Cost Reduction Job Trends in Glasgow

Cost Reduction
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Cost Reduction skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 73 132
Rank change year-on-year +18 +59 -29
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.29% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £43,675 - -
25th Percentile £46,188 - £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% -20.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £60,688 - £91,250
90th Percentile £64,025 - -
Scotland median annual salary £52,750 £52,865 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.22% -3.88% -3.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 510 650 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 75.22% 92.46% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 317 290 481
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,725 £28,800
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,875 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Cost Reduction job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cost Reduction.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in Glasgow over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in Glasgow

Cost Reduction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Boomi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Developer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (50.00%) Talend