Cost Reduction Jobs in Scotland

Cost Reduction
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 269 199
Rank change year-on-year +113 -70 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 8 19 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.28% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.31% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,975 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,450 £57,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.70% +64.29% -20.95%
75th Percentile £46,925 £61,250 £37,500
90th Percentile - £64,250 £45,500
UK median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% -1.79% +1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 6,226 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.64% 91.40% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,433 2,111
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in Scotland

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in Scotland

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Edinburgh +15 8 £44,450 -22.70% 7
Cost Reduction
UK

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Web Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Google JAX
1 2 (25.00%) JAX
1 2 (25.00%) NumPy
1 2 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (25.00%) scikit-learn
1 2 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Cost Management
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Science
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) LLM
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (25.00%) Physics
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CBAP
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PhD
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA