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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 475 546
Rank change year-on-year -1 +71 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 97 302 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.43% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.51% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 53 165 95
10th Percentile £30,050 £31,250 £30,800
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,650 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -2.41% +12.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,772 £83,750
UK median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - +4.76%

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 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £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 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 11 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 11 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
Midlands -3 25 £62,500 +25.00% 16
East of England +39 21 £37,500 -43.18% 5
West Midlands +32 19 £62,500 +14.36% 10
North of England +9 17 £35,000 -52.41% 36
South West +96 13 £57,500 - 13
North West -39 13 £32,500 -55.81% 15
South East +40 12 £59,500 +19.00% 40
Scotland +116 7 - - 13
East Midlands +4 6 £42,500 +8.97% 4
Yorkshire +57 4 £64,000 -13.28% 12
Wales +37 2 £55,000 -4.35% 4
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 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (6.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.06%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.06%) GNU Octave
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Oracle Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.56%) Azure
2 17 (17.53%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.22%) AWS
4 6 (6.19%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.12%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (4.12%) Serverless
5 4 (4.12%) Snowflake
6 3 (3.09%) SaaS
7 2 (2.06%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.03%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.15%) Unified Communications
2 4 (4.12%) IPv4
2 4 (4.12%) VoIP
3 3 (3.09%) Firewall
4 2 (2.06%) GPRS
4 2 (2.06%) GSM
4 2 (2.06%) OSPF
4 2 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.06%) VLAN
4 2 (2.06%) VPN
5 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (2.06%) Power BI
1 2 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.03%) GIS
2 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Git
General
1 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.71%) Finance
3 22 (22.68%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (11.34%) Retail
6 10 (10.31%) Law
6 10 (10.31%) Legal
7 7 (7.22%) Manufacturing
8 6 (6.19%) Telecoms
9 5 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (4.12%) Banking
10 4 (4.12%) Public Sector
11 3 (3.09%) Electronics
12 2 (2.06%) Aviation
13 1 (1.03%) Local Government
13 1 (1.03%) Marketing
13 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (14.43%) Support Engineer
2 10 (10.31%) Lead
3 9 (9.28%) Analyst
3 9 (9.28%) Senior
4 8 (8.25%) Applications Support
4 8 (8.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (8.25%) IT Engineer
5 7 (7.22%) Business Analyst
5 7 (7.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
5 7 (7.22%) IT Manager
6 6 (6.19%) Applications Engineer
6 6 (6.19%) Applications Support Engineer
6 6 (6.19%) IT Support
6 6 (6.19%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.15%) Architect
7 5 (5.15%) Data Scientist
7 5 (5.15%) Supplier Manager
8 4 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (4.12%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (4.12%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) Middleware
1 8 (8.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (5.15%) PyTorch
2 5 (5.15%) scikit-learn
2 5 (5.15%) TensorFlow
3 3 (3.09%) .NET
4 2 (2.06%) Google JAX
4 2 (2.06%) JAX
4 2 (2.06%) NumPy
5 1 (1.03%) Next.js
5 1 (1.03%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (7.22%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.12%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.12%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.12%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.09%) CMDB
5 3 (3.09%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.06%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (2.06%) CPLD
6 2 (2.06%) FMCG
6 2 (2.06%) FPGA
6 2 (2.06%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.03%) PMI
7 1 (1.03%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.34%) Windows
2 6 (6.19%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (15.46%) Decision-Making
3 15 (15.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (14.43%) ITIL
4 14 (14.43%) Process Improvement
5 13 (13.40%) Agile
5 13 (13.40%) Budget Management
5 13 (13.40%) Customer Experience
6 12 (12.37%) Artificial Intelligence
6 12 (12.37%) Roadmaps
6 12 (12.37%) Service Delivery
7 11 (11.34%) Asset Management
7 11 (11.34%) Strategic Thinking
8 10 (10.31%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (10.31%) Data Science
9 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (9.28%) Data Analysis
9 9 (9.28%) IT Asset Management
9 9 (9.28%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.49%) SQL
2 11 (11.34%) Python
3 4 (4.12%) Bash
3 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.12%) R
4 3 (3.09%) C#
5 2 (2.06%) C
5 2 (2.06%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (19.59%) Degree
2 5 (5.15%) CBAP
2 5 (5.15%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.12%) AWS Certification
3 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.06%) CISSP
4 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.06%) PhD
5 1 (1.03%) ACCA
5 1 (1.03%) CFA
5 1 (1.03%) CIMA
5 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.03%) PMP
5 1 (1.03%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.15%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (5.15%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.12%) GDPR
4 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.06%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (2.06%) Firmware
2 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.12%) Ansible
2 4 (4.12%) Puppet
3 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (13.40%) Cisco
2 11 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.34%) ServiceNow
3 8 (8.25%) Oracle
4 4 (4.12%) Genesys
5 3 (3.09%) VMware
6 2 (2.06%) EMC
6 2 (2.06%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.06%) SAP
6 2 (2.06%) Snow
7 1 (1.03%) Informatica
7 1 (1.03%) JDA
7 1 (1.03%) StreamSets