Cost Reduction Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 475 564
Rank change year-on-year -19 +89 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 83 316 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.42% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.51% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 40 163 91
10th Percentile £31,125 £35,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,225 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £54,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -0.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,063 £71,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £66,025 £75,772 £78,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in the UK excluding London

Cost Reduction
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 Reduction within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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 -3 21 £35,000 -52.41% 137
Midlands +7 17 £57,500 +15.00% 103
North West -31 17 £32,500 -55.81% 62
East of England +41 16 £37,500 -48.28% 77
West Midlands +23 12 £60,000 +9.79% 58
South West +91 10 £70,500 +17.50% 65
South East +27 10 £59,500 +19.00% 163
Scotland +107 8 £44,450 -22.70% 27
East Midlands +2 5 £42,500 +8.97% 39
Yorkshire +48 4 £64,000 -13.28% 58
Wales +43 1 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Cost Reduction
UK

Cost Reduction
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 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) AutoCAD
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.20%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.20%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Oracle Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Azure
2 14 (16.87%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.84%) AWS
4 6 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (7.23%) Serverless
5 4 (4.82%) Snowflake
6 3 (3.61%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.41%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.20%) dbt
8 1 (1.20%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.02%) Unified Communications
2 4 (4.82%) IPv4
2 4 (4.82%) VoIP
3 2 (2.41%) Firewall
3 2 (2.41%) OSPF
3 2 (2.41%) VLAN
3 2 (2.41%) VPN
4 1 (1.20%) GPRS
4 1 (1.20%) GSM
4 1 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.41%) Power BI
1 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Git
General
1 22 (26.51%) Analytical Skills
1 22 (26.51%) Finance
2 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.46%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (12.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (12.05%) Law
5 8 (9.64%) Legal
6 6 (7.23%) Telecoms
7 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.82%) Banking
8 4 (4.82%) Marketing
8 4 (4.82%) Retail
9 3 (3.61%) Electronics
10 2 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.20%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 11 (13.25%) Lead
2 10 (12.05%) Analyst
2 10 (12.05%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Senior
4 8 (9.64%) Applications Support
4 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure Manager
5 7 (8.43%) Business Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (7.23%) Applications Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Applications Support Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Data Scientist
7 5 (6.02%) Supplier Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) E-Business Support
8 4 (4.82%) Operations Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Operations Business Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Oracle Applications Support
9 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.64%) Middleware
1 8 (9.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (6.02%) PyTorch
2 5 (6.02%) scikit-learn
2 5 (6.02%) TensorFlow
3 3 (3.61%) .NET
4 2 (2.41%) FastAPI
4 2 (2.41%) Google JAX
4 2 (2.41%) JAX
4 2 (2.41%) Next.js
4 2 (2.41%) Node.js
4 2 (2.41%) NumPy
4 2 (2.41%) Spring
4 2 (2.41%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.20%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (8.43%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.82%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.61%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.41%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.41%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.20%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (1.20%) BYOD
7 1 (1.20%) CPLD
7 1 (1.20%) FPGA
7 1 (1.20%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.64%) Windows
2 4 (4.82%) Linux
3 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (19.28%) Agile
3 15 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (18.07%) Decision-Making
4 14 (16.87%) Artificial Intelligence
4 14 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (15.66%) Customer Experience
5 13 (15.66%) ITIL
6 11 (13.25%) Process Improvement
6 11 (13.25%) Service Delivery
7 10 (12.05%) Budget Management
7 10 (12.05%) Roadmaps
8 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (10.84%) Data Science
8 9 (10.84%) Machine Learning
8 9 (10.84%) Strategic Thinking
9 8 (9.64%) Analytics
9 8 (9.64%) Critical Thinking
9 8 (9.64%) Incident Management
9 8 (9.64%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) SQL
2 13 (15.66%) Python
3 4 (4.82%) Bash
3 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.82%) R
4 3 (3.61%) C#
5 2 (2.41%) Java
5 2 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.20%) C
6 1 (1.20%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Degree
2 5 (6.02%) CBAP
2 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.82%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.61%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.41%) CISSP
5 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.41%) PhD
6 1 (1.20%) ACCA
6 1 (1.20%) CFA
6 1 (1.20%) CIMA
6 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.20%) PMP
6 1 (1.20%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.02%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (4.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.61%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.20%) Firmware
2 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Ansible
1 4 (4.82%) Puppet
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.20%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Cisco
2 10 (12.05%) Oracle
2 10 (12.05%) ServiceNow
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.82%) Genesys
4 4 (4.82%) SAP
5 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.41%) VMware
7 1 (1.20%) EMC
7 1 (1.20%) Google
7 1 (1.20%) Hotjar
7 1 (1.20%) Informatica
7 1 (1.20%) Splunk
7 1 (1.20%) StreamSets