Cost Reduction Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cost Reduction
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 206 216
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 +64
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 5 38 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.67% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 19
10th Percentile - £29,913 £28,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £30,582 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -42.48%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile - £64,750 £61,200
South East median annual salary £59,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +19.00% +25.00% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,221 5,669 5,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 94.04% 84.71% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 3,877 3,051
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,183 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £56,673 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.35% -9.09% -

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the Thames Valley

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in the Thames Valley

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in the Thames Valley

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 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
Berkshire +7 3 £65,000 +100.00% 2
Buckinghamshire +37 2 £50,000 -13.04% 3
Cost Reduction
South East

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CMDB
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
3 2 (40.00%) Logistics
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Security Patching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (40.00%) SAP