Cost Reduction Jobs in England

Cost Reduction
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cost Reduction skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 636 722
Rank change year-on-year +133 +86 -100
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 397 272 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.34% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 204 134 248
10th Percentile £35,631 £32,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £109,250 £90,232
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cost Reduction 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,066 80,344 135,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.60% 95.49% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,107 48,707 73,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,294
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in England

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in England

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in England

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
London +116 105 £65,000 - 65
Midlands +56 96 £50,000 -13.04% 38
North of England +69 76 £73,543 +14.86% 37
South East +14 71 £50,000 - 28
North West +30 57 £73,543 +0.06% 20
East Midlands +28 49 £39,000 -71.11% 11
West Midlands +9 47 £54,650 +1.67% 27
East of England -2 23 £72,500 -3.33% 20
South West -22 23 £60,000 +7.14% 25
Yorkshire +64 16 £73,805 +37.95% 11
North East -9 3 £45,000 - 7
Cost Reduction
UK

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.76%) SAS
3 4 (1.01%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 55 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.76%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (13.85%) Power Platform
2 52 (13.10%) Azure
3 42 (10.58%) AWS
4 30 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.03%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.27%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.27%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.76%) IBM Cloud
10 6 (1.51%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.26%) SaaS
12 4 (1.01%) IaaS
12 4 (1.01%) PaaS
13 3 (0.76%) Amazon EMR
13 3 (0.76%) Azure AKS
13 3 (0.76%) GCP
14 2 (0.50%) Anthos
14 2 (0.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 2 (0.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.30%) Firewall
2 13 (3.27%) VPN
3 10 (2.52%) Wireless
4 9 (2.27%) WAN
5 8 (2.02%) LAN
6 6 (1.51%) SAN
6 6 (1.51%) VLAN
7 5 (1.26%) DHCP
7 5 (1.26%) DNS
7 5 (1.26%) Network Security
8 4 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.50%) RS-485
10 1 (0.25%) IPv4
10 1 (0.25%) MPLS
10 1 (0.25%) NAS
10 1 (0.25%) OSPF
10 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.35%) Power BI
2 36 (9.07%) Tableau
3 21 (5.29%) Data Vault
3 21 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.27%) Amazon QuickSight
5 6 (1.51%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.76%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.76%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.76%) QlikView
6 3 (0.76%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.50%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.50%) GIS
7 2 (0.50%) MySQL
7 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.25%) Big Data
8 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.77%) JIRA
2 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.76%) Selenium
2 3 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.76%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) Subversion
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 124 (31.23%) Finance
2 113 (28.46%) Social Skills
3 87 (21.91%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (15.11%) Public Sector
5 50 (12.59%) Legal
6 39 (9.82%) Retail
7 37 (9.32%) Influencing Skills
8 34 (8.56%) Marketing
9 26 (6.55%) Manufacturing
10 24 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (5.29%) Brand Awareness
11 21 (5.29%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.76%) Publishing
13 4 (1.01%) Banking
13 4 (1.01%) Local Government
14 3 (0.76%) Electronics
14 3 (0.76%) Law
15 2 (0.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 66 (16.62%) Lead
2 49 (12.34%) Architect
3 40 (10.08%) Project Manager
4 37 (9.32%) Senior
5 31 (7.81%) Consultant
6 28 (7.05%) IT Manager
7 26 (6.55%) Analyst
8 22 (5.54%) Principal Architect
9 21 (5.29%) Data Architect
9 21 (5.29%) Principal Data Architect
10 19 (4.79%) Buyer
11 18 (4.53%) Procurement Manager
12 17 (4.28%) Administrator
12 17 (4.28%) Category Manager
13 16 (4.03%) Digital Project Manager
13 16 (4.03%) Lead Project Manager
14 15 (3.78%) IT Procurement Manager
15 14 (3.53%) Customer Experience Manager
15 14 (3.53%) Management Consultant
16 13 (3.27%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.26%) .NET
2 3 (0.76%) Django
2 3 (0.76%) JSON
2 3 (0.76%) OAuth
2 3 (0.76%) RESTful
2 3 (0.76%) SAML
2 3 (0.76%) Web Services
2 3 (0.76%) XML
3 2 (0.50%) EDI
4 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) HTML
4 1 (0.25%) Kafka
4 1 (0.25%) SPFx
4 1 (0.25%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.07%) Management Information System
2 34 (8.56%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.05%) Product Ownership
4 23 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.53%) Driving Licence
7 13 (3.27%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.52%) NHS
9 10 (2.52%) Replication
10 8 (2.02%) Blockchain
10 8 (2.02%) PKI
11 6 (1.51%) AS400
11 6 (1.51%) Augmented Reality
11 6 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.51%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 6 (1.51%) Industry 4.0
11 6 (1.51%) PMI
11 6 (1.51%) SCADA
11 6 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.56%) Windows
2 19 (4.79%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.26%) Linux
4 4 (1.01%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.20%) Project Management
2 82 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 73 (18.39%) Agile
5 67 (16.88%) Analytics
6 53 (13.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (12.85%) Project Delivery
8 46 (11.59%) DevOps
9 45 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
10 44 (11.08%) Coaching
10 44 (11.08%) Mentoring
11 39 (9.82%) Customer Experience
11 39 (9.82%) Data Architecture
12 38 (9.57%) Business Development
12 38 (9.57%) Change Management
12 38 (9.57%) Customer Service
12 38 (9.57%) Logistics
13 36 (9.07%) Data Analysis
14 35 (8.82%) Data Science
14 35 (8.82%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.54%) SQL
2 17 (4.28%) Python
3 15 (3.78%) C
4 12 (3.02%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.52%) RPG
6 8 (2.02%) R
7 5 (1.26%) Java
7 5 (1.26%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.76%) Bash
8 3 (0.76%) VBA
9 2 (0.50%) C#
9 2 (0.50%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) C++
10 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 79 (19.90%) Degree
2 15 (3.78%) SC Cleared
2 15 (3.78%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.52%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.51%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.50%) MBA
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.25%) CCNA
8 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.25%) HNC
8 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.30%) SLA
2 19 (4.79%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.78%) QA
4 13 (3.27%) ISO 9001
5 12 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.77%) ISO 14000
7 7 (1.76%) GDPR
8 6 (1.51%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) COSHH
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 23 (5.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (5.54%) Hyper-V
3 21 (5.29%) Active Directory
4 13 (3.27%) Firmware
5 10 (2.52%) Docker
5 10 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (3.27%) Terraform
2 10 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.52%) SCOM
3 8 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.76%) Ansible
5 6 (1.51%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.01%) SCCM
6 4 (1.01%) SmoothWall
7 2 (0.50%) Autotask
7 2 (0.50%) Grafana
7 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.50%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.25%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (20.91%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.30%) VMware
3 18 (4.53%) IBM
4 17 (4.28%) SAP
5 16 (4.03%) Apple
5 16 (4.03%) Veeam
6 10 (2.52%) Dell
6 10 (2.52%) NetApp
7 9 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.27%) SonicWALL
8 7 (1.76%) Cisco
8 7 (1.76%) Oracle
8 7 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.01%) Ariba
9 4 (1.01%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.76%) Google
10 3 (0.76%) MicroStrategy
10 3 (0.76%) OneTrust
11 2 (0.50%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.50%) Sage