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (14.29%) RIBA
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SAP