Finance Jobs in the West Midlands

Financial
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 6 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,153 1,192 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.64% 19.66% 14.57%
As % of the General category 26.11% 25.90% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 803 655 716
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +11.34%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £83,700 £77,500 £83,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,823 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.96% +3.85%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,416 4,602 4,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.08% 75.92% 63.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,052 2,211 2,933
10th Percentile £25,525 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Birmingham -2 473 £55,000 -4.35% 169
Warwickshire -2 168 £54,813 +8.27% 40
Staffordshire +21 130 £55,000 +4.76% 56
Coventry +10 56 £51,300 -25.38% 25
Solihull 0 52 £45,000 -37.93% 8
Worcestershire -14 42 £30,500 -32.22% 18
Wolverhampton +5 38 £53,500 -2.73% 16
Shropshire -5 35 £47,500 -13.64% 12
Dudley - 14 £27,000 - 6
Tipton - 13 £25,000 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -4 9 £35,000 - 1
Walsall +10 6 £67,500 -3.57% 8
West Bromwich -1 5 £57,500 +9.52% 3
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 1
Herefordshire -2 2 £36,250 -14.71% 10
Halesowen - 1 £30,000 - 1
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 60 (5.20%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.56%) SAS
3 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.04%) WordPress
5 11 (0.95%) Apache
6 10 (0.87%) Confluence
7 9 (0.78%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.69%) IIS
9 5 (0.43%) nginx
9 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.35%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.17%) MTS
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.087%) Appian
13 1 (0.087%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.087%) JBoss
13 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 141 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (10.15%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.61%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.087%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 18 (1.56%) NEC Housing
2 15 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.26%) ProductWriter
8 2 (0.17%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.17%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.087%) CA PPM
9 1 (0.087%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 147 (12.75%) Power Platform
2 138 (11.97%) Azure
3 82 (7.11%) AWS
4 78 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
6 38 (3.30%) SaaS
7 20 (1.73%) PowerApps
8 19 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.56%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (1.21%) GCP
12 12 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.78%) GitHub
13 9 (0.78%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (0.61%) Mavenlink
16 5 (0.43%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.43%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.99%) Firewall
2 38 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
3 24 (2.08%) LAN
4 23 (1.99%) WAN
5 21 (1.82%) Wireless
6 19 (1.65%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.39%) Intranet
7 16 (1.39%) MPLS
8 13 (1.13%) VPN
9 12 (1.04%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.95%) DNS
11 9 (0.78%) DHCP
11 9 (0.78%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.61%) PBX
12 7 (0.61%) SAN
12 7 (0.61%) VLAN
13 6 (0.52%) Network Security
13 6 (0.52%) OSPF
14 5 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (0.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (12.14%) Power BI
2 82 (7.11%) SQL Server
3 34 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 29 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.73%) Oracle Database
5 20 (1.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 19 (1.65%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.13%) Big Data
8 13 (1.13%) Power Query
9 11 (0.95%) Tableau
10 9 (0.78%) Metadata
10 9 (0.78%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.61%) InterSystems Cache
12 7 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
13 6 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.43%) MySQL
15 4 (0.35%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 39 (3.38%) JIRA
2 15 (1.30%) Cucumber
3 12 (1.04%) Git
4 6 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.43%) webpack
6 4 (0.35%) Postman
6 4 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.26%) Toad
7 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.17%) CANoe
8 2 (0.17%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.17%) GitLab
8 2 (0.17%) Maven
9 1 (0.087%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.087%) fastlane
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Forms
General
1 430 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 194 (16.83%) Retail
3 164 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (9.28%) Legal
5 99 (8.59%) Marketing
6 77 (6.68%) Public Sector
7 75 (6.50%) Manufacturing
8 59 (5.12%) Banking
9 54 (4.68%) Local Government
10 43 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.30%) Law
12 37 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.60%) Back Office
14 24 (2.08%) Electronics
15 23 (1.99%) Games
15 23 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.82%) Police
17 15 (1.30%) Environmental Health
17 15 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 163 (14.14%) Analyst
2 139 (12.06%) Senior
3 109 (9.45%) Project Manager
4 105 (9.11%) Lead
5 103 (8.93%) Developer
6 70 (6.07%) IT Manager
7 65 (5.64%) Consultant
8 49 (4.25%) Architect
9 33 (2.86%) Software Developer
10 30 (2.60%) Development Manager
11 29 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (2.43%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.17%) Network Engineer
13 25 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (1.99%) Help Desk Analyst
15 22 (1.91%) Commercial Analyst
15 22 (1.91%) IT Support
16 21 (1.82%) Data Engineer
17 20 (1.73%) Financial Analyst
18 19 (1.65%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.77%) HTML
2 50 (4.34%) .NET
3 29 (2.52%) CSS
4 28 (2.43%) Web Services
5 26 (2.25%) ASP.NET
6 24 (2.08%) ASP.NET MVC
7 21 (1.82%) AngularJS
8 20 (1.73%) EDI
9 12 (1.04%) HTML5
9 12 (1.04%) React
9 12 (1.04%) RESTful
10 11 (0.95%) REST
11 10 (0.87%) jQuery
12 9 (0.78%) Material Design
12 9 (0.78%) XML
13 8 (0.69%) Spring
13 8 (0.69%) Spring Boot
13 8 (0.69%) Vue
14 7 (0.61%) Laravel
14 7 (0.61%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 76 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 61 (5.29%) Product Ownership
3 48 (4.16%) Driving Licence
4 46 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.78%) NHS
7 27 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.39%) PMI
10 15 (1.30%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.04%) Smartcard
13 10 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.61%) Credit Risk
14 7 (0.61%) Housing Association
14 7 (0.61%) Social Media
15 6 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.68%) Windows
2 34 (2.95%) Linux
3 31 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.08%) Unix
5 19 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.04%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.95%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.69%) Solaris
10 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.17%) Android
11 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.087%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (23.50%) Agile
2 197 (17.09%) Project Management
3 184 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
4 155 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
5 149 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 124 (10.75%) Mentoring
7 120 (10.41%) Customer Service
8 110 (9.54%) Coaching
9 108 (9.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 102 (8.85%) Roadmaps
11 95 (8.24%) ERP
12 93 (8.07%) Analytics
12 93 (8.07%) Risk Management
13 91 (7.89%) Decision-Making
14 90 (7.81%) Project Delivery
15 89 (7.72%) ITIL
16 78 (6.76%) Process Improvement
17 76 (6.59%) Logistics
18 71 (6.16%) Business Development
19 69 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 148 (12.84%) SQL
2 58 (5.03%) C#
3 49 (4.25%) Python
4 40 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 37 (3.21%) Java
6 22 (1.91%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.39%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.95%) Shell Script
8 11 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.78%) PHP
10 8 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.61%) C++
11 7 (0.61%) R
12 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.43%) VBA
14 4 (0.35%) Go
15 3 (0.26%) Bash
15 3 (0.26%) C
15 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.17%) RPG
Qualifications
1 168 (14.57%) Degree
2 64 (5.55%) Security Cleared
3 25 (2.17%) ACCA
3 25 (2.17%) DBS Check
4 24 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 22 (1.91%) SC Cleared
6 21 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.04%) CCNA
8 12 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.95%) CCNP
9 11 (0.95%) CIMA
9 11 (0.95%) PMP
10 10 (0.87%) APMP
11 9 (0.78%) CISSP
11 9 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
12 8 (0.69%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.69%) CCSA
12 8 (0.69%) CISM
12 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.16%) GDPR
2 42 (3.64%) QA
3 27 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.91%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.56%) PMO
7 17 (1.47%) NIST
8 12 (1.04%) ITGC
8 12 (1.04%) SLA
9 10 (0.87%) GRC
10 9 (0.78%) IFRS
11 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 7 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.35%) GAAP
13 4 (0.35%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.26%) COBIT
14 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.82%) Docker
3 14 (1.21%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.43%) RACF
7 3 (0.26%) XenApp
7 3 (0.26%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) pfSense
8 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (2.60%) Terraform
2 18 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.69%) Ansible
4 4 (0.35%) Grafana
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.17%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.17%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.17%) MIIS
6 2 (0.17%) Nagios
6 2 (0.17%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.17%) SCCM
6 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.087%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.087%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 318 (27.58%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.30%) CheckPoint
3 36 (3.12%) Cisco
4 35 (3.04%) Oracle
5 30 (2.60%) Google
6 27 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.99%) VMware
8 22 (1.91%) NEC
9 21 (1.82%) SAP
10 20 (1.73%) IFS
10 20 (1.73%) Sophos
11 19 (1.65%) Workday
12 17 (1.47%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.47%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.39%) Citrix
14 13 (1.13%) Atlassian
15 12 (1.04%) Adobe
16 11 (0.95%) Databricks
17 9 (0.78%) Veeam
17 9 (0.78%) Xero