Cost Reduction Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cost Reduction
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Cost Reduction skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 147 179
Rank change year-on-year -11 +32 +85
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 5 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.15% 0.16% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.18% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £28,163 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £29,906 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £34,625 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +51.62% -39.78% -10.20%
75th Percentile £71,875 £41,156 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,750 £43,988 -
England median annual salary £72,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.25% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 2,821 2,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 78.26% 90.62% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 1,086 2,314
10th Percentile £27,575 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cost Reduction relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Cost Reduction job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Cost Reduction.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in Yorkshire

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -26 5 £52,500 +51.62% 3
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce