Finance Jobs in the Midlands

Financial
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 5 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 981 1,961 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.33% 17.47% 13.70%
As % of the General category 29.63% 24.88% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 661 1,076 1,076
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,956 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +11.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All General Skills
Midlands

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,311 7,882 6,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 65.23% 70.22% 58.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 4,059 4,204
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,688 £38,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £77,500 £76,910
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
West Midlands +3 710 £54,000 -1.82% 317
East Midlands +2 266 £54,000 -1.82% 153
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 19 (1.94%) Confluence
2 14 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.61%) SAS
4 4 (0.41%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
5 2 (0.20%) Captiva
5 2 (0.20%) Documentum
5 2 (0.20%) JBoss
5 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.10%) Artix
6 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 80 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.51%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.51%) Simulink
6 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.20%) TargetLink
8 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.10%) CATIA
8 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 32 (3.26%) NetSuite
2 25 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.12%) SAP CO
4 11 (1.12%) SAP FI
4 11 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (0.92%) Hyperion Planning
5 9 (0.92%) ProductWriter
6 6 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
7 5 (0.51%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.51%) Shopify
7 5 (0.51%) SystmOne
8 4 (0.41%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.41%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.31%) SAP Retail
10 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.20%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 190 (19.37%) Azure
2 134 (13.66%) Power Platform
3 77 (7.85%) AWS
4 67 (6.83%) Dynamics 365
5 49 (4.99%) SaaS
6 40 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (2.96%) PaaS
8 28 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.65%) IaaS
10 20 (2.04%) Serverless
11 19 (1.94%) Azure Functions
11 19 (1.94%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (1.63%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.33%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.02%) GCP
16 9 (0.92%) Azure Pipelines
17 8 (0.82%) Smartsheet
18 6 (0.61%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.34%) Firewall
2 17 (1.73%) DNS
3 12 (1.22%) DHCP
4 9 (0.92%) 5G
4 9 (0.92%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.92%) WAN
5 8 (0.82%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.61%) VPN
7 5 (0.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 5 (0.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 5 (0.51%) FlexRay
7 5 (0.51%) Internet
8 4 (0.41%) HTTP
8 4 (0.41%) SMTP
9 3 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.20%) 4G
10 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.20%) FTP
10 2 (0.20%) LAN
10 2 (0.20%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (9.38%) Power BI
2 56 (5.71%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.75%) Tableau
5 25 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (1.33%) Metadata
9 12 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (1.12%) MySQL
11 8 (0.82%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.71%) Power Query
13 6 (0.61%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.51%) SAP BW
15 4 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.31%) Easytrieve
16 3 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 20 (2.04%) Git
2 18 (1.83%) JIRA
3 12 (1.22%) Cucumber
4 8 (0.82%) Maven
5 6 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
5 6 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.31%) MSTest
7 3 (0.31%) NUnit
7 3 (0.31%) Postman
8 2 (0.20%) JMeter
8 2 (0.20%) JUnit
8 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.20%) LSMW
8 2 (0.20%) Selenium
9 1 (0.10%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.10%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.10%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.10%) TestNG
General
1 390 (39.76%) Social Skills
2 182 (18.55%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (10.50%) Banking
4 74 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 71 (7.24%) Retail
6 61 (6.22%) Manufacturing
7 57 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
9 46 (4.69%) Legal
10 44 (4.49%) Games
10 44 (4.49%) Telecoms
11 40 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (3.87%) Marketing
13 37 (3.77%) Law
13 37 (3.77%) Public Sector
14 28 (2.85%) Automotive
15 24 (2.45%) Electronics
16 17 (1.73%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.33%) Billing
18 12 (1.22%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 181 (18.45%) Analyst
2 154 (15.70%) Senior
3 132 (13.46%) Developer
4 127 (12.95%) Architect
5 89 (9.07%) Consultant
6 62 (6.32%) Lead
6 62 (6.32%) Project Manager
7 60 (6.12%) Pricing Analyst
8 59 (6.01%) Graduate
9 46 (4.69%) Security Architect
10 35 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 33 (3.36%) Functional Consultant
12 32 (3.26%) IT Manager
13 31 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
13 31 (3.16%) Senior Consultant
14 30 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (2.85%) Software Engineer
16 27 (2.75%) Software Developer
17 26 (2.65%) Senior Developer
17 26 (2.65%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (7.65%) .NET
2 40 (4.08%) HTML
3 31 (3.16%) CSS
4 28 (2.85%) AngularJS
4 28 (2.85%) RESTful
5 25 (2.55%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.24%) Web Services
7 21 (2.14%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.94%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.94%) REST
8 19 (1.94%) Spring
8 19 (1.94%) XML
9 17 (1.73%) Middleware
10 15 (1.53%) Entity Framework
10 15 (1.53%) jQuery
10 15 (1.53%) React
11 12 (1.22%) .NET Core
12 11 (1.12%) ASP.NET Web API
12 11 (1.12%) CSS3
13 10 (1.02%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
2 60 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
4 36 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.45%) Algorithms
7 19 (1.94%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.43%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (0.92%) Digital Media
11 8 (0.82%) GNSS
11 8 (0.82%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.71%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.71%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.61%) NHS
13 6 (0.61%) PMI
14 5 (0.51%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.45%) Windows
2 21 (2.14%) Linux
3 12 (1.22%) Unix
3 12 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.12%) Android
5 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.10%) VMS
9 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (27.22%) Agile
2 179 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (15.09%) Project Management
4 119 (12.13%) Business Intelligence
5 113 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 99 (10.09%) Actionable Insight
6 99 (10.09%) DevOps
7 97 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (9.28%) Decision-Making
9 85 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
10 83 (8.46%) Analytics
11 78 (7.95%) Roadmaps
12 75 (7.65%) Mentoring
12 75 (7.65%) Project Delivery
13 69 (7.03%) ITIL
14 67 (6.83%) Migration
15 58 (5.91%) Data Analysis
16 57 (5.81%) Data Modelling
16 57 (5.81%) Software Engineering
17 55 (5.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 180 (18.35%) SQL
2 68 (6.93%) C#
3 49 (4.99%) JavaScript
4 48 (4.89%) Java
5 46 (4.69%) Python
6 43 (4.38%) T-SQL
7 28 (2.85%) R
8 27 (2.75%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.34%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.63%) C
11 12 (1.22%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.71%) Bash
13 7 (0.71%) C++
13 7 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.61%) VB
15 5 (0.51%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.51%) PHP
15 5 (0.51%) VBScript
16 4 (0.41%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 228 (23.24%) Degree
2 65 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 19 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (1.94%) PMI Certification
4 17 (1.73%) DBS Check
4 17 (1.73%) Master's Degree
4 17 (1.73%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.33%) CISM
5 13 (1.33%) CISSP
5 13 (1.33%) PMP
6 11 (1.12%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (0.82%) ACCA
8 8 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (0.61%) CRISC
10 6 (0.61%) ISEB
10 6 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.98%) QA
2 21 (2.14%) PMO
2 21 (2.14%) SLA
3 19 (1.94%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.83%) NIST
5 15 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.02%) GDPR
7 9 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.61%) GRC
8 6 (0.61%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.51%) IFRS
9 5 (0.51%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.51%) MISRA
9 5 (0.51%) SEPA
10 4 (0.41%) GAAP
10 4 (0.41%) GMP
11 3 (0.31%) COBIT
11 3 (0.31%) COSHH
11 3 (0.31%) NCSC
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
2 32 (3.26%) Docker
3 27 (2.75%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.61%) Firmware
5 5 (0.51%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.41%) XenApp
6 4 (0.41%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.10%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 33 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.73%) Terraform
3 13 (1.33%) Ansible
4 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.82%) SCCM
6 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.20%) Autotask
7 2 (0.20%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.10%) Avamar
8 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 229 (23.34%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.32%) SAP
3 23 (2.34%) Oracle
4 22 (2.24%) ServiceNow
5 16 (1.63%) Cisco
6 15 (1.53%) Google
6 15 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.12%) VMware
8 10 (1.02%) CheckPoint
8 10 (1.02%) Databricks
9 9 (0.92%) Alteryx
9 9 (0.92%) Hyperion
10 8 (0.82%) IBM
11 7 (0.71%) Citrix
11 7 (0.71%) F5
11 7 (0.71%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.71%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.61%) Sage
13 5 (0.51%) Adobe
13 5 (0.51%) Unisys