Cost Optimisation Job Trends in Merseyside

Cost Optimization
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £85,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £67,500 £51,250 £41,774
% change year-on-year +31.71% +22.68% -47.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Cost Optimisation 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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 561 358 829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 69.43% 94.46% 78.50%
Number of salaries quoted 364 171 685
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £51,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £77,500 £74,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Liverpool - 1 £80,000 - 2
Cost Optimisation
North West

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP GTS
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP SD
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Travel Management
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (100.00%) SAP TM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP