Cost Reduction Contracts in the South East

Cost Reduction
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 199 240
Rank change year-on-year +12 +41 -45
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 4 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.073% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.24% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 14
10th Percentile £581 £384 £194
25th Percentile £609 £445 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +29.90% -7.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £709 £716 £586
90th Percentile £734 £725 £609
England median daily rate £600 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +11.63% -2.27% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.99
25th Percentile - - £42.10
Median hourly rate - - £43.95
75th Percentile - - £53.85
90th Percentile - - £59.79
England median hourly rate £31.80 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +39.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cost Reduction 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 4,626 5,085 6,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.40% 89.37% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,697 3,536 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £402 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 222 283
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.05 £12.26
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.59 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction 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 Reduction in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Reduction 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 Reduction in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cost Reduction 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 Reduction within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +18 2 £663 +20.45% 4
Thames Valley +5 2 - - 13
Berkshire -13 2 - - 7
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
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 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Chief Technology Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Information Management
1 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO