Finance Job Trends 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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 875 811 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 10.96% 20.32% 15.22%
As % of the General category 18.74% 28.22% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 644 410 888
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,475 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,401 £42,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -7.14%

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 general skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,668 2,874 4,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 58.47% 72.01% 56.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,195 1,501 3,453
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,845 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -12.56%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Finance job vacancy trend in the North West

Finance
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

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 9 March 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
Manchester -6 473 £70,000 +21.74% 233
Cheshire 0 169 £50,000 -9.09% 73
Merseyside +13 134 £50,000 -13.04% 33
Lancashire -7 67 £50,000 +4.86% 85
Cumbria -5 31 £60,000 -4.00% 4
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 13 (1.49%) Jupyter
1 13 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.91%) Confluence
3 6 (0.69%) CMS
4 3 (0.34%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.34%) WordPress
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.23%) Mule
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 84 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.49%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.23%) Sketch
6 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.80%) Magento
3 6 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.57%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.34%) Infor LN
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.34%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.34%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 77 (8.80%) SaaS
2 71 (8.11%) Azure
3 56 (6.40%) AWS
4 46 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
6 21 (2.40%) GCP
7 11 (1.26%) Serverless
7 11 (1.26%) Snowflake
8 9 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.03%) IaaS
8 9 (1.03%) PaaS
9 8 (0.91%) GitHub
10 7 (0.80%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.69%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.57%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.57%) Intacct
13 4 (0.46%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.60%) Telepresence
1 14 (1.60%) Unified Communications
1 14 (1.60%) VoIP
1 14 (1.60%) WebEx
2 6 (0.69%) Firewall
3 5 (0.57%) Internet
4 3 (0.34%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) ATM
5 1 (0.11%) DHCP
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.11%) Network Security
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) TCAP
5 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) VLAN
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.60%) Tableau
2 45 (5.14%) Power BI
3 35 (4.00%) Data Mining
4 12 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 8 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.46%) GIS
8 4 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.46%) MySQL
8 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.34%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.23%) Looker
10 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (2.17%) JIRA
2 12 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.80%) Git
3 7 (0.80%) GitLab
4 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.34%) JUnit
5 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.23%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.23%) fastlane
6 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) LSMW
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.11%) XCUITest
General
1 196 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 143 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (10.40%) Retail
4 55 (6.29%) Banking
5 53 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.34%) Telecoms
7 35 (4.00%) Marketing
8 29 (3.31%) Legal
9 27 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 27 (3.09%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.74%) Law
11 23 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.60%) Back Office
13 13 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.14%) Billing
14 10 (1.14%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.03%) Military
16 8 (0.91%) Electronics
16 8 (0.91%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 145 (16.57%) Analyst
2 93 (10.63%) Senior
3 79 (9.03%) Trainee
4 66 (7.54%) Lead
4 66 (7.54%) Trainee Analyst
5 50 (5.71%) Project Manager
6 49 (5.60%) Architect
7 46 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 44 (5.03%) Developer
9 42 (4.80%) Data Analyst
10 33 (3.77%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 33 (3.77%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 32 (3.66%) Consultant
12 28 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.51%) IT Manager
13 22 (2.51%) Support Engineer
14 20 (2.29%) Business Manager
14 20 (2.29%) Financial Controller
15 19 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
16 18 (2.06%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.71%) .NET
2 14 (1.60%) scikit-learn
3 13 (1.49%) Pandas
3 13 (1.49%) REST
4 12 (1.37%) Hugging Face
4 12 (1.37%) Matplotlib
4 12 (1.37%) NumPy
4 12 (1.37%) Streamlit
5 9 (1.03%) Kafka
5 9 (1.03%) Spring
5 9 (1.03%) Spring Boot
6 8 (0.91%) React
6 8 (0.91%) RESTful
7 7 (0.80%) CSS
7 7 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (0.69%) Node.js
9 5 (0.57%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.57%) HTML
9 5 (0.57%) JSON
10 4 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.29%) Driving Licence
2 24 (2.74%) Marketing Technology
3 23 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 16 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.60%) Data Centre
7 14 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.49%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.49%) Social Media
9 11 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (0.80%) IoT
11 6 (0.69%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.57%) Blog
12 5 (0.57%) FMCG
12 5 (0.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.46%) Windows
2 6 (0.69%) Linux
2 6 (0.69%) Windows 10
2 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Android
4 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (14.63%) Project Management
3 113 (12.91%) Agile
4 106 (12.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 99 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (10.40%) AI
7 85 (9.71%) Analytics
8 84 (9.60%) Business Analysis
9 68 (7.77%) Decision-Making
10 67 (7.66%) Change Management
11 61 (6.97%) Business Intelligence
12 59 (6.74%) Data Analysis
13 55 (6.29%) Software Engineering
14 51 (5.83%) Customer Service
15 49 (5.60%) Business Development
16 48 (5.49%) Mentoring
16 48 (5.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 46 (5.26%) Fintech
18 41 (4.69%) Actionable Insight
18 41 (4.69%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 79 (9.03%) SQL
2 69 (7.89%) Python
3 27 (3.09%) Java
4 18 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.49%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.69%) C#
9 4 (0.46%) ANSI SQL
9 4 (0.46%) R
10 3 (0.34%) Bash
10 3 (0.34%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.34%) Swift
10 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.34%) VBA
11 2 (0.23%) ABAP
11 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.23%) Ruby
11 2 (0.23%) Scala
12 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 91 (10.40%) Degree
2 32 (3.66%) ACCA
2 32 (3.66%) CIMA
3 24 (2.74%) DBS Check
4 22 (2.51%) Security Cleared
5 15 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 12 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.37%) HNC
7 12 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.26%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.03%) HND
10 8 (0.91%) PMP
11 6 (0.69%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.69%) ICAEW
11 6 (0.69%) IRCA
11 6 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.43%) QA
2 17 (1.94%) GDPR
3 13 (1.49%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.37%) PMO
5 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.80%) IFRS
7 6 (0.69%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.69%) SLA
8 5 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.57%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.46%) GAAP
9 4 (0.46%) SEPA
10 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.34%) GLBA
10 3 (0.34%) HL7
10 3 (0.34%) NIST
10 3 (0.34%) P3O
10 3 (0.34%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.69%) Firmware
3 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.46%) Docker
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (1.60%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.80%) Terraform
4 6 (0.69%) SCCM
5 3 (0.34%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.11%) Grafana
7 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.34%) SAP
3 37 (4.23%) Oracle
4 19 (2.17%) Cisco
5 15 (1.71%) Google
6 11 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.91%) Sage
8 6 (0.69%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (0.69%) Databricks
8 6 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.69%) Sophos
8 6 (0.69%) VMware
9 5 (0.57%) Cognos
9 5 (0.57%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (0.57%) Workday
10 4 (0.46%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.46%) EXASOL
10 4 (0.46%) IBM
10 4 (0.46%) iManage
10 4 (0.46%) Mitel