Finance Jobs in Bolton

Financial
Manchester > Bolton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Bolton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 64 12 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 41.83% 9.84% 22.00%
As % of the General category 47.76% 12.77% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 50 12 9
10th Percentile £24,649 £28,050 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 - £52,500
90th Percentile - £67,200 £52,750
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +3.52%

All General Skills
Bolton

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 134 94 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 87.58% 77.05% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 110 63 23
10th Percentile £25,428 £25,100 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,375 £36,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,550 £52,900
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.55%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Bolton

Finance
Salary Trend in Bolton

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

Salary trend for Finance in Bolton

Finance
Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Bolton over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Bolton

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (21.88%) Trello
2 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.88%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.81%) Azure
3 3 (4.69%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Functions
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.13%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.13%) Serverless
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Table
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) DNS
1 3 (4.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.75%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) Tableau
3 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (26.56%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Bitbucket
2 3 (4.69%) Cucumber
2 3 (4.69%) GitLab
2 3 (4.69%) Maven
2 3 (4.69%) Selenium
2 3 (4.69%) SonarQube
2 3 (4.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 24 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.31%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (15.63%) Retail
5 8 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (10.94%) Legal
7 3 (4.69%) Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 19 (29.69%) Analyst
2 14 (21.88%) Head of Delivery
2 14 (21.88%) Head of IT
3 13 (20.31%) Vendor Manager
4 7 (10.94%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Lead
5 4 (6.25%) Procurement Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.25%) Report Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Senior
5 4 (6.25%) Senior Manager
5 4 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Software Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Integration Architect
8 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) REST
2 3 (4.69%) CSS
2 3 (4.69%) HTML
2 3 (4.69%) JPA
2 3 (4.69%) Kafka
2 3 (4.69%) React
2 3 (4.69%) Redux
2 3 (4.69%) Spring
2 3 (4.69%) Spring Boot
3 2 (3.13%) CSS3
3 2 (3.13%) HTML5
3 2 (3.13%) Jest
3 2 (3.13%) RESTful
3 2 (3.13%) Sass
4 1 (1.56%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 46 (71.88%) Social Media
2 13 (20.31%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (20.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 9 (14.06%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.69%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.56%) FMCG
7 1 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 30 (46.88%) Windows
1 30 (46.88%) Windows Vista
2 3 (4.69%) Android
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (54.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 31 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (42.19%) Service Delivery
4 24 (37.50%) Agile
5 21 (32.81%) Budgeting
5 21 (32.81%) Decision-Making
6 20 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
6 20 (31.25%) Data Management
7 18 (28.13%) PRINCE2
7 18 (28.13%) Process Improvement
7 18 (28.13%) Project Management
8 17 (26.56%) Business Strategy
8 17 (26.56%) Data Analysis
8 17 (26.56%) Financial Analysis
9 15 (23.44%) Supply Chain Management
10 14 (21.88%) Computer Science
10 14 (21.88%) Customer Service
10 14 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (21.88%) ITIL
10 14 (21.88%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) Java
2 3 (4.69%) C++
2 3 (4.69%) Go
2 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.69%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) SQL
3 2 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (81.25%) DBS Check
2 47 (73.44%) Degree
3 18 (28.13%) PMI Certification
3 18 (28.13%) PMP
4 14 (21.88%) Master's Degree
5 8 (12.50%) ACCA
5 8 (12.50%) CIMA
6 4 (6.25%) AAT
6 4 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (4.69%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) SLA
2 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.69%) QA
4 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Ansible
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Cognos
2 4 (6.25%) SAP
3 3 (4.69%) Solace