Cost Reduction
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 662 716
Rank change year-on-year +144 +54 -64
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 425 325 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.32% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.34% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 225 159 283
10th Percentile £32,246 £32,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,650 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.41% +12.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost Reduction 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the UK

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in the UK

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in the UK

Cost Reduction
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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 +179 396 £55,000 -5.98% 177
UK excluding London +79 301 £54,650 -2.41% 137
Work from Home +103 134 £56,000 +1.82% 68
London +109 109 £65,000 +18.18% 39
Midlands +52 92 £50,000 -21.57% 31
South East +15 74 £50,000 - 31
North of England +82 71 £73,543 +14.86% 39
North West +47 54 £73,543 +25.71% 25
West Midlands +35 47 £54,650 -4.96% 19
East Midlands +23 45 £39,000 -71.11% 12
South West -18 24 £57,500 -20.14% 18
East of England +15 22 £66,000 -12.00% 13
Yorkshire +84 14 £73,805 +15.27% 9
Scotland -78 13 £57,500 +64.29% 5
Wales +7 4 £57,500 +21.05% 4
North East -3 3 £45,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Cost Reduction
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 18 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.12%) SAS
3 4 (0.94%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 55 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.12%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.71%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.71%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.06%) Azure
2 44 (10.35%) Power Platform
3 38 (8.94%) AWS
4 29 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (4.24%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (1.88%) Power Automate
7 8 (1.88%) PowerApps
8 7 (1.65%) IBM Cloud
9 6 (1.41%) SaaS
9 6 (1.41%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.18%) IaaS
10 5 (1.18%) PaaS
11 4 (0.94%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (0.94%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.71%) GCP
13 2 (0.47%) Apigee
13 2 (0.47%) GitHub
13 2 (0.47%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.53%) Firewall
2 15 (3.53%) LAN
2 15 (3.53%) VPN
3 12 (2.82%) WAN
4 10 (2.35%) Wireless
5 8 (1.88%) Network Security
6 6 (1.41%) SAN
6 6 (1.41%) VLAN
7 5 (1.18%) DHCP
7 5 (1.18%) DNS
7 5 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (0.94%) Internet
8 4 (0.94%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.71%) WLAN
10 2 (0.47%) RS-485
11 1 (0.24%) IPv4
11 1 (0.24%) MPLS
11 1 (0.24%) NAS
11 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.12%) Power BI
2 31 (7.29%) Tableau
3 12 (2.82%) Data Vault
3 12 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.35%) Amazon QuickSight
4 10 (2.35%) Data Mining
5 4 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.94%) PowerPivot
5 4 (0.94%) QlikView
5 4 (0.94%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.24%) Big Data
7 1 (0.24%) GIS
7 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.24%) MySQL
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.06%) JIRA
2 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.71%) Selenium
2 3 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.47%) Git
3 2 (0.47%) Subversion
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 136 (32.00%) Finance
2 118 (27.76%) Social Skills
3 94 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (15.29%) Public Sector
5 52 (12.24%) Legal
6 42 (9.88%) Retail
7 39 (9.18%) Marketing
8 38 (8.94%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (6.35%) Manufacturing
10 25 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (5.18%) Telecoms
12 21 (4.94%) Brand Awareness
13 18 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.88%) Local Government
16 7 (1.65%) Publishing
17 5 (1.18%) Games
18 4 (0.94%) Banking
19 3 (0.71%) Electronics
19 3 (0.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 68 (16.00%) Lead
2 49 (11.53%) Senior
3 44 (10.35%) Architect
4 42 (9.88%) Project Manager
5 29 (6.82%) Analyst
5 29 (6.82%) Consultant
5 29 (6.82%) IT Manager
6 22 (5.18%) Category Manager
7 19 (4.47%) Buyer
8 17 (4.00%) Administrator
8 17 (4.00%) Procurement Manager
9 16 (3.76%) Digital Project Manager
9 16 (3.76%) Lead Project Manager
10 14 (3.29%) Customer Experience Manager
10 14 (3.29%) IT Procurement Manager
11 13 (3.06%) Principal Architect
12 12 (2.82%) Data Architect
12 12 (2.82%) Data Steward
12 12 (2.82%) Management Consultant
12 12 (2.82%) Principal Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.18%) .NET
2 4 (0.94%) Django
2 4 (0.94%) JSON
2 4 (0.94%) OAuth
2 4 (0.94%) RESTful
2 4 (0.94%) SAML
2 4 (0.94%) Web Services
2 4 (0.94%) XML
3 2 (0.47%) EDI
4 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.24%) CSS
4 1 (0.24%) HTML
4 1 (0.24%) Kafka
4 1 (0.24%) SPFx
4 1 (0.24%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.41%) Management Information System
2 38 (8.94%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (5.65%) Product Ownership
5 19 (4.47%) Driving Licence
6 18 (4.24%) Data Centre
7 16 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (3.29%) NHS
9 11 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.35%) Replication
11 9 (2.12%) PKI
12 8 (1.88%) Blockchain
12 8 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.88%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
13 6 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.41%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 6 (1.41%) Industry 4.0
13 6 (1.41%) SCADA
13 6 (1.41%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.24%) Windows
2 19 (4.47%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.18%) Linux
4 4 (0.94%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (27.76%) Project Management
2 79 (18.59%) Agile
3 77 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (15.06%) Analytics
6 62 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (12.71%) Project Delivery
8 44 (10.35%) Mentoring
9 43 (10.12%) Coaching
10 42 (9.88%) Change Management
10 42 (9.88%) Customer Service
10 42 (9.88%) ITIL
10 42 (9.88%) Logistics
11 39 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (8.94%) Business Development
12 38 (8.94%) Customer Experience
13 37 (8.71%) Line Management
14 36 (8.47%) DevOps
14 36 (8.47%) Roadmaps
15 35 (8.24%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.65%) SQL
2 20 (4.71%) Python
3 15 (3.53%) C
4 12 (2.82%) PowerShell
5 11 (2.59%) R
6 10 (2.35%) RPG
7 7 (1.65%) Java
7 7 (1.65%) MATLAB
8 4 (0.94%) VBA
9 3 (0.71%) Bash
10 2 (0.47%) C#
10 2 (0.47%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (19.53%) Degree
2 15 (3.53%) SC Cleared
2 15 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.35%) DBS Check
4 7 (1.65%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.71%) CCNP
7 3 (0.71%) MCSE
7 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.47%) HNC
8 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCNA
9 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.24%) MBA
9 1 (0.24%) PMP
9 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.82%) SLA
2 20 (4.71%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.29%) QA
4 13 (3.06%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.59%) ISO 14000
7 6 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.41%) GDPR
8 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.18%) PMO
9 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) COSHH
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 23 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (5.18%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.94%) Active Directory
4 13 (3.06%) Firmware
5 10 (2.35%) Docker
5 10 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (3.06%) Terraform
2 10 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.35%) SCOM
3 9 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.65%) Ansible
5 6 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.94%) SCCM
6 4 (0.94%) SmoothWall
7 3 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.47%) Autotask
8 2 (0.47%) Grafana
8 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.47%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 85 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.82%) VMware
3 19 (4.47%) SAP
4 18 (4.24%) IBM
5 16 (3.76%) Apple
5 16 (3.76%) Veeam
6 10 (2.35%) Cisco
6 10 (2.35%) Dell
6 10 (2.35%) NetApp
7 9 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.12%) SonicWALL
8 8 (1.88%) Oracle
9 7 (1.65%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.18%) Meraki
11 4 (0.94%) Ariba
11 4 (0.94%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.94%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.94%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.71%) Google
12 3 (0.71%) HubSpot