Finance Job Trends in Northampton

Financial
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Northampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Finance 65 25 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 9.95% 12.14% 6.84%
As % of the General category 20.31% 18.52% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 36 21 23
10th Percentile £28,000 £52,500 -
25th Percentile £45,875 £56,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +33.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £82,875 £80,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £62,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £70,000 £59,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.64% +31.11% -18.18%

All General Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 320 135 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 49.00% 65.53% 45.30%
Number of salaries quoted 196 107 124
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,500 £71,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -23.81%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Northampton

Finance
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Northampton over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Northampton

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 2 (3.08%) Apache
Business Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Sage 200
2 4 (6.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics SL
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (9.23%) AWS
2 6 (9.23%) Azure
3 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.15%) Amazon EMR
4 4 (6.15%) Amazon S3
5 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.62%) NetDocuments
5 3 (4.62%) Serverless
6 2 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (3.08%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (3.08%) Collibra
6 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.08%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.54%) GCP
7 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.54%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) Firewall
1 3 (4.62%) LoRaWAN
1 3 (4.62%) MQTT
1 3 (4.62%) VPN
2 1 (1.54%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (6.15%) Metadata
2 3 (4.62%) MySQL
2 3 (4.62%) Neo4j
2 3 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.08%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (3.08%) Apache Iceberg
3 2 (3.08%) Big Data
3 2 (3.08%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.54%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) Selenium
General
1 12 (18.46%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Law
3 6 (9.23%) Legal
4 5 (7.69%) Banking
5 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.62%) Legal Technology
7 2 (3.08%) Automotive
7 2 (3.08%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Marketing
7 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.08%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (16.92%) Architect
1 11 (16.92%) Senior
2 10 (15.38%) Business Development Director
2 10 (15.38%) Development Director
3 9 (13.85%) Consultant
3 9 (13.85%) Developer
4 8 (12.31%) Lead
5 7 (10.77%) Analyst
6 6 (9.23%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (9.23%) ERP Consultant
6 6 (9.23%) Junior
6 6 (9.23%) Junior Consultant
6 6 (9.23%) Sage 200 Consultant
6 6 (9.23%) Sage Consultant
7 5 (7.69%) AWS Architect
7 5 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) AWS Data Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Data Architect
9 3 (4.62%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) JDBC
1 3 (4.62%) Node.js
1 3 (4.62%) OAuth
1 3 (4.62%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (4.62%) REST
1 3 (4.62%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (4.62%) SAPUI5
1 3 (4.62%) SOAP
2 2 (3.08%) PySpark
2 2 (3.08%) Terraform
3 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 3 (4.62%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.62%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.62%) IoT
2 3 (4.62%) Replication
3 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.54%) PKI
4 1 (1.54%) Pricing Data
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Linux
1 3 (4.62%) Ubuntu
2 2 (3.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (18.46%) Business Development
4 11 (16.92%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (16.92%) Data Governance
5 9 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (13.85%) ERP
6 8 (12.31%) Analytics
6 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
6 8 (12.31%) Roadmaps
6 8 (12.31%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (9.23%) AI
7 6 (9.23%) Data Protection
7 6 (9.23%) Mentoring
7 6 (9.23%) Migration
7 6 (9.23%) Service Delivery
7 6 (9.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (9.23%) Workflow
8 5 (7.69%) Data Management
8 5 (7.69%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.15%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) ABAP
2 3 (4.62%) C
2 3 (4.62%) Java
3 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (12.31%) Degree
2 2 (3.08%) ACCA
2 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
2 2 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.08%) CIMA
2 2 (3.08%) CISM
2 2 (3.08%) CISMP
2 2 (3.08%) CISSP
3 1 (1.54%) APMG
3 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) GDPR
1 5 (7.69%) PERC
2 4 (6.15%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.08%) SLA
4 1 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.54%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Galera Cluster
1 3 (4.62%) vCenter Server
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.23%) Sage
3 4 (6.15%) SAP
4 3 (4.62%) Aderant
4 3 (4.62%) iManage
4 3 (4.62%) Intapp
4 3 (4.62%) Oracle
4 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.62%) VMware
5 2 (3.08%) Databricks
5 2 (3.08%) Informatica
6 1 (1.54%) Workday