Finance Jobs in Cheshire

Financial
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 141 183 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.92% 11.12% 17.39%
As % of the General category 21.04% 21.18% 24.88%
Number of salaries quoted 23 88 86
10th Percentile £28,350 £26,175 £25,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,351 £33,993
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,369
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +9.19% +0.74%
75th Percentile £81,000 £67,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £86,750 £91,155 £70,000
North West median annual salary £58,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.43% -4.55% -

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 670 864 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.13% 52.49% 69.89%
Number of salaries quoted 215 576 313
10th Percentile - £23,125 £25,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £29,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £48,528 £58,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,950 £71,582 £87,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Cheshire

Finance
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Finance in Cheshire

Finance
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Cheshire

Finance
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Warrington +5 29 £58,000 +5.45% 28
Chester +5 16 £57,500 +43.75% 24
Crewe +5 11 - - 7
Northwich +9 10 £25,577 -14.74% 3
Knutsford +8 10 £75,000 -22.68% 15
Runcorn 0 4 - - 4
Widnes -1 4 - - 1
Wilmslow +4 3 - - 2
Macclesfield -3 3 - - 2
Ellesmere Port - 3 - -
Congleton - 2 - -
Middlewich - 2 - -
Nantwich - 2 - -
Sandbach - 2 - -
Alderley Edge +9 1 - - 4
Lymm -9 1 - -
Frodsham - 1 - -
Winsford - 1 - - 1
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 22 (15.60%) Confluence
2 7 (4.96%) SAS
3 2 (1.42%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.71%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 60 (42.55%) Azure
2 59 (41.84%) AWS
3 22 (15.60%) GCP
4 5 (3.55%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.71%) Asana
6 1 (0.71%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 30 (21.28%) VPN
2 27 (19.15%) DNS
3 3 (2.13%) Junos
3 3 (2.13%) LAN
3 3 (2.13%) WAN
3 3 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.42%) Internet
5 1 (0.71%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (40.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.55%) Oracle Database
2 5 (3.55%) Power BI
3 1 (0.71%) GIS
3 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (39.72%) JIRA
2 55 (39.01%) Bitbucket
2 55 (39.01%) Cucumber
2 55 (39.01%) GitLab
2 55 (39.01%) Maven
2 55 (39.01%) Selenium
2 55 (39.01%) SonarQube
2 55 (39.01%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.42%) ER Studio
General
1 84 (59.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 62 (43.97%) Banking
3 39 (27.66%) Investment Banking
4 36 (25.53%) Retail
5 34 (24.11%) Corporate Banking
6 33 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (22.70%) Social Skills
8 17 (12.06%) Legal
9 15 (10.64%) Marketing
10 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.42%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.71%) Advertising
12 1 (0.71%) Local Government
12 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (40.43%) Software Engineer
2 28 (19.86%) Developer
3 27 (19.15%) Software Developer
4 13 (9.22%) Analyst
4 13 (9.22%) Customer Executive
5 8 (5.67%) Architect
6 5 (3.55%) Data Manager
6 5 (3.55%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 5 (3.55%) Project Manager
7 4 (2.84%) Data Analyst
7 4 (2.84%) Procurement Analyst
8 3 (2.13%) Design Engineer
8 3 (2.13%) Senior
9 2 (1.42%) Business Analyst
9 2 (1.42%) Data Modeller
9 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (1.42%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (1.42%) Lead
9 2 (1.42%) Network Architect
9 2 (1.42%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (39.01%) CSS
1 55 (39.01%) HTML
1 55 (39.01%) JPA
1 55 (39.01%) Kafka
1 55 (39.01%) React
1 55 (39.01%) Redux
1 55 (39.01%) Spring
1 55 (39.01%) Spring Boot
2 35 (24.82%) REST
3 34 (24.11%) CSS3
3 34 (24.11%) HTML5
3 34 (24.11%) Jest
3 34 (24.11%) RESTful
3 34 (24.11%) Sass
4 21 (14.89%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.71%) .NET
5 1 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (40.43%) Enterprise Software
2 56 (39.72%) Product Ownership
3 27 (19.15%) Cyberattack
4 8 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.84%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.84%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.42%) IoT
7 1 (0.71%) Blog
7 1 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.71%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.71%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.99%) Linux
2 27 (19.15%) Android
3 5 (3.55%) Windows
4 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (60.99%) Agile
2 57 (40.43%) Containerisation
2 57 (40.43%) Software Engineering
3 56 (39.72%) Test Automation
4 55 (39.01%) CI/CD
4 55 (39.01%) DevOps
4 55 (39.01%) Front End Development
4 55 (39.01%) Full-Stack Development
4 55 (39.01%) Microservices
4 55 (39.01%) Performance Optimisation
4 55 (39.01%) SDLC
5 37 (26.24%) Mentoring
6 36 (25.53%) Strategic Thinking
7 35 (24.82%) Migration
7 35 (24.82%) User Experience
8 34 (24.11%) Responsive Web Design
9 33 (23.40%) Mathematics
10 27 (19.15%) Line Management
10 27 (19.15%) OO
10 27 (19.15%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 83 (58.87%) Java
2 58 (41.13%) SQL
3 56 (39.72%) JavaScript
4 34 (24.11%) Python
4 34 (24.11%) TypeScript
5 27 (19.15%) C++
5 27 (19.15%) Go
6 2 (1.42%) R
6 2 (1.42%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.71%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 28 (19.86%) DV Cleared
3 10 (7.09%) Degree
4 7 (4.96%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.13%) CCNA
6 3 (2.13%) CCNP
6 3 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.13%) JNCIA
6 3 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.42%) ACCA
7 2 (1.42%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.42%) CIMA
8 1 (0.71%) CCAB
8 1 (0.71%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.71%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (39.01%) QA
2 34 (24.11%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.55%) SLA
4 4 (2.84%) Data Quality
System Software
1 82 (58.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 55 (39.01%) Kubernetes
2 27 (19.15%) Ansible
Vendors
1 55 (39.01%) Solace
2 15 (10.64%) Salesforce
3 8 (5.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.55%) Oracle
4 5 (3.55%) SAP
5 3 (2.13%) Cisco
5 3 (2.13%) Juniper
6 1 (0.71%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.71%) Apple
6 1 (0.71%) Databricks
6 1 (0.71%) Google
6 1 (0.71%) IBM
6 1 (0.71%) Sage
6 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow