FINRA Job Trends in the North West

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (FINRA)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring FINRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FINRA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.041% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary - £72,500 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

FINRA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 504 996 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.43% 14.37% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 250 416 360
10th Percentile £28,732 £26,000 £29,680
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,125 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,128 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -3.74% -
75th Percentile £62,375 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,050 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

FINRA
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 FINRA within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 - 2 - -
FINRA
England

FINRA
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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Equities
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Trade Surveillance
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA