Cost Management Jobs

Cost Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cost Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Management over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 715 771
Rank change year-on-year +271 +56 +105
Permanent jobs citing Cost Management 273 182 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 82 101 129
10th Percentile £44,225 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% -6.02%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,125 £106,250 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost Management 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,770 84,704 95,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.86% 85.53% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,375 59,701 56,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Cost Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cost Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Management in the UK

Cost Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cost Management in the UK

Cost Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Management in the UK

Cost Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +230 249 £70,000 +12.00% 146
UK excluding London +194 162 £70,000 +21.74% 78
London +178 107 £60,000 -27.27% 91
North of England +73 68 £80,000 +25.49% 17
North West +44 64 £83,750 +28.85% 8
Work from Home +104 40 £57,500 -11.54% 60
Midlands +82 34 £46,000 -29.23% 8
South East +79 21 £75,000 +30.43% 33
East Midlands +52 21 - - 2
Scotland +117 18 £77,500 +63.16% 9
West Midlands +60 13 £46,000 -3.16% 6
South West +112 8 £55,000 -12.00% 7
East of England +47 8 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Yorkshire +55 3 £65,000 +62.50% 6
Wales +42 3 £63,250 - 2
Isle of Man - 2 £42,250 -
North East +24 1 - - 3

Cost Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.83%) Confluence
2 5 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.73%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.83%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.73%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.73%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 102 (37.36%) Azure
2 80 (29.30%) AWS
3 51 (18.68%) GCP
4 22 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (6.96%) Power Platform
6 15 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (4.76%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.30%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (3.30%) GitHub
9 9 (3.30%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.93%) Serverless
11 7 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.20%) PaaS
13 5 (1.83%) IaaS
13 5 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.47%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.89%) Firewall
2 16 (5.86%) VPN
3 10 (3.66%) DNS
4 8 (2.93%) Network Security
4 8 (2.93%) SD-WAN
4 8 (2.93%) WAN
5 4 (1.47%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.47%) LAN
5 4 (1.47%) VLAN
6 3 (1.10%) DHCP
7 2 (0.73%) BGP
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.73%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.73%) MPLS
7 2 (0.73%) OSPF
7 2 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.37%) MQTT
8 1 (0.37%) NAS
8 1 (0.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.79%) Data Lake
2 23 (8.42%) Metadata
3 10 (3.66%) Power BI
3 10 (3.66%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.10%) Tableau
5 2 (0.73%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.37%) Big Data
6 1 (0.37%) MySQL
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.03%) GitLab
2 4 (1.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 105 (38.46%) Finance
2 92 (33.70%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (21.25%) Social Skills
4 47 (17.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (9.16%) Banking
6 23 (8.42%) Financial Institution
6 23 (8.42%) Retail Banking
7 19 (6.96%) Law
8 11 (4.03%) Legal
9 10 (3.66%) Marketing
10 9 (3.30%) Back Office
11 7 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.83%) Retail
13 3 (1.10%) Aviation
13 3 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.73%) Billing
14 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.73%) Local Government
14 2 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (16.48%) Lead
2 29 (10.62%) Analyst
2 29 (10.62%) Architect
3 28 (10.26%) Cloud Engineer
4 26 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 23 (8.42%) Data Architect
6 21 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
7 20 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (7.33%) Senior
8 19 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.86%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (5.49%) Administrator
10 15 (5.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (5.49%) Data Engineer
10 15 (5.49%) IT Manager
11 14 (5.13%) Lead Data Engineer
12 9 (3.30%) Development Manager
12 9 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
13 8 (2.93%) Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.23%) ARM Templates
2 9 (3.30%) .NET
2 9 (3.30%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.20%) YAML
4 2 (0.73%) AWS CDK
4 2 (0.73%) XML
5 1 (0.37%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.37%) EDI
5 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.37%) Kafka
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.59%) Cyberattack
2 12 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.93%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.73%) PMI
7 2 (0.73%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) CMDB
8 1 (0.37%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) IoT
8 1 (0.37%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.37%) Replication
8 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.33%) Windows
2 18 (6.59%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.20%) Linux
4 4 (1.47%) VMS
5 2 (0.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (35.16%) Agile
2 70 (25.64%) Mentoring
3 58 (21.25%) Coaching
3 58 (21.25%) Project Management
4 57 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (18.32%) DevOps
6 50 (18.32%) Project Delivery
7 49 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (17.58%) Risk Management
9 42 (15.38%) Asset Management
10 40 (14.65%) Infrastructure as Code
11 37 (13.55%) CI/CD
12 34 (12.45%) Culture Change
12 34 (12.45%) Data Management
12 34 (12.45%) Roadmaps
13 32 (11.72%) Migration
14 31 (11.36%) Analytics
14 31 (11.36%) Budgeting
14 31 (11.36%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.62%) Python
2 19 (6.96%) Java
2 19 (6.96%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.13%) Scala
4 9 (3.30%) Bicep
5 8 (2.93%) SQL
6 5 (1.83%) Bash
7 4 (1.47%) Go
8 3 (1.10%) R
9 2 (0.73%) C#
9 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 62 (22.71%) Degree
2 49 (17.95%) BPSS Clearance
3 45 (16.48%) Azure Certification
4 37 (13.55%) AWS Certification
5 24 (8.79%) HNC
5 24 (8.79%) Security Cleared
5 24 (8.79%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 24 (8.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 20 (7.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (6.59%) DV Cleared
8 16 (5.86%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.93%) ACCA
9 8 (2.93%) CIMA
9 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.83%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.47%) MRICS
13 3 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.59%) PMBOK
2 8 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.47%) GDPR
3 4 (1.47%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.10%) SLA
5 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.37%) IFRS
5 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (8.79%) Docker
2 12 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (15.02%) Terraform
2 38 (13.92%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.20%) Ansible
4 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.10%) Argo
6 2 (0.73%) Grafana
6 2 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.37%) Nessus
7 1 (0.37%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.37%) QRadar
7 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 94 (34.43%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.16%) Google
2 25 (9.16%) SAP
3 9 (3.30%) Siebel
4 7 (2.56%) Databricks
5 6 (2.20%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.20%) SolarWinds
6 5 (1.83%) VMware
7 4 (1.47%) Duck Creek
7 4 (1.47%) Oracle
8 3 (1.10%) Cisco
8 3 (1.10%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.10%) Qualys
8 3 (1.10%) Splunk
9 2 (0.73%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.73%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (0.73%) Planview
9 2 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.73%) Veeam
9 2 (0.73%) Zscaler