Cost Management Contracts in the South West

Cost Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 133 169 167
Rank change year-on-year +36 -2 -32
Contract jobs citing Cost Management 19 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.60% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile - £532 £501
25th Percentile £43 £580 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £660 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +20.00% -15.38%
75th Percentile £594 - £661
90th Percentile - - £700
England median daily rate £500 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £48.13 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £61.25 - -
90th Percentile £62.38 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - £18.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Management in the South West

Cost Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Cost Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Cost Management in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cost Management in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cost Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +30 13 £45 -93.18% 5
Gloucestershire +9 4 £588 +17.50%
Wiltshire -2 2 £463 -
Cost Management
England

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

Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) IaaS
2 3 (15.79%) PaaS
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Technical Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Change Management
1 12 (63.16%) Earned Value Management
1 12 (63.16%) Performance Measurement
1 12 (63.16%) Risk Management
2 9 (47.37%) ERP
2 9 (47.37%) Performance Management
3 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
3 6 (31.58%) Document Management
3 6 (31.58%) Performance Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Project Planning
3 6 (31.58%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Modelling
4 4 (21.05%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 4 (21.05%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (21.05%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Bash
1 2 (10.53%) Julia
1 2 (10.53%) Perl
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
3 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) SAP
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft