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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,360 1,419 1,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.79% 18.04% 18.27%
As % of the General category 25.74% 26.60% 29.66%
Number of salaries quoted 964 690 951
10th Percentile £27,825 £32,407 £35,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,700
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +8.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £88,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +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 5,284 5,334 5,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.57% 67.79% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,910 2,452 3,047
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,550 £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 £66,875
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 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 12 May 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 12 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
Manchester +2 762 £55,000 -7.60% 287
Merseyside +4 210 £47,000 +4.44% 55
Cheshire -3 179 £55,000 +4.76% 92
Lancashire +11 175 £45,000 -18.18% 48
Cumbria +3 29 £39,000 -29.09% 28
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 (2.79%) Confluence
2 35 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.62%) Apache
4 20 (1.47%) IIS
5 14 (1.03%) SAS
6 12 (0.88%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.51%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.29%) Captiva
10 4 (0.29%) CMS
10 4 (0.29%) FileNet
10 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.074%) Jetty
11 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 159 (11.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.32%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.96%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.96%) iTrent
4 13 (0.96%) NEC Housing
4 13 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
5 11 (0.81%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.66%) SAP BPC
7 8 (0.59%) SAP IBP
8 7 (0.51%) BPCS
8 7 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.44%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.44%) SAP PM
9 6 (0.44%) SAP PP
9 6 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
10 5 (0.37%) Sage X3
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 214 (15.74%) Azure
2 142 (10.44%) Power Platform
3 89 (6.54%) AWS
4 69 (5.07%) GCP
5 61 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
7 36 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.28%) GitHub
8 31 (2.28%) SaaS
9 21 (1.54%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.47%) Serverless
11 18 (1.32%) IaaS
12 16 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.03%) PaaS
14 13 (0.96%) Amazon S3
14 13 (0.96%) Google Analytics
15 11 (0.81%) dbt
15 11 (0.81%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.74%) Google Play
17 9 (0.66%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.46%) Firewall
2 23 (1.69%) WAN
3 22 (1.62%) Internet
3 22 (1.62%) SAN
4 16 (1.18%) VPN
5 15 (1.10%) LAN
6 14 (1.03%) DNS
7 13 (0.96%) Network Security
7 13 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.88%) DHCP
8 12 (0.88%) iSCSI
9 11 (0.81%) Broadband
9 11 (0.81%) Wireless
10 10 (0.74%) IPsec
10 10 (0.74%) NAS
10 10 (0.74%) SNMP
11 9 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (0.66%) VoIP
12 6 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
13 5 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (7.50%) Power BI
2 77 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (5.22%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.43%) Tableau
5 28 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (1.54%) Metadata
7 20 (1.47%) Data Lake
7 20 (1.47%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
9 16 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 15 (1.10%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.96%) BigQuery
11 13 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.88%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.81%) Looker
14 10 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
15 9 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 70 (5.15%) JIRA
2 53 (3.90%) Git
3 21 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.32%) GitLab
5 12 (0.88%) Spinnaker
6 10 (0.74%) Appium
7 7 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.37%) JetBrains Rider
9 5 (0.37%) JMeter
9 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.29%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.29%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.29%) MSTest
10 4 (0.29%) NUnit
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.22%) git-flow
12 2 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 479 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 205 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
3 156 (11.47%) Retail
4 147 (10.81%) Legal
5 142 (10.44%) Banking
6 115 (8.46%) Public Sector
7 93 (6.84%) Marketing
8 84 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 68 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (3.68%) Law
11 49 (3.60%) Manufacturing
12 38 (2.79%) Billing
12 38 (2.79%) Local Government
13 27 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.96%) Back Office
15 13 (0.96%) Police
16 10 (0.74%) Automotive
16 10 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (15.15%) Senior
2 203 (14.93%) Analyst
3 152 (11.18%) Developer
4 149 (10.96%) Lead
5 70 (5.15%) Consultant
6 67 (4.93%) Architect
7 61 (4.49%) Financial Analyst
8 56 (4.12%) Project Manager
9 51 (3.75%) Senior Developer
10 40 (2.94%) Administrator
11 38 (2.79%) Software Engineer
12 36 (2.65%) IT Support
13 35 (2.57%) Systems Analyst
14 32 (2.35%) Product Manager
15 31 (2.28%) Applications Support
16 30 (2.21%) Business Manager
16 30 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
17 29 (2.13%) Data Engineer
17 29 (2.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.71%) .NET
2 43 (3.16%) REST
3 40 (2.94%) React
4 31 (2.28%) HTML
5 30 (2.21%) CSS
6 25 (1.84%) JSON
7 24 (1.76%) RESTful
8 22 (1.62%) ASP.NET
9 21 (1.54%) Kafka
10 20 (1.47%) Web Services
11 18 (1.32%) .NET Framework
12 17 (1.25%) AngularJS
12 17 (1.25%) Node.js
13 16 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
14 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
15 11 (0.81%) SOAP
16 10 (0.74%) Android SDK
16 10 (0.74%) Jest
16 10 (0.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
2 60 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 46 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.94%) PMI
4 40 (2.94%) Public Cloud
5 25 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.62%) NHS
7 21 (1.54%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
8 19 (1.40%) Driving Licence
8 19 (1.40%) Housing Association
9 17 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.10%) Mainframe
11 13 (0.96%) Onboarding
11 13 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.88%) Credit Risk
12 12 (0.88%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.81%) Algorithms
13 11 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (6.62%) Windows
2 63 (4.63%) Linux
3 33 (2.43%) Unix
4 18 (1.32%) Android
5 11 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.74%) Data ONTAP
7 9 (0.66%) Windows Phone
8 8 (0.59%) Windows Vista
9 7 (0.51%) Solaris
10 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (26.76%) Agile
2 234 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (13.31%) Coaching
3 181 (13.31%) Mentoring
3 181 (13.31%) Roadmaps
4 163 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
5 148 (10.88%) Project Management
6 131 (9.63%) Customer Service
7 115 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 101 (7.43%) ERP
9 99 (7.28%) DevOps
10 97 (7.13%) Data Management
11 95 (6.99%) Decision-Making
12 94 (6.91%) Analytics
13 87 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 79 (5.81%) ITIL
15 77 (5.66%) CRM
16 75 (5.51%) Data Analysis
16 75 (5.51%) Project Delivery
17 72 (5.29%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 178 (13.09%) SQL
2 97 (7.13%) Python
3 79 (5.81%) C#
4 69 (5.07%) JavaScript
5 45 (3.31%) Java
6 37 (2.72%) TypeScript
7 34 (2.50%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.91%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.03%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.66%) C
13 7 (0.51%) Bash
13 7 (0.51%) RPG
13 7 (0.51%) RPG IV
13 7 (0.51%) Rust
14 6 (0.44%) PHP
14 6 (0.44%) R
14 6 (0.44%) VB
15 5 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 152 (11.18%) Degree
2 58 (4.26%) ACCA
3 54 (3.97%) Security Cleared
4 44 (3.24%) PMI Certification
5 42 (3.09%) CIMA
6 29 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 28 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 18 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 13 (0.96%) PMP
12 11 (0.81%) AAT
12 11 (0.81%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
14 8 (0.59%) CAPM
14 8 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.51%) CISA
15 7 (0.51%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.44%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.93%) QA
2 59 (4.34%) Data Quality
3 40 (2.94%) GDPR
4 32 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 30 (2.21%) SLA
6 25 (1.84%) PMO
7 22 (1.62%) IFRS
8 14 (1.03%) GAAP
8 14 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.03%) NIST
9 8 (0.59%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.22%) COSO
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) GRC
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 48 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.50%) Docker
3 32 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.66%) Terminal Services
5 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 33 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.13%) Terraform
3 17 (1.25%) Ansible
4 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.03%) SCCM
5 14 (1.03%) ZABBIX
6 12 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.88%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.88%) VxRail
7 10 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.66%) AirWatch
9 7 (0.51%) Grafana
10 5 (0.37%) Kibana
10 5 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.074%) Oracle Identity Management
12 1 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 270 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 80 (5.88%) SAP
3 61 (4.49%) Oracle
4 58 (4.26%) Google
5 37 (2.72%) NEC
6 34 (2.50%) Virgin Media
6 34 (2.50%) VMware
7 24 (1.76%) CA
8 22 (1.62%) NetApp
9 21 (1.54%) Splunk
10 20 (1.47%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.40%) Cisco
12 17 (1.25%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.18%) Atlassian
14 15 (1.10%) IBM
15 14 (1.03%) Commvault
15 14 (1.03%) Fortinet
15 14 (1.03%) ServiceNow
16 13 (0.96%) Dell
16 13 (0.96%) Infor