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 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 7 7 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,339 1,468 1,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.81% 18.44% 18.01%
As % of the General category 25.80% 26.70% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 971 721 939
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,700
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +8.78%
75th Percentile £70,625 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £63,749 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.21% +2.88% +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 5,190 5,499 5,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.53% 69.06% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,863 2,508 3,074
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,688
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 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 27 April 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 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
Manchester +3 752 £55,000 -7.60% 276
Merseyside +1 200 £46,000 +4.19% 47
Cheshire -3 181 £55,000 +3.77% 88
Lancashire +13 173 £45,000 -18.18% 50
Cumbria -5 28 £39,000 -29.09% 20
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 (2.84%) Confluence
2 34 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.42%) Apache
4 17 (1.27%) IIS
5 14 (1.05%) SAS
6 13 (0.97%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.30%) Captiva
9 4 (0.30%) CMS
9 4 (0.30%) FileNet
9 4 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.075%) Jetty
10 1 (0.075%) WordPress
Applications
1 142 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.34%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.97%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.97%) iTrent
5 11 (0.82%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
7 9 (0.67%) SAP BPC
8 8 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.60%) NEC Housing
8 8 (0.60%) SAP IBP
9 7 (0.52%) BPCS
10 6 (0.45%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.45%) SAP PM
10 6 (0.45%) SAP PP
10 6 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
11 5 (0.37%) Sage X3
12 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
12 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 206 (15.38%) Azure
2 141 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 83 (6.20%) AWS
4 74 (5.53%) GCP
5 59 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
7 36 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.46%) GitHub
8 33 (2.46%) SaaS
9 20 (1.49%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.42%) Serverless
11 18 (1.34%) IaaS
12 15 (1.12%) Entra ID
13 13 (0.97%) Amazon S3
13 13 (0.97%) Google Analytics
13 13 (0.97%) PaaS
14 11 (0.82%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.75%) dbt
15 10 (0.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 10 (0.75%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.81%) Firewall
2 23 (1.72%) SAN
2 23 (1.72%) WAN
3 22 (1.64%) Internet
4 16 (1.19%) VPN
5 15 (1.12%) LAN
6 14 (1.05%) DNS
7 13 (0.97%) Network Security
7 13 (0.97%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.90%) DHCP
8 12 (0.90%) iSCSI
8 12 (0.90%) Wireless
9 11 (0.82%) Broadband
9 11 (0.82%) NAS
10 10 (0.75%) IPsec
10 10 (0.75%) SNMP
10 10 (0.75%) VoIP
11 9 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
13 5 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (7.62%) Power BI
2 71 (5.30%) SQL Server
3 70 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (2.32%) Tableau
5 28 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.49%) Metadata
7 20 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
9 16 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.19%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.12%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.05%) BigQuery
12 13 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.90%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (0.75%) Looker
14 10 (0.75%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.67%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 70 (5.23%) JIRA
2 56 (4.18%) Git
3 23 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.34%) GitLab
5 15 (1.12%) Spinnaker
6 10 (0.75%) Appium
7 7 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.37%) JetBrains Rider
9 5 (0.37%) JMeter
9 5 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.30%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.30%) MSTest
10 4 (0.30%) NUnit
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.22%) git-flow
12 2 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 473 (35.32%) Social Skills
2 208 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
3 160 (11.95%) Banking
4 143 (10.68%) Retail
5 134 (10.01%) Legal
6 112 (8.36%) Public Sector
7 87 (6.50%) Marketing
8 83 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 66 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (3.81%) Law
11 50 (3.73%) Manufacturing
12 38 (2.84%) Billing
13 33 (2.46%) Local Government
14 29 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.17%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (0.82%) Back Office
16 11 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.75%) Automotive
17 10 (0.75%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 196 (14.64%) Senior
2 191 (14.26%) Analyst
3 154 (11.50%) Lead
4 148 (11.05%) Developer
5 66 (4.93%) Architect
6 64 (4.78%) Consultant
7 55 (4.11%) Project Manager
8 51 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
8 51 (3.81%) Senior Developer
9 48 (3.58%) Software Engineer
10 38 (2.84%) Administrator
11 37 (2.76%) IT Support
12 35 (2.61%) Systems Analyst
13 32 (2.39%) Product Manager
14 30 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (2.17%) Data Engineer
16 28 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (2.09%) Support Engineer
17 27 (2.02%) Applications Support
18 26 (1.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.48%) .NET
2 45 (3.36%) React
3 40 (2.99%) REST
4 37 (2.76%) HTML
5 32 (2.39%) CSS
6 28 (2.09%) RESTful
7 27 (2.02%) Kafka
8 25 (1.87%) JSON
9 22 (1.64%) ASP.NET
10 21 (1.57%) AngularJS
11 20 (1.49%) Node.js
12 17 (1.27%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (1.19%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (1.19%) Web Services
14 12 (0.90%) .NET Core
14 12 (0.90%) SOAP
15 10 (0.75%) Android SDK
15 10 (0.75%) Jest
15 10 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
2 58 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.99%) PMI
4 40 (2.99%) Public Cloud
5 26 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.64%) NHS
7 21 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 19 (1.42%) Housing Association
9 17 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (1.19%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.19%) Mainframe
11 14 (1.05%) Onboarding
12 13 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 13 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.90%) Credit Risk
14 11 (0.82%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.82%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 89 (6.65%) Windows
2 61 (4.56%) Linux
3 30 (2.24%) Unix
4 17 (1.27%) Android
5 12 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
7 9 (0.67%) Windows Phone
8 8 (0.60%) Windows Vista
9 4 (0.30%) Solaris
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.075%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.075%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (28.45%) Agile
2 241 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (13.74%) Mentoring
4 182 (13.59%) Coaching
5 172 (12.85%) Roadmaps
6 161 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
7 146 (10.90%) Project Management
8 130 (9.71%) Customer Service
9 118 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 101 (7.54%) ERP
11 97 (7.24%) DevOps
12 96 (7.17%) Analytics
12 96 (7.17%) Data Management
13 94 (7.02%) Decision-Making
13 94 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
14 77 (5.75%) Project Delivery
15 76 (5.68%) CRM
15 76 (5.68%) Data Analysis
15 76 (5.68%) ITIL
16 71 (5.30%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 178 (13.29%) SQL
2 95 (7.09%) Python
3 74 (5.53%) C#
4 67 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 54 (4.03%) Java
6 37 (2.76%) TypeScript
7 34 (2.54%) PowerShell
8 27 (2.02%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.82%) Kotlin
9 11 (0.82%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.67%) C
12 7 (0.52%) Bash
12 7 (0.52%) RPG
12 7 (0.52%) RPG IV
12 7 (0.52%) Rust
13 6 (0.45%) PHP
13 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.45%) R
13 6 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 149 (11.13%) Degree
2 57 (4.26%) ACCA
3 47 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 44 (3.29%) PMI Certification
5 33 (2.46%) CIMA
6 28 (2.09%) DBS Check
6 28 (2.09%) SC Cleared
7 19 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.97%) PMP
10 11 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.60%) CAPM
14 7 (0.52%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.52%) CISA
14 7 (0.52%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.45%) APMP
15 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.45%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.00%) QA
2 55 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.69%) GDPR
4 31 (2.32%) SLA
5 27 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.87%) PMO
7 22 (1.64%) IFRS
8 14 (1.05%) GAAP
8 14 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.05%) NIST
9 9 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.60%) IFRS 9
11 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.22%) COSO
14 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.22%) GRC
14 3 (0.22%) ISO 31000
14 3 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 48 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.06%) Docker
3 33 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.67%) Terminal Services
5 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 36 (2.69%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.17%) Terraform
3 17 (1.27%) Ansible
4 14 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.05%) SCCM
4 14 (1.05%) ZABBIX
5 12 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (0.90%) Opsgenie
5 12 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.90%) VxRail
6 10 (0.75%) vCenter Server
7 9 (0.67%) AirWatch
8 7 (0.52%) Grafana
9 5 (0.37%) Kibana
9 5 (0.37%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.075%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.075%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 251 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.75%) SAP
3 59 (4.41%) Google
4 55 (4.11%) Oracle
5 35 (2.61%) VMware
6 34 (2.54%) Virgin Media
7 32 (2.39%) NEC
8 23 (1.72%) CA
9 22 (1.64%) NetApp
10 21 (1.57%) Splunk
11 20 (1.49%) Cisco
11 20 (1.49%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.27%) IBM
12 17 (1.27%) Salesforce
13 15 (1.12%) Atlassian
14 14 (1.05%) Commvault
14 14 (1.05%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.05%) ServiceNow
15 13 (0.97%) Dell
15 13 (0.97%) Infor