Cost Optimisation Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Cost Optimization
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Permanent jobs citing Cost Optimisation 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.63% - 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £49,018
25th Percentile £100,000 - £61,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £81,138
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.52%
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £105,000 - £81,138
% change year-on-year - - +20.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 631 619 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 79.27% 90.90% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 469 267 406
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,332 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,500 £77,500
North East median annual salary £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%

Cost Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Cost Optimisation job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Cost Optimisation
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cost Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cost Optimisation

Cost Optimisation
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Optimisation within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 4 £105,000 - 2
Sunderland - 1 - -
Cost Optimisation
North East

Cost Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Head of IT
1 4 (80.00%) Head of IT Security
1 4 (80.00%) Head of Security
2 3 (60.00%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) IT Director
3 1 (20.00%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Application Security
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Observability
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Detection
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Management
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (80.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft