Cost Reduction Jobs in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 286 308
Rank change year-on-year +67 +22 -43
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 94 31 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.81% 0.32% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.33% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 59 12 35
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +22.50% +16.28%
75th Percentile £57,500 £94,063 £58,875
90th Percentile £58,860 £152,000 £71,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cost Reduction 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 9,554 9,322 10,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.50% 96.59% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,115 4,635 7,010
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £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 Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 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 +57 49 £55,000 +2.33% 22
East Midlands +21 45 £39,000 -71.11% 7
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (17.02%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.26%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (2.13%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (17.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.15%) Azure
2 13 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.77%) Entra ID
3 12 (12.77%) Power Platform
4 7 (7.45%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (7.45%) PowerApps
5 6 (6.38%) Power Automate
6 4 (4.26%) WhatsApp
7 2 (2.13%) AWS
7 2 (2.13%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.70%) VPN
2 10 (10.64%) Firewall
3 5 (5.32%) Network Security
3 5 (5.32%) SAN
3 5 (5.32%) VLAN
4 4 (4.26%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (4.26%) DHCP
4 4 (4.26%) DNS
4 4 (4.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.77%) Power BI
2 4 (4.26%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.06%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.06%) MySQL
3 1 (1.06%) Tableau
General
1 40 (42.55%) Finance
2 37 (39.36%) Social Skills
3 14 (14.89%) Legal
3 14 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.70%) Manufacturing
4 11 (11.70%) Retail
5 9 (9.57%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.26%) Local Government
8 4 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.19%) Marketing
10 2 (2.13%) Automotive
10 2 (2.13%) Banking
10 2 (2.13%) International Banking
11 1 (1.06%) Law
11 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (23.40%) Lead
2 12 (12.77%) Buyer
2 12 (12.77%) Project Manager
3 8 (8.51%) Senior
4 7 (7.45%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
4 7 (7.45%) Identity Management Engineer
5 5 (5.32%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (5.32%) Data Steward
5 5 (5.32%) IT Buyer
5 5 (5.32%) IT Support
5 5 (5.32%) Network Manager
6 4 (4.26%) Administrator
6 4 (4.26%) Digital Transformation
6 4 (4.26%) IT Administrator
6 4 (4.26%) IT Systems Administrator
6 4 (4.26%) Programmer
6 4 (4.26%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (3.19%) Architect
7 3 (3.19%) Head of Network Operations
7 3 (3.19%) Head of Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) EDI
2 1 (1.06%) .NET
2 1 (1.06%) CSS
2 1 (1.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.15%) Management Information System
2 13 (13.83%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.51%) Product Ownership
4 7 (7.45%) PKI
5 6 (6.38%) Augmented Reality
5 6 (6.38%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 6 (6.38%) Industry 4.0
5 6 (6.38%) PMI
5 6 (6.38%) SCADA
5 6 (6.38%) Virtual Reality
6 5 (5.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (4.26%) IoT
8 3 (3.19%) FMCG
8 3 (3.19%) Onboarding
8 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.13%) Credit Risk
10 1 (1.06%) Blog
10 1 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Windows
1 7 (7.45%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.26%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.98%) Project Management
2 24 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (25.53%) Project Delivery
3 20 (21.28%) Analytics
4 16 (17.02%) Logistics
5 14 (14.89%) Mentoring
6 13 (13.83%) Change Management
6 13 (13.83%) Customer Service
6 13 (13.83%) Project Planning
7 12 (12.77%) Energy Management
7 12 (12.77%) Facilities Management
7 12 (12.77%) Line Management
7 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (12.77%) Risk Analysis
7 12 (12.77%) Strategic Planning
8 11 (11.70%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (11.70%) ITIL
8 11 (11.70%) Service Delivery
8 11 (11.70%) Time Management
9 10 (10.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.32%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.32%) SQL
2 2 (2.13%) Python
3 1 (1.06%) C#
3 1 (1.06%) Java
3 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (23.40%) Degree
2 7 (7.45%) DBS Check
3 6 (6.38%) PMI Certification
3 6 (6.38%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.38%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.06%) MBA
6 1 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (1.06%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.51%) SLA
2 7 (7.45%) ISO 9001
2 7 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.32%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.26%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.06%) COSHH
6 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 16 (17.02%) Active Directory
1 16 (17.02%) Hyper-V
2 12 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (7.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.45%) Kubernetes
1 7 (7.45%) Single Sign-On
1 7 (7.45%) Terraform
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.26%) SCCM
2 4 (4.26%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 34 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.77%) VMware
3 11 (11.70%) Apple
4 9 (9.57%) SonicWALL
5 5 (5.32%) Veeam
6 4 (4.26%) Cisco
6 4 (4.26%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.06%) SAP