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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 6 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,104 1,219 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.98% 19.25% 14.78%
As % of the General category 25.93% 25.29% 23.61%
Number of salaries quoted 802 654 705
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - +13.99%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +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 4,257 4,820 4,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.77% 76.10% 62.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,018 2,213 2,873
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £30,310
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% +1.06%
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 14 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 14 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 0 451 £52,500 -7.08% 161
Warwickshire -3 137 £55,000 +4.76% 42
Staffordshire +19 124 £55,000 +4.76% 50
Coventry +12 63 £51,300 -26.71% 32
Solihull -1 53 £43,750 -39.66% 8
Wolverhampton +6 42 £53,500 -2.73% 12
Worcestershire -9 40 £30,500 -32.22% 20
Shropshire -6 35 £47,500 -13.64% 18
Tipton - 13 £25,000 - 1
Dudley - 13 £27,000 - 4
Sutton Coldfield -1 11 £35,000 - 1
West Bromwich -1 5 £57,500 +9.52% 4
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 - 1
Walsall +17 4 £86,250 +310.71% 7
Herefordshire 0 4 £22,500 -47.06% 7
Stourbridge - 4 £55,000 -
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 59 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.45%) SAS
3 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.00%) WordPress
5 10 (0.91%) Apache
5 10 (0.91%) Confluence
6 8 (0.72%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.63%) IIS
8 5 (0.45%) nginx
8 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.36%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.18%) Captiva
11 2 (0.18%) Documentum
11 2 (0.18%) MTS
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.091%) JBoss
Applications
1 113 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.72%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.18%) Simulink
8 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.091%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 14 (1.27%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.27%) ProductWriter
8 2 (0.18%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.091%) CA PPM
9 1 (0.091%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 148 (13.41%) Power Platform
2 132 (11.96%) Azure
3 89 (8.06%) AWS
4 78 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (3.17%) SaaS
7 20 (1.81%) PowerApps
8 18 (1.63%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.27%) Entra ID
9 14 (1.27%) GCP
10 13 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.00%) GitHub
13 9 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.82%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.63%) Mavenlink
16 5 (0.45%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.45%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.35%) Firewall
2 38 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (2.26%) LAN
4 23 (2.08%) WAN
5 21 (1.90%) Wireless
6 19 (1.72%) SD-WAN
7 17 (1.54%) MPLS
8 16 (1.45%) Intranet
9 12 (1.09%) TCP/IP
9 12 (1.09%) VPN
10 10 (0.91%) DNS
11 9 (0.82%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.63%) DHCP
12 7 (0.63%) PBX
12 7 (0.63%) SAN
12 7 (0.63%) VLAN
13 6 (0.54%) OSPF
14 5 (0.45%) Bluetooth
14 5 (0.45%) Internet
14 5 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (12.77%) Power BI
2 81 (7.34%) SQL Server
3 35 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 29 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.72%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 17 (1.54%) Oracle Database
7 16 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.27%) Power Query
9 12 (1.09%) Big Data
10 11 (1.00%) Tableau
11 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.82%) Relational Database
13 8 (0.72%) Metadata
14 7 (0.63%) InterSystems Cache
14 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 6 (0.54%) NonStop SQL
15 6 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
16 5 (0.45%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (3.71%) JIRA
2 19 (1.72%) Cucumber
3 12 (1.09%) Git
4 6 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.45%) webpack
6 4 (0.36%) Postman
6 4 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.27%) Maven
7 3 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.27%) Toad
7 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) CANoe
8 2 (0.18%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.18%) GitLab
9 1 (0.091%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.091%) fastlane
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Forms
General
1 422 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 165 (14.95%) Retail
3 149 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (8.15%) Legal
6 77 (6.97%) Public Sector
7 76 (6.88%) Manufacturing
8 68 (6.16%) Marketing
9 59 (5.34%) Banking
10 49 (4.44%) Local Government
11 43 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (3.17%) Law
13 33 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (2.54%) Back Office
16 25 (2.26%) Electronics
17 22 (1.99%) Games
18 17 (1.54%) Police
19 16 (1.45%) Telecoms
20 15 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 155 (14.04%) Analyst
2 137 (12.41%) Senior
3 112 (10.14%) Project Manager
4 103 (9.33%) Lead
5 101 (9.15%) Developer
6 71 (6.43%) IT Manager
7 64 (5.80%) Consultant
8 38 (3.44%) Architect
9 30 (2.72%) Software Developer
10 27 (2.45%) Senior Manager
11 26 (2.36%) Network Engineer
12 24 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.08%) Help Desk Analyst
13 23 (2.08%) IT Support
14 22 (1.99%) Commercial Analyst
15 20 (1.81%) Data Engineer
16 19 (1.72%) Financial Analyst
16 19 (1.72%) Solutions Architect
17 18 (1.63%) C# Developer
18 17 (1.54%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.07%) HTML
2 50 (4.53%) .NET
3 28 (2.54%) CSS
4 27 (2.45%) Web Services
5 26 (2.36%) ASP.NET
6 24 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
7 22 (1.99%) AngularJS
8 20 (1.81%) EDI
9 13 (1.18%) RESTful
10 12 (1.09%) React
10 12 (1.09%) Spring
10 12 (1.09%) Spring Boot
11 11 (1.00%) HTML5
11 11 (1.00%) REST
12 10 (0.91%) Material Design
13 9 (0.82%) jQuery
14 8 (0.72%) NgRx
14 8 (0.72%) Vue
14 8 (0.72%) XML
15 7 (0.63%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 64 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 49 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (4.26%) Driving Licence
5 34 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.81%) NHS
7 29 (2.63%) Mobile App
8 27 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.99%) PMI
10 14 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.09%) Smartcard
12 11 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.63%) Credit Risk
14 7 (0.63%) Housing Association
14 7 (0.63%) Social Media
15 6 (0.54%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 74 (6.70%) Windows
2 31 (2.81%) Linux
3 29 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.90%) Unix
5 18 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.09%) Windows 7
8 11 (1.00%) Windows 8
9 7 (0.63%) Solaris
10 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) Android
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (23.01%) Agile
2 199 (18.03%) Project Management
3 187 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
4 157 (14.22%) Business Intelligence
5 149 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 122 (11.05%) Mentoring
7 114 (10.33%) Customer Service
8 103 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 101 (9.15%) Coaching
10 95 (8.61%) Risk Management
10 95 (8.61%) Roadmaps
11 93 (8.42%) ERP
12 91 (8.24%) Analytics
13 90 (8.15%) Project Delivery
14 86 (7.79%) ITIL
15 85 (7.70%) Decision-Making
16 81 (7.34%) Process Improvement
17 70 (6.34%) Data Analysis
18 65 (5.89%) Cybersecurity
19 64 (5.80%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (12.41%) SQL
2 55 (4.98%) C#
3 47 (4.26%) Python
4 40 (3.62%) Java
5 37 (3.35%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.54%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.54%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.00%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (0.82%) PHP
10 8 (0.72%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.45%) C++
11 5 (0.45%) R
11 5 (0.45%) VBA
12 4 (0.36%) C
12 4 (0.36%) Go
13 3 (0.27%) Bash
13 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 165 (14.95%) Degree
2 59 (5.34%) Security Cleared
3 26 (2.36%) PMI Certification
4 25 (2.26%) ACCA
5 24 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 23 (2.08%) DBS Check
7 21 (1.90%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.09%) CCNA
9 12 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.00%) APMP
10 11 (1.00%) CCNP
10 11 (1.00%) CIMA
11 10 (0.91%) PMP
12 9 (0.82%) CISSP
13 8 (0.72%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.72%) CCSA
13 8 (0.72%) CISM
14 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.34%) GDPR
2 45 (4.08%) QA
3 27 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.63%) PMO
8 17 (1.54%) NIST
9 14 (1.27%) SLA
10 12 (1.09%) ITGC
11 10 (0.91%) GRC
12 9 (0.82%) IFRS
13 8 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.36%) GAAP
15 4 (0.36%) IFRS 9
15 4 (0.36%) ISO 26262
15 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 37 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.99%) Docker
3 14 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) pfSense
6 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (2.26%) Terraform
2 19 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.72%) Ansible
4 4 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.18%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.18%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.18%) MIIS
5 2 (0.18%) Nagios
5 2 (0.18%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.18%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.091%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.091%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 276 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 41 (3.71%) CheckPoint
3 38 (3.44%) Cisco
4 31 (2.81%) Google
5 30 (2.72%) Oracle
6 26 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.99%) SAP
7 22 (1.99%) VMware
8 20 (1.81%) IFS
8 20 (1.81%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.81%) Sophos
9 18 (1.63%) NEC
9 18 (1.63%) Workday
10 17 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.27%) Citrix
12 13 (1.18%) Adobe
12 13 (1.18%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.91%) Databricks
14 9 (0.82%) Xero
14 9 (0.82%) YouTube