Cost Management Contracts in the South East

Cost Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cost Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 202 245
Rank change year-on-year +4 +43 -47
Contract jobs citing Cost Management 2 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.036% 0.41% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.46% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 7
10th Percentile £480 £56 £420
25th Percentile £525 £57 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +16.50% -11.50%
75th Percentile £675 £652 £593
90th Percentile £720 £790 £675
England median daily rate £500 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -2.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cost Management 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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Cost Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cost Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cost Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Management in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cost Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Surrey +12 1 £750 +15.38% 3
Hampshire - 1 £450 - 1
Cost Management
England

Cost Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Development Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Development Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO