Cost Control Contracts in the North of England

Cost Control
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Cost Control skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Control over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 213 235
Rank change year-on-year +38 +22 -46
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 9 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.19% 0.051% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.057% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £241 - £190
25th Percentile £303 - £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +14.29% +6.87%
75th Percentile £528 £469 £500
90th Percentile £613 £510 -
England median daily rate £475 £563 £523
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.66% +22.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28.50
Median hourly rate £13.99 - £29.00
75th Percentile - - £29.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £13.99 £49.81 £49.50
% change year-on-year -71.91% +0.63% -13.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Cost Control 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,090 5,290 6,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.85% 90.69% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,507 3,676 4,664
10th Percentile £287 £303 £238
25th Percentile £400 £413 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 207 262
10th Percentile £11.03 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.45 £15.25 £12.77
Median hourly rate £17.50 £27.70 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.82% +48.98% -1.86%
75th Percentile £44.41 £45.05 £32.33
90th Percentile £53.90 £65.00 £50.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Control in the North of England

Cost Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost Control in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Cost Control in the North of England

Cost Control
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Control in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Control in the North of England

Cost Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost Control in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Cost Control in the North of England

Cost Control
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West - 5 £450 - 20
North East - 3 - - 2
Yorkshire +21 1 £500 +25.00% 6
Cost Control
England

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP PP
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Register
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) SAP
2 3 (33.33%) IFS
3 1 (11.11%) Computacenter