Cost Control Jobs

Cost Control
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cost Control skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Control over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 781 856 643
Rank change year-on-year +75 -213 +134
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 126 91 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.096% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.10% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 73 45 84
10th Percentile £43,000 £37,541 £42,150
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £58,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% -4.49% +16.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £77,970 £116,500 £86,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £53,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.94% -15.20% +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Control in the UK

Cost Control
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Control.

Salary trend for Cost Control in the UK

Cost Control
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Control over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost Control in the UK

Cost Control
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +67 111 £53,500 -10.83% 120
UK excluding London +19 106 £53,500 +0.94% 96
Work from Home +46 46 £63,750 +21.43% 22
South East +5 29 £70,000 -15.15% 25
Midlands +4 25 £53,500 -38.86% 16
East of England +16 20 £67,500 - 11
West Midlands 0 20 £53,500 +7.00% 13
London +99 15 £72,500 +19.66% 25
North of England +35 13 £50,000 +31.12% 24
Scotland -60 11 £41,353 -10.59% 5
North West 0 10 £50,000 - 19
East Midlands -15 5 £47,500 -64.81% 3
South West -30 4 £65,000 +22.64% 19
Yorkshire +61 3 £29,000 -23.95% 5
Northern Ireland +22 2 - - 1
Wales - 2 - - 1

Cost Control
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 (2.38%) Apache
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (7.94%) AutoCAD
4 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Primavera
2 6 (4.76%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.79%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.56%) Azure
2 5 (3.97%) AWS
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.59%) IaaS
4 2 (1.59%) Serverless
5 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.94%) Wireless
2 3 (2.38%) DHCP
2 3 (2.38%) DNS
2 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.38%) tcpdump
2 3 (2.38%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.59%) Firewall
3 2 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.59%) DynamoDB
1 2 (1.59%) MySQL
2 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 66 (52.38%) Finance
2 62 (49.21%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.25%) Legal
4 15 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (11.11%) Environmental Health
6 13 (10.32%) Telecoms
7 12 (9.52%) Retail
8 10 (7.94%) Electronics
9 8 (6.35%) Aerospace
9 8 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (5.56%) Local Government
11 6 (4.76%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.97%) Automotive
13 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
14 3 (2.38%) Banking
14 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.79%) Aviation
15 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 31 (24.60%) Lead
3 13 (10.32%) Senior
4 9 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 9 (7.14%) Technical Manager
5 8 (6.35%) Project Engineer
5 8 (6.35%) Project Leader
5 8 (6.35%) Software Project Leader
6 7 (5.56%) Operations Manager
7 6 (4.76%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.97%) Site Manager
9 4 (3.17%) Deployment Manager
9 4 (3.17%) Quantity Surveyor
10 3 (2.38%) Administrator
10 3 (2.38%) Linux Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Platform Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 2 (1.59%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.38%) Keycloak
1 3 (2.38%) Middleware
2 2 (1.59%) Laravel
2 2 (1.59%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.70%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.11%) NHS
3 5 (3.97%) Robotics
4 4 (3.17%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.17%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.59%) IoT
6 2 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.59%) PMI
6 2 (1.59%) Satnav
7 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Linux
2 3 (2.38%) CentOS
2 3 (2.38%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.59%) Unix
3 2 (1.59%) Windows
3 2 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (49.21%) Project Management
2 38 (30.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (25.40%) Project Delivery
4 31 (24.60%) Budgeting
4 31 (24.60%) Customer Service
5 20 (15.87%) Agile
6 18 (14.29%) Change Management
7 17 (13.49%) Project Planning
8 16 (12.70%) Information Security
8 16 (12.70%) Quality Management
8 16 (12.70%) Risk Management
9 13 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (9.52%) Budget Management
11 11 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (8.73%) Performance Management
12 10 (7.94%) Change Control
12 10 (7.94%) Configuration Management
12 10 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (7.94%) Resource Allocation
12 10 (7.94%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.17%) Ada
1 4 (3.17%) C
2 3 (2.38%) Bash
2 3 (2.38%) Perl
2 3 (2.38%) Python
2 3 (2.38%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.59%) Bicep
3 2 (1.59%) PHP
4 1 (0.79%) C++
Qualifications
1 40 (31.75%) Degree
2 18 (14.29%) HNC
3 13 (10.32%) Security Cleared
4 9 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (6.35%) PMP
6 6 (4.76%) APMP
6 6 (4.76%) HND
7 4 (3.17%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (3.17%) MRICS
7 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.38%) Linux+ Certification
8 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.38%) RHCE
8 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.79%) ACCA
9 1 (0.79%) CIMA
9 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.11%) GDPR
3 7 (5.56%) QA
4 6 (4.76%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.97%) PMO
6 3 (2.38%) Def Stans
6 3 (2.38%) DO-178B
6 3 (2.38%) HAZOP
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.59%) NEBOSH
7 2 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.38%) KVM
2 3 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.97%) Ansible
2 3 (2.38%) Grafana
2 3 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.38%) Progress Chef
2 3 (2.38%) Prometheus
2 3 (2.38%) Puppet
3 2 (1.59%) Terraform
4 1 (0.79%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) NEC
3 7 (5.56%) SAP
4 3 (2.38%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.38%) SaltStack
4 3 (2.38%) Splunk
4 3 (2.38%) VMware
5 2 (1.59%) Cadence
6 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.79%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.79%) Nokia
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle
6 1 (0.79%) Refinitiv