Finance Jobs in Cumbria

Financial
North West > Cumbria

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Cumbria. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 -12
Permanent jobs citing Finance 133 29 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 6.05% 6.03% 9.34%
As % of the General category 10.87% 17.47% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 81 20 9
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,025 -
25th Percentile £47,000 £33,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -29.09% +17.02%
75th Percentile - £63,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,625 £58,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.51%

All General Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,224 166 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 55.64% 34.51% 55.49%
Number of salaries quoted 395 102 55
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £50,818 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% +7.45%
75th Percentile £73,708 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - £68,750 £64,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +1.94%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Cumbria

Finance
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for Finance in Cumbria

Finance
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Cumbria over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Cumbria

Finance
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 19 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
Carlisle +12 15 £52,500 +43.84% 2
Barrow-in-Furness -12 14 £58,500 +44.44% 5
Grange-over-Sands - 13 £58,500 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 13 £58,500 -
Millom - 13 £58,500 - 1
Ulverston -24 12 £58,500 -10.00%
Broughton-in-Furness - 12 £58,500 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 12 £58,500 -
Penrith - 6 £72,500 -
Ambleside - 3 - -
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 32 (24.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (36.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (12.03%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.50%) Line 50
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.27%) Azure
2 9 (6.77%) GitHub
3 3 (2.26%) Facebook Ads
4 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) DNS
1 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Jenkins
1 9 (6.77%) TeamCity
2 8 (6.02%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
General
1 54 (40.60%) Manufacturing
2 21 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.78%) Social Skills
4 12 (9.02%) Retail
5 8 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.26%) Advertising
6 3 (2.26%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (2.26%) Marketing
7 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (27.82%) Delivery Project Manager
1 37 (27.82%) Project Manager
2 18 (13.53%) Analyst
2 18 (13.53%) Lead
3 17 (12.78%) Financial Analyst
3 17 (12.78%) Systems Analyst
4 16 (12.03%) Administrator
4 16 (12.03%) Finance Systems Analyst
4 16 (12.03%) SAP Manager
4 16 (12.03%) Systems Administrator
5 10 (7.52%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (2.26%) E-Commerce Manager
6 3 (2.26%) Systems Manager
7 2 (1.50%) Client Relationship Manager
7 2 (1.50%) Developer
7 2 (1.50%) Relationships Manager
7 2 (1.50%) Resource Manager
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Engineer
8 1 (0.75%) Head of Product Management
8 1 (0.75%) Senior Oracle Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.03%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (6.77%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.03%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.26%) FMCG
2 3 (2.26%) Social Media
3 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.75%) Cyberattack
3 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Android
1 1 (0.75%) Linux
1 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (42.11%) Project Management
2 52 (39.10%) ERP
3 45 (33.83%) Project Delivery
3 45 (33.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 37 (27.82%) Business Case
6 33 (24.81%) Process Improvement
7 32 (24.06%) Decision-Making
8 26 (19.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (15.04%) Budgeting
10 19 (14.29%) ITIL
11 17 (12.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 17 (12.78%) Change Management
11 17 (12.78%) PRINCE2
11 17 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (12.03%) EAM
12 16 (12.03%) Financial Analysis
12 16 (12.03%) Incident Management
12 16 (12.03%) Logistics
12 16 (12.03%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.03%) ABAP
2 10 (7.52%) Bicep
2 10 (7.52%) Python
3 9 (6.77%) Bash
3 9 (6.77%) Ruby
4 1 (0.75%) C++
4 1 (0.75%) Go
4 1 (0.75%) Java
4 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (75.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 34 (25.56%) Degree
3 32 (24.06%) ACCA
3 32 (24.06%) CIMA
4 16 (12.03%) CCAB
5 8 (6.02%) HND
5 8 (6.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) HNC
6 1 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (24.06%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.26%) GDPR
2 3 (2.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.52%) Ansible
1 10 (7.52%) Terraform
2 9 (6.77%) Progress Chef
2 9 (6.77%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (36.84%) SAP
2 8 (6.02%) BT
3 3 (2.26%) Facebook
3 3 (2.26%) Google
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle
4 2 (1.50%) Sage