Cost Reduction Job Trends in Reading

Cost Reduction
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.062% - 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% - 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48,875
25th Percentile £53,750 - £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £86,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +146.43%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £112,188
90th Percentile - - £126,625
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £86,250
% change year-on-year -11.54% -24.64% +146.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,123 443 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 69.49% 84.70% 80.25%
Number of salaries quoted 831 269 560
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +9.09%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Cost Reduction job vacancy trend in Reading

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cost Reduction.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) EPLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft