Cost Optimisation Jobs in the Midlands

Cost Optimization
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Cost Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Optimisation over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 304 357
Rank change year-on-year +9 +53 -80
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 21 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.17% 0.099% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.10% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 2
10th Percentile £43,366 £51,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £47,450 £51,875 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £126,875 £64,375
90th Percentile - £185,000 £68,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% -9.38% +28.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cost Optimisation 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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,798 8,808 10,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.58% 96.54% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,163 4,442 6,890
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,357 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.75%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Cost Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Optimisation in the Midlands

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Optimisation in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Cost Optimisation in the Midlands

Cost Optimisation
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Optimisation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost Optimisation in the Midlands

Cost Optimisation
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
West Midlands +19 16 £67,500 +8.00% 3
East Midlands - 5 - - 1
Cost Optimisation
England

Cost Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) IaaS
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) BGP
1 5 (23.81%) LAN
1 5 (23.81%) MPLS
1 5 (23.81%) Network Security
1 5 (23.81%) OSPF
1 5 (23.81%) VLAN
1 5 (23.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Big Data
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 14 (66.67%) Finance
2 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Retail
3 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
4 3 (14.29%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Lead
2 5 (23.81%) Category Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (23.81%) IT Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Optimisation Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Senior
3 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) EDI
2 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 1 (4.76%) LDAP
2 1 (4.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (23.81%) Budget Management
2 5 (23.81%) Budgeting
2 5 (23.81%) Business Case
2 5 (23.81%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (23.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 5 (23.81%) Emotional Intelligence
2 5 (23.81%) ERP
2 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Automation
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) Line Management
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Process Improvement
2 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
2 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
2 5 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Strategic Management
3 4 (19.05%) Contract Management
3 4 (19.05%) Supplier Management
4 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Bicep
1 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Terraform
2 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco
2 5 (23.81%) Aruba
2 5 (23.81%) Ericsson
2 5 (23.81%) Juniper
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Nokia
3 1 (4.76%) NetApp
3 1 (4.76%) VMware