Cost Management Job Trends in London

Cost Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Cost Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 324 412
Rank change year-on-year +45 +88 +175
Permanent jobs citing Cost Management 95 104 31
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.67% 0.67% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.71% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 51 51 29
10th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £89,000
25th Percentile £73,125 £59,025 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £67,500 £107,393
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -37.15% +55.64%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £97,500 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £64,950 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.47% +8.25% -1.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Cost Management 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cost Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cost Management job vacancy trend in London

Cost Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cost Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cost Management

Cost Management
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Management in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cost Management in London

Cost Management
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Management within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 London - 12 £75,000 -
Central London +12 4 £105,000 +68.00% 4
East London - 3 £42,500 -
South London - 3 £80,000 - 1
Cost Management
England

Cost Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (22.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.47%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.32%) Confluence
4 4 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 80 (84.21%) Azure
2 36 (37.89%) AWS
3 26 (27.37%) GCP
4 21 (22.11%) Entra ID
5 14 (14.74%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (13.68%) Power Platform
7 12 (12.63%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (12.63%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (10.53%) Azure AKS
8 10 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (10.53%) GitHub
8 10 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (10.53%) Serverless
9 9 (9.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 9 (9.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (9.47%) Datadog
9 9 (9.47%) OneDrive
10 8 (8.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (6.32%) PowerApps
12 5 (5.26%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.95%) VPN
1 18 (18.95%) WAN
2 10 (10.53%) Firewall
3 9 (9.47%) DHCP
3 9 (9.47%) DNS
3 9 (9.47%) SD-WAN
3 9 (9.47%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.21%) Network Security
4 4 (4.21%) Wireless
5 3 (3.16%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.11%) ATM
7 1 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (31.58%) Data Lake
2 27 (28.42%) Metadata
3 7 (7.37%) Power BI
4 6 (6.32%) Big Data
5 4 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (3.16%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Git
1 6 (6.32%) JIRA
General
1 59 (62.11%) Finance
2 31 (32.63%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (27.37%) Banking
3 26 (27.37%) Financial Institution
3 26 (27.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (27.37%) Retail Banking
3 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
4 13 (13.68%) Billing
5 6 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.21%) Electronics
6 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.21%) Marketing
6 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.11%) Legal
9 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (32.63%) Architect
2 27 (28.42%) Data Architect
3 19 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 17 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (14.74%) Senior
6 13 (13.68%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (12.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (10.53%) Operations Engineer
9 9 (9.47%) Lead
10 6 (6.32%) Big Data Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) DataOps Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) DataOps Leader
10 6 (6.32%) Lead Big Data Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (4.21%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 4 (4.21%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
12 4 (4.21%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.47%) ADO
1 9 (9.47%) OAuth
1 9 (9.47%) SAML
1 9 (9.47%) YAML
2 2 (2.11%) XML
3 1 (1.05%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.26%) iPad
1 5 (5.26%) iPhone
1 5 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.21%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.21%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.16%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.05%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.05%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 22 (23.16%) Windows
1 22 (23.16%) Windows Server
2 10 (10.53%) Apple iOS
2 10 (10.53%) VMS
3 9 (9.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (41.05%) Agile
2 31 (32.63%) Data Architecture
2 31 (32.63%) Data Modelling
2 31 (32.63%) Data Strategy
3 29 (30.53%) Migration
4 28 (29.47%) Data Privacy
5 27 (28.42%) Data Management
5 27 (28.42%) Logical Data Model
5 27 (28.42%) Metadata Management
5 27 (28.42%) Physical Data Model
6 26 (27.37%) Asset Management
6 26 (27.37%) Business Development
6 26 (27.37%) Commercialisation
6 26 (27.37%) Data Migration
6 26 (27.37%) Innovative Thinking
7 24 (25.26%) Cost Optimisation
8 21 (22.11%) Observability
9 20 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.47%) Kusto Query Language
1 9 (9.47%) SQL
2 2 (2.11%) Bicep
3 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (30.53%) AWS Certification
2 28 (29.47%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.21%) Degree
3 4 (4.21%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.21%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (3.16%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.16%) PMP
5 2 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.05%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.53%) SLA
2 9 (9.47%) GDPR
2 9 (9.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (9.47%) SOC 2
3 4 (4.21%) PMO
4 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 30 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 13 (13.68%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (20.00%) Terraform
2 9 (9.47%) Ansible
2 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.21%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (66.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) VMware
3 9 (9.47%) Palo Alto
3 9 (9.47%) Zscaler
4 7 (7.37%) Databricks
5 4 (4.21%) Cisco
5 4 (4.21%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.21%) SAP
6 2 (2.11%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.11%) VocaLink
7 1 (1.05%) Apple
7 1 (1.05%) NEC
7 1 (1.05%) Okta
7 1 (1.05%) Oracle