Cost Reduction Jobs in Edinburgh

Cost Reduction
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 99 144
Rank change year-on-year +19 +45 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 8 12 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.91% 0.80% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.90% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,975 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,450 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.70% +4.55% +24.22%
75th Percentile £46,925 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £44,450 £57,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.70% +64.29% -20.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 851 1,331 1,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.15% 88.20% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 363 933 1,075
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £35,740
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £89,941
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in Edinburgh

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in Edinburgh

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Web Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Google JAX
1 2 (25.00%) JAX
1 2 (25.00%) NumPy
1 2 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (25.00%) scikit-learn
1 2 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Cost Management
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Science
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) LLM
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (25.00%) Physics
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CBAP
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PhD
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA