Cost Reduction Jobs in England

Cost Reduction
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 663 696
Rank change year-on-year +202 +33 -89
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 409 295 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 214 144 266
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,000 £42,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £113,500 £106,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% +4.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cost Reduction is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,981 89,600 124,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.92% 95.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,915 52,820 73,594
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,306
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +133 115 £65,000 +4.00% 80
Midlands +70 94 £50,000 -18.37% 31
South East +31 77 £50,000 - 46
North of England +73 73 £71,771 +22.13% 40
North West +49 56 £70,000 +61.85% 19
West Midlands +45 49 £55,000 +2.33% 23
East Midlands +22 45 £39,000 -71.11% 8
South West -16 24 £57,500 -20.14% 18
East of England +22 22 £66,000 -12.00% 14
Yorkshire +81 14 £73,805 +15.27% 16
North East +1 3 £45,000 - 5
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 18 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.69%) SAS
3 4 (0.98%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 54 (13.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.73%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.73%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (9.54%) Azure
2 38 (9.29%) Power Platform
3 30 (7.33%) AWS
4 29 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.16%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (1.96%) Power Automate
7 8 (1.96%) PowerApps
8 7 (1.71%) IBM Cloud
9 6 (1.47%) dbt
9 6 (1.47%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.22%) SaaS
11 4 (0.98%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (0.98%) IaaS
11 4 (0.98%) PaaS
12 3 (0.73%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.73%) GCP
13 2 (0.49%) Anthos
13 2 (0.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.09%) Firewall
2 12 (2.93%) VPN
3 10 (2.44%) Wireless
4 9 (2.20%) WAN
5 8 (1.96%) LAN
6 6 (1.47%) SAN
6 6 (1.47%) VLAN
7 5 (1.22%) DHCP
7 5 (1.22%) DNS
7 5 (1.22%) Network Security
8 4 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.49%) RS-485
10 1 (0.24%) IPv4
10 1 (0.24%) MPLS
10 1 (0.24%) NAS
10 1 (0.24%) OSPF
10 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.05%) Power BI
2 26 (6.36%) Tableau
3 14 (3.42%) Data Mining
4 10 (2.44%) Amazon QuickSight
5 7 (1.71%) Data Vault
5 7 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.98%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.98%) QlikView
7 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.73%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.24%) Big Data
9 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.24%) MS Access
9 1 (0.24%) Power Query
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.18%) JIRA
2 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.73%) Selenium
2 3 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.49%) Git
3 2 (0.49%) Subversion
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 138 (33.74%) Finance
2 118 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 97 (23.72%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (17.11%) Public Sector
5 49 (11.98%) Legal
6 46 (11.25%) Retail
7 40 (9.78%) Marketing
8 39 (9.54%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (7.82%) Manufacturing
10 30 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (5.13%) Brand Awareness
12 20 (4.89%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.71%) Publishing
16 5 (1.22%) Games
17 4 (0.98%) Banking
17 4 (0.98%) Local Government
18 3 (0.73%) Electronics
18 3 (0.73%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (18.09%) Lead
2 45 (11.00%) Senior
3 41 (10.02%) Project Manager
4 37 (9.05%) Architect
5 32 (7.82%) Analyst
6 28 (6.85%) Consultant
7 26 (6.36%) IT Manager
8 20 (4.89%) Category Manager
9 19 (4.65%) Buyer
10 17 (4.16%) Administrator
10 17 (4.16%) Procurement Manager
11 16 (3.91%) Digital Project Manager
11 16 (3.91%) Lead Project Manager
12 14 (3.42%) Customer Experience Manager
12 14 (3.42%) IT Procurement Manager
13 12 (2.93%) Data Steward
13 12 (2.93%) Network Manager
14 11 (2.69%) Business Analyst
14 11 (2.69%) Management Consultant
15 10 (2.44%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.22%) .NET
2 4 (0.98%) Django
3 3 (0.73%) JSON
3 3 (0.73%) OAuth
3 3 (0.73%) RESTful
3 3 (0.73%) SAML
3 3 (0.73%) Web Services
3 3 (0.73%) XML
4 2 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.24%) CSS
5 1 (0.24%) HTML
5 1 (0.24%) Kafka
5 1 (0.24%) REST
5 1 (0.24%) SPFx
5 1 (0.24%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.78%) Onboarding
2 35 (8.56%) Management Information System
3 29 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (5.87%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.42%) Driving Licence
7 13 (3.18%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.44%) NHS
9 10 (2.44%) Replication
10 9 (2.20%) PKI
11 8 (1.96%) Blockchain
12 6 (1.47%) AS400
12 6 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
12 6 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.47%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 6 (1.47%) Industry 4.0
12 6 (1.47%) SCADA
12 6 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 6 (1.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.56%) Windows
2 19 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.47%) Linux
4 4 (0.98%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (27.63%) Project Management
2 78 (19.07%) Agile
3 75 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 63 (15.40%) Analytics
7 53 (12.96%) Project Delivery
8 50 (12.22%) Mentoring
9 43 (10.51%) Coaching
9 43 (10.51%) Logistics
10 39 (9.54%) Change Management
10 39 (9.54%) Customer Service
10 39 (9.54%) Performance Metrics
11 37 (9.05%) Line Management
12 36 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (8.56%) ITIL
14 34 (8.31%) Decision-Making
14 34 (8.31%) Roadmaps
15 32 (7.82%) Business Development
15 32 (7.82%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.11%) SQL
2 23 (5.62%) Python
3 15 (3.67%) C
4 13 (3.18%) R
5 12 (2.93%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.44%) RPG
7 9 (2.20%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.22%) Java
8 5 (1.22%) VBA
9 3 (0.73%) Bash
10 2 (0.49%) C#
10 2 (0.49%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 77 (18.83%) Degree
2 20 (4.89%) SC Cleared
2 20 (4.89%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 7 (1.71%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.24%) CCNA
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.24%) HNC
8 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.24%) MBA
8 1 (0.24%) PMP
8 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.09%) SLA
2 20 (4.89%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.42%) QA
4 13 (3.18%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.69%) ISO 14000
7 8 (1.96%) PMO
8 6 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.47%) GDPR
9 5 (1.22%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.24%) COSHH
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 24 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (5.38%) Hyper-V
3 20 (4.89%) Active Directory
4 13 (3.18%) Firmware
5 11 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.44%) Docker
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (3.18%) Terraform
2 10 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.44%) SCOM
3 9 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.71%) Ansible
5 6 (1.47%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.98%) SCCM
6 4 (0.98%) SmoothWall
7 3 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.49%) Autotask
8 2 (0.49%) Grafana
8 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.49%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.33%) VMware
3 19 (4.65%) SAP
4 18 (4.40%) IBM
5 16 (3.91%) Apple
5 16 (3.91%) Veeam
6 10 (2.44%) Dell
6 10 (2.44%) NetApp
7 9 (2.20%) Oracle
7 9 (2.20%) SonicWALL
8 8 (1.96%) Cisco
8 8 (1.96%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.22%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.98%) Ariba
11 4 (0.98%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.98%) MicroStrategy
12 3 (0.73%) Google
12 3 (0.73%) OneTrust
13 2 (0.49%) Splunk