Finance Jobs in Leeds

Financial
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Finance 163 397 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 20.92% 16.73% 21.72%
As % of the General category 30.99% 29.80% 31.70%
Number of salaries quoted 110 275 291
10th Percentile £25,281 £38,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,250 £47,309
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,018 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £93,778 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £140,677 £95,000 £83,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £67,692 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.82% +4.35% +4.55%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 526 1,332 1,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 67.52% 56.13% 68.51%
Number of salaries quoted 353 976 1,086
10th Percentile £25,313 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,500 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -5.66% +3.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,750 £71,551
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year - -8.90% +9.76%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Leeds

Finance
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Finance in Leeds

Finance
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Leeds

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 8 (4.91%) Confluence
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.45%) SAS
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.79%) GCP
2 12 (7.36%) Azure
2 12 (7.36%) SaaS
3 6 (3.68%) AWS
4 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (3.07%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.45%) GitHub
5 4 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.23%) Apigee
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.61%) dbt
7 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.61%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.29%) Intranet
2 5 (3.07%) DKIM
2 5 (3.07%) DMARC
2 5 (3.07%) DNSSEC
2 5 (3.07%) Internet
2 5 (3.07%) SMTP
3 4 (2.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.75%) NoSQL
2 10 (6.13%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.91%) Big Data
4 5 (3.07%) Power BI
5 4 (2.45%) Biml
5 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.84%) Data Hub
6 3 (1.84%) MySQL
7 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (10.43%) JIRA
2 11 (6.75%) Git
3 8 (4.91%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.68%) Cucumber
4 6 (3.68%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (2.45%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.23%) JUnit
6 2 (1.23%) Maven
6 2 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.23%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.61%) JDeveloper
General
1 91 (55.83%) Banking
2 63 (38.65%) Social Skills
3 30 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.82%) Marketing
5 12 (7.36%) Legal
6 7 (4.29%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.29%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.84%) Back Office
9 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.23%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Local Government
10 1 (0.61%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (16.56%) Lead
2 26 (15.95%) Senior
3 22 (13.50%) Architect
4 19 (11.66%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (10.43%) Software Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) Analyst
7 9 (5.52%) Data Analyst
8 8 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) Automation Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) CRM Executive
9 7 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) .NET Software Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Customer Executive
10 6 (3.68%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (3.68%) Lead Software Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Quality Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.68%) Software Engineering Manager
10 6 (3.68%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.59%) .NET
2 12 (7.36%) Software Packaging
3 10 (6.13%) React
4 8 (4.91%) Node.js
5 6 (3.68%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.68%) Express.js
5 6 (3.68%) Kafka
6 5 (3.07%) HTML
6 5 (3.07%) RESTful
7 3 (1.84%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.84%) CSS
7 3 (1.84%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.84%) Plotly
7 3 (1.84%) Spring
7 3 (1.84%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.23%) Hibernate
8 2 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (1.23%) Vue
8 2 (1.23%) WinForms
8 2 (1.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.79%) Product Ownership
2 17 (10.43%) Cloud Native
3 15 (9.20%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (6.13%) Onboarding
6 9 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (4.91%) Credit Risk
7 8 (4.91%) FMCG
8 7 (4.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 7 (4.29%) Operational Technology
8 7 (4.29%) Virtual Team
9 6 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (3.07%) Hackathon
10 5 (3.07%) Public Cloud
11 4 (2.45%) Market Risk
11 4 (2.45%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.84%) Clustering
12 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.68%) zOS
2 5 (3.07%) Windows
3 2 (1.23%) Linux
3 2 (1.23%) Unix
4 1 (0.61%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (43.56%) Agile
2 40 (24.54%) Software Engineering
3 35 (21.47%) Risk Management
4 33 (20.25%) Analytics
5 32 (19.63%) Mentoring
6 31 (19.02%) DevOps
7 26 (15.95%) Mathematics
7 26 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (14.11%) Line Management
10 22 (13.50%) Fintech
11 21 (12.88%) Artificial Intelligence
11 21 (12.88%) CI/CD
11 21 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (12.88%) Decision-Making
12 19 (11.66%) Coaching
12 19 (11.66%) Data Analytics
12 19 (11.66%) Roadmaps
13 17 (10.43%) Microservices
13 17 (10.43%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 36 (22.09%) SQL
2 16 (9.82%) C#
3 14 (8.59%) Java
3 14 (8.59%) JavaScript
4 12 (7.36%) Python
5 10 (6.13%) TypeScript
6 6 (3.68%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.45%) PHP
7 4 (2.45%) R
7 4 (2.45%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.23%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.23%) Go
8 2 (1.23%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.23%) SOQL
8 2 (1.23%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.61%) C++
Qualifications
1 32 (19.63%) Degree
2 8 (4.91%) ACCA
2 8 (4.91%) CCAB
2 8 (4.91%) CIMA
2 8 (4.91%) CIPFA
2 8 (4.91%) ICAEW
3 7 (4.29%) HNC
4 4 (2.45%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.23%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.23%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.61%) CCSP
7 1 (0.61%) CEH
7 1 (0.61%) CISM
7 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.61%) OSCP
7 1 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (3.07%) GDPR
2 5 (3.07%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.45%) Basel II
3 4 (2.45%) Basel III
3 4 (2.45%) Dodd-Frank
3 4 (2.45%) IFRS
3 4 (2.45%) IFRS 9
4 3 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.84%) SLA
5 2 (1.23%) COBIT
5 2 (1.23%) PMO
5 2 (1.23%) QA
6 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.61%) NIST
6 1 (0.61%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (11.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (12.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.23%) Istio
2 2 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.13%) Oracle
2 10 (6.13%) Salesforce
3 7 (4.29%) IBM
3 7 (4.29%) Rockwell
3 7 (4.29%) Siemens
4 5 (3.07%) Cisco
4 5 (3.07%) IronPort
4 5 (3.07%) Veritas
5 4 (2.45%) Google
6 2 (1.23%) SAP
7 1 (0.61%) CODA
7 1 (0.61%) Concur
7 1 (0.61%) iManage
7 1 (0.61%) Intapp
7 1 (0.61%) Okta
7 1 (0.61%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.61%) Workday