Cost Reduction Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cost Reduction
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 455 558 607
Rank change year-on-year +103 +49 -83
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 134 103 240
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.25% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.26% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 92 68 120
10th Percentile £35,631 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £37,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,577 £106,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cost Reduction
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cost Reduction trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cost Reduction.

Cost Reduction salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Cost Reduction salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (0.75%) Confluence
1 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.18%) AWS
2 16 (11.94%) Azure
3 14 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.97%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (5.22%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.49%) Anthos
6 2 (1.49%) Apigee
6 2 (1.49%) Datadog
6 2 (1.49%) GCP
6 2 (1.49%) GitHub
6 2 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (1.49%) Stackdriver
7 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.97%) WAN
2 7 (5.22%) LAN
3 6 (4.48%) Wireless
4 3 (2.24%) Firewall
5 2 (1.49%) RS-485
6 1 (0.75%) MPLS
6 1 (0.75%) NAS
6 1 (0.75%) SAN
6 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.24%) Selenium
1 3 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (2.24%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.49%) Git
2 2 (1.49%) Subversion
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 31 (23.13%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (20.90%) Public Sector
3 22 (16.42%) Finance
4 20 (14.93%) Social Skills
5 18 (13.43%) Retail
6 15 (11.19%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (10.45%) Legal
7 14 (10.45%) Marketing
8 7 (5.22%) Brand Awareness
9 5 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.99%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.24%) Electronics
11 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.75%) French Language
12 1 (0.75%) German Language
12 1 (0.75%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (27.61%) Lead
2 19 (14.18%) Project Manager
3 16 (11.94%) Consultant
3 16 (11.94%) Digital Project Manager
3 16 (11.94%) Lead Project Manager
4 13 (9.70%) Architect
5 12 (8.96%) Data Steward
5 12 (8.96%) Management Consultant
6 11 (8.21%) Asset Management Consultant
6 11 (8.21%) IT Consultant
6 11 (8.21%) Senior
7 9 (6.72%) Technical Architect
8 7 (5.22%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
8 7 (5.22%) Identity Management Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Systems Manager
10 5 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.99%) Category Manager
11 4 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (2.99%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.45%) NHS
2 12 (8.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.22%) PKI
5 2 (1.49%) CPLD
5 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.49%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.49%) FPGA
5 2 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.49%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.49%) Verilog
5 2 (1.49%) VHDL
6 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.75%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.70%) Windows
1 13 (9.70%) Windows Server
2 3 (2.24%) Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (27.61%) Agile
1 37 (27.61%) Project Management
2 28 (20.90%) Coaching
2 28 (20.90%) Mentoring
3 27 (20.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (19.40%) Project Delivery
5 18 (13.43%) Line Management
6 17 (12.69%) Analytics
6 17 (12.69%) Change Management
7 16 (11.94%) Community of Practice
8 15 (11.19%) DevOps
9 13 (9.70%) Application Security
9 13 (9.70%) Asset Management
9 13 (9.70%) Roadmaps
9 13 (9.70%) User Experience
10 12 (8.96%) B2B
10 12 (8.96%) Contract Management
10 12 (8.96%) CRM
10 12 (8.96%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.48%) Java
1 6 (4.48%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.73%) Python
3 2 (1.49%) Bash
3 2 (1.49%) Go
3 2 (1.49%) SQL
4 1 (0.75%) C
4 1 (0.75%) C++
4 1 (0.75%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) Degree
2 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.75%) CCNA
3 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.99%) ISO 14000
3 1 (0.75%) COSHH
3 1 (0.75%) PMO
3 1 (0.75%) QA
3 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (7.46%) Docker
2 7 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.22%) Hyper-V
2 7 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (9.70%) Terraform
2 10 (7.46%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.22%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (4.48%) Ansible
5 2 (1.49%) Autotask
5 2 (1.49%) Grafana
5 2 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.49%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 21 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.22%) VMware
3 6 (4.48%) SAP
3 6 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.99%) Ariba
4 4 (2.99%) Oracle
5 3 (2.24%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.49%) Cisco
6 2 (1.49%) Facebook
6 2 (1.49%) Google
6 2 (1.49%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.49%) Meraki
6 2 (1.49%) New Relic
6 2 (1.49%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.49%) PagerDuty
6 2 (1.49%) Splunk
7 1 (0.75%) Palo Alto