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+# Data provenance — cost-analyst
+
+Where the content of this skill package comes from, counted by
+content items (tasks, competences, tools, evidence entries, curated
+knowledge). Rendered live by Gitea:
+
+```mermaid
+%%{init: {'theme':'base','themeVariables':{'pie1':'#f9a825','pie2':'#1e88e5','pie3':'#ff355e','pie4':'#d97757','pie5':'#8e24aa','pieOuterStrokeWidth':'0px','pieSectionTextColor':'#fff'}}}%%
+pie showData
+    title Content sources — cost-analyst
+    "ESCO (occupation & competences)" : 34
+    "O*NET (tasks & tools)" : 93
+    "Job boards (market evidence)" : 133
+    "Anthropic official Claude skills" : 6
+    "External AI skill packs (mapped)" : 140
+```
+
+| Source | Items | Share | Files |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ESCO (occupation & competences) | 34 | 8.4 % | references/profile.md, references/skills.md |
+| O*NET (tasks & tools) | 93 | 22.9 % | references/tasks.md, references/tools.md |
+| Job boards (market evidence) | 133 | 32.8 % | references/market.md (full report) + "Market evidence" headline sections |
+| Wikipedia & AI expert curation | 0 | 0.0 % | glossary, literature, usecases, intake, quality, evals/ |
+| Anthropic official Claude skills | 6 | 1.5 % | references/ai-skills.md, section "anthropics/skills" (official Claude Code skills) |
+| External AI skill packs (mapped) | 140 | 34.5 % | references/ai-skills.md (per-source attribution inside) |
+| Stack Exchange practitioner Q&A (CC-BY-SA) | 0 | 0.0 % | references/practitioner-qa.md (per-entry attribution inside) |
+
+Licensing: O*NET (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0) · ESCO (© European Union) ·
+job-ad evidence via official APIs (JSearch/Adzuna) · Wikipedia content
+paraphrased with source URLs — never copied · external AI skills are
+linked, not copied (Apache-2.0/MIT/source-available, see ai-skills.md).
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+---
+name: cost-analyst
+description: "Occupational skill for the role 'cost analyst' (also: quantity surveyor, cost accountant, cost accounting clerk, cost recovery estimator, cost and budget analyst, cost accounting officer). Use when the user asks for typical cost analyst work such as: Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.; Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.; Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops."
+---
+
+# Cost Analyst
+
+Cost analysts prepare regular costs, budgeting analyses and reports in order to contribute to the overall cost planning and forecasting activities of a business. They review and reconcile key balance sheets and identify new opportunities to save costs.
+
+## Core workflow
+
+1. Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.
+2. Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
+3. Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
+4. Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments, or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
+5. Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
+6. Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
+7. Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors.
+8. Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components.
+
+## How to use this skill
+
+- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
+- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
+- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
+- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
+- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
+
+## Key competences (essential)
+
+- assess financial viability
+- company policies
+- control of expenses
+- cost management
+- evaluate budgets
+- financial department processes
+- identify process improvements
+- interpret financial statements
+- liquidity management
+- perform cost accounting activities
+- prepare cost-plus pricing models
+- provide cost benefit analysis reports
+- synthesise financial information
+
+## Hot technologies
+
+- Intuit QuickBooks
+- Procore software
+- Autodesk AutoCAD
+- Autodesk Revit
+- Microsoft Access
+- Adobe Acrobat
+- Microsoft Outlook
+- SAP software
+- Trimble SketchUp Pro
+- Microsoft Office software
+
+
+<!-- hot-tech -->
+
+## Hot technologies
+
+Top tools from 56 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):
+
+- Microsoft Excel — 48 %
+- Microsoft PowerPoint — 18 %
+- Crystal Ball — 14 %
+- Microsoft Word — 14 %
+- Python — 12 %
+- ACEIT — 9 %
+- @RISK — 7 %
+- Microsoft Office — 7 %
+- Tableau — 7 %
+- Microsoft Power BI — 5 %
+
+<!-- hot-tech -->
+
+---
+*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/84871c2a-abd1-45eb-b03a-65e51a26fd84), O*NET 30.3 (13-1051.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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+{
+  "name": "cost-analyst",
+  "title": "cost analyst",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "layer": "core",
+  "language": "en",
+  "generated": "2026-07-07",
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+    "esco_code": "2411.1.5",
+    "isco_group": "2411",
+    "onet_soc": "13-1051.00",
+    "crosswalk_match": "closeMatch"
+  },
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "name": "ESCO",
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "url": "https://esco.ec.europa.eu/"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "O*NET",
+      "version": "30.3",
+      "url": "https://www.onetcenter.org/",
+      "license": "CC BY 4.0"
+    }
+  ],
+  "attribution": "This package includes information from the O*NET Database (v30.3) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0. skillfactor is not endorsed by USDOL/ETA. ESCO data (v1.2.1) (c) European Union, used per the ESCO download conditions: https://esco.ec.europa.eu/en/use-esco/download",
+  "counts": {
+    "tasks": 14,
+    "dwas": 13,
+    "skills_essential": 13,
+    "skills_optional": 20,
+    "software": 65
+  },
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+        "commit": "b15f327",
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+      },
+      "phuryn/pm-skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills",
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+      "brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills",
+        "commit": "85bf545",
+        "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
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+      },
+      "nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills",
+        "commit": "56f3288",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 3
+      },
+      "mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills",
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+      "davila7/claude-code-templates": {
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+      },
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+        "repo": "https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills",
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+        "license": "MIT",
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+# External AI agent skills — cost-analyst
+
+Proven, publicly available AI agent skills mapped to this occupation.
+Nothing is copied from the sources: every entry is a name, a one-line
+summary and a link to the upstream skill package. Each section names
+its source repository, commit, license and retrieval date.
+
+**Tiers:** `core` = the skill directly exercises a top market hard
+skill, tool or method (from gated job-ad evidence) or an essential
+ESCO competence of this occupation; `adjacent` =
+plausibly useful, secondary. Entries are capped at 12 per source
+and 80 in total per occupation (core first,
+strongest matches survive); everything beyond the caps is excluded
+and logged in the pipeline audit trail, not in this package.
+
+_Matched deterministically (ISCO group + title/competence keywords,
+tiered against market evidence + ESCO essentials) by
+`pipeline/p5_enrich_ai_skills.py` on 2026-07-14._
+
+## Source: anthropics/skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/anthropics/skills](https://github.com/anthropics/skills) (commit `f6656c1`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0; the document skills (docx/pdf/pptx/xlsx) are source-available — see the LICENSE.txt in the upstream skill folder
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `docx` | adjacent | Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', '.dotx', or requests to … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx) |
+| `pdf` | adjacent | Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf) |
+| `xlsx` | adjacent | Use this skill any time a spreadsheet file is the primary input or output. This means any task where the user wants to: open, read, edit, or fix an existing .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .csv, or .tsv file (e.g., adding columns, computing formulas, … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/xlsx) |
+
+## Source: a5c-ai/babysitter
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter) (commit `44a5d58b`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `throughput-accountant` | core | TOC financial metrics skill for throughput, inventory, and operating expense analysis with decision support | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/domains/business/operations/skills/throughput-accountant) |
+| `value-at-risk-calculator` | core | Value at Risk (VaR) and related risk metrics calculation skill for financial and operational risk assessment | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/domains/business/decision-intelligence/skills/value-at-risk-calculator) |
+| `dcf-valuation-modeler` | core | Discounted Cash Flow model builder for comprehensive company valuations with WACC calculation, terminal value estimation, and sensitivity analysis | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/domains/business/finance-accounting/skills/dcf-valuation-modeler) |
+| `pandas-dataframe-analyzer` | core | Automated DataFrame analysis skill for statistical summaries, missing value detection, data type inference, and memory optimization recommendations. | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/data-science-ml/skills/pandas-dataframe-analyzer) |
+
+## Source: affaan-m/everything-claude-code
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code](https://github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code) (commit `ed38744`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `energy-procurement` | core | 電気とガス調達、料金最適化、需要料金管理、再生可能エネルギーPPA評価、およびマルチファシリティーエネルギー戦略のための符号化された専門知識。 Codified expertise for electricity and gas procurement, tariff optimization, demand charge management, renewable PPA evaluation, and multi-facility energy cost … | [source](https://github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code/tree/ed38744/docs/ja-JP/skills/energy-procurement) |
+
+## Source: ahacker-1/cre-agent-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/ahacker-1/cre-agent-skills](https://github.com/ahacker-1/cre-agent-skills) (commit `618734e`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `cre-asset-management` | core | CRE Asset Management analysis suite — 9 specialist skills for post-acquisition multifamily operations including annual budgeting, monthly variance analysis, rent collection, renewal decisions, lease-up tracking, capex execution, NOI … | [source](https://github.com/ahacker-1/cre-agent-skills/tree/618734e/claude-code-plugins/cre-asset-management) |
+
+## Source: alirezarezvani/claude-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills) (commit `0241f43`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `risk-management-specialist` | core | Medical device risk management specialist implementing ISO 14971 throughout product lifecycle. Provides risk analysis, risk evaluation, risk control, and post-production information analysis. Use when user mentions risk management, ISO … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/ra-qm-team/skills/risk-management-specialist) |
+| `tech-stack-evaluator` | core | Technology stack evaluation and comparison with TCO analysis, security assessment, and ecosystem health scoring. Use when comparing frameworks, evaluating technology stacks, calculating total cost of ownership, assessing migration paths, … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/engineering-team/skills/tech-stack-evaluator) |
+| `financial-analyst` | core | Performs financial ratio analysis, DCF valuation, budget variance analysis, and rolling forecast construction for strategic decision-making. Use when analyzing financial statements, building valuation models, assessing budget variances, or … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/finance/skills/financial-analyst) |
+| `senior-pm` | core | Senior Project Manager for enterprise software, SaaS, and digital transformation projects. Specializes in portfolio management, quantitative risk analysis, resource optimization, stakeholder alignment, and executive reporting. Uses … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/project-management/skills/senior-pm) |
+| `finance-skills` | core | Router/index for the 2 finance skills bundled in this plugin: financial-analyst (ratio analysis, DCF valuation, budget variance, rolling forecasts) and saas-metrics-coach (ARR/MRR, churn, CAC/LTV, NRR, quick ratio). Use when a finance … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/finance/skills/finance-skills) |
+| `pm-skills` | core | Use when coordinating project-delivery work across the 8 project-management sub-skills — sprint/velocity analytics, portfolio health, Jira/JQL, Confluence, Atlassian admin, templates, meeting analysis, team comms. Triggers on 'our sprints … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/project-management/skills/pm-skills) |
+| `capa-officer` | core | CAPA system management for medical device QMS. Covers root cause analysis, corrective action planning, effectiveness verification, and CAPA metrics. Use when running CAPA investigations, 5-Why analysis, fishbone diagrams, root cause … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/ra-qm-team/skills/capa-officer) |
+
+## Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) (commit `85bf545`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: CC-BY-4.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `cost-benefit` | core | Cost-benefit analysis. Produces economic NPV and financial NPV side by side, with BCR, optimism bias (with mitigation), Marginal Excess Tax Burden, real-terms rebasing, WELLBY / QALY / VPF wellbeing valuation, sensitivity, switching … | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/58-charlescoverdale-econstack/cost-benefit) |
+| `education-data-source-fsa` | core | FSA — Title IV aid at institution level (~5,500 institutions, 1999-2021). Pell Grants, Direct/PLUS loans, campus-based aid, financial responsibility scores, 90/10 metrics. Use for aid distribution, loan volume, or for-profit analysis. By … | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/17-DAAF-Contribution-Community-daaf/dot-claude/skills/education-data-source-fsa) |
+
+## Source: davepoon/buildwithclaude
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude](https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude) (commit `3c94e0c`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `financial-model` | core | Run deterministic financial models for startup valuation and SaaS health analysis. Triggered by: "/venture-capital-intelligence:financial-model", "run a financial model on X", "DCF this company", "model the financials", "calculate runway", … | [source](https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude/tree/3c94e0c/plugins/venture-capital-intelligence/skills/financial-model) |
+
+## Source: davila7/claude-code-templates
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates) (commit `fa79251`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `risk-management-specialist` | core | Senior Risk Management specialist for medical device companies implementing ISO 14971 risk management throughout product lifecycle. Provides risk analysis, risk evaluation, risk control, and post-production information analysis. Use for … | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/enterprise-communication/risk-management-specialist) |
+| `postgresql-optimization` | core | PostgreSQL database optimization workflow for query tuning, indexing strategies, performance analysis, and production database management. | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/database/postgresql-optimization) |
+
+## Source: foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) (commit `34429a8`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `scholar-evaluation` | core | Systematically evaluate scholarly work using the ScholarEval framework, providing structured assessment across research quality dimensions including problem formulation, methodology, analysis, and writing with quantitative scoring and … | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/scholar-evaluation) |
+
+## Source: hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor](https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor) (commit `8f87ce1`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `cost-breakdown` | core | Break down Claude Code costs using the Agent Monitor pricing engine. Shows per-model costs (input, output, cache_read, cache_write at $/Mtok rates), per-session costs, daily trends, and compaction baseline token recovery. Use when … | [source](https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/8f87ce1/plugins/ccam-analytics/skills/cost-breakdown) |
+| `endpoint-probe` | core | Probes each major Agent Monitor API route — /api/stats, /api/analytics, /api/sessions, /api/pricing/cost, /api/workflows/runs, /api/cc-config/overview — and reports each one's HTTP status, latency, and response shape, flagging which are … | [source](https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/8f87ce1/plugins/ccam-dashboard/skills/endpoint-probe) |
+
+## Source: huangjia2019/claude-code-engineering
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/huangjia2019/claude-code-engineering](https://github.com/huangjia2019/claude-code-engineering) (commit `5ed066a`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: no explicit license — referenced by link only
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `financial-analyzing` | core | Analyze financial data, calculate financial ratios, and generate analysis reports. Use when the user asks about revenue, costs, profits, margins, ROI, financial metrics, or needs financial analysis of a company or project. | [source](https://github.com/huangjia2019/claude-code-engineering/tree/5ed066a/04-Skills/projects/03-financial-skill) |
+
+## Source: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills) (commit `e112938a`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `snowflake-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Snowflake costs with resource monitors, warehouse auto-suspend, right-sizing, and credit consumption analysis. Use when analyzing Snowflake billing, reducing credit consumption, or implementing cost controls and budget alerts. … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/snowflake-pack/skills/snowflake-cost-tuning) |
+| `ramp-cost-tuning` | core | Ramp cost tuning \u2014 corporate card and expense management API integration.\n\ Use when working with Ramp for card management, expenses, or accounting sync.\n\ Trigger with phrases like \"ramp cost tuning\", \"ramp-cost-tuning\", … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/ramp-pack/skills/ramp-cost-tuning) |
+| `apify-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Apify platform costs through memory tuning, compute unit management, and proxy budgeting. Use when analyzing Apify billing, reducing Actor run costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget alerts. Trigger: "apify cost", … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/apify-pack/skills/apify-cost-tuning) |
+| `clay-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Clay credit spending with provider key management, waterfall tuning, and budget controls. Use when analyzing Clay costs, reducing credit consumption, or implementing spending alerts and caps. Trigger with phrases like "clay cost", … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/clay-pack/skills/clay-cost-tuning) |
+| `coderabbit-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize CodeRabbit costs through seat management, repo selection, and review scope tuning. Use when analyzing CodeRabbit billing, reducing per-seat costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget optimization. Trigger with phrases like … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/coderabbit-pack/skills/coderabbit-cost-tuning) |
+| `vastai-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Vast.ai GPU cloud costs through smart instance selection and lifecycle management. Use when analyzing GPU spending, reducing training costs, or implementing budget controls for Vast.ai workloads. Trigger with phrases like "vastai … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/vastai-pack/skills/vastai-cost-tuning) |
+| `windsurf-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Windsurf licensing costs through seat management, tier selection, and credit monitoring. Use when analyzing Windsurf billing, reducing per-seat costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget controls. Trigger with phrases like … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/windsurf-pack/skills/windsurf-cost-tuning) |
+| `groq-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Groq costs through model routing, token management, and usage monitoring. Use when analyzing Groq billing, reducing API costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like "groq cost", "groq … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/groq-pack/skills/groq-cost-tuning) |
+| `klaviyo-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Klaviyo costs through plan selection, contact management, and usage monitoring. Use when analyzing Klaviyo billing, reducing active profile costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/klaviyo-pack/skills/klaviyo-cost-tuning) |
+| `lindy-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Lindy AI costs through credit management, model selection, and agent consolidation. Use when reducing spend, analyzing credit usage patterns, or optimizing budget allocation across agents. Trigger with phrases like "lindy cost", … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/lindy-pack/skills/lindy-cost-tuning) |
+| `mistral-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Mistral AI costs through model selection, token management, and usage monitoring. Use when analyzing Mistral billing, reducing API costs, or implementing usage monitoring and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like "mistral … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/mistral-pack/skills/mistral-cost-tuning) |
+| `vercel-cost-tuning` | core | Optimize Vercel costs through plan selection, function efficiency, and usage monitoring. Use when analyzing Vercel billing, reducing function execution costs, or implementing spend management and budget alerts. Trigger with phrases like … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/vercel-pack/skills/vercel-cost-tuning) |
+
+## Source: K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills) (commit `4d97e29`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `scholar-evaluation` | core | Systematically evaluate scholarly work using the ScholarEval framework, providing structured assessment across research quality dimensions including problem formulation, methodology, analysis, and writing with quantitative scoring and … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scholar-evaluation) |
+
+## Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) (commit `876fa30`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `sql-optimizer` | core | Diagnose a slow SQL query and produce a concrete optimization plan. Use when asked to optimize SQL, speed up a slow query, reduce a query's cost/scan, fix a timeout, or review a query plan. Produces an analysis — the likely bottleneck, … | [source](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/876fa30/plugins/pm-dataeng/skills/sql-optimizer) |
+
+## Source: mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) (commit `673da1f`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `analyzing-macro-malware-in-office-documents` | core | Analyzes malicious VBA macros embedded in Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to identify download cradles, payload execution, persistence mechanisms, and anti-analysis techniques. Uses olevba, oledump, and VBA … | [source](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/tree/673da1f/skills/analyzing-macro-malware-in-office-documents) |
+
+## Source: nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills](https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills) (commit `56f3288`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `supply-chain-optimization-tiktok` | core | Supply Chain Bottleneck Analyzer for TikTok Shop sellers. Diagnose cash flow, inventory turnover, affiliate commissions, and return rates. Includes FBT cost analysis, influencer payout optimization, and viral product lifecycle management. … | [source](https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills/tree/56f3288/supply-chain-optimization/supply-chain-optimization-tiktok) |
+| `supply-chain-optimization-shopify` | core | Supply Chain Bottleneck Analyzer for Shopify/DTC stores. Diagnose cash flow, inventory, shipping costs, and customer acquisition efficiency. Includes CAC/LTV analysis, 3PL cost optimization, and ad spend benchmarks. No API key required for … | [source](https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills/tree/56f3288/supply-chain-optimization/supply-chain-optimization-shopify) |
+| `etsy-advertising` | core | Etsy Ads strategy — budget allocation, bid management, promoted listings, offsite ads opt-out analysis | [source](https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills/tree/56f3288/etsy-advertising) |
+
+## Source: nexu-io/open-design
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design) (commit `4b66023`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `huashu-bento-insight` | core | Open Design vs closed cloud design tools: a side-by-side displacement case on control, cost (BYOK), and lock-in. Built as a decision-grade B2B sales deck for evaluation committee. | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/plugins/_official/examples/huashu-bento-insight) |
+| `dcf-valuation` | core | Discounted cash flow valuation and intrinsic value analysis for public companies. Use when the brief asks for DCF, fair value, intrinsic value, price target, undervalued or overvalued analysis, or "what is this company worth? | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/design-templates/dcf-valuation) |
+
+## Source: sanjay3290/ai-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills](https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills) (commit `3619692`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `mssql` | core | Execute read-only SQL queries against multiple Microsoft SQL Server databases. Use when: (1) querying MSSQL/SQL Server databases, (2) exploring database schemas/tables, (3) running SELECT queries for data analysis, (4) checking database … | [source](https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/3619692/skills/mssql) |
+
+## Source: zxkane/aws-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills](https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills) (commit `68530c6`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `aws-cost-operations` | core | AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. Use when analyzing AWS bills, estimating costs, setting up CloudWatch alarms, querying logs, auditing CloudTrail activity, or assessing security posture. Essential when … | [source](https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/68530c6/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations) |
+
+## Source: google/skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/google/skills](https://github.com/google/skills) (commit `b15f327`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `google-cloud-networking-observability` | core | Investigates Google Cloud networking issues by analyzing logs, metrics, and diagnostics. Use when investigating VPC Flow Logs (including cost estimation), NAT, firewall, or threat logs, querying latency and throughput metrics, or running … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/google-cloud-networking-observability) |
+| `bigquery-basics` | core | Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery. Use when you need to interact with BigQuery, run SQL queries, manage BigQuery resources (datasets, tables, views), or perform basic data ingestion and analysis. | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/bigquery-basics) |
+| `datalineage-bigquery-asset-impact-analysis` | core | Analyzes the downstream impact (blast radius) when a BigQuery table or view is broken, stale, or modified. Identifies all downstream tables, dashboards, and processes that will be affected. Use when: - Performing a blast radius or impact … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/datalineage-bigquery-asset-impact-analysis) |
+| `bigquery-ai-ml` | core | Leverages BigQuery's built-in machine learning and GenAI capabilities for advanced data analytics. Use when you need to write SQL queries that perform time-series forecasting, detect outliers, find key drivers, or leverage generative AI … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/bigquery-ai-ml) |
+| `alloydb-basics` | core | Manages clusters, instances, and backups for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, and integrates with AlloyDB model context protocol (MCP) tools for automated database operations. | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/alloydb-basics) |
+| `bigtable-basics` | core | Assists in provisioning instances/tables, designing performant schemas, and querying data in Bigtable. Use when designing Bigtable row keys, configuring column families, writing SQL queries or client library code (Java, Go, Python) for … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/bigtable-basics) |
+| `gke-observability` | core | Configures GKE observability, including Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and managed Prometheus. Use when configuring GKE monitoring, setting up GKE logging, or configuring Prometheus metrics collection. Don't use to configure local … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/gke-observability) |
+| `agent-platform-eval-flywheel` | adjacent | Measures and improves the quality of AI models and agents on Google Cloud using the Eval Quality Flywheel methodology. Use when evaluating an agent or model, building an eval dataset, picking or writing evaluation metrics, analyzing … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/agent-platform-eval-flywheel) |
+| `agent-platform-alert-configuration` | adjacent | Configures best-practice alerting policies for Google Cloud Vertex AI / Agent Platform agents on Agent Runtime. Use when analyzing, writing, or deploying alerting policies to monitor agent latency, error rates, and quality metrics … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/agent-platform-alert-configuration) |
+| `cloud-sql-basics` | adjacent | This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources. Use this file when the user asks to create a Cloud SQL instance or database for MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server. Cloud SQL manages third-party MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics) |
+| `google-analytics-data-api-basics` | adjacent | Manages Google Analytics reporting data, enables the Analytics Data API via the Cloud CLI, and creates reports using the Google Analytics Data API (v1beta). Use when you need to interact with Google Analytics properties, run customized … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/analytics/google-analytics-data-api-basics) |
+| `google-analytics-admin-api-basics` | adjacent | Manages Google Analytics account and property settings, enables the Analytics Admin API via the Cloud CLI, lists accounts and properties, and manages data streams, custom dimensions, conversion events, and integrations. Use when you need … | [source](https://github.com/google/skills/tree/b15f327/skills/analytics/google-analytics-admin-api-basics) |
+
+## Source: NVIDIA/skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills) (commit `153b14b`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: CC-BY-4.0 (skills/docs), Apache-2.0 (code)
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `vss-generate-video-report` | core | Use this skill when producing a VSS analysis report — Mode A per-clip VLM, Mode B incident-range via video-analytics. Not for standalone video summarization, real-time alerts or ad-hoc Q&A. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-generate-video-report) |
+| `deepstream-dev` | core | NVIDIA DeepStream SDK 9.0 development with Python pyservicemaker API. Use when building video analytics pipelines, GStreamer-based video processing, TensorRT inference integration, object detection/tracking, or Kafka/message broker … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/deepstream-dev) |
+| `tao-train-depth-anything-v2` | adjacent | Monocular depth estimation using Metric Depth Anything v2 or Relative Depth Anything architectures. Predicts per-pixel depth from single RGB images. Use when training, evaluating, exporting, or running inference for a TAO monocular depth … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/tao-train-depth-anything-v2) |
+| `vss-query-analytics` | adjacent | Use this skill when reading video-analytics metrics, incidents, alerts, and sensor data via the VA-MCP server (port 9901). Not for live VLM or incident-range narrative reports. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-query-analytics) |
+| `nemo-evaluator-plugin` | adjacent | Use when working on the Evaluator plugin CLI, jobs, SDK-backed specs, metric types, or plugin-owned Evaluator skills. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/nemo-evaluator-plugin) |
+| `nv-reason-cxr` | adjacent | Used for command-shape or live NV-Reason-CXR chest X-ray reasoning smoke tests. Not for diagnosis or clinical reporting. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/nv-reason-cxr) |
+| `tao-train-metric-learning-recognition` | adjacent | Metric-learning recognition (ml-recog) for fine-grained visual recognition. Learns embeddings for retrieval-based matching (e.g., retail product recognition) using triplet / contrastive losses. Use when training, evaluating, exporting, or … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/tao-train-metric-learning-recognition) |
+| `tao-train-reid` | adjacent | Person re-identification (ReID). Learns discriminative embeddings to match the same person across different camera views, based on metric learning. Use when training, evaluating, exporting, or running inference for a TAO person … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/tao-train-reid) |
+| `vss-generate-video-calibration` | adjacent | Use to run AutoMagicCalib on local MP4s, RTSP, or the bundled sample dataset, and to deploy vss-auto-calibration when needed. Do not use for non-AMC calibration or runtime analytics. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-generate-video-calibration) |
+| `vss-manage-alerts` | adjacent | Use for VSS alert workflows — real-time monitoring, Alert-Bridge subscriptions, Slack notifications, incident queries, camera onboarding. Not for non-alert analytics. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-manage-alerts) |
+| `vss-setup-behavior-analytics` | adjacent | Use to deploy the vss-behavior-analytics service standalone (entrypoint, config-source, optional calibration). Not for the full warehouse deploy. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-setup-behavior-analytics) |
+| `vss-setup-video-analytics-api` | adjacent | Use to deploy the vss-video-analytics-api REST service standalone (config-source, data-log bind, Elasticsearch, optional Kafka). Not for full warehouse deploy. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-setup-video-analytics-api) |
+
+## Source: phuryn/pm-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills) (commit `18468a9`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `ab-test-analysis` | core | Analyze A/B test results with statistical significance, sample size validation, confidence intervals, and ship/extend/stop recommendations. Use when evaluating experiment results, checking if a test reached significance, interpreting split … | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-data-analytics/skills/ab-test-analysis) |
+| `cohort-analysis` | core | Perform cohort analysis on user engagement data — retention curves, feature adoption trends, and segment-level insights. Use when analyzing user retention by cohort, studying feature adoption over time, investigating churn patterns, or … | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-data-analytics/skills/cohort-analysis) |
+| `dummy-dataset` | core | Generate realistic dummy datasets for testing with customizable columns, constraints, and output formats (CSV, JSON, SQL, Python script). Use when creating test data, building mock datasets, or generating sample data for development and … | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-execution/skills/dummy-dataset) |
+| `lean-canvas` | adjacent | Generate a Lean Canvas with problem, solution, metrics, cost structure, UVP, unfair advantage, channels, segments, and revenue. Use when exploring a lean startup canvas, testing a business hypothesis, or modeling a new venture. | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-product-strategy/skills/lean-canvas) |
+| `product-strategy` | adjacent | Create a comprehensive product strategy using the 9-section Product Strategy Canvas — vision, segments, costs, value propositions, trade-offs, metrics, growth, capabilities, and defensibility. Use when building a product strategy, creating … | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-product-strategy/skills/product-strategy) |
+| `sql-queries` | adjacent | Generate SQL queries from natural language descriptions. Supports BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other dialects. Reads database schemas from uploaded diagrams or documentation. Use when writing SQL, building data reports, exploring … | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-data-analytics/skills/sql-queries) |
+| `gtm-strategy` | adjacent | Create a go-to-market strategy covering marketing channels, messaging, success metrics, and launch timeline. Use when planning a product launch, creating a GTM plan from scratch, or defining a launch strategy for a new market. | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-go-to-market/skills/gtm-strategy) |
+| `metrics-dashboard` | adjacent | Define and design a product metrics dashboard with key metrics, data sources, visualization types, and alert thresholds. Use when creating a metrics dashboard, defining KPIs, setting up product analytics, or building a data monitoring plan. | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-product-discovery/skills/metrics-dashboard) |
+| `north-star-metric` | adjacent | Define a North Star Metric and 3-5 supporting input metrics that form a metrics constellation. Classify the business game (Attention, Transaction, Productivity) and validate against 7 criteria for an effective North Star. Use when choosing … | [source](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/18468a9/pm-marketing-growth/skills/north-star-metric) |
--- a/references/market.md
+++ b/references/market.md
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+# Market evidence report — cost-analyst
+
+Source: **56 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 56), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10.
+This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
+reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
+
+## Seniority distribution
+
+| Seniority | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|
+| mid | 30 | 54 % |
+| senior | 23 | 41 % |
+| junior | 3 | 5 % |
+
+## Tools — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 27 | 48 % |
+| 2 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 10 | 18 % |
+| 3 | Crystal Ball | 8 | 14 % |
+| 4 | Microsoft Word | 8 | 14 % |
+| 5 | Python | 7 | 12 % |
+| 6 | ACEIT | 5 | 9 % |
+| 7 | @RISK | 4 | 7 % |
+| 8 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 7 % |
+| 9 | Tableau | 4 | 7 % |
+| 10 | Microsoft Power BI | 3 | 5 % |
+| 11 | R AI tools | 3 | 5 % |
+| 12 | SAP | 3 | 5 % |
+
+## Hard skills — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | cost estimating | 22 | 39 % |
+| 2 | cost analysis | 20 | 36 % |
+| 3 | budgeting | 13 | 23 % |
+| 4 | data analysis | 11 | 20 % |
+| 5 | cost control | 10 | 18 % |
+| 6 | financial analysis | 10 | 18 % |
+| 7 | change management | 9 | 16 % |
+| 8 | cost estimation | 9 | 16 % |
+| 9 | risk analysis | 9 | 16 % |
+| 10 | statistical analysis | 9 | 16 % |
+| 11 | risk assessment | 8 | 14 % |
+| 12 | value engineering | 8 | 14 % |
+| 13 | contract administration | 6 | 11 % |
+| 14 | contract negotiation | 6 | 11 % |
+| 15 | cost planning | 6 | 11 % |
+| 16 | forecasting | 6 | 11 % |
+| 17 | quantity surveying | 6 | 11 % |
+| 18 | data collection | 5 | 9 % |
+| 19 | financial forecasting | 4 | 7 % |
+| 20 | financial modeling | 4 | 7 % |
+| 21 | variance analysis | 4 | 7 % |
+| 22 | budget formulation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 23 | commercial acumen | 3 | 5 % |
+| 24 | cost accounting | 3 | 5 % |
+| 25 | economic analysis | 3 | 5 % |
+| 26 | financial reporting | 3 | 5 % |
+| 27 | life cycle cost estimation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 28 | lifecycle cost estimation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 29 | planning | 3 | 5 % |
+| 30 | program assessment | 3 | 5 % |
+| 31 | resource planning | 3 | 5 % |
+| 32 | risk mitigation | 3 | 5 % |
+
+## Methods — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | cost-benefit analysis | 5 | 9 % |
+| 2 | acquisition process | 4 | 7 % |
+| 3 | earned value management (EVM) | 4 | 7 % |
+| 4 | benchmarking | 3 | 5 % |
+| 5 | earned value management | 3 | 5 % |
+| 6 | internal auditing | 3 | 5 % |
+| 7 | program evaluation and review technique (PERT) | 3 | 5 % |
+| 8 | project controls | 3 | 5 % |
+| 9 | work breakdown structures (WBS) | 3 | 5 % |
+
+## Responsibilities — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | cost model development | 7 | 12 % |
+| 2 | client communication | 5 | 9 % |
+| 3 | cost reporting | 5 | 9 % |
+| 4 | data collection | 5 | 9 % |
+| 5 | process improvement | 5 | 9 % |
+| 6 | team mentoring | 5 | 9 % |
+| 7 | cost report preparation | 4 | 7 % |
+| 8 | system cost estimate formulation | 4 | 7 % |
+| 9 | team leadership | 4 | 7 % |
+| 10 | business development | 3 | 5 % |
+| 11 | change order negotiation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 12 | cost estimate development | 3 | 5 % |
+| 13 | cost management delivery | 3 | 5 % |
+| 14 | data evaluation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 15 | final account negotiation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 16 | financial reporting | 3 | 5 % |
+| 17 | financial risk translation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 18 | performance monitoring | 3 | 5 % |
+| 19 | report preparation | 3 | 5 % |
+| 20 | risk assessment | 3 | 5 % |
+| 21 | stakeholder coordination | 3 | 5 % |
+
+## Regional breakdown
+
+> **Corpus note:** 56 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
+
+### US (us)
+
+56 ads.
+
+**Top hard skills:**
+
+- cost estimating — 39 % (22 ads)
+- cost analysis — 36 % (20 ads)
+- budgeting — 23 % (13 ads)
+- data analysis — 20 % (11 ads)
+- cost control — 18 % (10 ads)
+- financial analysis — 18 % (10 ads)
+- change management — 16 % (9 ads)
+- cost estimation — 16 % (9 ads)
+- risk analysis — 16 % (9 ads)
+- statistical analysis — 16 % (9 ads)
+
+**Top tools:**
+
+- Microsoft Excel — 48 % (27 ads)
+- Microsoft PowerPoint — 18 % (10 ads)
+- Crystal Ball — 14 % (8 ads)
+- Microsoft Word — 14 % (8 ads)
+- Python — 12 % (7 ads)
+- ACEIT — 9 % (5 ads)
+- @RISK — 7 % (4 ads)
+- Microsoft Office — 7 % (4 ads)
+- Tableau — 7 % (4 ads)
+- Microsoft Power BI — 5 % (3 ads)
+
+**Seniority:** mid 54 % · senior 41 % · junior 5 %
+
+### UK (gb)
+
+**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
+
+### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
+
+**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
+
+
+## Job title variants in the market
+
+| Title | Ads |
+|---|---|
+| Cost Analyst | 5 |
+| Journeyman Cost Analyst | 4 |
+| Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction | 4 |
+| Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction | 3 |
+| Senior Cost Analyst | 3 |
+| Quantity Surveyor | 2 |
+| Senior Level Cost Analyst | 2 |
+| Acquisition Lifecycle Cost Analyst | 1 |
+| Construction Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor (US Based - Remote) | 1 |
+| Cost Accounting Analyst - Becton Dickinson | 1 |
+| Cost Accounting Compliance Analyst | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst - Remote | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst - TS/SCI CI Poly | Space & Govt Programs | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst I | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst Job at DCS Corp in Fort Belvoir | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst with Secret Clearance | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst, Senior | 1 |
+| Cost Analyst/Estimator - ALL LEVELS | 1 |
+| Cost Control / Construction Accountant with Security Clearance | 1 |
+| Cost Control Analyst I(Engineering and Construction) | 1 |
+| Data Center Cost Leader - Senior Quantity Surveyor | 1 |
+| Infrastructure & Capital Projects – Construction Quantity Surveyor (Lead or Mid-Career), ANS | 1 |
+| Journeyman Cost Estimator/Analyst | 1 |
+| Jr Cost Analyst | 1 |
+| Junior Cost Analyst | 1 |
+
+Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
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+# Occupation profile — cost analyst
+
+- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/84871c2a-abd1-45eb-b03a-65e51a26fd84
+- **ESCO code:** 2411.1.5
+- **ISCO-08 group:** 2411 — Accountants
+- **O*NET-SOC:** 13-1051.00 — Cost Estimators (match: closeMatch)
+
+## Description (ESCO)
+
+Cost analysts prepare regular costs, budgeting analyses and reports in order to contribute to the overall cost planning and forecasting activities of a business. They review and reconcile key balance sheets and identify new opportunities to save costs.
+
+## Definition
+
+nan
+
+## Alternative labels
+
+- quantity surveyor
+- cost accountant
+- cost accounting clerk
+- cost recovery estimator
+- cost and budget analyst
+- cost accounting officer
+- cost estimator
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+# Competences — cost analyst
+
+Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/84871c2a-abd1-45eb-b03a-65e51a26fd84).
+
+## Essential
+
+- **assess financial viability** (skill/competence)
+- **company policies** (knowledge)
+- **control of expenses** (skill/competence)
+- **cost management** (knowledge)
+- **evaluate budgets** (skill/competence)
+- **financial department processes** (knowledge)
+- **identify process improvements** (skill/competence)
+- **interpret financial statements** (skill/competence)
+- **liquidity management** (knowledge)
+- **perform cost accounting activities** (skill/competence)
+- **prepare cost-plus pricing models** (skill/competence)
+- **provide cost benefit analysis reports** (skill/competence)
+- **synthesise financial information** (skill/competence)
+
+## Optional
+
+- advise on tax planning (skill/competence)
+- analyse financial performance of a company (skill/competence)
+- analyse financial risk (skill/competence)
+- analyse transportation costs (skill/competence)
+- calculate production costs (skill/competence)
+- carry out tendering (skill/competence)
+- create a financial plan (skill/competence)
+- create a financial report (skill/competence)
+- disseminate information on tax legislation (skill/competence)
+- enforce financial policies (skill/competence)
+- execute analytical mathematical calculations (skill/competence)
+- exert expenditure control (skill/competence)
+- explain accounting records (skill/competence)
+- financial forecasting (knowledge)
+- manage budgets (skill/competence)
+- manage inventory (skill/competence)
+- manage payroll reports (skill/competence)
+- negotiate supplier arrangements (skill/competence)
+- prepare financial statements (skill/competence)
+- support development of annual budget (skill/competence)
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->
+
+## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 56 ads, as of 2026-07-10)
+
+Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
+
+### Hard skills
+
+- cost estimating — **39 %**
+- cost analysis — **36 %**
+- budgeting — **23 %**
+- data analysis — **20 %**
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->
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+# Tasks & work activities — cost analyst
+
+Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 13-1051.00 (Cost Estimators).
+
+## Task statements
+
+- **[Core]** Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.
+- **[Core]** Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
+- **[Core]** Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
+- **[Core]** Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments, or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
+- **[Core]** Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
+- **[Core]** Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
+- **[Core]** Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors.
+- **[Core]** Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components.
+- **[Core]** Prepare cost and expenditure statements and other necessary documentation at regular intervals for the duration of the project.
+- **[Core]** Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors.
+- **[Core]** Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures.
+- **[Core]** Establish and maintain tendering process, and conduct negotiations.
+- **[Core]** Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to reduce cost.
+- **[Core]** Visit site and record information about access, drainage and topography, and availability of utility services.
+
+## Detailed work activities
+
+- Analyze business or financial data.
+- Assess the cost effectiveness of products, projects, or services.
+- Collect data about project sites.
+- Confer with others about financial matters.
+- Confer with personnel to coordinate business operations.
+- Develop business or financial information systems.
+- Establish business management methods.
+- Estimate costs of goods or services.
+- Inspect work sites to determine condition or necessary repairs.
+- Maintain data in information systems or databases.
+- Monitor financial indicators.
+- Negotiate agreements to resolve disputes.
+- Prepare financial documents.
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+# Tools & technology — cost analyst
+
+Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 13-1051.00.
+
+| Software | Category | Hot technology |
+|---|---|---|
+| Intuit QuickBooks | Accounting software | yes |
+| Procore software | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
+| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
+| Autodesk Revit | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
+| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes |
+| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes |
+| Trimble SketchUp Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
+| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
+| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
+| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
+| Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes |
+| Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management | Project management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
+| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
+| Choice Job Cost | Accounting software |  |
+| Cost accounting software | Accounting software |  |
+| CPR International GeneralCOST Estimator | Accounting software |  |
+| Sage 50 Accounting | Accounting software |  |
+| ConEst Electrical Formulas | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Construction Management Software ProEst | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Decisioneering Crystal Ball | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| QSM SLIM Suite | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Resources Calculations Incorporated SoftCost | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| WinEstimator WinEst | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| ConEst T&M Billing Manager | Billing and invoicing software |  |
+| Computer aided design and drafting CADD software | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
+| ConEst IntelliBid Design Build | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
+| ConEst SureCount | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
+| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
+| Microsoft Business Contact Manager | Customer relationship management CRM software |  |
+| Oracle Hyperion | Data base reporting software |  |
+| SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports | Data base reporting software |  |
+| Software AG enterprise software | Data base reporting software |  |
+| Assured Software JPP | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Sage 100 Contractor | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Xactware Xactimate | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Laserfiche Avante | Document management software |  |
+| Microsoft Dynamics | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| EFI Hagen OA | Expert system software |  |
+| ConEst Intellibid | Financial analysis software |  |
+| Cost estimating software | Financial analysis software |  |
+| CPR Visual Estimator | Financial analysis software |  |
+| IBM Costimater | Financial analysis software |  |
+| Palisade @Risk | Financial analysis software |  |
+| PRICE Sytems TruePlanning | Financial analysis software |  |
+| Primavera Cost Management | Financial analysis software |  |
+| Softstar Costar COCOMO II | Financial analysis software |  |
+| ConEst Permit Trac | License management software |  |
+| ConEst BidTrac | Project management software |  |
+| ConEst JobTrac | Project management software |  |
+| ConstructConnect PlanSwift | Project management software |  |
+| Galorath SEER | Project management software |  |
+| Galorath SEER-SEM | Project management software |  |
+| HCSS HeavyBid | Project management software |  |
+| HCSS HeavyJob | Project management software |  |
+| Logic Software Easy Projects.NET | Project management software |  |
+| On Center On-Screen Takeoff | Project management software |  |
+| Apple AppleWorks | Spreadsheet software |  |
+| Corel QuattroPro | Spreadsheet software |  |
+| IBM Lotus 1-2-3 | Spreadsheet software |  |
+| Microsoft OneNote | Word processing software |  |
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->
+
+## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 56 ads, as of 2026-07-10)
+
+Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
+
+### Tools
+
+- Microsoft Excel — **48 %**
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->