Cost Optimisation Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cost Optimization
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile £60,750 - -
South East median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +10.87% -9.80% +15.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Cost Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,074 871 749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.39% 94.06% 92.01%
Number of salaries quoted 619 413 540
10th Percentile £30,200 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £77,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cost Optimisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes - 4 £52,500 - 5
Cost Optimisation
South East

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ACCA
1 4 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP