Cost Optimisation Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cost Optimization
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.71% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile £60,750 - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Cost Optimisation 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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 494 336 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 87.28% 93.85% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 313 239 377
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,678 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £92,000 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cost Optimisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ACCA
1 4 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP