Finance Jobs in the West Midlands

Financial
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 603 1,077 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.33% 18.25%
As % of the General category 24.02% 28.80% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 297 841 686
10th Percentile £36,697 £25,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £71,991 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.76% -7.14% +5.26%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,510 3,739 5,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.35% 60.15% 75.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,158 2,899 2,340
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,754 £32,000 £38,289
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,300 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,200 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £62,166
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.14% +3.61%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
Birmingham +3 365 £60,000 +12.68% 214
Warwickshire -35 71 £50,000 +53.85% 43
Staffordshire -16 42 £52,398 +29.38% 84
Solihull -4 28 £55,000 +18.92% 9
Shropshire +1 14 £37,500 -21.05% 46
Herefordshire +8 11 £56,250 +150.00% 7
Walsall +1 11 - - 5
Coventry -29 9 £70,000 +30.84% 25
Worcestershire -4 8 £51,000 +38.78% 24
Bilston - 4 - -
Wolverhampton -14 2 £77,500 +44.86% 22
Dudley -8 1 - - 2
West Bromwich - 1 £69,500 -
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 32 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.50%) SAS
3 2 (0.33%) CMS
3 2 (0.33%) Confluence
3 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.17%) Mule
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 52 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.33%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 58 (9.62%) NEC Housing
2 28 (4.64%) NetSuite
3 16 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (2.49%) Dynamics AX
5 11 (1.82%) Shopify
6 7 (1.16%) SAP FI
7 6 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.83%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.66%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 4 (0.66%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.50%) HFM
11 2 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
12 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
12 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
12 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
12 1 (0.17%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 78 (12.94%) Azure
2 37 (6.14%) Power Platform
3 30 (4.98%) AWS
4 16 (2.65%) SaaS
5 15 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (2.32%) GCP
7 12 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.00%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.00%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.66%) OCI
11 4 (0.66%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.66%) Serverless
12 3 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.33%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.16%) Firewall
2 12 (1.99%) WAN
3 11 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.82%) IPsec
3 11 (1.82%) LAN
4 9 (1.49%) BGP
4 9 (1.49%) Broadband
4 9 (1.49%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (1.49%) Junos
4 9 (1.49%) MPLS
5 5 (0.83%) Network Security
5 5 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.66%) VPN
7 3 (0.50%) Intranet
8 2 (0.33%) VoIP
9 1 (0.17%) Internet
9 1 (0.17%) PBX
9 1 (0.17%) SMS
9 1 (0.17%) VLAN
9 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.80%) Power BI
2 21 (3.48%) BusinessObjects
3 19 (3.15%) Relational Database
4 17 (2.82%) Oracle Database
5 13 (2.16%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.33%) Big Data
6 8 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.33%) Tableau
7 7 (1.16%) MySQL
8 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.66%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.50%) Essbase
10 3 (0.50%) Metadata
10 3 (0.50%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.50%) Power Query
11 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.33%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (1.82%) Git
2 5 (0.83%) JIRA
3 4 (0.66%) LSMW
4 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.33%) Postman
5 2 (0.33%) Selenium
6 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.17%) ERwin
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.17%) kappa
6 1 (0.17%) NUnit
6 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 190 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 106 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (13.60%) Public Sector
4 76 (12.60%) Marketing
5 68 (11.28%) Local Government
6 67 (11.11%) Police
7 49 (8.13%) Retail
8 42 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (6.80%) Telecoms
10 38 (6.30%) Legal
11 37 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (5.97%) Manufacturing
13 35 (5.80%) Social Housing
14 23 (3.81%) Law
15 19 (3.15%) Games
16 18 (2.99%) Banking
16 18 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.99%) Advertising
18 10 (1.66%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (18.91%) Senior
2 98 (16.25%) Consultant
3 74 (12.27%) Project Manager
4 55 (9.12%) Analyst
5 54 (8.96%) Senior Manager
6 43 (7.13%) Implementation Consultant
7 40 (6.63%) Lead
8 28 (4.64%) Audit Manager
9 24 (3.98%) Architect
10 23 (3.81%) Senior Consultant
10 23 (3.81%) Senior Project Manager
11 22 (3.65%) Developer
11 22 (3.65%) Senior Audit Manager
12 20 (3.32%) Functional Consultant
13 19 (3.15%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.15%) Data Scientist
13 19 (3.15%) Risk Manager
14 16 (2.65%) Senior Support Consultant
14 16 (2.65%) Support Consultant
15 15 (2.49%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.65%) .NET
2 10 (1.66%) CSS
3 8 (1.33%) HTML
4 6 (1.00%) React
5 5 (0.83%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.66%) EDI
6 4 (0.66%) jQuery
6 4 (0.66%) LAMP
6 4 (0.66%) Laravel
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.50%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.50%) Django
7 3 (0.50%) MDX
7 3 (0.50%) Redux
7 3 (0.50%) RESTful
7 3 (0.50%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.50%) Vue
7 3 (0.50%) Web Services
8 2 (0.33%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.81%) Blockchain
2 29 (4.81%) Housing Association
2 29 (4.81%) Robotics
3 19 (3.15%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.15%) Social Media
4 17 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.66%) Private Cloud
6 9 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.33%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.33%) Smart Energy
8 7 (1.16%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.16%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.00%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.00%) Hackathon
10 5 (0.83%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.63%) Windows
2 31 (5.14%) Unix
3 20 (3.32%) Linux
4 16 (2.65%) Solaris
5 10 (1.66%) Windows Vista
6 2 (0.33%) Android
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (29.52%) Project Management
2 141 (23.38%) Agile
3 108 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (17.08%) Analytics
5 88 (14.59%) Coaching
6 87 (14.43%) Mentoring
7 80 (13.27%) Decision-Making
8 79 (13.10%) Project Delivery
9 77 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (12.27%) Creative Thinking
11 63 (10.45%) ERP
12 61 (10.12%) Artificial Intelligence
13 59 (9.78%) Risk Management
14 52 (8.62%) Migration
15 50 (8.29%) CRM
16 48 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
16 48 (7.96%) Requirements Gathering
17 45 (7.46%) Housing Management
18 44 (7.30%) Data Migration
19 43 (7.13%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 117 (19.40%) SQL
2 40 (6.63%) Python
3 28 (4.64%) C#
4 23 (3.81%) Java
5 17 (2.82%) C++
6 14 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.32%) R
7 13 (2.16%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.82%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.66%) Bash
10 7 (1.16%) PHP
11 3 (0.50%) Groovy
11 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.33%) ABAP
12 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.33%) VB
12 2 (0.33%) VBA
13 1 (0.17%) Dart
13 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 82 (13.60%) Degree
2 73 (12.11%) DBS Check
3 29 (4.81%) Security Cleared
4 22 (3.65%) ACCA
5 16 (2.65%) CISA
6 15 (2.49%) ISACA
7 14 (2.32%) SC Cleared
8 9 (1.49%) CCNA
8 9 (1.49%) CCNP
8 9 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.49%) JNCIS
9 8 (1.33%) PMP
9 8 (1.33%) Postgraduate
10 6 (1.00%) CISSP
10 6 (1.00%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.83%) CFA
11 5 (0.83%) CIMA
11 5 (0.83%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.62%) Accessibility
2 32 (5.31%) PMO
3 30 (4.98%) ITGC
4 28 (4.64%) IFRS
5 23 (3.81%) GAAP
6 19 (3.15%) ISO 9001
7 18 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (2.65%) GDPR
9 13 (2.16%) COBIT
10 12 (1.99%) Data Quality
11 10 (1.66%) SLA
12 6 (1.00%) QA
13 5 (0.83%) IFRS 17
13 5 (0.83%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.83%) NIST
14 4 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.50%) FedRAMP
15 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (0.83%) Active Directory
1 5 (0.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.17%) Firmware
2 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.50%) Terraform
3 2 (0.33%) Ansible
3 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.17%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 100 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 77 (12.77%) NEC
3 49 (8.13%) SAP
4 44 (7.30%) Oracle
5 36 (5.97%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.82%) Citrix
7 14 (2.32%) Cisco
8 9 (1.49%) Juniper
9 6 (1.00%) Databricks
10 5 (0.83%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.83%) PeopleSoft
10 5 (0.83%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.66%) Avaloq
11 4 (0.66%) Google
11 4 (0.66%) Hyperion
11 4 (0.66%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.66%) Snow
11 4 (0.66%) Sun
11 4 (0.66%) YouTube
12 3 (0.50%) CyberArk