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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 124 141
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 +49
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 8 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.47% 0.046% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.054% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £638 - -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £300 £510
Median % change year-on-year +120.83% -41.18% -
75th Percentile £697 - -
90th Percentile £700 - -
South East median daily rate £650 £488 £568
% change year-on-year +33.33% -14.10% +22.70%
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 - - £68.67

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 1,533 1,852 2,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.93% 85.42% 90.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 1,031 1,656
10th Percentile £258 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -2.49% +4.60%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 78 85
10th Percentile £14.40 £18.64 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.10 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.47 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -57.71% +14.15% +163.80%
75th Percentile £40.65 £67.38 £66.44
90th Percentile £79.00 £79.72 £75.15
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.49 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.80% +7.56% +87.48%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Control 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

Cost Control
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 30 September 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 +27 8 £663 +120.83% 7
Cost Control
South East

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

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%) Artificial Intelligence
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