Cost Reduction Job Trends in the City of London

Cost Reduction
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Cost Reduction skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 157 160
Rank change year-on-year +47 +3 +76
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 24 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.04% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.31% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £64,247 £60,500 £60,200
25th Percentile £66,868 £72,500 £63,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,736 £95,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +35.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £74,500 £109,375 £91,250
90th Percentile - £116,500 -
Central London median annual salary £68,736 £95,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -27.65% +35.71% +12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Cost Reduction 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,992 2,540 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.35% 95.67% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,620 2,368
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cost Reduction relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Cost Reduction job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cost Reduction.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
General
1 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Back Office
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Lead
2 17 (70.83%) Architect
3 16 (66.67%) Lead Architect
4 11 (45.83%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 11 (45.83%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (20.83%) Lead Security Architect
5 5 (20.83%) Security Architect
6 2 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Messaging Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Scala Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Scala Software Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Exchange Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Head of IT
7 1 (4.17%) IT Director
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Principal Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Principal Data Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Business Continuity
1 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (12.50%) IT Strategy
1 3 (12.50%) ITIL
1 3 (12.50%) ITSM
1 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (12.50%) Project Management
1 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
1 3 (12.50%) Service Management
2 2 (8.33%) Co-Creation
2 2 (8.33%) Contract Management
2 2 (8.33%) Email Filtering
2 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (8.33%) ERP
2 2 (8.33%) Information Security
2 2 (8.33%) Information Security Management
2 2 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (8.33%) Migration
2 2 (8.33%) Security Management
2 2 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Scala
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Google
2 2 (8.33%) MobileIron