Cost Reduction Contracts in the South West

Cost Reduction
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 152 159
Rank change year-on-year +52 +7 +16
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 11 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £394 - -
25th Percentile £441 £325 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £350 £650
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -46.15% +39.04%
75th Percentile £641 £375 £675
90th Percentile £691 - -
England median daily rate £525 £600 £556
% change year-on-year -12.50% +7.87% +1.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Cost Reduction 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 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the South West

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in the South West

Cost Reduction
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Reduction in the South West

Cost Reduction
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Cost Reduction in the South West

Cost Reduction
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 Reduction within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 - 6 - - 2
Wiltshire +35 4 £700 +100.00% 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £375 - 2
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) PaaS
1 8 (72.73%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) PBX
1 8 (72.73%) VoIP
2 1 (9.09%) Extranet
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Intranet
General
1 9 (81.82%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Italian Language
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (9.09%) Architect
1 1 (9.09%) Exchange Engineer
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (9.09%) Procurement Specialist
1 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Blackberry
1 8 (72.73%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (72.73%) Commercial Awareness
2 8 (72.73%) Customer Requirements
2 8 (72.73%) Impact Assessments
2 8 (72.73%) Migration
2 8 (72.73%) Product Roadmap
2 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
2 8 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (72.73%) Service Design
2 8 (72.73%) Thought Leadership
2 8 (72.73%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) CCNP
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Avaya
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
1 8 (72.73%) Ericsson
1 8 (72.73%) F5
1 8 (72.73%) Juniper
1 8 (72.73%) Nokia
1 8 (72.73%) Palo Alto
1 8 (72.73%) Ribbon
1 8 (72.73%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP