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Cost Manager

Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. In the GCC market, this role is actively hired across saudi with 6 recent postings.

In brief

A Cost Manager in the GCC region requires procurement, excel, communication, english, presentation. Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. This role is in demand across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Salary across the GCC

Salary across the GCC

Monthly gross median in local currency, by country × seniority.

Cost Manager — Monthly gross median in local currency, by country × seniority.
CountryJuniorMid-LevelSeniorLead / Principal
United Arab Emirates11,000 AED18,500 AED29,000 AED40,000 AED
Saudi Arabia10,500 SAR18,000 SAR27,500 SAR38,500 SAR
Qatar11,500 QAR19,500 QAR30,500 QAR42,000 QAR
Kuwait900 KWD1,550 KWD2,350 KWD3,300 KWD
Oman1,000 OMR1,700 OMR2,650 OMR3,650 OMR
Bahrain950 BHD1,600 BHD2,500 BHD3,450 BHD
Salary breakdown

How Cost Manager pay varies in the UAE

UAE · mid-level · monthly gross in AED

Based on 500 data points · updated June 15, 2026 · How we estimate

Sample size
500
verified reports
Year-over-year
+11%
vs 2025
Hiring demand
Low
roles open now
Remote share
28%
fully or hybrid

By company size

Median compensation varies with headcount.

Startup (<50)15,500
Scale-up (50–500)18,500
Enterprise (500+)24,000

Top-paying industries

Median for this role, ranked by sector.

01Fintech
22,500
02Cloud & SaaS
20,500
03E-commerce
18,500
04Government tech
17,000
05Telecom
16,000

Estimates modelled from GCC pay surveys and live posting volume — a directional guide, not a live salary feed.

Required skills

procurementexcelcommunicationenglishpresentationprimaveraproject managementaccounting

Top hiring companies

  • Turner & Townsend
  • Currie & Brown
  • Hill International (Middle East) Limited
  • Herfy Food Services Co. Ltd.

Active markets

  • saudi
What a Cost Manager does
  • 01

    contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively Ensure that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively Ensure the production of monthly post

  • 02

    contract cost reports and presenting them to the client value engineering and life cycle costing Ensure that final accounts are negotiated Enter the cost and man

  • 03

    hour estimates into the performance monitoring system for projects Analyze trends and problems in relation to cost and schedule data Prepare cost

  • 04

    Responsible for pre and post

  • 05

    Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.

  • 06

    Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.

  • 07

    Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.

  • 08

    Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.

Country
Seniority level
Based on 14,820 verified salaries across the GCC · Updated monthly
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