Finance Jobs 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 advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,419 3,469 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.98% 19.84% 16.30%
As % of the General category 25.11% 28.19% 28.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,734 1,567 1,686
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £33,171
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,989 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
North of England

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,635 12,305 10,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.68% 70.37% 58.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,308 5,229 6,153
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,700 £27,875
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 +1 1,338 £55,000 - 559
Yorkshire -3 836 £57,965 +0.81% 267
North East -1 245 £50,000 -9.09% 94
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 82 (3.39%) Confluence
2 77 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 61 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 48 (1.98%) SAS
5 35 (1.45%) Apache
6 21 (0.87%) Apache Spark
7 20 (0.83%) IIS
8 15 (0.62%) CMS
9 12 (0.50%) Captiva
9 12 (0.50%) FileNet
9 12 (0.50%) WebSphere
10 11 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.21%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.17%) WordPress
13 2 (0.083%) nginx
14 1 (0.041%) Jetty
14 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
Applications
1 212 (8.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.083%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.083%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.041%) EViews
8 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.041%) SPSS
8 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.87%) NetSuite
4 17 (0.70%) SAP FI
5 15 (0.62%) Sage X3
6 14 (0.58%) iTrent
6 14 (0.58%) NEC Housing
7 13 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
7 13 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
8 12 (0.50%) SAP CO
8 12 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
9 11 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
9 11 (0.45%) SAP ERP
10 9 (0.37%) SAP BPC
11 8 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.33%) Sage 200
11 8 (0.33%) SAP IBP
12 7 (0.29%) BPCS
13 6 (0.25%) SAP PP
13 6 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 395 (16.33%) Azure
2 249 (10.29%) Power Platform
3 184 (7.61%) AWS
4 154 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
5 153 (6.32%) GCP
6 81 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
7 75 (3.10%) SaaS
8 62 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (2.11%) GitHub
10 35 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (1.45%) Serverless
11 33 (1.36%) Entra ID
11 33 (1.36%) IaaS
12 32 (1.32%) Power Automate
12 32 (1.32%) PowerApps
13 26 (1.07%) PaaS
14 18 (0.74%) Amazon S3
15 15 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (0.62%) Google Analytics
16 13 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 90 (3.72%) Firewall
2 47 (1.94%) Internet
3 41 (1.69%) WAN
4 34 (1.41%) VPN
5 33 (1.36%) DNS
6 32 (1.32%) LAN
7 29 (1.20%) Network Security
7 29 (1.20%) SAN
8 27 (1.12%) DHCP
9 18 (0.74%) Broadband
9 18 (0.74%) TCP/IP
10 17 (0.70%) Wireless
11 15 (0.62%) IPsec
11 15 (0.62%) SNMP
12 13 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.50%) iSCSI
13 12 (0.50%) NAS
13 12 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
14 10 (0.41%) VoIP
15 9 (0.37%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (8.27%) Power BI
2 123 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 111 (4.59%) SQL Server
4 49 (2.03%) Tableau
5 40 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (1.49%) Data Lake
7 31 (1.28%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 27 (1.12%) Metadata
10 25 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 24 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (0.83%) BigQuery
14 19 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
15 18 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (0.62%) MySQL
16 15 (0.62%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.62%) Relational Database
17 14 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
18 13 (0.54%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 152 (6.28%) JIRA
2 81 (3.35%) Git
3 36 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.41%) GitLab
5 19 (0.79%) Selenium
6 16 (0.66%) Appium
7 14 (0.58%) IBM UrbanCode
7 14 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
8 13 (0.54%) Spinnaker
9 11 (0.45%) JMeter
10 10 (0.41%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.41%) JUnit
11 8 (0.33%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.29%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.21%) JetBrains Rider
13 5 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.21%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.17%) Jasmine
General
1 879 (36.34%) Social Skills
2 345 (14.26%) Banking
3 340 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (10.38%) Legal
5 237 (9.80%) Retail
6 231 (9.55%) Public Sector
7 121 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 120 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 119 (4.92%) Marketing
10 89 (3.68%) Law
10 89 (3.68%) Manufacturing
11 65 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
12 62 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (2.44%) Billing
14 54 (2.23%) Local Government
15 32 (1.32%) Telecoms
16 22 (0.91%) Publishing
17 17 (0.70%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.70%) Retail Finance
18 16 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 375 (15.50%) Senior
2 360 (14.88%) Lead
3 335 (13.85%) Analyst
4 233 (9.63%) Developer
5 176 (7.28%) Architect
6 128 (5.29%) Project Manager
7 102 (4.22%) Consultant
8 77 (3.18%) Financial Analyst
9 72 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
10 70 (2.89%) Senior Developer
11 69 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 59 (2.44%) IT Manager
14 58 (2.40%) Enterprise Architect
14 58 (2.40%) Software Engineer
15 54 (2.23%) Systems Analyst
16 52 (2.15%) Product Manager
17 51 (2.11%) Administrator
17 51 (2.11%) Support Engineer
18 45 (1.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (4.96%) .NET
2 69 (2.85%) React
3 62 (2.56%) HTML
4 57 (2.36%) REST
5 52 (2.15%) CSS
6 40 (1.65%) ASP.NET
7 39 (1.61%) RESTful
8 37 (1.53%) JSON
8 37 (1.53%) Node.js
9 35 (1.45%) .NET Framework
10 34 (1.41%) .NET Core
11 32 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (1.12%) AngularJS
12 27 (1.12%) Kafka
13 25 (1.03%) Web Services
14 22 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
15 21 (0.87%) OpenID
16 19 (0.79%) YAML
17 17 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
18 16 (0.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 104 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 91 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
3 81 (3.35%) Product Ownership
4 71 (2.94%) Public Cloud
5 69 (2.85%) PMI
6 55 (2.27%) NHS
7 45 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 43 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (1.69%) Credit Risk
10 40 (1.65%) Cloud Native
11 35 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.45%) Housing Association
12 29 (1.20%) Private Cloud
13 26 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 24 (0.99%) Mainframe
15 21 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 20 (0.83%) Onboarding
17 19 (0.79%) Blockchain
18 18 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
18 18 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 190 (7.85%) Windows
2 111 (4.59%) Linux
3 55 (2.27%) Unix
4 51 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 31 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (0.95%) Android
8 22 (0.91%) Windows 10
9 18 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.37%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.33%) Apple iOS
13 8 (0.33%) Windows Vista
14 5 (0.21%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.21%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.17%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) CoreOS
16 3 (0.12%) zOS
17 2 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 692 (28.61%) Agile
2 460 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
3 422 (17.45%) Coaching
4 396 (16.37%) Mentoring
5 347 (14.34%) Roadmaps
6 272 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
7 268 (11.08%) Customer Service
8 266 (11.00%) Project Management
9 231 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 192 (7.94%) DevOps
11 182 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 177 (7.32%) Analytics
13 168 (6.95%) ITIL
14 161 (6.66%) ERP
15 160 (6.61%) Data Management
15 160 (6.61%) Decision-Making
16 153 (6.32%) Project Delivery
17 147 (6.08%) Data Analysis
18 143 (5.91%) Line Management
19 140 (5.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 352 (14.55%) SQL
2 156 (6.45%) Python
3 135 (5.58%) C#
4 119 (4.92%) JavaScript
5 81 (3.35%) Java
6 69 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.32%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.24%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.83%) R
10 18 (0.74%) PHP
11 15 (0.62%) Bash
11 15 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.54%) VBA
13 11 (0.45%) Groovy
13 11 (0.45%) Kotlin
13 11 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.41%) VBScript
15 9 (0.37%) C
16 8 (0.33%) VB
17 7 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 270 (11.16%) Degree
2 78 (3.22%) PMI Certification
3 72 (2.98%) ACCA
3 72 (2.98%) Security Cleared
4 59 (2.44%) DBS Check
5 44 (1.82%) SC Cleared
6 37 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (1.49%) PMP
8 35 (1.45%) CIMA
9 30 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (0.95%) CAPM
12 20 (0.83%) APMP
12 20 (0.83%) PgMP
13 19 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.74%) CISSP
15 17 (0.70%) HNC
15 17 (0.70%) HND
16 14 (0.58%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (4.30%) GDPR
2 100 (4.13%) QA
3 90 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 86 (3.56%) SLA
5 59 (2.44%) IFRS
6 40 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.41%) PMO
8 31 (1.28%) IFRS 9
9 29 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 28 (1.16%) GAAP
10 28 (1.16%) NIST
11 15 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.45%) GRC
12 11 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.41%) CRD IV
14 9 (0.37%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (0.33%) PSD2
16 6 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 118 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (2.27%) Docker
4 32 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 7 (0.29%) IAG
9 6 (0.25%) XenApp
9 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.17%) Firmware
11 1 (0.041%) KVM
11 1 (0.041%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 61 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 60 (2.48%) Terraform
3 40 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (1.41%) Ansible
5 26 (1.07%) SCCM
6 17 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.62%) Progress Chef
7 15 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.58%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.50%) VxRail
10 10 (0.41%) SCOM
11 9 (0.37%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.29%) Grafana
13 6 (0.25%) Nmap
14 5 (0.21%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.21%) Istio
14 5 (0.21%) Kibana
15 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 471 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 121 (5.00%) SAP
3 114 (4.71%) Google
4 92 (3.80%) Oracle
5 85 (3.51%) VMware
6 48 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 43 (1.78%) Cisco
8 41 (1.69%) Splunk
8 41 (1.69%) Virgin Media
9 38 (1.57%) CA
9 38 (1.57%) NEC
10 37 (1.53%) Atlassian
11 34 (1.41%) Citrix
12 33 (1.36%) IBM
13 28 (1.16%) Sage
14 27 (1.12%) NetApp
15 26 (1.07%) Commvault
16 23 (0.95%) MuleSoft
17 22 (0.91%) Dell
18 20 (0.83%) Fortinet