Finance Job Trends 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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 426 612 628
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 12.59% 24.24% 17.58%
As % of the General category 22.33% 34.75% 31.83%
Number of salaries quoted 281 269 491
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -7.60% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £90,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

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 general skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,908 1,761 1,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 56.38% 69.74% 55.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 787 1,575
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,850 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.08% -6.61%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,875 £68,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,822 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,720 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.20% +10.53% -8.65%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Manchester

Finance
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

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 12 February 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
Salford +1 11 £75,000 +11.71% 12
Bolton -5 6 £55,000 +37.50% 3
Wigan +4 3 £35,000 -21.35% 5
Stockport +1 3 £55,000 -15.38% 4
Altrincham -8 3 £33,000 -42.61% 3
Oldham -5 1 £55,000 +5.77% 3
Cheadle - 1 £200,000 -
Finance
North West

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (0.94%) Jupyter
1 4 (0.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.47%) CMS
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.23%) JBoss
3 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (8.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.94%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.47%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.41%) SAP Business One
3 5 (1.17%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.23%) Global One
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.38%) SaaS
2 38 (8.92%) Azure
3 29 (6.81%) AWS
4 26 (6.10%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.64%) Intacct
6 7 (1.64%) Snowflake
7 6 (1.41%) IaaS
7 6 (1.41%) PaaS
8 4 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.94%) Figma
9 3 (0.70%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.70%) OCI
9 3 (0.70%) Twilio
10 2 (0.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.29%) Telepresence
1 14 (3.29%) Unified Communications
1 14 (3.29%) VoIP
1 14 (3.29%) WebEx
2 6 (1.41%) Firewall
3 4 (0.94%) HTTP
4 2 (0.47%) Network Security
4 2 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.23%) Broadband
5 1 (0.23%) DHCP
5 1 (0.23%) DNS
5 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.23%) LAN
5 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.23%) TCAP
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) VLAN
5 1 (0.23%) VPN
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.87%) Power BI
2 20 (4.69%) Tableau
3 15 (3.52%) Data Mining
4 9 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.41%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.17%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.94%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.70%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.70%) MySQL
8 3 (0.70%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.41%) GitLab
1 6 (1.41%) JIRA
2 5 (1.17%) Git
3 4 (0.94%) JUnit
4 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.47%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.23%) Ant
6 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.23%) Maven
6 1 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.23%) Selenium
6 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 123 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 70 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (8.45%) Banking
4 33 (7.75%) Telecoms
5 30 (7.04%) Marketing
6 28 (6.57%) Law
7 22 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (4.69%) Retail
9 15 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.29%) Legal
11 12 (2.82%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.58%) Military
13 10 (2.35%) Back Office
13 10 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.35%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.88%) Billing
15 7 (1.64%) Electronics
16 6 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.17%) Advertising
18 4 (0.94%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (12.68%) Analyst
2 52 (12.21%) Senior
3 33 (7.75%) Consultant
4 30 (7.04%) Architect
5 29 (6.81%) Trainee
6 28 (6.57%) Lead
7 26 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 26 (6.10%) Trainee Analyst
8 21 (4.93%) Data Analyst
8 21 (4.93%) Support Engineer
9 20 (4.69%) Developer
10 19 (4.46%) Business Manager
11 18 (4.23%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.76%) Software Engineer
13 15 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (3.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 14 (3.29%) Voice Engineer
14 14 (3.29%) Voice Support Engineer
15 13 (3.05%) Financial Analyst
15 13 (3.05%) Head of Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.29%) REST
2 10 (2.35%) Kafka
2 10 (2.35%) Spring
3 9 (2.11%) Spring Boot
4 8 (1.88%) .NET
4 8 (1.88%) React
5 7 (1.64%) RESTful
6 6 (1.41%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.41%) CSS
7 5 (1.17%) Node.js
7 5 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (0.94%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.94%) gRPC
8 4 (0.94%) HTML
8 4 (0.94%) Middleware
8 4 (0.94%) Pandas
8 4 (0.94%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.94%) Spring Batch
9 3 (0.70%) Next.js
9 3 (0.70%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.23%) Driving Licence
2 16 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.05%) Marketing Technology
5 12 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.88%) Social Media
7 7 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.17%) Blog
9 5 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.94%) FMCG
10 4 (0.94%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.70%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.70%) IoT
11 3 (0.70%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.70%) SCADA
11 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.23%) Linux
2 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (16.67%) AI
3 61 (14.32%) Agile
4 56 (13.15%) Project Management
5 50 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (9.15%) Analytics
7 33 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.51%) Business Development
9 31 (7.28%) Business Analysis
9 31 (7.28%) Decision-Making
9 31 (7.28%) Software Engineering
10 28 (6.57%) Change Management
11 27 (6.34%) ERP
11 27 (6.34%) Fintech
12 26 (6.10%) Data Analysis
12 26 (6.10%) Mentoring
13 23 (5.40%) Customer Service
14 22 (5.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 21 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 51 (11.97%) SQL
2 34 (7.98%) Python
3 21 (4.93%) Java
4 14 (3.29%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.58%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.41%) C#
8 4 (0.94%) ANSI SQL
8 4 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.70%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.47%) PHP
10 2 (0.47%) R
10 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.23%) Go
11 1 (0.23%) Groovy
11 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
11 1 (0.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (14.55%) Degree
2 22 (5.16%) ACCA
2 22 (5.16%) CIMA
3 16 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.35%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.88%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.41%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.41%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.17%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.94%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.94%) PMP
9 3 (0.70%) AAT
9 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.70%) CISSP
9 3 (0.70%) MBA
10 2 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.52%) QA
2 9 (2.11%) GDPR
3 5 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.17%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (0.94%) GLBA
4 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.70%) HL7
5 3 (0.70%) NIST
5 3 (0.70%) PMO
5 3 (0.70%) SLA
6 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.47%) FINRA
6 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) PERC
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.23%) SOX 404
System Software
1 7 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.94%) Docker
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.41%) Terraform
4 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.23%) Ansible
6 1 (0.23%) Podman
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (8.45%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.81%) Oracle
3 26 (6.10%) SAP
4 15 (3.52%) Cisco
5 10 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.11%) Sage
7 6 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
7 6 (1.41%) Databricks
8 5 (1.17%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (0.94%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.94%) iManage
10 3 (0.70%) Concur
11 2 (0.47%) Anaplan
11 2 (0.47%) Ariba
11 2 (0.47%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.47%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.23%) Dell
12 1 (0.23%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.23%) Pega
12 1 (0.23%) VMware