Cost-Benefit Analysis Contracts

Cost-Benefit Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 544 650
Rank change year-on-year +46 +106 +83
Contract jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis 24 25 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.083% 0.059% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.068% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 21
10th Percentile £334 £420 £400
25th Percentile £395 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.49%
75th Percentile £622 £609 £594
90th Percentile £713 £679 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £475 £518
% change year-on-year -3.68% -8.21% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.12 - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.12 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,262 36,577 50,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.02% 85.85% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,834 23,572 35,094
10th Percentile £303 £300 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,069 2,481 1,678
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.00 £15.73
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £36.13
Median % change year-on-year -23.71% -0.22% +40.67%
75th Percentile £58.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cost-Benefit Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the UK

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +71 21 £465 -14.60% 62
UK excluding London +51 18 £458 -3.68% 47
Midlands +17 8 £450 -5.26% 3
Work from Home +38 7 £465 -21.05% 25
East Midlands - 6 £450 - 1
North of England +12 5 £385 -16.76% 14
London +39 4 £681 +36.25% 27
North West +3 4 £410 -11.35% 10
South West - 3 £675 - 2
West Midlands +16 2 £525 +10.53% 2
South East +46 1 £775 +31.58% 20
Yorkshire +15 1 £225 - 3
Scotland +3 1 £525 +23.53% 3

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (33.33%) Banking
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Electronics
6 1 (4.17%) Front Office
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
1 7 (29.17%) Business Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (16.67%) AWS Architect
3 4 (16.67%) AWS Solution Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Lead
4 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Asset Management Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Asset Management Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Change Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Scrum Master
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Change Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) ATL
1 1 (4.17%) JSON
1 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (4.17%) Visualforce
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) NHS
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 12 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 10 (41.67%) Agile
2 10 (41.67%) Scrum
3 6 (25.00%) Business Case
3 6 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (25.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) BPR
4 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Change Management
4 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (20.83%) IT Governance
4 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 4 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
5 4 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.17%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) SAP