Cost Optimisation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cost Optimization
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Cost Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Optimisation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 632 705
Rank change year-on-year +86 +73 -159
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 37 44 139
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.10% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.11% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26 35 79
10th Percentile £40,988 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £100,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +23.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cost Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,001 40,855 65,893
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.62% 96.09% 96.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23,546 28,388 41,415
10th Percentile £33,759 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Cost Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cost Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cost Optimisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cost Optimisation.

Cost Optimisation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Optimisation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cost Optimisation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Cost Optimisation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Optimisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (45.95%) AWS
2 9 (24.32%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Storage
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.70%) IaaS
6 1 (2.70%) PaaS
6 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) BGP
1 3 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (8.11%) EIGRP
1 3 (8.11%) Firewall
1 3 (8.11%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (8.11%) LAN
1 3 (8.11%) MPLS
1 3 (8.11%) Network Security
1 3 (8.11%) OSPF
1 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
1 3 (8.11%) VPN
1 3 (8.11%) WAN
1 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 6 (16.22%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Legal
6 3 (8.11%) Aviation
6 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (8.11%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
7 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Analyst
2 14 (37.84%) Service Analyst
3 10 (27.03%) Procurement Analyst
4 7 (18.92%) Service Management Analyst
5 6 (16.22%) Senior
6 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Head of Operations
6 3 (8.11%) Head of Service Operations
6 3 (8.11%) Network Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Procurement Advisor
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Lead
8 1 (2.70%) Cloud Specialist
8 1 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Head of Mobile
8 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 1 (2.70%) IT Services Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
1 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) FinOps
2 11 (29.73%) Contract Management
3 8 (21.62%) Mentoring
4 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.22%) Cost Management
5 6 (16.22%) Customer Experience
5 6 (16.22%) Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (13.51%) Agile
6 5 (13.51%) Project Management
7 4 (10.81%) Coaching
7 4 (10.81%) Due Diligence
7 4 (10.81%) ITIL
7 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.81%) Process Improvement
7 4 (10.81%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
8 3 (8.11%) Business Strategy
8 3 (8.11%) Conflict Resolution
8 3 (8.11%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (8.11%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) Python
2 3 (8.11%) C#
2 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.11%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
2 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (8.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Ariba
1 3 (8.11%) BT
1 3 (8.11%) Cisco
1 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
1 3 (8.11%) Juniper
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.11%) Palo Alto
1 3 (8.11%) SAP
1 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
2 1 (2.70%) VMware