Cost Control Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cost Control
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Cost Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 7 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.75% - 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% - 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Cost Control 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 710 224 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.34% 91.06% 85.53%
Number of salaries quoted 294 56 293
10th Percentile - £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,916 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cost Control relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Cost Control job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Cost Control
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
County Down - 4 £52,500 -
County Antrim - 3 - - 1
Newry - 2 - -
Cost Control
UK

Cost Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Change Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Project Change Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Quantity Surveyor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Budgeting
1 6 (85.71%) Cost Management
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Change Management
3 4 (57.14%) Financial Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Impact Assessments
3 4 (57.14%) Matrix Organization
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
4 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (28.57%) Data Centre Operations
5 2 (28.57%) Logistics
6 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) PMI Certification
1 4 (57.14%) PMP
2 2 (28.57%) Degree