Finance Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Financial
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 123 110 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 15.69% 14.91% 11.03%
As % of the General category 29.93% 22.04% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 90 66 41
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,419
25th Percentile £31,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -17.86%
75th Percentile £60,250 £85,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,875 £80,000
North East median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £53,750
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -14.00%

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 411 499 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 52.42% 67.62% 59.77%
Number of salaries quoted 293 212 228
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,075 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £35,815
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,750 £66,667 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £73,400
North East median annual salary £41,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.68% - -4.13%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Finance
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Tyne and Wear

Finance
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +4 79 £40,000 -27.27% 39
Sunderland -6 10 £57,500 +10.58% 2
Gateshead -4 6 - - 3
Wallsend - 3 - -
North Shields - 1 £35,000 -
Finance
North East

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 27 (21.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 25 (20.33%) Azure
2 6 (4.88%) AWS
2 6 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.07%) SaaS
4 4 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.63%) GCP
5 2 (1.63%) IaaS
5 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) Asterisk PBX
1 6 (4.88%) Firewall
1 6 (4.88%) PSTN
1 6 (4.88%) VoIP
2 3 (2.44%) SAN
3 2 (1.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.13%) Tableau
3 9 (7.32%) Data Mining
4 5 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (4.07%) Big Data
5 4 (3.25%) Power BI
5 4 (3.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.81%) MySQL
7 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.32%) Bitbucket
1 9 (7.32%) JIRA
2 7 (5.69%) Git
3 2 (1.63%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.63%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.63%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.20%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.50%) Marketing
3 8 (6.50%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.69%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.69%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.88%) Advertising
5 6 (4.88%) General Ledger
5 6 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (4.88%) Retail
6 3 (2.44%) Banking
7 2 (1.63%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.63%) Billing
7 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.63%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Law
8 1 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (30.89%) Analyst
2 26 (21.14%) Trainee
3 23 (18.70%) Trainee Analyst
4 15 (12.20%) Accountant
4 15 (12.20%) Business Analyst
5 14 (11.38%) Trainee Business Analyst
6 10 (8.13%) Management Accountant
7 9 (7.32%) Data Analyst
7 9 (7.32%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 7 (5.69%) Applications Support
8 7 (5.69%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (5.69%) Development Manager
8 7 (5.69%) Product Development Manager
8 7 (5.69%) Product Manager
8 7 (5.69%) Support Analyst
9 6 (4.88%) Account Manager
9 6 (4.88%) Architect
9 6 (4.88%) Consultant
9 6 (4.88%) Developer
9 6 (4.88%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.50%) .NET
2 6 (4.88%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (4.07%) .NET Core
3 5 (4.07%) ASP.NET
3 5 (4.07%) CSS
4 4 (3.25%) HTML
4 4 (3.25%) Node.js
5 2 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.81%) jQuery
6 1 (0.81%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.69%) FMCG
3 6 (4.88%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.07%) Social Network
5 3 (2.44%) NHS
6 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.63%) Derivative
6 2 (1.63%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.63%) Life Science
6 2 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.81%) Equities
7 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.81%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.81%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.32%) Linux
1 9 (7.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (28.46%) Project Management
3 24 (19.51%) Business Analysis
4 22 (17.89%) Change Management
5 21 (17.07%) Computer Science
5 21 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (15.45%) Analytics
7 16 (13.01%) AI
8 15 (12.20%) Decision-Making
9 13 (10.57%) Data Analysis
10 11 (8.94%) Data Analytics
11 10 (8.13%) Agile
11 10 (8.13%) Revenue Recognition
11 10 (8.13%) Software Engineering
12 9 (7.32%) Containerisation
13 8 (6.50%) Community of Practice
13 8 (6.50%) ITIL
13 8 (6.50%) Mentoring
13 8 (6.50%) Time Management
14 7 (5.69%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.45%) Python
1 19 (15.45%) SQL
2 10 (8.13%) C#
3 6 (4.88%) Bash
4 5 (4.07%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (3.25%) Java
6 3 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.63%) Bicep
8 1 (0.81%) C++
8 1 (0.81%) PHP
8 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (36.59%) Degree
2 15 (12.20%) ACCA
3 11 (8.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (8.13%) CIMA
5 6 (4.88%) CCNP
5 6 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.63%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.07%) GAAP
1 5 (4.07%) IFRS
2 4 (3.25%) QA
3 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.63%) Docker
1 2 (1.63%) vSphere
2 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.32%) Control-M
1 9 (7.32%) Grafana
1 9 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.69%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.63%) Ansible
3 2 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (1.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.88%) Cisco
3 2 (1.63%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.63%) VMware
4 1 (0.81%) Google
4 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle
4 1 (0.81%) Xero