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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 612 754 951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 27.01% 14.47% 19.79%
As % of the General category 37.05% 26.24% 29.32%
Number of salaries quoted 331 567 455
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +3.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £87,500 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.00%

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 1,652 2,873 3,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.90% 55.14% 67.48%
Number of salaries quoted 884 2,140 1,499
10th Percentile £29,325 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% +3.55%
75th Percentile £77,005 £66,675 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +0.96%

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 16 May 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 16 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
Bolton +11 66 £50,000 -16.67% 29
Altrincham +5 17 £65,000 +18.18% 22
Oldham 0 14 £33,000 +20.00% 5
Salford +5 11 £67,138 -7.40% 15
Stockport +14 10 £76,250 +27.08% 18
Bury +6 8 - - 22
Wigan +5 8 £39,000 - 10
Cheadle -3 6 - - 4
Sale -4 5 £39,000 +39.29% 1
Rochdale +4 3 - - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 3 - - 16
Heywood -5 1 - -
Littleborough - 1 - -
Dukinfield - 1 - -
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 25 (4.08%) Confluence
2 8 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.49%) Apache
4 3 (0.49%) GemFire
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (2.29%) Trello
6 9 (1.47%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.98%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (4.25%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.98%) Shopify
3 3 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.49%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.49%) Sage CRM
4 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 125 (20.42%) Azure
2 106 (17.32%) AWS
3 72 (11.76%) GCP
4 63 (10.29%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.78%) SaaS
7 12 (1.96%) Azure Machine Learning
7 12 (1.96%) Cloud Composer
8 11 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.31%) Serverless
11 7 (1.14%) Figma
12 5 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.82%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.82%) GitHub
12 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (0.65%) Apigee
13 4 (0.65%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.23%) DNS
2 27 (4.41%) VPN
3 5 (0.82%) DHCP
3 5 (0.82%) HTTP
3 5 (0.82%) NAS
3 5 (0.82%) SAN
3 5 (0.82%) VSAN
3 5 (0.82%) WAN
3 5 (0.82%) Wireless
4 4 (0.65%) Network Security
5 2 (0.33%) Firewall
5 2 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.82%) Power BI
2 43 (7.03%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.61%) NoSQL
4 15 (2.45%) MongoDB
5 14 (2.29%) BigQuery
5 14 (2.29%) Tableau
6 13 (2.12%) Cloud Spanner
6 13 (2.12%) MySQL
7 9 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.98%) Big Data
9 5 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (0.82%) Power Query
9 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.65%) Data Hub
10 4 (0.65%) Metadata
10 4 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.65%) PowerPivot
10 4 (0.65%) SQL CLR
11 3 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (11.60%) JIRA
2 40 (6.54%) SonarQube
3 37 (6.05%) Git
4 33 (5.39%) Selenium
5 30 (4.90%) Maven
5 30 (4.90%) Sonatype Nexus
6 29 (4.74%) Bitbucket
6 29 (4.74%) GitLab
7 27 (4.41%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.78%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.14%) JUnit
9 7 (1.14%) Postman
10 6 (0.98%) JMeter
10 6 (0.98%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.65%) Appium
12 4 (0.65%) Balsamiq
12 4 (0.65%) Fiddler
13 3 (0.49%) TestRail
14 2 (0.33%) NeoLoad
General
1 259 (42.32%) Social Skills
2 161 (26.31%) Banking
3 148 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (8.50%) Retail
6 42 (6.86%) Legal
7 41 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (5.72%) Marketing
9 32 (5.23%) Financial Institution
10 24 (3.92%) Law
11 21 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (3.10%) Investment Banking
13 18 (2.94%) Corporate Banking
14 14 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (2.12%) Automotive
16 12 (1.96%) Games
17 11 (1.80%) Manufacturing
18 10 (1.63%) Public Sector
18 10 (1.63%) Telecoms
19 9 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 140 (22.88%) Analyst
2 80 (13.07%) Senior
3 71 (11.60%) Software Engineer
4 51 (8.33%) Lead
5 47 (7.68%) Developer
6 32 (5.23%) Data Analyst
6 32 (5.23%) Financial Analyst
7 31 (5.07%) Consultant
8 26 (4.25%) Software Developer
9 22 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
9 22 (3.59%) Procurement Analyst
10 21 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
11 19 (3.10%) Functional Consultant
11 19 (3.10%) Risk Manager
12 17 (2.78%) NetSuite Consultant
13 16 (2.61%) Operations Analyst
14 15 (2.45%) Head of IT
14 15 (2.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (2.45%) Report Analyst
14 15 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.82%) React
1 54 (8.82%) Spring
2 50 (8.17%) Spring Boot
3 47 (7.68%) Kafka
4 43 (7.03%) CSS
5 41 (6.70%) HTML
6 39 (6.37%) RESTful
7 33 (5.39%) REST
8 32 (5.23%) Node.js
9 27 (4.41%) JPA
9 27 (4.41%) Redux
10 20 (3.27%) CSS3
10 20 (3.27%) HTML5
11 19 (3.10%) Jest
12 18 (2.94%) Sass
13 16 (2.61%) Middleware
14 14 (2.29%) .NET
15 12 (1.96%) AngularJS
15 12 (1.96%) Hibernate
15 12 (1.96%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 65 (10.62%) Product Ownership
2 59 (9.64%) Social Media
3 33 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (5.23%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.25%) Cyberattack
6 23 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (3.43%) Algorithms
7 21 (3.43%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.31%) Credit Risk
10 8 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.31%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.98%) Derivative
12 6 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.15%) Linux
2 52 (8.50%) Windows
3 32 (5.23%) Android
3 32 (5.23%) Windows Vista
4 7 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.14%) Unix
5 5 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (34.97%) Agile
2 157 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (17.16%) Software Engineering
4 95 (15.52%) DevOps
5 88 (14.38%) Decision-Making
6 80 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 77 (12.58%) Analytics
7 77 (12.58%) CI/CD
7 77 (12.58%) Test Automation
8 70 (11.44%) Mentoring
9 69 (11.27%) ERP
9 69 (11.27%) Process Improvement
10 68 (11.11%) Project Management
11 67 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 64 (10.46%) Microservices
12 64 (10.46%) Migration
13 61 (9.97%) Data Management
14 57 (9.31%) Line Management
15 53 (8.66%) Business Intelligence
15 53 (8.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 113 (18.46%) Java
2 76 (12.42%) Python
3 71 (11.60%) SQL
4 63 (10.29%) JavaScript
5 50 (8.17%) TypeScript
6 36 (5.88%) Go
7 33 (5.39%) C++
8 11 (1.80%) C#
9 10 (1.63%) PHP
10 9 (1.47%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.82%) C
11 5 (0.82%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.82%) VB
12 3 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.49%) R
13 2 (0.33%) Bash
14 1 (0.16%) Ruby
14 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
14 1 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 150 (24.51%) Degree
2 62 (10.13%) DBS Check
3 41 (6.70%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.41%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.59%) Master's Degree
6 19 (3.10%) PMP
7 18 (2.94%) ACCA
7 18 (2.94%) CIMA
7 18 (2.94%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.96%) CRISC
10 11 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.80%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.63%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.98%) AAT
12 6 (0.98%) CISA
12 6 (0.98%) CISSP
13 5 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.50%) QA
2 34 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 30 (4.90%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.61%) SLA
5 12 (1.96%) COBIT
6 11 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.14%) GDPR
8 5 (0.82%) ITGC
9 4 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.49%) NIST
10 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.33%) GRC
11 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.16%) PERC
12 1 (0.16%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 93 (15.20%) Docker
2 11 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.82%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 76 (12.42%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.72%) Terraform
3 27 (4.41%) Ansible
4 5 (0.82%) Grafana
4 5 (0.82%) Istio
4 5 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.65%) Kibana
6 3 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.16%) logstash
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 68 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.19%) Google
3 32 (5.23%) Solace
4 29 (4.74%) Oracle
5 28 (4.58%) SAP
6 17 (2.78%) Bloomberg
6 17 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.29%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.80%) VMware
9 7 (1.14%) Avaloq
10 6 (0.98%) IBM
10 6 (0.98%) Ping Identity
11 5 (0.82%) Concur
11 5 (0.82%) Facebook
11 5 (0.82%) Liquidlogic
11 5 (0.82%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.65%) Cognos
12 4 (0.65%) Veeam
13 3 (0.49%) Hitachi
13 3 (0.49%) Sage