Cost Reduction Job Trends in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cost Reduction skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 202 201
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +90
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 6 34 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.077% 0.53% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.59% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 21
10th Percentile £44,812 £51,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,736 £70,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,489 £75,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -35.35% +37.24% +3.49%
75th Percentile £55,233 £85,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,593 £125,000 £69,800
England median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,306 5,768 4,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.45% 86.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,486 2,526 4,080
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cost Reduction job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Reduction.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
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 Reduction within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +7 3 £56,250 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -19 3 £47,434 -15.30% 5
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Lucidchart
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) IPv4
1 1 (16.67%) IPv6
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
1 1 (16.67%) VPLS
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Buyer
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Process Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (16.67%) Housing Management
2 1 (16.67%) Indirect Procurement
2 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) SIAM
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Aruba
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) IFS
1 1 (16.67%) Juniper
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow