IFS Job Trends in the North of England

IFS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within IFS AB.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 - 267
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Permanent jobs citing IFS 10 0 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.042% - 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.19% - 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 30
10th Percentile £54,350 - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.49%
75th Percentile £78,125 - £38,750
90th Percentile £88,500 - £59,548
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% +46.67% -45.45%

All Vendors
North of England

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5,169 4,456 3,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.53% 46.80% 28.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,312 1,852 1,929
10th Percentile £28,525 £25,087 £28,727
25th Percentile £36,250 £27,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -23.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,975 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,450 £51,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.61% -9.65% -0.87%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IFS job vacancy trend in the North of England

IFS
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

IFS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IFS in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for IFS in the North of England

IFS
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 IFS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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 - 5 £67,500 - 6
Yorkshire - 3 £53,000 - 4
North East - 2 £87,500 -
IFS
England

IFS
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
General
1 2 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Deployment Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Change Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Change Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ERP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IFS Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IFS Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ERP
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) Cutover Planning
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) API Design
3 2 (20.00%) Behavioural Change
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) SFIA
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Map
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) IFRS
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
1 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Jitterbit
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Sage
3 1 (10.00%) Workday