Cost Control Jobs in England

Cost Control
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cost Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Control over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 738 819
Rank change year-on-year +275 +81 -181
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 223 112 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 152 71 38
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £36,733
25th Percentile - £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £53,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -9.70% -5.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,875 £83,063
90th Percentile - £78,088 £117,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £53,500 £56,750
% change year-on-year +2.42% -5.73% -9.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Control in England

Cost Control
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Control in England.

Salary trend for Cost Control in England

Cost Control
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Control in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Control in England

Cost Control
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North of England +115 91 £54,793 +9.59% 14
North West +79 90 £54,793 +9.59% 9
South East +117 69 £70,000 - 20
London +115 25 £67,500 -6.90% 46
South West +123 15 £52,600 -19.08% 4
Midlands +55 15 £100,000 +86.92% 13
West Midlands +49 13 £100,000 +86.92% 9
East of England +38 8 £70,000 +3.70% 7
East Midlands +40 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +54 1 £125,000 +331.03% 3
Cost Control
UK

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.48%) Simulink
3 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (7.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (7.17%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.48%) Azure
2 8 (3.59%) Entra ID
3 7 (3.14%) Google Workspace
3 7 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.69%) SaaS
5 3 (1.35%) Smartsheet
6 2 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (0.90%) IaaS
6 2 (0.90%) PaaS
6 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.45%) AWS
7 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.69%) SSL
1 6 (2.69%) VLAN
1 6 (2.69%) Wireless
2 4 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.90%) Firewall
3 2 (0.90%) LAN
3 2 (0.90%) Network Security
3 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.90%) VPN
3 2 (0.90%) WAN
4 1 (0.45%) NAS
4 1 (0.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 89 (39.91%) Aeronautics
1 89 (39.91%) Aerospace
2 84 (37.67%) Social Skills
3 66 (29.60%) Finance
4 30 (13.45%) Manufacturing
5 21 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (8.97%) Law
7 19 (8.52%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.69%) Legal
10 5 (2.24%) Retail
11 4 (1.79%) Marketing
12 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 108 (48.43%) Senior
2 95 (42.60%) Lead
3 89 (39.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 89 (39.91%) Systems Engineer
4 88 (39.46%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 88 (39.46%) Team Leader
5 31 (13.90%) Engineering Manager
6 19 (8.52%) Analyst
6 19 (8.52%) Project Manager
7 16 (7.17%) Financial Analyst
7 16 (7.17%) IT Analyst
7 16 (7.17%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (7.17%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 16 (7.17%) Service Analyst
8 13 (5.83%) Vendor Manager
9 9 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.59%) Portfolio Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Project Leader
11 6 (2.69%) Software Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.79%) EDI
2 2 (0.90%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.28%) Social Media
3 13 (5.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.24%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.90%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.45%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) Shadow IT
7 1 (0.45%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.73%) Windows
2 13 (5.83%) Windows Vista
3 2 (0.90%) Android
3 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (47.09%) Project Management
2 99 (44.39%) Coaching
3 95 (42.60%) Systems Engineering
4 93 (41.70%) Performance Management
5 89 (39.91%) Mathematics
5 89 (39.91%) Physics
6 53 (23.77%) Project Delivery
7 51 (22.87%) Mentoring
8 48 (21.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (12.56%) Agile
10 28 (12.56%) Decision-Making
11 26 (11.66%) Strategic Thinking
12 24 (10.76%) Service Delivery
13 23 (10.31%) Budgeting
13 23 (10.31%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 21 (9.42%) ERP
15 19 (8.52%) Contract Management
16 18 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (8.07%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.04%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.69%) Ada
2 6 (2.69%) C
2 6 (2.69%) C++
3 1 (0.45%) Bicep
3 1 (0.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 144 (64.57%) Degree
2 130 (58.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (13.45%) Chartered Engineer
4 17 (7.62%) DBS Check
5 15 (6.73%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.24%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.24%) PMP
7 4 (1.79%) MRICS
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.45%) ACCA
9 1 (0.45%) CIMA
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.48%) GDPR
2 4 (1.79%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.35%) PMBOK
3 3 (1.35%) QA
4 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (2.69%) Firmware
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.45%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (19.73%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.87%) SAP
3 10 (4.48%) MathWorks
4 7 (3.14%) Google
5 6 (2.69%) Cisco
5 6 (2.69%) Meraki
6 4 (1.79%) NEC
6 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.79%) YouTube
7 1 (0.45%) Ariba
7 1 (0.45%) Instagram
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle
7 1 (0.45%) Twitter
7 1 (0.45%) Veeam
7 1 (0.45%) VMware