Finance Jobs in the North West

Financial
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,405 1,366 1,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.12% 18.53% 18.16%
As % of the General category 25.05% 27.85% 29.57%
Number of salaries quoted 973 687 970
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +5.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £86,325
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,823 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.96% +3.85%

All General Skills
North West

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,608 4,905 5,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.36% 66.54% 61.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,027 2,371 3,080
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,200
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +4.58% +5.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,035
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North West.

Salary trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Manchester -1 779 £55,000 -7.60% 363
Merseyside +3 221 £47,000 +4.44% 77
Lancashire +6 185 £45,000 -18.18% 77
Cheshire -4 185 £55,000 +9.48% 87
Cumbria +3 30 £40,500 -26.36% 25
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (2.70%) Confluence
2 34 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.64%) Apache
4 21 (1.49%) IIS
5 14 (1.00%) SAS
6 11 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.57%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.28%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.28%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) WordPress
12 1 (0.071%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.071%) Jetty
12 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 182 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (4.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.50%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.14%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.071%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (1.21%) NEC Housing
3 17 (1.21%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.93%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.93%) iTrent
4 13 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
4 13 (0.93%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.57%) SAP BPC
5 8 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
5 8 (0.57%) SAP IBP
6 7 (0.50%) BPCS
6 7 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.43%) SAP PM
7 6 (0.43%) SAP PP
7 6 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
8 5 (0.36%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.28%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 208 (14.80%) Azure
2 141 (10.04%) Power Platform
3 87 (6.19%) AWS
4 66 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
5 61 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.63%) GCP
7 37 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.85%) Entra ID
9 24 (1.71%) SaaS
10 21 (1.49%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.42%) GitHub
12 18 (1.28%) Serverless
13 14 (1.00%) IaaS
14 13 (0.93%) Google Analytics
15 11 (0.78%) Amazon S3
15 11 (0.78%) dbt
16 10 (0.71%) Google Play
16 10 (0.71%) PowerApps
17 9 (0.64%) Azure Functions
17 9 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.27%) Firewall
2 24 (1.71%) WAN
3 22 (1.57%) Internet
3 22 (1.57%) SAN
4 16 (1.14%) LAN
4 16 (1.14%) VPN
5 14 (1.00%) DNS
6 13 (0.93%) Network Security
6 13 (0.93%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.85%) DHCP
7 12 (0.85%) iSCSI
8 11 (0.78%) Broadband
8 11 (0.78%) Wireless
9 10 (0.71%) IPsec
9 10 (0.71%) NAS
9 10 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
9 10 (0.71%) SNMP
9 10 (0.71%) VoIP
10 6 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
11 5 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (7.40%) Power BI
2 80 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (4.98%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.35%) Tableau
5 28 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (1.57%) Metadata
7 21 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 20 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.28%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
10 17 (1.21%) Oracle Database
11 16 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.07%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.85%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.78%) Data Mining
15 11 (0.78%) Looker
16 10 (0.71%) NoSQL
17 9 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 65 (4.63%) JIRA
2 50 (3.56%) Git
3 19 (1.35%) GitLab
4 14 (1.00%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.71%) Appium
6 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.43%) Spinnaker
6 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.36%) JetBrains Rider
7 5 (0.36%) JMeter
7 5 (0.36%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.28%) MSTest
8 4 (0.28%) NUnit
9 3 (0.21%) git-flow
9 3 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.14%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.14%) Selenium
10 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 474 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 206 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (12.46%) Retail
4 150 (10.68%) Legal
5 122 (8.68%) Banking
6 117 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 95 (6.76%) Marketing
8 78 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 67 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.49%) Manufacturing
11 43 (3.06%) Local Government
12 42 (2.99%) Billing
12 42 (2.99%) Law
13 26 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.21%) Police
17 16 (1.14%) Back Office
18 13 (0.93%) Automotive
19 10 (0.71%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 223 (15.87%) Analyst
2 211 (15.02%) Senior
3 155 (11.03%) Developer
4 149 (10.60%) Lead
5 73 (5.20%) Consultant
6 72 (5.12%) Architect
7 65 (4.63%) Project Manager
8 64 (4.56%) Financial Analyst
9 53 (3.77%) Senior Developer
10 48 (3.42%) Business Manager
11 42 (2.99%) Administrator
11 42 (2.99%) Development Manager
12 39 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.49%) Systems Analyst
14 34 (2.42%) Business Development Manager
15 33 (2.35%) Applications Support
15 33 (2.35%) IT Support
16 31 (2.21%) Product Manager
16 31 (2.21%) Software Engineer
16 31 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.84%) .NET
2 46 (3.27%) REST
3 41 (2.92%) React
4 29 (2.06%) HTML
5 28 (1.99%) CSS
6 25 (1.78%) JSON
7 24 (1.71%) Web Services
8 22 (1.57%) ASP.NET
9 20 (1.42%) RESTful
10 19 (1.35%) .NET Framework
10 19 (1.35%) Kafka
11 17 (1.21%) Node.js
11 17 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (1.14%) ASP.NET Web API
13 15 (1.07%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.85%) .NET Core
15 11 (0.78%) SOAP
16 10 (0.71%) Android SDK
16 10 (0.71%) PySpark
16 10 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
2 72 (5.12%) Management Information System
3 40 (2.85%) Public Cloud
4 39 (2.78%) PMI
5 37 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 27 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 22 (1.57%) NHS
8 19 (1.35%) Driving Licence
8 19 (1.35%) Housing Association
9 18 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 15 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 13 (0.93%) Onboarding
11 13 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.85%) Credit Risk
12 12 (0.85%) Reinsurance
13 11 (0.78%) Algorithms
13 11 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.78%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 93 (6.62%) Windows
2 60 (4.27%) Linux
3 26 (1.85%) Unix
4 19 (1.35%) Android
5 12 (0.85%) Windows Vista
6 11 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
8 9 (0.64%) Windows Phone
9 8 (0.57%) Solaris
10 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (24.56%) Agile
2 231 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (13.10%) Coaching
3 184 (13.10%) Roadmaps
4 180 (12.81%) Mentoring
5 167 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
6 157 (11.17%) Project Management
7 123 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 122 (8.68%) Customer Service
9 117 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 101 (7.19%) ERP
11 100 (7.12%) DevOps
12 94 (6.69%) Data Management
13 93 (6.62%) Analytics
14 89 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 88 (6.26%) Business Development
16 81 (5.77%) ITIL
16 81 (5.77%) Project Delivery
17 77 (5.48%) CRM
18 76 (5.41%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 183 (13.02%) SQL
2 97 (6.90%) Python
3 82 (5.84%) C#
4 72 (5.12%) JavaScript
5 43 (3.06%) PowerShell
6 38 (2.70%) Java
7 31 (2.21%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.85%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.07%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.78%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.71%) C
11 10 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.57%) PHP
12 8 (0.57%) Rust
13 7 (0.50%) Bash
13 7 (0.50%) RPG
13 7 (0.50%) RPG IV
14 6 (0.43%) C++
14 6 (0.43%) R
14 6 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 156 (11.10%) Degree
2 62 (4.41%) ACCA
3 51 (3.63%) Security Cleared
4 46 (3.27%) CIMA
5 44 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 32 (2.28%) DBS Check
7 29 (2.06%) SC Cleared
8 16 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.07%) PMP
10 11 (0.78%) AAT
11 10 (0.71%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (0.57%) CAPM
13 8 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.50%) CISA
14 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.43%) CISSP
15 6 (0.43%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.84%) QA
2 62 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.49%) GDPR
4 29 (2.06%) SLA
5 28 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 26 (1.85%) PMO
7 22 (1.57%) IFRS
8 15 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.00%) GAAP
9 14 (1.00%) NIST
10 8 (0.57%) IFRS 9
11 7 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.21%) COSO
14 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.21%) GRC
14 3 (0.21%) ISO 31000
14 3 (0.21%) ITGC
System Software
1 58 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.42%) Docker
3 32 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.71%) RACF
5 9 (0.64%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.14%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.99%) Terraform
3 17 (1.21%) Ansible
4 15 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.00%) SCCM
5 14 (1.00%) ZABBIX
6 12 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.85%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.85%) VxRail
7 10 (0.71%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.64%) AirWatch
9 7 (0.50%) Grafana
10 5 (0.36%) Kibana
10 5 (0.36%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.14%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.071%) Puppet
Vendors
1 304 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.55%) SAP
3 59 (4.20%) Oracle
4 53 (3.77%) Google
5 41 (2.92%) NEC
6 34 (2.42%) Virgin Media
6 34 (2.42%) VMware
7 24 (1.71%) CA
8 22 (1.57%) NetApp
9 20 (1.42%) MuleSoft
10 19 (1.35%) Cisco
11 18 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 16 (1.14%) Atlassian
12 16 (1.14%) Splunk
13 15 (1.07%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.00%) Commvault
14 14 (1.00%) Informatica
15 13 (0.93%) Infor
16 12 (0.85%) SolarWinds
16 12 (0.85%) Teradata