Cost Control Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cost Control
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cost Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Control over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 657 651
Rank change year-on-year +286 -6 -171
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 217 106 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 162 64 33
10th Percentile £47,863 £43,250 £37,137
25th Percentile £52,600 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -2.73% -13.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £86,250
90th Percentile - £76,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.73% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,988 59,840 56,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.92% 83.56% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,070 41,306 29,083
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Cost Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Control in the UK excluding London

Cost Control
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Control in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cost Control in the UK excluding London

Cost Control
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Control in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Control in the UK excluding London

Cost Control
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Control within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
North of England +125 93 £54,793 +9.59% 33
North West +72 90 £54,793 +9.59% 23
South East +129 64 £70,000 - 24
Midlands +64 19 £100,000 +86.92% 19
West Midlands +40 17 £100,000 +86.92% 13
South West +117 16 £52,600 -19.08% 6
Scotland +118 9 £42,500 +3.03% 6
East of England +28 9 £70,000 +3.70% 10
Wales +43 7 £70,000 - 3
Yorkshire +63 3 £55,000 +89.66% 7
East Midlands +22 2 - - 5
Cost Control
UK

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (8.29%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (4.61%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (7.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (7.37%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (1.38%) Azure
2 3 (1.38%) SaaS
2 3 (1.38%) Smartsheet
3 2 (0.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (0.92%) Entra ID
3 2 (0.92%) IaaS
3 2 (0.92%) PaaS
4 1 (0.46%) AWS
4 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.46%) Nutanix
4 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.92%) Firewall
2 2 (0.92%) LAN
2 2 (0.92%) Network Security
2 2 (0.92%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.92%) VPN
2 2 (0.92%) WAN
3 1 (0.46%) NAS
3 1 (0.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.46%) Power BI
General
1 89 (41.01%) Aeronautics
1 89 (41.01%) Aerospace
1 89 (41.01%) Social Skills
2 69 (31.80%) Finance
3 36 (16.59%) Manufacturing
4 20 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.22%) Law
5 16 (7.37%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.53%) Retail
7 11 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.61%) Legal
9 1 (0.46%) Electronics
9 1 (0.46%) Local Government
9 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 109 (50.23%) Senior
2 95 (43.78%) Lead
3 89 (41.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 89 (41.01%) Systems Engineer
4 88 (40.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 88 (40.55%) Team Leader
5 35 (16.13%) Engineering Manager
6 22 (10.14%) Project Manager
7 18 (8.29%) Analyst
8 16 (7.37%) Financial Analyst
8 16 (7.37%) IT Analyst
8 16 (7.37%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (7.37%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 16 (7.37%) Service Analyst
9 13 (5.99%) Vendor Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Project Leader
10 6 (2.76%) Software Project Leader
10 6 (2.76%) Technology Director
11 5 (2.30%) Head of Engineering
12 4 (1.84%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.84%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.29%) Social Media
2 15 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.84%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.38%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.38%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.92%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.46%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.76%) Windows
2 17 (7.83%) Windows Vista
3 2 (0.92%) Android
3 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (49.31%) Coaching
2 103 (47.47%) Project Management
3 96 (44.24%) Systems Engineering
4 93 (42.86%) Performance Management
5 90 (41.47%) Mathematics
6 89 (41.01%) Physics
7 66 (30.41%) Mentoring
8 55 (25.35%) Project Delivery
9 35 (16.13%) Budgeting
10 34 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (10.60%) Agile
11 23 (10.60%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 22 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (10.14%) Contract Management
12 22 (10.14%) ERP
12 22 (10.14%) Service Delivery
13 21 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
14 18 (8.29%) Decision-Making
14 18 (8.29%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.76%) Ada
1 6 (2.76%) C
1 6 (2.76%) C++
2 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 153 (70.51%) Degree
2 130 (59.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 35 (16.13%) Chartered Engineer
4 21 (9.68%) DBS Check
5 13 (5.99%) Master's Degree
6 9 (4.15%) HNC
6 9 (4.15%) HND
7 5 (2.30%) MRICS
8 3 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PMP
9 1 (0.46%) ACCA
9 1 (0.46%) CIMA
9 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.23%) GDPR
2 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.38%) PMBOK
4 2 (0.92%) QA
4 2 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.76%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (2.76%) Firmware
2 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Ansible
1 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 38 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.68%) SAP
3 10 (4.61%) MathWorks
4 5 (2.30%) NEC
5 4 (1.84%) YouTube
6 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.46%) Google
7 1 (0.46%) Instagram
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle
7 1 (0.46%) Twitter
7 1 (0.46%) Veeam
7 1 (0.46%) VMware