Cost Reduction Contracts in London

Cost Reduction
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 445 535
Rank change year-on-year +95 +90 -119
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 36 42 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 42
10th Percentile £423 £216 £401
25th Percentile £500 £431 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £658 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +31.51% -11.11% +20.97%
75th Percentile £769 £590 £700
90th Percentile £815 £975 £735
England median daily rate £600 £544 £550
% change year-on-year +10.34% -1.14% +15.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.80 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +39.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cost Reduction is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,484 23,644 35,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.60% 90.88% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,068 26,253
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 267 420
10th Percentile £15.81 £18.30 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.83 £82.50 £67.56
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in London.

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cost Reduction in London

Cost Reduction
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Central London +38 3 £575 +67.03% 5
South London - 2 £425 - 1
West London - 1 £761 - 5
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) SaaS
3 3 (8.33%) OCI
3 3 (8.33%) PaaS
3 3 (8.33%) Serverless
4 2 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
4 2 (5.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.78%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.78%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.11%) Law
4 4 (11.11%) Legal
4 4 (11.11%) Local Government
5 3 (8.33%) Billing
6 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Retail
6 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Architect
2 6 (16.67%) Senior
3 5 (13.89%) Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) AWS Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 3 (8.33%) Administrator
5 3 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Business Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Finance Business Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Project Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) CCTV
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.78%) Solar Panel
3 1 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) VMS
2 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Agile
2 9 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 7 (19.44%) Business Strategy
3 7 (19.44%) Roadmaps
4 6 (16.67%) Change Management
4 6 (16.67%) Project Management
4 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.89%) IT Strategy
5 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.89%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (11.11%) Business Case
6 4 (11.11%) Contract Management
6 4 (11.11%) Design Patterns
6 4 (11.11%) Matrix Management
6 4 (11.11%) Performance Management
6 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.11%) User Stories
7 3 (8.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Degree
5 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Data Guard
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.78%) Ansible
2 1 (2.78%) vRealize
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle
3 2 (5.56%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (5.56%) Panasonic
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.78%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.78%) Google
4 1 (2.78%) TOWER Software
4 1 (2.78%) Workday