Cost Reduction Contracts in Oxford

Cost Reduction
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 4.17% - 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £331
25th Percentile - - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £383
75th Percentile - - £414
90th Percentile - - £424
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 - £383

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 87 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 93.75% 83.65% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 85
10th Percentile £206 £250 £300
25th Percentile £360 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £525 £550
90th Percentile £700 £575 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 2
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.75 £22.05
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -14.29% +30.95%
75th Percentile £46.30 £39.13 £27.13
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +42.36% -25.00% +38.96%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in Oxford

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in Oxford

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 (50.00%) CATIA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) CAD Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) CAD Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) CATIA Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MBA
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP