Finance Jobs in the Midlands

Financial
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,576 1,725 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.53% 17.92% 14.56%
As % of the General category 23.87% 24.25% 23.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 908 1,008
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,525 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,088 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £63,749 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.21% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,602 7,114 6,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.69% 73.90% 61.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,691 3,155 4,187
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,125 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,991 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands +1 1,108 £51,300 -6.73% 342
East Midlands -4 460 £47,500 -13.64% 175
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 74 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.33%) SAS
4 16 (1.02%) WordPress
5 12 (0.76%) Apache
6 10 (0.63%) Confluence
7 8 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.32%) nginx
9 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
10 4 (0.25%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.13%) Captiva
12 2 (0.13%) Documentum
12 2 (0.13%) JBoss
12 2 (0.13%) MTS
12 2 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 180 (11.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 101 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.63%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Simulink
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.063%) Sketch
9 1 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 20 (1.27%) NetSuite
2 15 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.51%) Misys Midas
3 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
3 8 (0.51%) Shopify
4 7 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.44%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.44%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.25%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.19%) Magento
7 3 (0.19%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.19%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 181 (11.48%) Power Platform
2 176 (11.17%) Azure
3 116 (7.36%) AWS
4 95 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.17%) SaaS
7 21 (1.33%) PowerApps
8 19 (1.21%) GCP
8 19 (1.21%) Power Automate
9 16 (1.02%) GitHub
9 16 (1.02%) WhatsApp
10 15 (0.95%) Entra ID
11 14 (0.89%) Amazon S3
11 14 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.63%) Serverless
15 9 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.57%) Google Drive
15 9 (0.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.93%) Firewall
2 41 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (1.78%) Internet
3 28 (1.78%) LAN
4 25 (1.59%) WAN
5 24 (1.52%) Broadband
6 22 (1.40%) Wireless
7 20 (1.27%) DNS
8 19 (1.21%) SD-WAN
8 19 (1.21%) VPN
9 17 (1.08%) Intranet
9 17 (1.08%) MPLS
10 15 (0.95%) SAN
11 14 (0.89%) TCP/IP
12 13 (0.82%) DHCP
12 13 (0.82%) Ethernet
13 12 (0.76%) VLAN
14 7 (0.44%) Bluetooth
14 7 (0.44%) IPsec
14 7 (0.44%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (11.04%) Power BI
2 101 (6.41%) SQL Server
3 39 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 21 (1.33%) Data Lake
5 20 (1.27%) Tableau
6 18 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 14 (0.89%) Power Query
7 14 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.82%) Big Data
8 13 (0.82%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.76%) NonStop SQL
9 12 (0.76%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.63%) MySQL
11 7 (0.44%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.44%) InterSystems Cache
12 6 (0.38%) Metadata
12 6 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 50 (3.17%) JIRA
2 20 (1.27%) Cucumber
3 14 (0.89%) Git
4 6 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.32%) webpack
6 4 (0.25%) Maven
6 4 (0.25%) Postman
6 4 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.19%) Toad
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) CANoe
8 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.13%) GitLab
8 2 (0.13%) LSMW
9 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.063%) fastlane
9 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 651 (41.31%) Social Skills
2 257 (16.31%) Retail
3 228 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (8.63%) Legal
5 127 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 103 (6.54%) Marketing
7 101 (6.41%) Public Sector
8 89 (5.65%) Banking
9 61 (3.87%) Telecoms
10 57 (3.62%) Local Government
11 53 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
14 42 (2.66%) Billing
15 38 (2.41%) Law
16 36 (2.28%) Electronics
17 31 (1.97%) Automotive
17 31 (1.97%) Games
18 29 (1.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 227 (14.40%) Project Manager
2 223 (14.15%) Analyst
3 211 (13.39%) Senior
4 134 (8.50%) Lead
5 129 (8.19%) Developer
6 121 (7.68%) IT Manager
7 104 (6.60%) Consultant
8 52 (3.30%) Architect
9 46 (2.92%) IT Project Manager
9 46 (2.92%) Senior Manager
10 33 (2.09%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
11 31 (1.97%) Software Developer
12 30 (1.90%) Senior Consultant
13 29 (1.84%) Infrastructure Manager
14 28 (1.78%) Commercial Analyst
14 28 (1.78%) IT Support
15 27 (1.71%) Network Engineer
16 25 (1.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (1.59%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (4.70%) HTML
2 72 (4.57%) .NET
3 36 (2.28%) ASP.NET
4 33 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
5 31 (1.97%) AngularJS
5 31 (1.97%) CSS
6 26 (1.65%) Web Services
7 22 (1.40%) EDI
8 21 (1.33%) RESTful
9 19 (1.21%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.08%) HTML5
11 16 (1.02%) React
12 14 (0.89%) Spring
12 14 (0.89%) Spring Boot
13 13 (0.82%) REST
14 12 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (0.76%) LINQ
15 11 (0.70%) Material Design
16 10 (0.63%) PySpark
17 9 (0.57%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 104 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
3 71 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 65 (4.12%) Driving Licence
5 42 (2.66%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.09%) NHS
8 32 (2.03%) Mobile App
9 30 (1.90%) PMI
10 17 (1.08%) Credit Risk
10 17 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (0.95%) FMCG
12 13 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (0.76%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.76%) Smartcard
14 10 (0.63%) Cloud Native
14 10 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 91 (5.77%) Windows
2 40 (2.54%) Linux
3 33 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.14%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.08%) Unix
6 13 (0.82%) Windows 7
6 13 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (0.70%) Windows 8
8 5 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.25%) Android
9 4 (0.25%) Solaris
9 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (23.41%) Project Management
2 352 (22.34%) Agile
3 260 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
5 181 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 166 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 163 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 156 (9.90%) Project Delivery
9 152 (9.64%) Mentoring
10 131 (8.31%) Customer Service
10 131 (8.31%) ERP
11 128 (8.12%) Roadmaps
12 126 (7.99%) Analytics
13 120 (7.61%) Coaching
14 119 (7.55%) Decision-Making
15 101 (6.41%) Process Improvement
16 100 (6.35%) Change Management
17 97 (6.15%) ITIL
18 92 (5.84%) Data Analysis
19 88 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 164 (10.41%) SQL
2 70 (4.44%) C#
2 70 (4.44%) Python
3 47 (2.98%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.92%) Java
5 20 (1.27%) TypeScript
6 19 (1.21%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.02%) PHP
8 15 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.70%) C
11 9 (0.57%) R
12 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.38%) VBA
15 5 (0.32%) Bash
15 5 (0.32%) C++
16 4 (0.25%) Go
16 4 (0.25%) SAPscript
17 3 (0.19%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 217 (13.77%) Degree
2 71 (4.51%) Security Cleared
3 55 (3.49%) ACCA
4 40 (2.54%) CIMA
4 40 (2.54%) PMI Certification
5 36 (2.28%) DBS Check
6 30 (1.90%) SC Cleared
7 27 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 24 (1.52%) CISSP
10 19 (1.21%) CISM
11 18 (1.14%) PMP
12 16 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 15 (0.95%) CCNA
13 15 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.89%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.82%) CCNP
16 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (0.70%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (5.52%) GDPR
2 48 (3.05%) QA
3 41 (2.60%) PMO
4 33 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 31 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 22 (1.40%) NIST
9 18 (1.14%) Accessibility
10 16 (1.02%) IFRS
11 14 (0.89%) SLA
12 12 (0.76%) GRC
12 12 (0.76%) ITGC
13 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.51%) IFRS 9
14 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.38%) COBIT
17 5 (0.32%) GAAP
18 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 49 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.16%) Docker
3 21 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 21 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.38%) Firmware
6 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.13%) pfSense
7 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.46%) Terraform
3 13 (0.82%) Ansible
4 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) SCCM
6 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.19%) Grafana
7 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.13%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.13%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.13%) MIIS
7 2 (0.13%) Nagios
7 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.13%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.063%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.063%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.063%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.063%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 334 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.24%) SAP
3 47 (2.98%) Cisco
4 43 (2.73%) CheckPoint
5 41 (2.60%) VMware
6 34 (2.16%) Google
7 27 (1.71%) NEC
7 27 (1.71%) Palo Alto
8 26 (1.65%) Oracle
8 26 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.40%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.27%) IFS
10 20 (1.27%) Sophos
11 19 (1.21%) Workday
12 18 (1.14%) Openreach
12 18 (1.14%) Virgin Media
13 17 (1.08%) Adobe
14 14 (0.89%) Citrix
14 14 (0.89%) Veeam
15 13 (0.82%) Atlassian