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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,433 3,404 2,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.91% 19.74% 16.39%
As % of the General category 25.04% 28.04% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,726 1,542 1,679
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £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 - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,982 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +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 9,715 12,140 10,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.56% 70.39% 58.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,357 5,141 6,085
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £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 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 8 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 8 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 +1 1,353 £55,000 - 513
Yorkshire -3 833 £57,965 +4.63% 249
North East +1 247 £48,750 -11.36% 87
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 81 (3.33%) Confluence
2 77 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 61 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 48 (1.97%) SAS
5 37 (1.52%) Apache
6 22 (0.90%) IIS
7 21 (0.86%) Apache Spark
8 15 (0.62%) CMS
9 12 (0.49%) Captiva
9 12 (0.49%) FileNet
9 12 (0.49%) WebSphere
10 11 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
11 6 (0.25%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.16%) WordPress
14 2 (0.082%) nginx
15 1 (0.041%) Jetty
15 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
15 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
Applications
1 229 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.53%) 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%) EViews
8 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.041%) SPSS
8 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.86%) NetSuite
4 19 (0.78%) NEC Housing
5 16 (0.66%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.62%) Sage X3
7 14 (0.58%) 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 BPC
10 9 (0.37%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.33%) Sage 200
11 8 (0.33%) SAP IBP
12 7 (0.29%) BPCS
13 6 (0.25%) SAP PM
13 6 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 399 (16.40%) Azure
2 250 (10.28%) Power Platform
3 187 (7.69%) AWS
4 155 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
5 148 (6.08%) GCP
6 84 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 75 (3.08%) SaaS
8 63 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (2.01%) GitHub
10 35 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (1.44%) Serverless
11 34 (1.40%) Entra ID
12 33 (1.36%) IaaS
12 33 (1.36%) Power Automate
13 32 (1.32%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.07%) PaaS
15 18 (0.74%) Amazon S3
16 15 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (0.62%) Google Analytics
17 14 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 89 (3.66%) Firewall
2 47 (1.93%) Internet
3 41 (1.69%) WAN
4 34 (1.40%) VPN
5 32 (1.32%) DNS
5 32 (1.32%) LAN
6 29 (1.19%) Network Security
6 29 (1.19%) SAN
7 27 (1.11%) DHCP
8 18 (0.74%) Broadband
9 17 (0.70%) TCP/IP
10 16 (0.66%) Wireless
11 15 (0.62%) IPsec
11 15 (0.62%) SNMP
12 13 (0.53%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.49%) iSCSI
13 12 (0.49%) NAS
13 12 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
14 10 (0.41%) VoIP
15 9 (0.37%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (8.26%) Power BI
2 127 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
3 110 (4.52%) SQL Server
4 50 (2.06%) Tableau
5 40 (1.64%) Data Lake
5 40 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 31 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 30 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 28 (1.15%) Metadata
9 25 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (0.82%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
13 18 (0.74%) Oracle Database
14 15 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.62%) Relational Database
15 14 (0.58%) MySQL
16 13 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 151 (6.21%) JIRA
2 83 (3.41%) Git
3 34 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.36%) GitLab
5 18 (0.74%) Selenium
6 16 (0.66%) Appium
7 14 (0.58%) IBM UrbanCode
7 14 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (0.49%) Spinnaker
9 11 (0.45%) JMeter
10 10 (0.41%) JUnit
11 9 (0.37%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.33%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.29%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.21%) JetBrains Rider
14 5 (0.21%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.21%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.16%) NUnit
General
1 884 (36.33%) Social Skills
2 340 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
3 338 (13.89%) Banking
4 264 (10.85%) Legal
5 247 (10.15%) Retail
6 232 (9.54%) Public Sector
7 124 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
8 122 (5.01%) Marketing
9 120 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 89 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 88 (3.62%) Law
12 63 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
13 61 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
14 59 (2.42%) Billing
14 59 (2.42%) Local Government
15 30 (1.23%) Telecoms
16 22 (0.90%) Publishing
17 21 (0.86%) Police
18 17 (0.70%) Retail Finance
19 16 (0.66%) Games
Job Titles
1 381 (15.66%) Senior
2 355 (14.59%) Lead
3 349 (14.34%) Analyst
4 232 (9.54%) Developer
5 172 (7.07%) Architect
6 128 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 104 (4.27%) Consultant
8 83 (3.41%) Financial Analyst
9 78 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
10 68 (2.79%) Senior Developer
11 64 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 58 (2.38%) Enterprise Architect
13 58 (2.38%) IT Manager
14 57 (2.34%) Software Engineer
15 54 (2.22%) Systems Analyst
16 52 (2.14%) Administrator
16 52 (2.14%) Product Manager
17 50 (2.06%) Support Engineer
18 45 (1.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (4.93%) .NET
2 68 (2.79%) React
3 63 (2.59%) HTML
4 56 (2.30%) REST
5 53 (2.18%) CSS
6 40 (1.64%) ASP.NET
7 39 (1.60%) RESTful
8 37 (1.52%) JSON
8 37 (1.52%) Node.js
9 36 (1.48%) .NET Framework
10 34 (1.40%) .NET Core
11 32 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
12 28 (1.15%) Web Services
13 26 (1.07%) AngularJS
14 24 (0.99%) Kafka
15 22 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
16 21 (0.86%) OpenID
17 20 (0.82%) YAML
18 16 (0.66%) OAuth
18 16 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 105 (4.32%) Management Information System
2 91 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
3 74 (3.04%) Product Ownership
4 70 (2.88%) Public Cloud
5 69 (2.84%) PMI
6 55 (2.26%) NHS
7 45 (1.85%) Mobile App
8 42 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (1.69%) Credit Risk
10 40 (1.64%) Cloud Native
11 35 (1.44%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.44%) Housing Association
12 29 (1.19%) Private Cloud
13 26 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 24 (0.99%) Mainframe
15 21 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (0.82%) Onboarding
17 19 (0.78%) Blockchain
18 18 (0.74%) Driving Licence
18 18 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 192 (7.89%) Windows
2 112 (4.60%) Linux
3 57 (2.34%) Unix
4 51 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 31 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (0.95%) Android
8 22 (0.90%) Windows 10
9 18 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.37%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.33%) Apple iOS
13 8 (0.33%) Windows Vista
14 6 (0.25%) Solaris
15 5 (0.21%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.21%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.12%) CoreOS
16 3 (0.12%) zOS
17 2 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (27.99%) Agile
2 460 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
3 419 (17.22%) Coaching
4 392 (16.11%) Mentoring
5 350 (14.39%) Roadmaps
6 274 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
7 272 (11.18%) Customer Service
8 263 (10.81%) Project Management
9 230 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 191 (7.85%) DevOps
11 179 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 176 (7.23%) Analytics
13 171 (7.03%) ITIL
14 164 (6.74%) Data Management
15 161 (6.62%) Decision-Making
16 159 (6.54%) ERP
17 150 (6.17%) Project Delivery
18 148 (6.08%) Data Analysis
19 144 (5.92%) Line Management
20 142 (5.84%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 352 (14.47%) SQL
2 156 (6.41%) Python
3 135 (5.55%) C#
4 119 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 77 (3.16%) Java
6 67 (2.75%) TypeScript
7 57 (2.34%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.23%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.82%) R
10 18 (0.74%) PHP
11 15 (0.62%) Bash
11 15 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.53%) Shell Script
12 13 (0.53%) VBA
13 11 (0.45%) Groovy
13 11 (0.45%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.41%) VBScript
15 9 (0.37%) C
16 8 (0.33%) VB
17 7 (0.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 273 (11.22%) Degree
2 79 (3.25%) Security Cleared
3 78 (3.21%) PMI Certification
4 73 (3.00%) ACCA
5 59 (2.42%) DBS Check
6 45 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 42 (1.73%) CIMA
8 37 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.48%) PMP
10 33 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (0.95%) CAPM
13 20 (0.82%) APMP
13 20 (0.82%) PgMP
14 19 (0.78%) Master's Degree
15 18 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
15 18 (0.74%) CISSP
16 17 (0.70%) AWS Certification
16 17 (0.70%) HNC
16 17 (0.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (4.48%) GDPR
2 99 (4.07%) QA
3 95 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 86 (3.53%) SLA
5 59 (2.42%) IFRS
6 44 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.40%) PMO
8 31 (1.27%) IFRS 9
9 29 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 28 (1.15%) GAAP
10 28 (1.15%) NIST
11 15 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.45%) GRC
12 11 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.41%) CRD IV
14 9 (0.37%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (0.33%) PSD2
16 7 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 119 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (2.22%) Docker
4 32 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 7 (0.29%) IAG
9 6 (0.25%) XenApp
9 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.16%) Firmware
11 1 (0.041%) KVM
11 1 (0.041%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 61 (2.51%) Terraform
2 60 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (1.40%) Ansible
5 26 (1.07%) SCCM
6 17 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.62%) Progress Chef
7 15 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.58%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.49%) VxRail
10 10 (0.41%) SCOM
11 9 (0.37%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.29%) Grafana
13 6 (0.25%) Nmap
14 5 (0.21%) Istio
14 5 (0.21%) Kibana
15 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
15 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 490 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 119 (4.89%) SAP
3 112 (4.60%) Google
4 94 (3.86%) Oracle
5 85 (3.49%) VMware
6 48 (1.97%) ServiceNow
7 43 (1.77%) NEC
8 42 (1.73%) Cisco
9 41 (1.69%) Splunk
9 41 (1.69%) Virgin Media
10 38 (1.56%) CA
11 36 (1.48%) Atlassian
12 34 (1.40%) Citrix
13 32 (1.32%) IBM
14 28 (1.15%) Sage
15 27 (1.11%) NetApp
16 26 (1.07%) Commvault
17 23 (0.95%) MuleSoft
18 22 (0.90%) Dell
19 20 (0.82%) Fortinet