Cost Optimisation Contracts in the South East

Cost Optimization
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cost Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Optimisation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 219 245
Rank change year-on-year +17 +26 -
Contract jobs citing Cost Optimisation 1 2 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.018% 0.034% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.039% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £431
25th Percentile £663 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% - -
75th Percentile £688 - £613
90th Percentile - - £675
England median daily rate £570 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +14.00% -9.09% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cost Optimisation 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 4,709 5,189 6,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.80% 89.30% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 3,601 4,704
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +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% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Optimisation in the South East

Cost Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Optimisation in the South East

Cost Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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 - 1 £675 - 2
Cost Optimisation
England

Cost Optimisation
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 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree