Cost Control Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cost Control
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Cost Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 119 144
Rank change year-on-year - +25 +36
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 0 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West - 0.29% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.33% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £60
Median % change year-on-year - +525.00% -
England median daily rate £525 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £64.33
% change year-on-year +5.00% -53.37% -1.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,945 1,826 2,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.44% 87.20% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,120 1,700
10th Percentile £263 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £418 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 121 269
10th Percentile £15.25 £19.83 £20.50
25th Percentile £19.64 £48.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cost Control job vacancy trend in the South West

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cost Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cost Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cost Control