Finance Jobs in Manchester

Financial
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 613 661 1,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 23.97% 17.68% 21.30%
As % of the General category 34.42% 31.72% 31.17%
Number of salaries quoted 266 496 610
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,556 £58,668
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% +1.51% +6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,772 £72,610
90th Percentile £97,528 £94,375 £90,000
North West median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% +4.55%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,781 2,084 3,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 69.65% 55.74% 68.32%
Number of salaries quoted 777 1,585 1,787
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £30,749
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,270 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,822 £82,500 £87,500
North West median annual salary £54,793 £49,502 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.69% -4.80% +4.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Manchester

Finance
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
Bolton +6 35 £40,000 +29.03% 14
Salford -7 11 £67,138 -10.48% 5
Oldham -1 6 £52,000 +4.00% 5
Stockport -9 5 £65,000 +30.00% 6
Altrincham -2 2 £57,500 +17.95% 15
Wigan -6 2 £44,500 - 4
Sale +3 1 £39,000 +39.29% 2
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 18 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.96%) SAS
3 9 (1.47%) Confluence
4 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.49%) Mule
6 2 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 39 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 39 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.96%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 85 (13.87%) NEC Housing
2 23 (3.75%) NetSuite
3 13 (2.12%) Shopify
4 9 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.49%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.16%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 72 (11.75%) Azure
2 66 (10.77%) AWS
3 32 (5.22%) Power Platform
4 31 (5.06%) GCP
5 21 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.77%) SaaS
7 16 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.47%) GitHub
10 8 (1.31%) Serverless
11 7 (1.14%) OCI
12 6 (0.98%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (0.98%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.98%) Figma
12 6 (0.98%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.98%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.82%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.14%) WAN
2 6 (0.98%) VPN
3 5 (0.82%) DHCP
3 5 (0.82%) DNS
3 5 (0.82%) NAS
3 5 (0.82%) Network Security
3 5 (0.82%) SAN
3 5 (0.82%) VSAN
4 4 (0.65%) LAN
5 3 (0.49%) Firewall
6 2 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.22%) Power BI
2 21 (3.43%) BusinessObjects
3 16 (2.61%) Tableau
4 13 (2.12%) Oracle Database
5 11 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.47%) Cloud Spanner
7 9 (1.47%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.31%) MySQL
9 7 (1.14%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.98%) Power Query
11 5 (0.82%) Big Data
12 4 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.65%) Metadata
12 4 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.65%) PowerPivot
13 3 (0.49%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 16 (2.61%) Git
2 13 (2.12%) JIRA
3 12 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.98%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.82%) Postman
6 4 (0.65%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.49%) GitLab
8 2 (0.33%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.33%) TestRail
8 2 (0.33%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.16%) JMeter
9 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.16%) Selenium
9 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 248 (40.46%) Social Skills
2 142 (23.16%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (15.17%) Public Sector
4 92 (15.01%) Banking
5 90 (14.68%) Police
6 87 (14.19%) Local Government
7 52 (8.48%) Social Housing
8 40 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (6.53%) Retail
9 39 (6.36%) Law
9 39 (6.36%) Legal
10 28 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (4.08%) Marketing
13 17 (2.77%) Automotive
14 15 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (2.28%) Financial Institution
15 14 (2.28%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.79%) Billing
17 9 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (22.02%) Analyst
2 119 (19.41%) Senior
3 112 (18.27%) Consultant
4 66 (10.77%) Implementation Consultant
5 43 (7.01%) Lead
6 41 (6.69%) Financial Analyst
7 30 (4.89%) Project Manager
7 30 (4.89%) Senior Manager
8 25 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
8 25 (4.08%) Software Engineer
9 24 (3.92%) Senior Consultant
10 22 (3.59%) Developer
11 21 (3.43%) Operations Analyst
11 21 (3.43%) Support Consultant
12 20 (3.26%) Architect
12 20 (3.26%) Senior Support Consultant
12 20 (3.26%) Service Analyst
13 18 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (2.77%) Functional Consultant
15 15 (2.45%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.43%) Node.js
2 18 (2.94%) React
3 17 (2.77%) .NET
4 15 (2.45%) HTML
5 13 (2.12%) CSS
5 13 (2.12%) RESTful
6 10 (1.63%) Spring
7 9 (1.47%) Kafka
8 8 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.31%) Vue
9 7 (1.14%) Middleware
10 6 (0.98%) Laravel
10 6 (0.98%) REST
10 6 (0.98%) Spring Boot
11 5 (0.82%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.82%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.65%) JWT
12 4 (0.65%) OAuth
12 4 (0.65%) OAuth2
12 4 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.48%) Housing Association
2 26 (4.24%) Social Media
3 24 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (3.59%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.45%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.45%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.28%) Mobile App
7 13 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (1.63%) e-Learning
10 9 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.31%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.31%) Life Science
12 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.98%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.98%) Mainframe
14 5 (0.82%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 76 (12.40%) Windows
2 59 (9.62%) Unix
3 36 (5.87%) Linux
4 26 (4.24%) Windows Vista
5 20 (3.26%) Solaris
6 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.33%) Android
7 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.33%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.33%) zOS
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (24.96%) Agile
2 145 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (12.72%) Coaching
4 73 (11.91%) Analytics
5 72 (11.75%) Housing Management
6 71 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
7 68 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 65 (10.60%) Project Management
9 64 (10.44%) Mentoring
10 63 (10.28%) DevOps
11 60 (9.79%) Customer Service
12 58 (9.46%) Decision-Making
13 56 (9.14%) Migration
14 52 (8.48%) Business Strategy
15 47 (7.67%) Data Migration
15 47 (7.67%) ERP
16 43 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (7.01%) Roadmaps
17 41 (6.69%) Software Engineering
17 41 (6.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 141 (23.00%) SQL
2 51 (8.32%) Python
3 32 (5.22%) Java
4 26 (4.24%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.59%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.28%) C#
6 14 (2.28%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.12%) PL/SQL
8 12 (1.96%) PHP
9 9 (1.47%) C++
10 6 (0.98%) Go
11 5 (0.82%) Bash
11 5 (0.82%) Rust
11 5 (0.82%) VB
12 4 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.49%) C
14 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.33%) R
14 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (19.90%) Degree
2 117 (19.09%) DBS Check
3 41 (6.69%) ACCA
4 26 (4.24%) CIMA
5 15 (2.45%) PMP
6 14 (2.28%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.28%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.12%) Security Cleared
8 10 (1.63%) AAT
9 9 (1.47%) CFA
9 9 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 7 (1.14%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (0.82%) CRISC
12 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.82%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.19%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.57%) QA
3 27 (4.40%) ISO 9001
4 18 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.94%) GDPR
5 14 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.47%) NIST
7 8 (1.31%) COBIT
8 7 (1.14%) PMO
9 5 (0.82%) GAAP
10 4 (0.65%) EMIR
10 4 (0.65%) MiFID
10 4 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.65%) SLA
11 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.49%) NCSC
11 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (6.20%) Docker
2 11 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.82%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.33%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.24%) Terraform
3 10 (1.63%) Progress Chef
4 5 (0.82%) Grafana
5 4 (0.65%) Kibana
6 3 (0.49%) Ansible
6 3 (0.49%) Puppet
7 2 (0.33%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.33%) Istio
7 2 (0.33%) Packer
8 1 (0.16%) logstash
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 101 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 85 (13.87%) NEC
3 41 (6.69%) Oracle
4 27 (4.40%) Google
5 21 (3.43%) Citrix
6 18 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.28%) Bloomberg
7 14 (2.28%) SAP
8 13 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.14%) Databricks
9 7 (1.14%) IBM
10 5 (0.82%) QAD
10 5 (0.82%) VMware
11 4 (0.65%) Adobe
11 4 (0.65%) Concur
11 4 (0.65%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.65%) Hitachi
11 4 (0.65%) Informatica
11 4 (0.65%) Splunk
12 3 (0.49%) Veeam