Cost Reduction Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cost Reduction
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 445 562
Rank change year-on-year +25 +117 +40
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 43 134 101
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.43% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 30 92 68
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,631 £31,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,688 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,772 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £79,577 £106,250
UK median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,956 30,887 39,758
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.19% 91.37% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,744 23,439 27,659
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Cost Reduction
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cost Reduction salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Cost Reduction salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Reduction
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) AWS
2 5 (11.63%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) Serverless
3 4 (9.30%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (9.30%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.33%) GitHub
5 1 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) IPv4
2 3 (6.98%) VPN
3 2 (4.65%) Firewall
3 2 (4.65%) OSPF
3 2 (4.65%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.65%) VLAN
4 1 (2.33%) LAN
4 1 (2.33%) MPLS
4 1 (2.33%) Network Security
4 1 (2.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.33%) Big Data
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (27.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Finance
4 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Retail
7 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Law
8 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (2.33%) Local Government
8 1 (2.33%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Applications Support
2 8 (18.60%) Applications Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Applications Support Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Lead
2 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Architect
3 5 (11.63%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) Senior
4 4 (9.30%) E-Business Support
4 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (9.30%) Oracle Applications Support
5 3 (6.98%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Credit Risk Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Data Scientist
5 3 (6.98%) Performance Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Portfolio Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Risk Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Senior Data Scientist
6 2 (4.65%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.26%) Middleware
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.98%) PyTorch
2 3 (6.98%) scikit-learn
2 3 (6.98%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.33%) .NET
3 1 (2.33%) Next.js
3 1 (2.33%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (9.30%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.98%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.33%) NHS
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) PMI
3 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (27.91%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (23.26%) Incident Management
4 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
4 8 (18.60%) Process Improvement
5 7 (16.28%) Customer-Centricity
6 6 (13.95%) Agile
6 6 (13.95%) Cost Optimisation
6 6 (13.95%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 6 (13.95%) Data Science
6 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
6 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (13.95%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) Cost Management
7 5 (11.63%) Data Governance
7 5 (11.63%) DevOps
7 5 (11.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (11.63%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 17 (39.53%) SQL
2 8 (18.60%) Python
3 4 (9.30%) Bash
3 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.30%) R
4 1 (2.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) AWS Certification
2 4 (9.30%) DBS Check
3 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) ACCA
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) CBAP
4 1 (2.33%) CCNA
4 1 (2.33%) CCNP
4 1 (2.33%) CFA
4 1 (2.33%) CIMA
4 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.98%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) Ansible
2 4 (9.30%) Puppet
3 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (25.58%) ServiceNow
2 10 (23.26%) Oracle
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.65%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco
5 1 (2.33%) Meraki
5 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.33%) VMware