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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 768 861 771
Rank change year-on-year +93 -90 -9
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 126 120 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.12% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 74 44 90
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,339 £42,450
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,345 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £86,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £54,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.93% -16.92% +21.79%

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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 11 May 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 11 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
England +80 111 £53,750 -8.12% 113
UK excluding London +28 108 £53,500 -0.93% 91
Work from Home +85 49 £65,000 +23.81% 17
South East +7 30 £70,000 -5.08% 27
Midlands +8 25 £53,500 +7.00% 16
East of England +36 20 £67,500 - 9
West Midlands +22 20 £53,500 +7.00% 13
North of England +39 14 £50,000 +31.12% 21
London +106 13 £72,500 +18.50% 32
Scotland -51 11 £63,411 +49.20% 8
North West +6 10 £50,000 - 15
East Midlands -14 5 £47,500 -64.81% 3
Yorkshire +81 4 £42,000 +10.14% 5
South West -41 4 £65,000 +18.18% 15
Northern Ireland +28 2 - -
Wales +5 2 - - 2

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 2 (1.59%) 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 6 (4.76%) Azure
2 4 (3.17%) 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 2 (1.59%) DHCP
2 2 (1.59%) DNS
2 2 (1.59%) Firewall
2 2 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.59%) tcpdump
2 2 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.59%) Wireshark
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 67 (53.17%) Finance
2 60 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.05%) Legal
4 15 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (11.11%) Environmental Health
6 12 (9.52%) Retail
6 12 (9.52%) Telecoms
7 10 (7.94%) Electronics
8 8 (6.35%) Aerospace
8 8 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (5.56%) Local Government
10 6 (4.76%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.97%) Automotive
11 5 (3.97%) Banking
12 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.59%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.79%) Aviation
15 1 (0.79%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 35 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 33 (26.19%) Lead
3 12 (9.52%) Senior
4 9 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 9 (7.14%) Project Engineer
4 9 (7.14%) Technical Manager
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
9 4 (3.17%) Technical Leader
10 3 (2.38%) Administrator
11 2 (1.59%) Linux Engineer
11 2 (1.59%) Project Planner
11 2 (1.59%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 2 (1.59%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.59%) Keycloak
1 2 (1.59%) Laravel
1 2 (1.59%) Middleware
1 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%) PMI
6 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.59%) IoT
6 2 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.59%) Satnav
6 2 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.17%) Linux
2 2 (1.59%) CentOS
2 2 (1.59%) Ubuntu
2 2 (1.59%) Unix
2 2 (1.59%) Windows
2 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%) Customer Service
5 30 (23.81%) Budgeting
6 22 (17.46%) Agile
7 17 (13.49%) Change Management
8 16 (12.70%) Information Security
8 16 (12.70%) Project Planning
8 16 (12.70%) Quality Management
8 16 (12.70%) Risk Management
9 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (9.52%) Budget Management
10 12 (9.52%) Performance Management
11 11 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (7.94%) Change Control
12 10 (7.94%) Time Management
13 9 (7.14%) Configuration Management
13 9 (7.14%) PRINCE2
13 9 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.17%) Ada
1 4 (3.17%) C
2 2 (1.59%) Bash
2 2 (1.59%) Bicep
2 2 (1.59%) Perl
2 2 (1.59%) PHP
2 2 (1.59%) Python
2 2 (1.59%) Shell Script
3 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 7 (5.56%) PMP
6 6 (4.76%) HND
7 5 (3.97%) APMP
7 5 (3.97%) PMI Certification
8 4 (3.17%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) MRICS
9 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.59%) Linux+ Certification
10 2 (1.59%) RHCE
11 1 (0.79%) ACCA
11 1 (0.79%) CIMA
11 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 4 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.59%) KVM
2 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) Ansible
2 2 (1.59%) Grafana
2 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.59%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.59%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.59%) Puppet
2 2 (1.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) NEC
3 7 (5.56%) SAP
4 2 (1.59%) Cadence
4 2 (1.59%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.59%) SaltStack
4 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.59%) Splunk
4 2 (1.59%) VMware
5 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.79%) Ericsson
5 1 (0.79%) Nokia
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) Refinitiv