Cost Optimisation Job Trends in Leicester

Cost Optimization
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.61% 1.92% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 2.04% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £85,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +41.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicester

Cost Optimisation 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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 196 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 81.16% 94.23% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 197 109 195
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,950 £26,450
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,000 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +6.38%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in Leicester

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) MBA
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) QAD
1 2 (100.00%) SAP