Cost Reduction Contracts in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 - 189
Rank change year-on-year - - -30
Contract jobs citing Cost Reduction 21 0 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.72% - 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 13
10th Percentile - - £236
25th Percentile £525 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.08%
75th Percentile £625 - £550
90th Percentile £790 - -
England median daily rate £600 £595 £550
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.88
25th Percentile - - £13.06
Median hourly rate - - £14.75
75th Percentile - - £17.06
90th Percentile - - £17.63
England median hourly rate £31.80 - £29.98
% change year-on-year - - +17.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cost Reduction 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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,366 2,825 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.70% 87.57% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,582 1,983 3,234
10th Percentile £232 £258 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 101 130
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +31.51% +24.91%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
West Midlands - 20 £588 - 26
East Midlands - 1 - - 11
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) GCP
1 1 (4.76%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) BigQuery
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (61.90%) Law
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Billing
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) IT Manager
2 9 (42.86%) Vendor Manager
3 8 (38.10%) Commercial Manager
4 6 (28.57%) Buyer
4 6 (28.57%) IT Buyer
5 5 (23.81%) Consultant
5 5 (23.81%) IT Consultant
5 5 (23.81%) Procurement Consultant
6 3 (14.29%) Senior
7 2 (9.52%) Analyst
7 2 (9.52%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Commercial Manager
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Procurement Manager
8 1 (4.76%) Risk Analyst
8 1 (4.76%) Risk Support Analyst
8 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
8 1 (4.76%) Security Risk Analyst
8 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (4.76%) Senior Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) FMCG
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.52%) Coaching
1 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
1 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (4.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (4.76%) Business Development
2 1 (4.76%) Change Control
2 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (4.76%) Contract Management
2 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
2 1 (4.76%) ERP
2 1 (4.76%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (4.76%) Process Improvement
2 1 (4.76%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (4.76%) Project Management
2 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
2 1 (4.76%) Security Management
2 1 (4.76%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (4.76%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) R
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.76%) CISSP
1 1 (4.76%) CRISC
1 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Google
1 1 (4.76%) Kenna
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle