Cost Optimisation Jobs in the South East

Cost Optimization
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 388 403
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 -26
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 22 15 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.10% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.11% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 10
10th Percentile - - £51,200
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,000 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £78,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £76,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year -14.75% -4.69% +28.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,155 14,128 18,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.77% 94.49% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 9,933 8,194 12,068
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,704
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cost Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Optimisation in the South East

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Cost Optimisation in the South East

Cost Optimisation
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Optimisation in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost Optimisation in the South East

Cost Optimisation
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -13 11 £57,500 +9.52% 3
Surrey - 6 £55,000 -
Thames Valley +21 5 £67,500 +3.85% 3
Berkshire +29 3 - -
Buckinghamshire -14 2 £67,500 +3.85% 2
Cost Optimisation
England

Cost Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (9.09%) IaaS
General
1 17 (77.27%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Aviation
4 3 (13.64%) Legal
4 3 (13.64%) Marketing
5 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) IT Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Business Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Category Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Head of Operations
3 3 (13.64%) Head of Service Operations
3 3 (13.64%) Procurement Advisor
4 2 (9.09%) CloudOps Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Operations Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Professional Services Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Mobile
5 1 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Cost Management
2 10 (45.45%) Asset Management
2 10 (45.45%) IT Asset Management
3 7 (31.82%) Budgeting
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
7 3 (13.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Contract Management
7 3 (13.64%) Customer Insight
7 3 (13.64%) Customer-Centricity
7 3 (13.64%) Logistics
7 3 (13.64%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (13.64%) Proactive Management
7 3 (13.64%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (13.64%) Product Management
7 3 (13.64%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Ansible
1 2 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) ServiceNow
2 3 (13.64%) Ariba
2 3 (13.64%) BT
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft