Finance Jobs in the North West

Financial
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,376 1,385 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.63% 13.39% 18.23%
As % of the General category 25.06% 25.46% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 513 962 675
10th Percentile £32,851 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -4.55% -0.15%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £81,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +7.69% -5.55% +1.96%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,490 5,440 5,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.35% 52.58% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 3,982 2,369
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Manchester +5 615 £62,500 +13.64% 1,186
Lancashire -17 412 £47,683 +5.96% 305
Cheshire 0 139 £60,000 +9.09% 702
Cumbria -26 116 £58,500 +50.00% 18
Merseyside -1 93 £53,625 +14.10% 320
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 58 (4.22%) Confluence
2 45 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.09%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (0.51%) SAS
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.22%) GemFire
8 2 (0.15%) CMS
8 2 (0.15%) IIS
8 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.073%) Moodle
Applications
1 81 (5.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.02%) Trello
5 13 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.65%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 52 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.89%) NetSuite
3 16 (1.16%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.44%) Infor LN
4 6 (0.44%) SAP BPC
5 5 (0.36%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.36%) Sage CRM
6 4 (0.29%) Shopify
7 3 (0.22%) Maximo
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.22%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.15%) Line 50
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.073%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 238 (17.30%) Azure
2 205 (14.90%) AWS
3 103 (7.49%) GCP
4 74 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 26 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (1.31%) GitHub
8 17 (1.24%) SaaS
9 12 (0.87%) Azure Machine Learning
9 12 (0.87%) Cloud Composer
9 12 (0.87%) Serverless
10 10 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.51%) Figma
12 7 (0.51%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.44%) Miro
14 5 (0.36%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.36%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 385 (27.98%) DNS
1 385 (27.98%) VPN
2 7 (0.51%) WAN
3 6 (0.44%) Network Security
4 5 (0.36%) DHCP
4 5 (0.36%) HTTP
4 5 (0.36%) NAS
4 5 (0.36%) SAN
4 5 (0.36%) VSAN
4 5 (0.36%) Wireless
5 4 (0.29%) Firewall
5 4 (0.29%) Intranet
5 4 (0.29%) LAN
6 3 (0.22%) Junos
6 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.15%) Internet
7 2 (0.15%) NGFW
7 2 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.073%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 65 (4.72%) Power BI
3 27 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.74%) Tableau
5 23 (1.67%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.02%) BigQuery
8 14 (1.02%) MySQL
9 13 (0.94%) Cloud Spanner
10 7 (0.51%) Big Data
11 6 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.44%) Power Query
12 5 (0.36%) Data Hub
12 5 (0.36%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.36%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.36%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 158 (11.48%) JIRA
2 121 (8.79%) SonarQube
3 119 (8.65%) Selenium
4 116 (8.43%) GitLab
5 113 (8.21%) Cucumber
6 112 (8.14%) Maven
6 112 (8.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 111 (8.07%) Bitbucket
8 39 (2.83%) Git
9 25 (1.82%) Jenkins
10 10 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (0.51%) JUnit
13 6 (0.44%) JMeter
13 6 (0.44%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.36%) Postman
15 4 (0.29%) Appium
15 4 (0.29%) Balsamiq
15 4 (0.29%) Fiddler
16 2 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 553 (40.19%) Analytical Skills
2 501 (36.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 365 (26.53%) Social Skills
4 257 (18.68%) Banking
5 122 (8.87%) Retail
6 106 (7.70%) Manufacturing
7 74 (5.38%) Investment Banking
7 74 (5.38%) Marketing
8 73 (5.31%) Legal
9 70 (5.09%) Corporate Banking
10 53 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (2.76%) Financial Institution
12 24 (1.74%) Law
13 21 (1.53%) Military
14 18 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.16%) Public Sector
16 14 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.02%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.80%) Games
18 10 (0.73%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 410 (29.80%) Developer
2 379 (27.54%) Software Developer
3 204 (14.83%) Analyst
4 160 (11.63%) Software Engineer
5 119 (8.65%) Senior
6 86 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 65 (4.72%) Lead
8 53 (3.85%) Financial Analyst
9 43 (3.13%) Data Analyst
10 37 (2.69%) Delivery Project Manager
11 32 (2.33%) Customer Executive
12 30 (2.18%) Architect
12 30 (2.18%) Infrastructure Manager
12 30 (2.18%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 29 (2.11%) Consultant
14 27 (1.96%) Senior Manager
14 27 (1.96%) Systems Analyst
15 26 (1.89%) Procurement Analyst
16 25 (1.82%) Finance Systems Analyst
17 24 (1.74%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (10.39%) Spring
2 140 (10.17%) Spring Boot
3 139 (10.10%) React
4 134 (9.74%) Kafka
5 126 (9.16%) CSS
6 124 (9.01%) HTML
7 109 (7.92%) JPA
7 109 (7.92%) Redux
8 93 (6.76%) RESTful
9 89 (6.47%) REST
10 73 (5.31%) CSS3
10 73 (5.31%) Jest
11 72 (5.23%) HTML5
12 70 (5.09%) Sass
13 42 (3.05%) Hibernate
14 33 (2.40%) Node.js
15 17 (1.24%) .NET
16 16 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
17 15 (1.09%) Middleware
18 12 (0.87%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 379 (27.54%) Cyberattack
2 157 (11.41%) Product Ownership
3 117 (8.50%) Enterprise Software
4 71 (5.16%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.85%) Social Media
6 28 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 23 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 13 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (0.65%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.58%) Credit Risk
14 7 (0.51%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.51%) Mainframe
14 7 (0.51%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 413 (30.01%) Linux
2 384 (27.91%) Android
3 53 (3.85%) Windows
4 22 (1.60%) Windows Vista
5 8 (0.58%) Unix
6 7 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.44%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (51.24%) Agile
2 417 (30.31%) Line Management
3 404 (29.36%) Mathematics
4 395 (28.71%) OOP
5 389 (28.27%) OO
6 387 (28.13%) Design Patterns
7 379 (27.54%) Android Development
8 212 (15.41%) DevOps
9 204 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
10 198 (14.39%) Software Engineering
11 178 (12.94%) CI/CD
12 168 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 165 (11.99%) Test Automation
14 157 (11.41%) Project Management
15 152 (11.05%) Decision-Making
16 150 (10.90%) Microservices
17 145 (10.54%) Mentoring
18 137 (9.96%) ERP
19 135 (9.81%) SDLC
20 134 (9.74%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 562 (40.84%) Java
2 451 (32.78%) Python
3 390 (28.34%) Go
4 386 (28.05%) C++
5 176 (12.79%) SQL
6 150 (10.90%) JavaScript
7 109 (7.92%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.16%) ABAP
9 15 (1.09%) C#
10 12 (0.87%) Bash
10 12 (0.87%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.73%) Bicep
11 10 (0.73%) PHP
12 9 (0.65%) Ruby
13 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.36%) R
14 5 (0.36%) VB
15 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.29%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 400 (29.07%) Security Cleared
2 383 (27.83%) DV Cleared
3 230 (16.72%) Degree
4 108 (7.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 81 (5.89%) DBS Check
6 57 (4.14%) ACCA
7 56 (4.07%) CIMA
8 31 (2.25%) HNC
9 26 (1.89%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.45%) CCAB
12 14 (1.02%) PMI Certification
12 14 (1.02%) PMP
12 14 (1.02%) SC Cleared
13 13 (0.94%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.65%) CISSP
15 9 (0.65%) CRISC
16 8 (0.58%) ICAEW
17 7 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (9.88%) QA
2 83 (6.03%) Accessibility
3 73 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 30 (2.18%) NEBOSH
5 22 (1.60%) SLA
6 13 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.80%) GDPR
7 11 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.58%) COBIT
9 7 (0.51%) IFRS
10 6 (0.44%) ITGC
10 6 (0.44%) NIST
11 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.29%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.22%) GRC
13 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) GAAP
14 2 (0.15%) NCSC
14 2 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 536 (38.95%) Docker
2 16 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 388 (28.20%) Ansible
2 165 (11.99%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.34%) Terraform
4 13 (0.94%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.58%) Puppet
6 6 (0.44%) Grafana
7 5 (0.36%) Istio
7 5 (0.36%) SCCM
8 4 (0.29%) Kibana
9 3 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.073%) logstash
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 115 (8.36%) Solace
2 104 (7.56%) SAP
3 91 (6.61%) Microsoft
4 60 (4.36%) Oracle
5 52 (3.78%) Google
6 40 (2.91%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.45%) Bloomberg
8 16 (1.16%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.02%) VMware
10 10 (0.73%) Sage
11 9 (0.65%) IBM
12 8 (0.58%) BT
12 8 (0.58%) Facebook
12 8 (0.58%) Hyperion
13 7 (0.51%) Avaloq
13 7 (0.51%) Cisco
14 6 (0.44%) Cognos
14 6 (0.44%) Infor
14 6 (0.44%) Ping Identity
14 6 (0.44%) TIBCO