Finance Jobs in the Midlands

Financial
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 754 1,571 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.86% 13.46% 17.96%
As % of the General category 19.33% 23.74% 24.30%
Number of salaries quoted 452 1,074 902
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,754 £36,250 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £71,991 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +10.76% -6.40% +2.88%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,901 6,618 7,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.16% 56.69% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 4,704 3,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

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 May 2025.

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 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
West Midlands -7 523 £55,000 +7.21% 480
East Midlands -7 227 £52,500 +10.53% 279
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 28 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.53%) IIS
2 4 (0.53%) Luigi
2 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.40%) SAS
4 2 (0.27%) CMS
4 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
5 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.13%) Mendix
5 1 (0.13%) Mule
Applications
1 63 (8.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.40%) Sketch
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 31 (4.11%) NetSuite
2 26 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.86%) NEC Housing
5 8 (1.06%) Shopify
6 7 (0.93%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.80%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.66%) SAP BPC
8 5 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.53%) Infor LN
9 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.53%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 3 (0.40%) HFM
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.40%) SAP MDG
11 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.27%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 117 (15.52%) Azure
2 60 (7.96%) Power Platform
3 43 (5.70%) AWS
4 24 (3.18%) GCP
4 24 (3.18%) SaaS
5 20 (2.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 18 (2.39%) Snowflake
7 15 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.72%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.59%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.46%) PaaS
11 9 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.19%) IaaS
12 7 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.93%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.80%) OCI
14 5 (0.66%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.72%) Firewall
1 13 (1.72%) WAN
2 12 (1.59%) LAN
3 11 (1.46%) IPsec
4 10 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.19%) BGP
5 9 (1.19%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.19%) Junos
5 9 (1.19%) MPLS
6 6 (0.80%) VPN
6 6 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.53%) Network Security
7 4 (0.53%) SMS
8 2 (0.27%) Intranet
8 2 (0.27%) Wireless
9 1 (0.13%) LTE
9 1 (0.13%) Profibus
9 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.16%) Power BI
2 40 (5.31%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.45%) Tableau
4 23 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 23 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (2.39%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.99%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.59%) BigQuery
10 11 (1.46%) MySQL
10 11 (1.46%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.19%) Big Data
11 9 (1.19%) Star Schema
12 8 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (1.06%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (0.66%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 12 (1.59%) Git
3 7 (0.93%) JIRA
3 7 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.66%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.66%) Postman
5 5 (0.66%) Subversion
6 3 (0.40%) ERwin
6 3 (0.40%) LSMW
6 3 (0.40%) TortoiseSVN
7 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.13%) kappa
8 1 (0.13%) NUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.13%) Toad
8 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 234 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 153 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (13.79%) Marketing
4 97 (12.86%) Retail
5 67 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 61 (8.09%) Telecoms
7 55 (7.29%) Legal
8 54 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (6.90%) Manufacturing
10 47 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (4.77%) Law
12 29 (3.85%) Banking
13 27 (3.58%) Games
13 27 (3.58%) Local Government
13 27 (3.58%) Police
14 22 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (2.39%) Billing
17 16 (2.12%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 106 (14.06%) Senior
2 91 (12.07%) Analyst
3 74 (9.81%) Project Manager
4 59 (7.82%) Consultant
5 54 (7.16%) Lead
6 46 (6.10%) Architect
7 44 (5.84%) Developer
8 39 (5.17%) Risk Manager
9 29 (3.85%) Business Analyst
10 25 (3.32%) Senior Manager
11 24 (3.18%) Customer Executive
11 24 (3.18%) Technology Risk Manager
12 21 (2.79%) Administrator
12 21 (2.79%) Functional Consultant
12 21 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (2.25%) Data Scientist
13 17 (2.25%) IT Manager
14 16 (2.12%) Technical Support
15 15 (1.99%) NetSuite Consultant
15 15 (1.99%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.92%) .NET
2 16 (2.12%) CSS
3 13 (1.72%) HTML
4 12 (1.59%) React
5 7 (0.93%) jQuery
5 7 (0.93%) REST
6 6 (0.80%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.80%) SOAP
7 4 (0.53%) EDI
7 4 (0.53%) LAMP
7 4 (0.53%) Laravel
7 4 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (0.53%) RESTful
8 3 (0.40%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.40%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.40%) MDX
8 3 (0.40%) Redux
8 3 (0.40%) Spring
8 3 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 45 (5.97%) Blockchain
2 45 (5.97%) Robotics
3 28 (3.71%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.32%) Credit Risk
5 18 (2.39%) Data Structures
5 18 (2.39%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.72%) Driving Licence
7 13 (1.72%) Private Cloud
8 12 (1.59%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.59%) Social Media
9 10 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.33%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.93%) Cyberattack
11 7 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.80%) Housing Association
12 6 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.70%) Windows
2 10 (1.33%) Linux
2 10 (1.33%) Windows Vista
3 8 (1.06%) Unix
3 8 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.53%) Solaris
5 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.27%) Android
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (23.34%) Analytics
2 172 (22.81%) Project Management
3 157 (20.82%) Agile
4 147 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
5 131 (17.37%) Decision-Making
6 112 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 105 (13.93%) Project Delivery
8 99 (13.13%) Mentoring
9 89 (11.80%) Artificial Intelligence
10 84 (11.14%) ERP
11 77 (10.21%) Risk Management
12 74 (9.81%) Business Intelligence
13 70 (9.28%) CRM
13 70 (9.28%) Data Analysis
14 66 (8.75%) Coaching
15 65 (8.62%) Data Analytics
16 60 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
17 56 (7.43%) Creative Thinking
18 55 (7.29%) Customer Service
19 54 (7.16%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (17.64%) SQL
2 54 (7.16%) Python
3 33 (4.38%) C#
4 30 (3.98%) Java
5 20 (2.65%) C++
6 15 (1.99%) R
7 14 (1.86%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.86%) T-SQL
8 12 (1.59%) PHP
9 11 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.33%) Bash
11 8 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.40%) C
13 3 (0.40%) Groovy
13 3 (0.40%) X++
14 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.27%) VBA
15 1 (0.13%) Dart
15 1 (0.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 109 (14.46%) Degree
2 60 (7.96%) DBS Check
3 34 (4.51%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.32%) CISA
5 22 (2.92%) ISACA
6 18 (2.39%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.59%) CISSP
9 11 (1.46%) ACCA
10 10 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.33%) CIMA
11 9 (1.19%) CCNA
11 9 (1.19%) CCNP
11 9 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.19%) HND
11 9 (1.19%) JNCIS
11 9 (1.19%) PMP
12 8 (1.06%) Postgraduate
13 7 (0.93%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.10%) ITGC
2 35 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 29 (3.85%) PMO
4 20 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.52%) GDPR
6 17 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.72%) QA
8 11 (1.46%) COBIT
8 11 (1.46%) SLA
9 7 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.66%) PMBOK
12 4 (0.53%) GAAP
12 4 (0.53%) IFRS
13 3 (0.40%) GRC
14 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
14 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.33%) Docker
3 5 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.93%) Terraform
2 6 (0.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.40%) Ansible
3 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.13%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) Marathon
5 1 (0.13%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 115 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.81%) Salesforce
3 69 (9.15%) SAP
4 51 (6.76%) Oracle
5 28 (3.71%) NEC
6 14 (1.86%) Databricks
7 13 (1.72%) Cisco
8 11 (1.46%) Google
9 9 (1.19%) Juniper
10 7 (0.93%) Avaloq
11 6 (0.80%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.66%) Citrix
12 5 (0.66%) Cognos
12 5 (0.66%) PeopleSoft
12 5 (0.66%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.66%) VMware
13 4 (0.53%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.53%) Infor
13 4 (0.53%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.53%) Snow