Finance Job Trends in the East Midlands

Financial
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 343 269 455
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 7.40% 13.79% 10.53%
As % of the General category 16.10% 18.73% 19.29%
Number of salaries quoted 215 165 257
10th Percentile £27,400 £24,649 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,934
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £79,618 £68,950
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -6.40%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 general skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,131 1,436 2,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.97% 73.64% 54.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 691 1,622
10th Percentile £26,525 £25,267 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,438 £28,775 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Finance job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in the East Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -5 95 £50,000 +17.65% 53
Leicestershire -12 80 £55,000 +13.40% 28
Northamptonshire +9 73 £50,250 -22.69% 17
Derbyshire +9 57 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Lincolnshire -12 33 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.87%) CMS
1 3 (0.87%) Confluence
1 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 17 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.62%) Sage 200
2 8 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 5 (1.46%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.87%) Exchequer
4 3 (0.87%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.29%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.95%) Azure
2 16 (4.66%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.92%) AWS
5 5 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.17%) GCP
6 4 (1.17%) SaaS
6 4 (1.17%) Serverless
7 3 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.87%) Google Sheets
7 3 (0.87%) Intacct
7 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.58%) GitHub
8 2 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.58%) IaaS
8 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.58%) PaaS
9 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.04%) Broadband
1 7 (2.04%) Internet
2 4 (1.17%) Firewall
3 3 (0.87%) LoRaWAN
3 3 (0.87%) MQTT
3 3 (0.87%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) DHCP
4 1 (0.29%) DNS
4 1 (0.29%) LAN
4 1 (0.29%) SMS
4 1 (0.29%) WAN
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.08%) Power BI
3 8 (2.33%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (1.75%) Data Mining
4 6 (1.75%) Tableau
5 4 (1.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.87%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.58%) Power Query
8 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.17%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) Selenium
3 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 92 (26.82%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.16%) Marketing
4 22 (6.41%) Law
5 21 (6.12%) Banking
5 21 (6.12%) Manufacturing
6 20 (5.83%) Legal
7 16 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.08%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.79%) Military
10 12 (3.50%) Retail
11 10 (2.92%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.33%) Back Office
13 7 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.75%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.75%) Japanese Language
15 5 (1.46%) Games
16 4 (1.17%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.17%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 64 (18.66%) Analyst
2 40 (11.66%) Senior
3 37 (10.79%) Developer
4 32 (9.33%) Lead
5 21 (6.12%) Junior
6 19 (5.54%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (5.25%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.25%) Software Developer
8 16 (4.66%) Data Scientist
8 16 (4.66%) Finance Manager
9 15 (4.37%) Accountant
9 15 (4.37%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (4.37%) Support Analyst
10 14 (4.08%) Business Manager
10 14 (4.08%) Consultant
11 13 (3.79%) Financial Controller
11 13 (3.79%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.50%) Data Analyst
13 11 (3.21%) C# Developer
13 11 (3.21%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.21%) .NET
1 11 (3.21%) Hugging Face
2 10 (2.92%) PyTorch
2 10 (2.92%) TensorFlow
3 6 (1.75%) CSS
4 5 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.17%) jQuery
6 3 (0.87%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.87%) Entity Framework
6 3 (0.87%) Flash
6 3 (0.87%) HTML
7 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.58%) LINQ
7 2 (0.58%) Middleware
7 2 (0.58%) Pandas
7 2 (0.58%) PySpark
8 1 (0.29%) React
8 1 (0.29%) RESTful
8 1 (0.29%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.29%) Driving Licence
2 9 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.46%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.17%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.17%) CMDB
5 4 (1.17%) Culture of Ownership
6 3 (0.87%) IoT
6 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.87%) Replication
7 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.58%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.58%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.17%) Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Ubuntu
2 3 (0.87%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Solaris
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
3 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (12.24%) Roadmaps
3 41 (11.95%) Agile
3 41 (11.95%) Analytics
4 37 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (10.79%) ERP
5 36 (10.50%) Decision-Making
6 34 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (8.45%) CRM
9 27 (7.87%) Actionable Insight
10 26 (7.58%) Project Management
10 26 (7.58%) Risk Management
11 24 (7.00%) AI
12 22 (6.41%) Process Improvement
13 21 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (5.83%) Change Management
14 20 (5.83%) Data Science
14 20 (5.83%) Machine Learning
14 20 (5.83%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.70%) SQL
2 34 (9.91%) Python
3 21 (6.12%) C#
4 11 (3.21%) PHP
5 3 (0.87%) C++
5 3 (0.87%) Java
6 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.58%) R
7 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (9.04%) Degree
2 14 (4.08%) ACCA
2 14 (4.08%) CIMA
2 14 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.50%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.75%) AAT
4 6 (1.75%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.75%) MOS
5 5 (1.46%) CISSP
6 4 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.87%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.87%) CISA
7 3 (0.87%) CRISC
7 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.87%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.12%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.54%) GDPR
3 9 (2.62%) SLA
4 5 (1.46%) NIST
4 5 (1.46%) PERC
4 5 (1.46%) QA
5 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 9 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.46%) Terraform
2 3 (0.87%) Galera Cluster
2 3 (0.87%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.29%) MOM
Vendors
1 40 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.37%) HubSpot
3 13 (3.79%) SAP
4 12 (3.50%) Sage
4 12 (3.50%) Zoho
5 11 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.33%) Google
7 7 (2.04%) Oracle
7 7 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.75%) Workday
9 5 (1.46%) Cognos
9 5 (1.46%) IBM
10 4 (1.17%) Xero
11 3 (0.87%) Aderant
11 3 (0.87%) Botify
11 3 (0.87%) Intapp
11 3 (0.87%) VMware
12 2 (0.58%) Civica
12 2 (0.58%) Northgate
12 2 (0.58%) Orchard