IT Cost Transparency Contract Job Trends in the South East

IT Cost Transparency
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IT Cost Transparency 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.068% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £296 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - -
75th Percentile £328 - -
90th Percentile £334 - -
England median daily rate £313 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

IT Cost Transparency 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,758 2,741 4,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.11% 91.49% 84.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,106 1,750 2,738
10th Percentile £280 £256 £250
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.05% -1.91%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £623
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 173 434
10th Percentile £15.32 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.25 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -3.06%
75th Percentile £82.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

IT Cost Transparency
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Cost Transparency relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

IT Cost Transparency job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Cost Transparency
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 IT Cost Transparency within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Berkshire - 4 £313 -
Thames Valley - 4 £313 -
IT Cost Transparency
England

IT Cost Transparency
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cost Transparency
1 4 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow