Finance Jobs in Lancashire

Financial
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 7 19
Rank change year-on-year -17 +12 -9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 411 175 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 17.89% 13.44% 11.35%
As % of the General category 23.73% 23.71% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 57 145 52
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £25,125
25th Percentile - £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,741 £68,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,772 £77,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.25%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,732 738 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 75.37% 56.68% 71.06%
Number of salaries quoted 847 616 248
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £48,688 £32,500 £31,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £44,511
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +6.71% -2.15%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £70,000 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Lancashire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Lancashire

Finance
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Preston -17 34 £60,000 +118.18% 16
Blackpool -28 27 £50,000 -13.74% 7
Blackburn -28 19 £51,498 +123.16% 18
Lytham St Annes - 7 £47,683 - 2
Chorley +1 5 - - 3
Darwen -1 5 - - 2
Accrington - 4 - - 2
Burnley +13 3 - - 2
Ormskirk +4 3 - -
Skelmersdale 0 3 - - 3
Nelson -4 3 - -
Colne - 3 - -
Rossendale - 3 - -
Newton-le-Willows 0 2 - - 1
Poulton-le-Fylde - 2 - -
Clitheroe - 2 - - 1
Bacup - 2 - -
Lancaster +12 1 £34,860 -
Morecambe +1 1 - -
Fleetwood - 1 - - 1
Barnoldswick - 1 - -
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 15 (3.65%) Oracle Application Server
2 6 (1.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Infor LN
2 4 (0.97%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.73%) Maximo
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (4.62%) Azure
2 18 (4.38%) AWS
3 6 (1.46%) GCP
4 5 (1.22%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 305 (74.21%) DNS
1 305 (74.21%) VPN
2 2 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.65%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.46%) Tableau
5 5 (1.22%) Power BI
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 18 (4.38%) Bitbucket
1 18 (4.38%) Cucumber
1 18 (4.38%) GitLab
1 18 (4.38%) JIRA
1 18 (4.38%) Maven
1 18 (4.38%) Selenium
1 18 (4.38%) SonarQube
1 18 (4.38%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 330 (80.29%) Analytical Skills
2 323 (78.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (7.30%) Manufacturing
3 30 (7.30%) Social Skills
4 23 (5.60%) Banking
5 20 (4.87%) Military
6 16 (3.89%) Retail
7 15 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.92%) Corporate Banking
8 12 (2.92%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.46%) Legal
10 2 (0.49%) Marketing
10 2 (0.49%) Police
11 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 305 (74.21%) Developer
1 305 (74.21%) Software Developer
2 31 (7.54%) Project Manager
3 30 (7.30%) Infrastructure Manager
3 30 (7.30%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 23 (5.60%) Senior
5 18 (4.38%) Senior Manager
5 18 (4.38%) Software Engineer
6 15 (3.65%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 15 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
6 15 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
6 15 (3.65%) Senior Project Manager
7 14 (3.41%) Analyst
8 6 (1.46%) Accountant
8 6 (1.46%) Finance Manager
9 5 (1.22%) Database Engineer
10 4 (0.97%) Development Manager
10 4 (0.97%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (0.97%) IT Manager
11 3 (0.73%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.38%) CSS
1 18 (4.38%) HTML
1 18 (4.38%) JPA
1 18 (4.38%) Kafka
1 18 (4.38%) React
1 18 (4.38%) Redux
1 18 (4.38%) Spring
1 18 (4.38%) Spring Boot
2 12 (2.92%) CSS3
2 12 (2.92%) HTML5
2 12 (2.92%) Jest
2 12 (2.92%) REST
2 12 (2.92%) RESTful
2 12 (2.92%) Sass
3 6 (1.46%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.24%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 305 (74.21%) Cyberattack
2 18 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.46%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.24%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 305 (74.21%) Android
1 305 (74.21%) Linux
2 2 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (83.45%) Agile
2 305 (74.21%) Android Development
2 305 (74.21%) Design Patterns
2 305 (74.21%) Line Management
2 305 (74.21%) Mathematics
2 305 (74.21%) OO
2 305 (74.21%) OOP
3 42 (10.22%) Project Management
4 34 (8.27%) DevOps
5 30 (7.30%) Business Case
5 30 (7.30%) Customer Requirements
6 24 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (5.60%) Analytics
8 19 (4.62%) CI/CD
8 19 (4.62%) Test Automation
9 18 (4.38%) Containerisation
9 18 (4.38%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (4.38%) Microservices
9 18 (4.38%) Performance Optimisation
9 18 (4.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 323 (78.59%) Java
2 308 (74.94%) Python
3 305 (74.21%) C++
3 305 (74.21%) Go
4 21 (5.11%) SQL
5 18 (4.38%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.49%) Bash
7 2 (0.49%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 307 (74.70%) Security Cleared
2 305 (74.21%) DV Cleared
3 38 (9.25%) Degree
4 30 (7.30%) HNC
5 20 (4.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (4.62%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.95%) ACCA
7 8 (1.95%) CIMA
8 5 (1.22%) AAT
9 4 (0.97%) ICAEW
10 3 (0.73%) CISSP
11 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.30%) NEBOSH
2 20 (4.87%) QA
3 12 (2.92%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.46%) IFRS
5 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.49%) GAAP
System Software
1 323 (78.59%) Docker
2 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 305 (74.21%) Ansible
2 18 (4.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (4.62%) Oracle
2 18 (4.38%) Solace
3 11 (2.68%) SAP
4 6 (1.46%) Hyperion
4 6 (1.46%) Infor
5 5 (1.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.49%) Cognos