Cost Optimisation Jobs

Cost Optimization
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cost Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Optimisation 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 801 797 732
Rank change year-on-year -4 -65 +100
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 106 151 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.16% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.17% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 71 75 136
10th Percentile £43,366 £48,450 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £71,250 £95,000 £104,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £120,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +21.36% -13.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost Optimisation 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 Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Optimisation in the UK

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cost Optimisation in the UK

Cost Optimisation
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Cost Optimisation in the UK

Cost Optimisation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation 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 -8 100 £65,000 -7.14% 52
UK excluding London -2 65 £57,500 -8.00% 25
London +45 37 £67,500 -12.90% 24
Work from Home +25 34 £67,500 +3.85% 18
South East +6 25 £57,500 +9.52% 7
Midlands -2 21 £67,500 +8.00% 4
West Midlands -8 16 £67,500 +8.00% 2
North of England +38 13 £41,774 -40.32% 12
Yorkshire +68 7 £40,000 -37.25% 2
North West -5 5 £50,000 -28.57% 6
East Midlands - 5 - - 2
East of England - 3 £47,500 - 2
Scotland -65 2 £81,250 +30.00%
South West -27 1 - -
North East - 1 £41,774 - 4

Cost Optimisation
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 4 (3.77%) SAS
2 2 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.77%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 30 (28.30%) AWS
2 23 (21.70%) Azure
3 6 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (5.66%) IaaS
3 6 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.77%) GCP
5 4 (3.77%) PaaS
6 3 (2.83%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.83%) SaaS
7 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.89%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.89%) GitHub
8 1 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.94%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.94%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.94%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.55%) BGP
1 8 (7.55%) LAN
1 8 (7.55%) MPLS
1 8 (7.55%) Network Security
1 8 (7.55%) OSPF
1 8 (7.55%) WAN
2 5 (4.72%) VLAN
3 3 (2.83%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (2.83%) EIGRP
3 3 (2.83%) Firewall
3 3 (2.83%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.83%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.83%) VPN
3 3 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.89%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.83%) Power BI
4 2 (1.89%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.94%) Big Data
5 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Bitbucket
1 2 (1.89%) GitLab
1 2 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 48 (45.28%) Finance
2 29 (27.36%) Social Skills
3 24 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.26%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (11.32%) Legal
5 12 (11.32%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.55%) Retail
7 7 (6.60%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.83%) Aviation
9 3 (2.83%) Marketing
10 2 (1.89%) Law
10 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.94%) Automotive
11 1 (0.94%) Banking
11 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.94%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 26 (24.53%) Analyst
2 21 (19.81%) IT Manager
3 14 (13.21%) Service Analyst
4 10 (9.43%) Procurement Analyst
5 9 (8.49%) Lead
6 8 (7.55%) Architect
6 8 (7.55%) Category Manager
6 8 (7.55%) Senior
7 7 (6.60%) Service Management Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) Business Manager
9 5 (4.72%) AWS Architect
9 5 (4.72%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Mobile Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Supply Chain Analyst
10 4 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Head of Operations
11 3 (2.83%) Head of Service Operations
11 3 (2.83%) Network Manager
11 3 (2.83%) Procurement Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) .NET
1 2 (1.89%) EDI
1 2 (1.89%) SAML
2 1 (0.94%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.94%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.94%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.94%) LDAP
2 1 (0.94%) PySpark
2 1 (0.94%) React
2 1 (0.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.21%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.72%) Clustering
3 5 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.89%) PMI
6 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.66%) Windows
2 5 (4.72%) Linux
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.58%) Cost Management
2 24 (22.64%) FinOps
3 19 (17.92%) Budgeting
4 18 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (16.04%) Asset Management
5 17 (16.04%) IT Asset Management
6 16 (15.09%) Contract Management
6 16 (15.09%) Roadmaps
7 15 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (13.21%) Process Improvement
9 13 (12.26%) ERP
10 11 (10.38%) Decision-Making
10 11 (10.38%) ITIL
10 11 (10.38%) Mentoring
10 11 (10.38%) Project Management
11 10 (9.43%) Economics
11 10 (9.43%) Supplier Management
12 9 (8.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (7.55%) Risk Management
13 8 (7.55%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.32%) SQL
2 7 (6.60%) Python
3 6 (5.66%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.77%) Go
5 2 (1.89%) C#
5 2 (1.89%) VBA
6 1 (0.94%) Bash
6 1 (0.94%) Bicep
6 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (18.87%) Degree
2 4 (3.77%) Numerate Degree
2 4 (3.77%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.89%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (6.60%) PCI DSS
3 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.89%) NIST
6 1 (0.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (7.55%) Docker
2 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (11.32%) Terraform
2 10 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.72%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (3.77%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (12.26%) ServiceNow
2 12 (11.32%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.49%) Cisco
4 8 (7.55%) Juniper
5 5 (4.72%) Aruba
5 5 (4.72%) Ericsson
5 5 (4.72%) Nokia
6 3 (2.83%) Ariba
6 3 (2.83%) BT
6 3 (2.83%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.83%) IBM
6 3 (2.83%) Oracle
6 3 (2.83%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.83%) SAP
6 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.83%) VMware
7 2 (1.89%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.89%) Citrix
7 2 (1.89%) Symantec
8 1 (0.94%) Broadcom