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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 771 838 778
Rank change year-on-year +67 -60 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 125 132 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.13% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.13% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 74 49 103
10th Percentile £45,375 £38,350 £42,650
25th Percentile £50,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £58,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% -6.40% +19.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,625 £86,250 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% -15.38% +19.00%

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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +101 110 £53,750 -10.42% 117
UK excluding London +33 109 £53,500 -2.73% 94
Work from Home +94 50 £67,500 +28.57% 28
South East +31 30 £68,750 +10.00% 21
Midlands +20 25 £53,500 +7.00% 18
West Midlands +35 20 £53,500 +7.00% 15
East of England +27 20 £67,500 - 6
North of England +50 15 £50,000 +31.12% 27
London +104 11 £70,000 +14.42% 30
Scotland -55 11 £85,572 +101.35% 7
North West +11 10 £50,000 -16.67% 19
Yorkshire +93 5 £55,000 +44.24% 6
East Midlands -11 5 £47,500 -64.81% 3
South West -13 4 £65,000 +18.18% 17
Northern Ireland +32 2 - - 1
Wales +10 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 1 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (11.20%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (8.00%) AutoCAD
4 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.80%) Primavera
2 6 (4.80%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.80%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.00%) Azure
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (1.60%) AWS
3 2 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.60%) IaaS
3 2 (1.60%) Serverless
4 1 (0.80%) Akamai
4 1 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.80%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.00%) Wireless
2 2 (1.60%) Firewall
2 2 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) DynamoDB
1 2 (1.60%) MySQL
2 1 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 69 (55.20%) Finance
2 58 (46.40%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.40%) Legal
4 15 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (11.20%) Environmental Health
6 12 (9.60%) Retail
6 12 (9.60%) Telecoms
7 10 (8.00%) Electronics
8 8 (6.40%) Aerospace
8 8 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (5.60%) Banking
9 7 (5.60%) Local Government
10 6 (4.80%) Manufacturing
11 5 (4.00%) Automotive
11 5 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.80%) Avionics
14 1 (0.80%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.80%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (28.00%) Lead
2 34 (27.20%) Project Manager
3 10 (8.00%) Senior
4 9 (7.20%) Programme Manager
4 9 (7.20%) Technical Manager
5 8 (6.40%) Project Engineer
5 8 (6.40%) Project Leader
5 8 (6.40%) Software Project Leader
6 7 (5.60%) Operations Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Technical Leader
8 5 (4.00%) Site Manager
9 4 (3.20%) Deployment Manager
9 4 (3.20%) Quantity Surveyor
10 3 (2.40%) Cloud Engineer
11 2 (1.60%) Administrator
11 2 (1.60%) CloudOps Manager
11 2 (1.60%) Senior Technical Manager
11 2 (1.60%) Senior Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) Laravel
1 2 (1.60%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.80%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.20%) NHS
3 5 (4.00%) Robotics
4 4 (3.20%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.20%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.40%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.40%) PMI
6 2 (1.60%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.60%) IoT
6 2 (1.60%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.60%) Satnav
7 1 (0.80%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.80%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.60%) Linux
1 2 (1.60%) Unix
1 2 (1.60%) Windows
1 2 (1.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (48.00%) Project Management
2 38 (30.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (24.80%) Customer Service
3 31 (24.80%) Project Delivery
4 30 (24.00%) Budgeting
5 24 (19.20%) Agile
6 16 (12.80%) Change Management
6 16 (12.80%) Information Security
6 16 (12.80%) Quality Management
7 15 (12.00%) Risk Management
8 14 (11.20%) Project Planning
8 14 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (9.60%) Budget Management
9 12 (9.60%) Performance Management
10 10 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (8.00%) Time Management
11 9 (7.20%) Business Case
11 9 (7.20%) Change Control
11 9 (7.20%) Commercial Awareness
11 9 (7.20%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.20%) Ada
1 4 (3.20%) C
2 2 (1.60%) Bicep
2 2 (1.60%) PHP
3 1 (0.80%) C++
3 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (30.40%) Degree
2 18 (14.40%) HNC
3 13 (10.40%) Security Cleared
4 9 (7.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.80%) HND
5 6 (4.80%) PMP
6 5 (4.00%) PMI Certification
7 4 (3.20%) APMP
7 4 (3.20%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (3.20%) MRICS
8 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.80%) ACCA
9 1 (0.80%) CIMA
9 1 (0.80%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.20%) GDPR
3 7 (5.60%) QA
4 6 (4.80%) ISO 9001
5 5 (4.00%) PMO
6 3 (2.40%) Def Stans
6 3 (2.40%) DO-178B
6 3 (2.40%) HAZOP
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.60%) NEBOSH
7 2 (1.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Terraform
2 2 (1.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.80%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 25 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.00%) NEC
3 7 (5.60%) SAP
4 4 (3.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.60%) Cadence
6 1 (0.80%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.80%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.80%) Nokia
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle
6 1 (0.80%) Refinitiv