Cost Reduction Jobs in Manchester

Cost Reduction
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 202 238
Rank change year-on-year +60 +36 -9
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 15 24 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.69% 0.45% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.53% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 4
10th Percentile £30,350 £54,038 £44,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £60,365 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £68,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% +12.30% -9.63%
75th Percentile £36,000 £75,772 £81,688
90th Percentile - £82,500 £87,425
North West median annual salary £32,500 £73,543 £72,000
% change year-on-year -55.81% +2.14% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,073 4,571 4,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.44% 85.09% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 3,465 2,488
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in Manchester

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in Manchester

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 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
Oldham - 2 £35,000 - 2
Cost Reduction
North West

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (13.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) MongoDB
1 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (40.00%) Law
2 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (20.00%) Legal
4 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Electronics
5 2 (13.33%) Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Analyst
1 3 (20.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
1 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Industrial Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) IT Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Java Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Java Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Operations Business Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Python Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Python Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Junior
3 1 (6.67%) Procurement Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) FastAPI
1 2 (13.33%) Node.js
1 2 (13.33%) Spring
1 2 (13.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (13.33%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.67%) BYOD
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
4 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (13.33%) DevSecOps
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Lean Manufacturing
5 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (13.33%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) Java
2 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) CBAP
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) SAP