Cost Control Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Cost Control
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Cost Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 116 134
Rank change year-on-year +10 +18 +37
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.12% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.13% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £556 £381 -
25th Percentile £566 £428 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £513 £300
Median % change year-on-year +14.63% +70.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £616 £603 £325
90th Percentile £629 £654 -
UK median daily rate £525 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -15.96% +31.58% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,334 1,542 2,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 84.48% 92.28% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 913 1,282
10th Percentile £218 £239 £281
25th Percentile £373 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £588
90th Percentile £663 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 42 86
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.93 £12.40
25th Percentile £16.13 £20.46 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +10.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.18 £57.23
90th Percentile £64.74 £33.70 £70.88
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.91 £34.25
% change year-on-year -21.68% -3.93% -2.14%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cost Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Cost Control job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 February 2026. 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
Glasgow +10 1 £625 +21.95% 1
Edinburgh - 1 £550 -
Cost Control
UK

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Director
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared