Cost Reduction Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 545 593
Rank change year-on-year +74 +48 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 328 186 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.34% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.35% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 166 86 170
10th Percentile £35,625 £29,375 £39,625
25th Percentile £44,875 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,575 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +10.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,875 £62,188
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cost Reduction falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands +32 99 £50,000 -16.67% 34
North of England +49 77 £73,543 +2.14% 32
South East -1 76 £50,000 - 30
North West +11 58 £69,271 -7.64% 20
East Midlands +21 53 £39,000 -71.11% 11
West Midlands +9 46 £54,650 -0.64% 23
East of England -10 23 £55,000 -26.67% 19
South West -36 23 £60,000 +7.14% 27
Scotland -69 22 £57,500 +64.29% 9
Yorkshire +69 16 £73,805 +37.95% 8
Wales +17 5 £60,000 +26.32% 5
North East -16 3 £45,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 2
Cost Reduction
UK

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 18 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.22%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 59 (17.99%) Power Platform
2 56 (17.07%) Azure
3 48 (14.63%) AWS
4 19 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.66%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 8 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.83%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.61%) Anthos
10 2 (0.61%) Apigee
10 2 (0.61%) Datadog
10 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.61%) GCP
10 2 (0.61%) GitHub
10 2 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.61%) Stackdriver
11 1 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.96%) VPN
2 10 (3.05%) Firewall
3 6 (1.83%) VLAN
4 5 (1.52%) DHCP
4 5 (1.52%) DNS
4 5 (1.52%) Network Security
4 5 (1.52%) SAN
5 4 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (1.22%) Wireless
6 2 (0.61%) RS-485
7 1 (0.30%) IPv4
7 1 (0.30%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) OSPF
7 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.30%) WAN
7 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (17.38%) Power BI
2 31 (9.45%) Tableau
3 30 (9.15%) Data Vault
3 30 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.83%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.61%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.61%) GIS
5 2 (0.61%) MySQL
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.30%) QlikView
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Jenkins
1 3 (0.91%) Selenium
1 3 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (0.91%) TeamCity
2 2 (0.61%) Git
2 2 (0.61%) Subversion
General
1 89 (27.13%) Social Skills
2 77 (23.48%) Finance
3 52 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (15.85%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.06%) Presentation Skills
5 31 (9.45%) Retail
6 30 (9.15%) Legal
7 27 (8.23%) Marketing
8 26 (7.93%) Manufacturing
9 21 (6.40%) Brand Awareness
9 21 (6.40%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.13%) Publishing
14 4 (1.22%) Local Government
15 3 (0.91%) Electronics
16 2 (0.61%) Automotive
16 2 (0.61%) Back Office
16 2 (0.61%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (15.24%) Lead
2 44 (13.41%) Architect
3 39 (11.89%) Project Manager
4 30 (9.15%) Data Architect
4 30 (9.15%) Principal Architect
4 30 (9.15%) Principal Data Architect
5 27 (8.23%) Senior
6 26 (7.93%) Consultant
7 19 (5.79%) Buyer
7 19 (5.79%) IT Manager
8 17 (5.18%) Management Consultant
9 16 (4.88%) Asset Management Consultant
9 16 (4.88%) Digital Project Manager
9 16 (4.88%) IT Consultant
9 16 (4.88%) Lead Project Manager
10 14 (4.27%) Customer Experience Manager
11 13 (3.96%) Administrator
12 12 (3.66%) Data Manager
13 11 (3.35%) Category Manager
13 11 (3.35%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.52%) .NET
2 3 (0.91%) EDI
3 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.30%) CSS
3 1 (0.30%) Django
3 1 (0.30%) HTML
3 1 (0.30%) Kafka
3 1 (0.30%) RESTful
3 1 (0.30%) SOAP
3 1 (0.30%) SPFx
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
3 1 (0.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.45%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.71%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.27%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.66%) NHS
6 11 (3.35%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.13%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.13%) PKI
8 7 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.83%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.83%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 6 (1.83%) Industry 4.0
9 6 (1.83%) PMI
9 6 (1.83%) SCADA
9 6 (1.83%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (1.52%) FMCG
10 5 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.35%) Windows
2 7 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.52%) Linux
4 4 (1.22%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.44%) Project Management
2 73 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (18.60%) Analytics
3 61 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (16.77%) Agile
5 49 (14.94%) DevOps
6 48 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
6 48 (14.63%) Project Delivery
7 46 (14.02%) Data Architecture
8 42 (12.80%) Business Development
9 40 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (11.89%) Data Analytics
10 39 (11.89%) Data Science
11 37 (11.28%) User Experience
12 36 (10.98%) Coaching
12 36 (10.98%) Data Analysis
12 36 (10.98%) Mentoring
12 36 (10.98%) TOGAF
13 33 (10.06%) Line Management
14 31 (9.45%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.57%) C
2 11 (3.35%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.74%) SQL
4 8 (2.44%) Python
5 6 (1.83%) Java
6 3 (0.91%) Bash
7 2 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) Go
8 1 (0.30%) C++
8 1 (0.30%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.30%) R
8 1 (0.30%) VB
8 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (14.94%) Degree
2 15 (4.57%) SC Cleared
2 15 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.13%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.83%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) HNC
8 1 (0.30%) MBA
8 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.32%) SLA
2 17 (5.18%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.96%) ISO 9001
3 13 (3.96%) QA
4 12 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.13%) ISO 14000
6 5 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) COSHH
8 1 (0.30%) GDPR
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 18 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.88%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.05%) Docker
5 3 (0.91%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.66%) Terraform
2 10 (3.05%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.83%) Ansible
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.22%) SCCM
5 4 (1.22%) SmoothWall
6 2 (0.61%) Autotask
6 2 (0.61%) Grafana
6 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.61%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 54 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.88%) Apple
3 13 (3.96%) VMware
4 9 (2.74%) SAP
4 9 (2.74%) SonicWALL
5 8 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.83%) Veeam
7 5 (1.52%) Cisco
8 4 (1.22%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.22%) Oracle
8 4 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.91%) Ariba
9 3 (0.91%) Google
10 2 (0.61%) Facebook
10 2 (0.61%) IBM
10 2 (0.61%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.61%) New Relic
10 2 (0.61%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.61%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) Splunk