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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 989 1,076 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.14% 21.20% 15.76%
As % of the General category 25.40% 28.62% 23.20%
Number of salaries quoted 557 672 802
10th Percentile £26,400 £35,500 £34,951
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,430
Median % change year-on-year - +1.05% +3.68%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,975 £83,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.80% +2.88% +3.85%

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 3,893 3,759 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.65% 74.05% 67.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 2,205 3,443
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,945
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £63,546
90th Percentile £76,107 £78,350 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Birmingham -1 406 £57,500 -4.17% 85
Warwickshire -5 206 £56,500 +7.62% 28
Staffordshire +21 127 £55,750 +3.24% 29
Coventry +3 46 £50,000 -18.70% 10
Worcestershire -8 43 £43,000 -4.44% 5
Wolverhampton -3 32 £55,000 - 8
Shropshire -8 24 £46,500 -5.10% 8
Solihull -15 19 £45,000 -37.93% 9
Dudley - 7 £26,000 - 3
Herefordshire +4 5 £55,000 +56.44% 4
Walsall +1 5 £66,000 -25.42% 2
West Bromwich -3 5 £57,500 +25.00% 2
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 1
Tipton -5 2 £25,000 -
Sutton Coldfield -11 1 £35,000 - 2
Brierley Hill - 1 £50,000 -
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 38 (3.84%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.31%) SAS
3 11 (1.11%) Apache
4 9 (0.91%) IIS
4 9 (0.91%) WordPress
5 8 (0.81%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.51%) nginx
7 4 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.40%) Confluence
7 4 (0.40%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.20%) MTS
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 167 (16.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 158 (15.98%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.20%) Simulink
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 26 (2.63%) NEC Housing
2 16 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.81%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 7 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
6 6 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.30%) ProductWriter
9 3 (0.30%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 92 (9.30%) Azure
2 87 (8.80%) Power Platform
3 51 (5.16%) AWS
4 49 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
5 48 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (2.93%) SaaS
7 15 (1.52%) Power Automate
7 15 (1.52%) PowerApps
8 13 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.01%) Entra ID
11 9 (0.91%) OCI
12 6 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.61%) GitHub
12 6 (0.61%) Google Drive
12 6 (0.61%) PaaS
13 5 (0.51%) GCP
13 5 (0.51%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.51%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.43%) Firewall
2 21 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (1.72%) Network Security
4 10 (1.01%) VPN
5 9 (0.91%) WAN
6 8 (0.81%) 5G
7 7 (0.71%) LAN
7 7 (0.71%) PBX
7 7 (0.71%) Wireless
8 6 (0.61%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.61%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.51%) DHCP
9 5 (0.51%) DNS
9 5 (0.51%) Internet
9 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.51%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.40%) Broadband
10 4 (0.40%) IPsec
10 4 (0.40%) MPLS
11 3 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.29%) Power BI
2 56 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 17 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 17 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (1.42%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.31%) Big Data
7 12 (1.21%) Tableau
8 10 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.91%) Metadata
9 9 (0.91%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 8 (0.81%) Power Query
11 7 (0.71%) Oracle Database 12c
12 5 (0.51%) MySQL
13 4 (0.40%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.40%) InterSystems Cache
13 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.30%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 30 (3.03%) JIRA
2 10 (1.01%) Git
3 6 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.51%) webpack
5 3 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.30%) Toad
6 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.20%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.20%) Postman
7 1 (0.10%) Crashlytics
7 1 (0.10%) fastlane
7 1 (0.10%) GitLab
7 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 340 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 218 (22.04%) Retail
3 210 (21.23%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (14.86%) Marketing
5 114 (11.53%) Legal
6 96 (9.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 59 (5.97%) Public Sector
8 54 (5.46%) Manufacturing
9 53 (5.36%) Banking
10 49 (4.95%) Local Government
11 38 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (3.34%) Law
13 28 (2.83%) Police
13 28 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.22%) Games
15 18 (1.82%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.62%) Back Office
17 15 (1.52%) Electronics
18 12 (1.21%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 123 (12.44%) Analyst
2 105 (10.62%) Development Manager
3 89 (9.00%) Senior
4 87 (8.80%) Lead
5 82 (8.29%) Developer
5 82 (8.29%) Project Manager
6 54 (5.46%) Consultant
7 51 (5.16%) Architect
8 38 (3.84%) Business Manager
9 37 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 27 (2.73%) Business Development Manager
10 27 (2.73%) Software Developer
11 24 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.92%) Data Engineer
14 17 (1.72%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (1.72%) Dynamics 365 Architect
15 16 (1.62%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (1.62%) Junior
15 16 (1.62%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.74%) HTML
2 32 (3.24%) .NET
3 20 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
4 18 (1.82%) CSS
4 18 (1.82%) Web Services
5 17 (1.72%) ASP.NET
6 16 (1.62%) EDI
7 15 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
8 8 (0.81%) HTML5
8 8 (0.81%) Vue
9 7 (0.71%) jQuery
9 7 (0.71%) Laravel
9 7 (0.71%) REST
9 7 (0.71%) XML
10 6 (0.61%) LAMP
10 6 (0.61%) React
11 5 (0.51%) LEMP Stack
11 5 (0.51%) LESS
11 5 (0.51%) PySpark
11 5 (0.51%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.97%) Management Information System
2 47 (4.75%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.04%) Driving Licence
4 32 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 25 (2.53%) NHS
6 20 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 19 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.62%) Algorithms
9 16 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.31%) FMCG
11 10 (1.01%) Credit Risk
11 10 (1.01%) PMI
12 8 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (0.61%) Housing Association
13 6 (0.61%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 6 (0.61%) Industry 4.0
13 6 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 68 (6.88%) Windows
2 27 (2.73%) Linux
3 26 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 19 (1.92%) Unix
6 14 (1.42%) Windows 7
7 11 (1.11%) Windows 8
7 11 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.81%) Solaris
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Android
10 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (29.12%) Agile
2 168 (16.99%) Project Management
3 141 (14.26%) Business Development
4 140 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
5 132 (13.35%) Logistics
6 122 (12.34%) Data Management
7 113 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
7 113 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 112 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 101 (10.21%) Facilities Management
10 100 (10.11%) Commercial Awareness
11 96 (9.71%) Coaching
12 95 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
13 94 (9.50%) Decision-Making
14 91 (9.20%) Customer Service
15 90 (9.10%) Financial Modelling
16 88 (8.90%) CAD
17 86 (8.70%) Roadmaps
18 81 (8.19%) Risk Management
19 78 (7.89%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 116 (11.73%) SQL
2 47 (4.75%) C#
3 42 (4.25%) Python
4 33 (3.34%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.53%) Java
6 21 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.21%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.11%) R
9 9 (0.91%) C++
9 9 (0.91%) PHP
9 9 (0.91%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.30%) Go
11 3 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.30%) VBA
12 2 (0.20%) Bash
12 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 139 (14.05%) Degree
2 67 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 32 (3.24%) DBS Check
4 22 (2.22%) ACCA
5 19 (1.92%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
7 11 (1.11%) PMP
8 10 (1.01%) CISSP
9 9 (0.91%) CIMA
10 8 (0.81%) CISM
11 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.61%) APMP
12 6 (0.61%) CCNA
12 6 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.61%) HND
12 6 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (0.51%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.06%) GDPR
2 36 (3.64%) QA
3 32 (3.24%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.12%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.12%) PMO
6 13 (1.31%) NIST
7 11 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.01%) IFRS
9 6 (0.61%) GRC
9 6 (0.61%) IFRS 9
9 6 (0.61%) ITGC
10 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.40%) NCSC
11 4 (0.40%) SLA
12 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.30%) GAAP
System Software
1 28 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.21%) XenApp
2 12 (1.21%) XenDesktop
3 10 (1.01%) Docker
4 8 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.51%) RACF
5 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (3.64%) Terraform
2 12 (1.21%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.51%) Ansible
4 5 (0.51%) SCCM
4 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.40%) Grafana
6 2 (0.20%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.20%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 307 (31.04%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.95%) Oracle
3 29 (2.93%) NEC
4 28 (2.83%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.43%) SAP
6 22 (2.22%) Citrix
6 22 (2.22%) VMware
7 21 (2.12%) IFS
8 20 (2.02%) Workday
9 17 (1.72%) Cisco
10 16 (1.62%) CheckPoint
11 12 (1.21%) Google
11 12 (1.21%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.01%) PeopleSoft
13 9 (0.91%) Databricks
14 8 (0.81%) Hyperion
14 8 (0.81%) JD Edwards
15 7 (0.71%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.71%) Veeam
16 6 (0.61%) Xero