Finance Jobs in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,440 3,334 3,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.41% 20.15% 16.36%
As % of the General category 24.61% 29.02% 27.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 1,535 1,699
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.40%
75th Percentile £72,433 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £83,350
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,823 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.96% +3.85%

All General Skills
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,914 11,488 10,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 54.49% 69.42% 58.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7,436 5,022 6,150
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,887 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +3.77% +9.79%
75th Percentile £62,833 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £79,500
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
North West 0 1,385 £52,500 -4.55% 578
Yorkshire -3 798 £56,500 +2.73% 273
North East +1 257 £50,000 -9.09% 127
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 79 (3.24%) Confluence
2 76 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 59 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 42 (1.72%) SAS
5 33 (1.35%) Apache
6 24 (0.98%) IIS
7 14 (0.57%) CMS
8 13 (0.53%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
10 8 (0.33%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.16%) WordPress
12 3 (0.12%) Captiva
12 3 (0.12%) FileNet
12 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.082%) nginx
14 1 (0.041%) Jetty
14 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 240 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 164 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.082%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.082%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 24 (0.98%) NEC Housing
4 20 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 16 (0.66%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.61%) Sage X3
7 14 (0.57%) iTrent
8 13 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
8 13 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
9 11 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
9 11 (0.45%) SAP CO
9 11 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.37%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.33%) SAP BPC
11 8 (0.33%) SAP IBP
12 7 (0.29%) BPCS
12 7 (0.29%) Sage 200
13 6 (0.25%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 389 (15.94%) Azure
2 244 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 182 (7.46%) AWS
4 154 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
5 124 (5.08%) GCP
6 88 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
7 66 (2.70%) SaaS
8 64 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (2.42%) Entra ID
10 37 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
11 35 (1.43%) Serverless
12 34 (1.39%) GitHub
13 33 (1.35%) Power Automate
14 32 (1.31%) PowerApps
15 27 (1.11%) IaaS
16 20 (0.82%) PaaS
17 17 (0.70%) Amazon S3
18 15 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (0.61%) Google Analytics
19 14 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 86 (3.52%) Firewall
2 48 (1.97%) Internet
3 43 (1.76%) WAN
4 34 (1.39%) LAN
5 32 (1.31%) VPN
6 29 (1.19%) DNS
7 28 (1.15%) Network Security
7 28 (1.15%) SAN
8 25 (1.02%) DHCP
9 18 (0.74%) TCP/IP
10 16 (0.66%) Wireless
11 15 (0.61%) Broadband
11 15 (0.61%) IPsec
11 15 (0.61%) SNMP
12 13 (0.53%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.49%) iSCSI
13 12 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
14 11 (0.45%) NAS
15 9 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (8.11%) Power BI
2 127 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
3 109 (4.47%) SQL Server
4 51 (2.09%) Tableau
5 39 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 37 (1.52%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.35%) MongoDB
8 27 (1.11%) Metadata
9 25 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 23 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
12 22 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (0.86%) Oracle Database
14 18 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
15 17 (0.70%) BigQuery
16 15 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 15 (0.61%) Relational Database
17 14 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
18 13 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 139 (5.70%) JIRA
2 78 (3.20%) Git
3 32 (1.31%) GitLab
4 31 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.74%) Selenium
6 16 (0.66%) Appium
7 12 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
8 11 (0.45%) JMeter
9 10 (0.41%) JUnit
10 9 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.33%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.33%) Spinnaker
12 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.25%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.20%) JetBrains Rider
14 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
14 5 (0.20%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.16%) NUnit
General
1 866 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 321 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 303 (12.42%) Banking
4 284 (11.64%) Legal
5 251 (10.29%) Retail
6 235 (9.63%) Public Sector
7 127 (5.20%) Marketing
8 115 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
9 110 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 92 (3.77%) Manufacturing
11 83 (3.40%) Law
12 71 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
13 64 (2.62%) Local Government
14 57 (2.34%) Billing
15 51 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.23%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.07%) Police
18 22 (0.90%) Publishing
19 18 (0.74%) Back Office
20 14 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 401 (16.43%) Senior
2 362 (14.84%) Analyst
3 359 (14.71%) Lead
4 236 (9.67%) Developer
5 161 (6.60%) Architect
6 133 (5.45%) Project Manager
7 109 (4.47%) Consultant
8 99 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
9 83 (3.40%) Financial Analyst
10 69 (2.83%) Senior Developer
11 65 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
12 59 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 55 (2.25%) Business Manager
13 55 (2.25%) IT Manager
14 54 (2.21%) Administrator
15 51 (2.09%) Product Manager
15 51 (2.09%) Support Engineer
16 49 (2.01%) Senior Manager
17 48 (1.97%) Software Engineer
18 47 (1.93%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.00%) .NET
2 65 (2.66%) React
3 63 (2.58%) HTML
4 57 (2.34%) REST
5 53 (2.17%) CSS
6 41 (1.68%) ASP.NET
7 38 (1.56%) .NET Framework
8 37 (1.52%) RESTful
9 34 (1.39%) JSON
10 33 (1.35%) Node.js
10 33 (1.35%) Web Services
11 32 (1.31%) ASP.NET Web API
12 30 (1.23%) .NET Core
13 26 (1.07%) AngularJS
14 23 (0.94%) Kafka
14 23 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
15 18 (0.74%) YAML
16 17 (0.70%) Entity Framework
17 16 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
17 16 (0.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 128 (5.25%) Management Information System
2 92 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (2.95%) Public Cloud
4 69 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.75%) PMI
6 55 (2.25%) NHS
7 44 (1.80%) Mobile App
8 43 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 36 (1.48%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.43%) Housing Association
12 33 (1.35%) Credit Risk
13 21 (0.86%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.82%) Private Cloud
15 19 (0.78%) Driving Licence
15 19 (0.78%) Onboarding
16 18 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.74%) Social Media
17 15 (0.61%) FMCG
17 15 (0.61%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 191 (7.83%) Windows
2 101 (4.14%) Linux
3 50 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 41 (1.68%) Unix
5 29 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.98%) Android
7 24 (0.98%) Windows 10
8 17 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
10 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.37%) Windows Phone
11 9 (0.37%) Windows Vista
12 8 (0.33%) Solaris
13 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.20%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.041%) CentOS
15 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 643 (26.35%) Agile
2 448 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
3 431 (17.66%) Coaching
4 390 (15.98%) Mentoring
5 353 (14.47%) Roadmaps
6 271 (11.11%) Project Management
7 269 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
8 262 (10.74%) Customer Service
9 230 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (7.58%) DevOps
11 179 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 177 (7.25%) Decision-Making
12 177 (7.25%) ITIL
13 163 (6.68%) Data Management
14 160 (6.56%) Analytics
15 154 (6.31%) ERP
15 154 (6.31%) Project Delivery
16 150 (6.15%) Data Governance
16 150 (6.15%) Line Management
17 140 (5.74%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 367 (15.04%) SQL
2 150 (6.15%) Python
3 141 (5.78%) C#
4 122 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 81 (3.32%) PowerShell
6 63 (2.58%) Java
7 62 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 31 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 19 (0.78%) PHP
10 15 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 13 (0.53%) R
11 13 (0.53%) VBA
12 11 (0.45%) Groovy
12 11 (0.45%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.41%) VBScript
14 9 (0.37%) Bash
14 9 (0.37%) C
15 8 (0.33%) VB
16 7 (0.29%) RPG
Qualifications
1 270 (11.07%) Degree
2 79 (3.24%) Security Cleared
3 76 (3.11%) PMI Certification
4 74 (3.03%) ACCA
5 66 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 47 (1.93%) SC Cleared
7 44 (1.80%) CIMA
8 38 (1.56%) PMP
9 36 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (0.94%) CAPM
13 21 (0.86%) AWS Certification
13 21 (0.86%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.82%) APMP
14 20 (0.82%) CISSP
14 20 (0.82%) PgMP
15 18 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.70%) HNC
16 17 (0.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (4.22%) GDPR
2 94 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.85%) QA
3 84 (3.44%) SLA
4 53 (2.17%) IFRS
5 41 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 34 (1.39%) PMO
7 31 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 29 (1.19%) NIST
9 28 (1.15%) GAAP
10 25 (1.02%) IFRS 9
11 16 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.45%) GRC
12 11 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.37%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (0.33%) PSD2
15 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.25%) NCSC
15 6 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 141 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 58 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (2.01%) Docker
4 32 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 24 (0.98%) RACF
6 18 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 7 (0.29%) IAG
10 5 (0.20%) XenApp
10 5 (0.20%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.082%) Firmware
12 1 (0.041%) KVM
12 1 (0.041%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 60 (2.46%) Terraform
2 51 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.35%) Ansible
5 25 (1.02%) SCCM
6 17 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.61%) Progress Chef
7 15 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.57%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.49%) VxRail
10 9 (0.37%) AirWatch
11 8 (0.33%) SCOM
12 7 (0.29%) Grafana
13 6 (0.25%) Nmap
14 5 (0.20%) Kibana
15 2 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 2 (0.082%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 522 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 111 (4.55%) SAP
3 106 (4.34%) Google
4 83 (3.40%) VMware
5 82 (3.36%) Oracle
6 48 (1.97%) NEC
7 39 (1.60%) CA
8 38 (1.56%) Cisco
8 38 (1.56%) Virgin Media
9 37 (1.52%) Atlassian
10 36 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 36 (1.48%) Splunk
11 33 (1.35%) Citrix
12 27 (1.11%) NetApp
12 27 (1.11%) Sage
13 24 (0.98%) CyberArk
13 24 (0.98%) IBM
14 23 (0.94%) Commvault
14 23 (0.94%) MuleSoft
15 21 (0.86%) Dell