Cost Reduction Jobs in the Midlands

Cost Reduction
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 224 288
Rank change year-on-year -19 +64 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 18 94 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.78% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.95% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12 58 14
10th Percentile - £31,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,500 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -21.57% +27.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £114,688
90th Percentile - £58,750 £176,000
England median annual salary £57,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.09% -8.33% +11.63%

All Process and 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 6,312 9,877 8,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.54% 81.43% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,461 7,187 4,406
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,374 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 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
West Midlands +34 13 £60,000 +9.79% 14
East Midlands -13 5 £42,500 +8.97% 5
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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Applications Support
2 6 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Applications Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) E-Business Support
3 4 (22.22%) Lead
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle Applications Support
4 2 (11.11%) Commercial Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Credit Risk Manager
4 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Remote Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Supplier Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Supply Chain Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Vendor Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Category Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) Middleware
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) Next.js
2 1 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (11.11%) Credit Risk
1 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Incident Management
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
2 4 (22.22%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 4 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 2 (11.11%) Business Case
3 2 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (11.11%) Contract Management
3 2 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (11.11%) Cost Management
3 2 (11.11%) Data Science
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Demand Forecasting
3 2 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (11.11%) Proactive Management
3 2 (11.11%) Software Licensing
3 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle
1 8 (44.44%) ServiceNow