Finance Job Trends in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,233 1,404 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 11.44% 15.44% 20.25%
As % of the General category 18.87% 22.83% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 786 637 1,275
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,915 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,535 6,150 5,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.65% 67.64% 59.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,105 2,489 3,901
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,389 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,339 £81,050 £82,548
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Finance job vacancy trend in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North West -12 702 £55,000 +0.19% 374
Yorkshire +4 373 £45,000 -18.18% 335
North East -1 158 £47,749 -13.18% 131
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.97%) Confluence
3 4 (0.32%) CMS
3 4 (0.32%) WordPress
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.24%) Moodle
4 3 (0.24%) Mule
4 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.081%) Apache
6 1 (0.081%) FileNet
6 1 (0.081%) IIS
6 1 (0.081%) JBoss
6 1 (0.081%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.081%) SAS
6 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 180 (14.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.14%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.89%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.73%) SAP Business One
5 9 (0.73%) Shopify
6 7 (0.57%) Magento
6 7 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.49%) SAP PS
8 4 (0.32%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
9 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.24%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 116 (9.41%) Azure
2 91 (7.38%) Power Platform
3 78 (6.33%) AWS
3 78 (6.33%) SaaS
4 53 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (1.95%) GCP
6 18 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
6 18 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (1.38%) Snowflake
8 11 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (0.89%) IaaS
9 10 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (0.73%) GitHub
10 9 (0.73%) PaaS
10 9 (0.73%) Serverless
11 7 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.57%) Intacct
12 6 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.68%) Internet
2 25 (2.03%) Broadband
3 23 (1.87%) VoIP
4 14 (1.14%) Telepresence
4 14 (1.14%) Unified Communications
4 14 (1.14%) WebEx
5 13 (1.05%) Firewall
6 11 (0.89%) WPA
7 6 (0.49%) Asterisk PBX
7 6 (0.49%) PSTN
8 4 (0.32%) HTTP
8 4 (0.32%) Network Security
8 4 (0.32%) VPN
9 3 (0.24%) DNS
9 3 (0.24%) SAN
9 3 (0.24%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.24%) WAN
9 3 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.16%) ATM
10 2 (0.16%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (6.97%) Power BI
1 86 (6.97%) Tableau
2 60 (4.87%) Data Mining
3 40 (3.24%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.97%) MySQL
8 11 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.49%) Data Vault
10 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.41%) Big Data
11 5 (0.41%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.41%) Looker
11 5 (0.41%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 33 (2.68%) JIRA
2 17 (1.38%) Git
3 9 (0.73%) Bitbucket
3 9 (0.73%) GitLab
4 7 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.32%) JUnit
7 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.24%) Selenium
7 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.081%) Ant
9 1 (0.081%) Babel
9 1 (0.081%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.081%) Gatling
9 1 (0.081%) Maven
9 1 (0.081%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.081%) webpack
General
1 360 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 236 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
3 134 (10.87%) Marketing
4 90 (7.30%) Retail
5 87 (7.06%) Manufacturing
6 68 (5.52%) Banking
7 67 (5.43%) Telecoms
8 65 (5.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (4.70%) Legal
10 52 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (3.81%) Public Sector
12 45 (3.65%) Law
13 35 (2.84%) Financial Institution
14 28 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (2.11%) Back Office
16 23 (1.87%) Advertising
17 18 (1.46%) Billing
18 17 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.38%) Military
19 14 (1.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 247 (20.03%) Analyst
2 136 (11.03%) Trainee
3 126 (10.22%) Trainee Analyst
4 116 (9.41%) Senior
5 94 (7.62%) Business Analyst
6 91 (7.38%) Consultant
7 73 (5.92%) Data Analyst
8 68 (5.52%) Trainee Business Analyst
9 60 (4.87%) Architect
9 60 (4.87%) Project Manager
10 59 (4.79%) Development Manager
11 57 (4.62%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 52 (4.22%) Product Manager
13 51 (4.14%) Lead
14 45 (3.65%) Product Development Manager
15 42 (3.41%) Developer
16 35 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
17 33 (2.68%) Accountant
18 29 (2.35%) Software Engineer
19 24 (1.95%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.78%) .NET
2 21 (1.70%) Spring
3 18 (1.46%) CSS
4 17 (1.38%) Spring Boot
5 14 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (1.05%) Kafka
6 13 (1.05%) React
7 12 (0.97%) Micronaut
7 12 (0.97%) REST
7 12 (0.97%) RESTful
8 11 (0.89%) HTML
9 10 (0.81%) Node.js
10 8 (0.65%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.49%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
11 6 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.41%) JSON
12 5 (0.41%) Middleware
12 5 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.49%) Driving Licence
2 57 (4.62%) FMCG
3 46 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 25 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 21 (1.70%) Social Media
7 18 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.38%) NHS
8 17 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 16 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
10 14 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.97%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.81%) Cloud Native
15 8 (0.65%) Blog
15 8 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.65%) IoT
15 8 (0.65%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 60 (4.87%) Windows
2 18 (1.46%) Linux
3 14 (1.14%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.16%) Unix
6 1 (0.081%) Android
6 1 (0.081%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (21.74%) Project Management
2 246 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
3 182 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 170 (13.79%) Decision-Making
5 166 (13.46%) Agile
6 158 (12.81%) Business Analysis
7 134 (10.87%) Analytics
8 113 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 108 (8.76%) Change Management
10 106 (8.60%) Project Delivery
11 102 (8.27%) AI
12 100 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
12 100 (8.11%) Mentoring
13 96 (7.79%) Data Analysis
14 74 (6.00%) Business Development
15 69 (5.60%) Data Analytics
15 69 (5.60%) ERP
15 69 (5.60%) Process Improvement
16 68 (5.52%) Software Engineering
17 65 (5.27%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 159 (12.90%) SQL
2 104 (8.43%) Python
3 56 (4.54%) Java
4 23 (1.87%) C#
5 19 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 19 (1.54%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.97%) Bash
9 9 (0.73%) C++
10 8 (0.65%) PHP
11 6 (0.49%) ANSI SQL
11 6 (0.49%) Ruby
12 5 (0.41%) C
12 5 (0.41%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.41%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.41%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.32%) R
13 4 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 262 (21.25%) Degree
2 70 (5.68%) ACCA
3 65 (5.27%) CIMA
4 28 (2.27%) DBS Check
5 26 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.11%) Security Cleared
6 16 (1.30%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.89%) HNC
9 11 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.65%) AAT
11 8 (0.65%) CCNP
11 8 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.57%) A+ Certification
13 6 (0.49%) CISSP
13 6 (0.49%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.92%) QA
2 29 (2.35%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.27%) GDPR
4 23 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.22%) PMO
5 15 (1.22%) SLA
6 13 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.89%) IFRS
8 10 (0.81%) GAAP
9 7 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.49%) GLBA
10 6 (0.49%) NIST
11 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.32%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.32%) P3O
12 4 (0.32%) SEPA
12 4 (0.32%) TARGET2
13 3 (0.24%) COSHH
System Software
1 26 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.30%) Docker
3 11 (0.89%) Firmware
4 5 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.16%) vSphere
7 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (1.05%) Grafana
4 10 (0.81%) Terraform
5 9 (0.73%) Control-M
6 7 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.49%) SCCM
8 4 (0.32%) Ansible
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.081%) Podman
11 1 (0.081%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.081%) Puppet
11 1 (0.081%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 195 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.27%) SAP
3 44 (3.57%) Oracle
4 32 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.11%) Cisco
6 24 (1.95%) Google
7 16 (1.30%) Xero
8 15 (1.22%) Sage
8 15 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.14%) Databricks
10 10 (0.81%) VMware
11 7 (0.57%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.49%) BiZZdesign
12 6 (0.49%) Concur
12 6 (0.49%) iManage
12 6 (0.49%) Sophos
13 5 (0.41%) Ariba
13 5 (0.41%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.32%) EXASOL
14 4 (0.32%) Sitecore