Cost Control Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cost Control
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cost Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost Control 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 295 320 455
Rank change year-on-year +25 +135 +146
Contract jobs citing Cost Control 9 25 22
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.16% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.19% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 18
10th Percentile £426 £278 £504
25th Percentile £500 £475 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £706 £588 £588
90th Percentile £955 £758 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £43.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate - £13.99 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year - -73.97% -23.21%
75th Percentile - - £59.69
90th Percentile - - £62.88
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £13.99 £57.13
% change year-on-year +125.16% -75.51% +15.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cost Control
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cost Control trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cost Control
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cost Control.

Cost Control daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Control
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cost Control over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cost Control daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Control
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cost Control.

Cost Control hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Law
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (11.11%) Games
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Director
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) BYOD
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 3 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (22.22%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
4 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (22.22%) Principle of Least Privilege
4 2 (22.22%) RBAC
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CFA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Workday
3 1 (11.11%) Databricks
3 1 (11.11%) eFront
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow