Cost Control Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cost Control
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 534 612
Rank change year-on-year +152 +78 +176
Permanent jobs citing Cost Control 38 51 47
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17 32 21
10th Percentile - £46,625 £36,733
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £38,754
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +28.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £57,000 £73,750 £65,313
90th Percentile - £88,512 £67,794
UK median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -0.91% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,384 30,949 40,734
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.29% 91.59% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,737 23,494 28,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Cost Control
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cost Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cost Control trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cost Control
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cost Control.

Cost Control salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Control
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cost Control over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Cost Control salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (34.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (42.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (7.89%) SaaS
1 3 (7.89%) Smartsheet
2 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 33 (86.84%) Finance
2 17 (44.74%) Legal
3 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
4 11 (28.95%) Retail
5 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Development Manager
1 13 (34.21%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Head of Engineering
3 4 (10.53%) Contracts Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Transformation Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Transformation Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Head of Digital
6 1 (2.63%) Project Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) SAP Manager
6 1 (2.63%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Social Media
2 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.89%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
1 13 (34.21%) Windows Vista
2 2 (5.26%) Android
2 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (84.21%) Project Management
2 22 (57.89%) Budgeting
3 18 (47.37%) Business Case
4 17 (44.74%) Contract Management
4 17 (44.74%) Project Delivery
5 15 (39.47%) Analytics
6 13 (34.21%) Creative Thinking
6 13 (34.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (31.58%) Mentoring
8 11 (28.95%) Coaching
9 9 (23.68%) Facilities Management
10 7 (18.42%) Agile
11 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
11 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
11 5 (13.16%) Strategic Thinking
12 4 (10.53%) Performance Management
12 4 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
12 4 (10.53%) Project Planning
12 4 (10.53%) Supplier Management
12 4 (10.53%) Validation
Qualifications
1 17 (44.74%) DBS Check
2 14 (36.84%) Degree
3 9 (23.68%) HNC
3 9 (23.68%) HND
4 4 (10.53%) MRICS
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.63%) PMP
5 1 (2.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.89%) PMBOK
3 2 (5.26%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) SAP
3 4 (10.53%) NEC
3 4 (10.53%) YouTube
4 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.63%) Ariba