Cost Control Job Trends in Dorset

Cost Control
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Cost Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 2.40% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary £54,000 £33,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +60.00% -48.08% +18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Cost Control 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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 392 314 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 78.56% 91.28% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 268 150 403
10th Percentile £27,707 £34,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,094 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £63,875 £71,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,702
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.48% -0.67%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Cost Control job vacancy trend in Dorset

Cost Control
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Cost Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Cost Control

Cost Control
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Sherborne - 2 - -
Cost Control
South West

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Business Applications
1 12 (100.00%) SAP PM
General
1 12 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 12 (100.00%) Order Management
1 12 (100.00%) Predictive Maintenance
1 12 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 12 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 12 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP