Cost Reduction Jobs in England

Cost Reduction
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 570 484 628
Rank change year-on-year -86 +144 +93
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 115 398 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.44% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.53% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 44 204 137
10th Percentile £30,375 £35,631 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £67,125 £82,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £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 £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in England

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in England

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in England

Cost Reduction
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 Reduction within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
London +50 41 £62,500 -3.85% 69
North of England -3 21 £35,000 -52.41% 137
Midlands +7 17 £57,500 +15.00% 102
North West -31 17 £32,500 -55.81% 62
East of England +41 16 £37,500 -48.28% 77
West Midlands +23 12 £60,000 +9.79% 57
South West +91 10 £70,500 +17.50% 65
South East +27 10 £59,500 +19.00% 163
East Midlands +2 5 £42,500 +8.97% 39
Yorkshire +48 4 £64,000 -13.28% 58
Cost Reduction
UK

Cost Reduction
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 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.87%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Maya
2 2 (1.74%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.87%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Oracle Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (6.09%) SAP IBP
2 7 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (33.04%) Azure
2 34 (29.57%) AWS
3 21 (18.26%) GCP
4 17 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.96%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (6.96%) Serverless
6 4 (3.48%) Snowflake
7 3 (2.61%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.61%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.74%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.74%) dbt
8 2 (1.74%) IaaS
8 2 (1.74%) PaaS
8 2 (1.74%) SaaS
9 1 (0.87%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.87%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.22%) Unified Communications
2 4 (3.48%) IPv4
2 4 (3.48%) VoIP
3 2 (1.74%) Firewall
3 2 (1.74%) OSPF
3 2 (1.74%) VLAN
3 2 (1.74%) VPN
4 1 (0.87%) H.323
4 1 (0.87%) ISDN
4 1 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.87%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.87%) Softphone
4 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.87%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (6.09%) SAP BW
2 6 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.48%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.61%) Power BI
5 2 (1.74%) MySQL
5 2 (1.74%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Git
General
1 33 (28.70%) Finance
2 32 (27.83%) Law
3 31 (26.96%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (22.61%) Social Skills
5 16 (13.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (13.91%) Telecoms
6 13 (11.30%) Manufacturing
7 12 (10.43%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (9.57%) Banking
9 8 (6.96%) Games
10 7 (6.09%) Automotive
10 7 (6.09%) Legal
10 7 (6.09%) Marketing
10 7 (6.09%) Public Sector
11 4 (3.48%) Electronics
11 4 (3.48%) Retail
12 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (26.96%) Lead
2 17 (14.78%) Senior
3 15 (13.04%) Architect
4 14 (12.17%) Data Engineer
4 14 (12.17%) Lead Data Engineer
4 14 (12.17%) Platform Engineer
5 12 (10.43%) Support Engineer
6 11 (9.57%) Analyst
7 10 (8.70%) Applications Support
8 8 (6.96%) Applications Engineer
8 8 (6.96%) Applications Support Engineer
8 8 (6.96%) Business Analyst
8 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure Manager
8 8 (6.96%) SAP Architect
9 7 (6.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
9 7 (6.09%) IT Architect
9 7 (6.09%) SAP Functional Architect
9 7 (6.09%) Senior Architect
10 6 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (4.35%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.78%) Middleware
2 14 (12.17%) ARM Templates
3 10 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (5.22%) Node.js
5 5 (4.35%) .NET
5 5 (4.35%) PyTorch
5 5 (4.35%) scikit-learn
5 5 (4.35%) TensorFlow
6 4 (3.48%) FastAPI
6 4 (3.48%) Spring
6 4 (3.48%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.74%) Google JAX
7 2 (1.74%) JAX
7 2 (1.74%) LAMP
7 2 (1.74%) LAPP Stack
7 2 (1.74%) Next.js
7 2 (1.74%) NumPy
8 1 (0.87%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.83%) PMI
2 8 (6.96%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (6.96%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (6.09%) Enterprise Cloud
3 7 (6.09%) Reinsurance
4 6 (5.22%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.48%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.74%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.74%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.74%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.87%) BYOD
8 1 (0.87%) Cyber Warfare
8 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.70%) Windows
2 6 (5.22%) Linux
3 3 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.17%) Roadmaps
2 32 (27.83%) Agile
3 31 (26.96%) Artificial Intelligence
4 30 (26.09%) Analytics
5 27 (23.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (20.00%) Data Science
8 20 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (15.65%) Computer Science
9 18 (15.65%) Containerisation
9 18 (15.65%) Cost Management
10 17 (14.78%) Decision-Making
10 17 (14.78%) Strategic Roadmap
11 14 (12.17%) Asset Management
11 14 (12.17%) Network Virtualisation
11 14 (12.17%) Platform Engineering
12 13 (11.30%) Business Strategy
12 13 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (11.30%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 32 (27.83%) Python
2 20 (17.39%) Java
2 20 (17.39%) SQL
3 14 (12.17%) Scala
4 6 (5.22%) Bash
4 6 (5.22%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.22%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.48%) R
6 3 (2.61%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (26.96%) Degree
2 17 (14.78%) Master's Degree
3 14 (12.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.83%) PMI Certification
5 7 (6.09%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.35%) CBAP
7 4 (3.48%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.48%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.61%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.61%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.74%) PhD
10 1 (0.87%) ACCA
10 1 (0.87%) CFA
10 1 (0.87%) CIMA
10 1 (0.87%) CISSP
10 1 (0.87%) PMP
10 1 (0.87%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.87%) MiFID
4 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) Docker
2 4 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.74%) KVM
4 2 (1.74%) Xen
5 1 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (14.78%) Kubernetes
2 16 (13.91%) Terraform
3 6 (5.22%) Puppet
4 4 (3.48%) Ansible
5 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.74%) CFEngine
6 2 (1.74%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (13.91%) Oracle
2 15 (13.04%) Google
3 14 (12.17%) Cisco
4 13 (11.30%) SAP
5 12 (10.43%) ServiceNow
6 9 (7.83%) Microsoft
7 7 (6.09%) Ariba
8 4 (3.48%) Genesys
8 4 (3.48%) VMware
9 3 (2.61%) Facebook
9 3 (2.61%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.61%) YouTube
10 1 (0.87%) Databricks
10 1 (0.87%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.87%) Informatica
10 1 (0.87%) Splunk
10 1 (0.87%) StreamSets