Cost Optimization
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 36 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cost Optimisation | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes | 0.40% | 2.44% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.44% | 2.83% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | - |
| Buckinghamshire median daily rate | £650 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes
Cost Optimisation 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 Milton Keynes.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 227 | 247 | 614 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes | 91.16% | 86.06% | 93.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 159 | 181 | 483 |
| 10th Percentile | £229 | £250 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £329 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £474 | £510 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.29% | -7.11% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £536 | £538 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £627 | £625 | £700 |
| Buckinghamshire median daily rate | £435 | £463 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.95% | -10.19% | +0.98% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.39 | £17.31 | £13.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.12 | £19.98 | £13.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.94 | £30.00 | £13.57 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.22% | +121.08% | +10.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.71 | £36.37 | £20.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £29.61 | £37.25 | £21.75 |
| Buckinghamshire median hourly rate | £15.91 | £30.00 | £16.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.97% | +82.93% | +17.14% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes
Job postings citing Cost Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.
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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cost Optimisation.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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: