Cost Control Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cost Control
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cost Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 8 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.39% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £638 - £315
25th Percentile £650 - £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £316
75th Percentile £697 - £318
90th Percentile £700 - £318
South East median daily rate £650 - £318
% change year-on-year - - -47.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.83
Median hourly rate - - £68.67
75th Percentile - - £70.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £28.17 £68.67
% change year-on-year - -58.98% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,816 1,793 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.86% 88.67% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,051 1,470
10th Percentile £268 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 54 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.09 £69.03 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cost Control job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cost Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cost Control

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cost Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Berkshire - 8 £663 -
Cost Control
South East

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 7 (87.50%) SAP CO
1 7 (87.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (75.00%) SAP FI
2 6 (75.00%) SAP FI/CO
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Architect
1 7 (87.50%) SAP Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Principal Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Accounts Receivable
1 7 (87.50%) Cost Centre Accounting
1 7 (87.50%) Cost Management
1 7 (87.50%) Decision-Making
1 7 (87.50%) Profit Centre Accounting
1 7 (87.50%) Resource Allocation
2 6 (75.00%) AI
2 6 (75.00%) Business Activity Monitoring
2 6 (75.00%) Cash Management
2 6 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 6 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft