Cost Optimisation Job Trends in the North East

Cost Optimization
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 63
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.62% - 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £81,138
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.20%
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% -1.79% -6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 793 1,103 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 82.09% 79.64% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 479 602 455
10th Percentile £25,086 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,188 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,200 £65,545
90th Percentile £73,852 £79,103 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +2.50%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in the North East

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear - 6 £105,000 - 2
Cost Optimisation
England

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Billing
2 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Head of IT
2 1 (16.67%) Head of IT Security
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Security
2 1 (16.67%) IT Director
2 1 (16.67%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) CMDB
1 4 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
3 4 (66.67%) Budgeting
3 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
3 4 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (66.67%) ITSM
3 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft