Cost Optimisation Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cost Optimization
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.06% - 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% - 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £81,138
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.52%
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £105,000 - £81,138
% change year-on-year - - +47.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 476 606 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 83.80% 81.67% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 346 274 231
10th Percentile £25,300 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year - -13.88% -5.00%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Billing
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Head of Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Head of IT
2 2 (33.33%) Head of IT Security
2 2 (33.33%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) CMDB
1 4 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 4 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft