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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 536 1,108 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.20% 15.02% 19.00%
As % of the General category 21.60% 25.99% 24.99%
Number of salaries quoted 285 808 651
10th Percentile £31,335 £25,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,300 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% -6.73% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £71,991 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +10.76% -6.40% +2.88%

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 2,481 4,263 4,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.49% 57.79% 76.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 3,031 2,212
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £29,775
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,428 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +1 285 £57,500 +9.52% 236
Staffordshire -3 60 £52,344 -4.83% 171
Warwickshire -38 56 £33,178 -39.68% 85
Solihull +1 39 £55,000 +25.71% 15
Shropshire +3 16 £37,500 -21.05% 33
Wolverhampton -6 11 £75,750 +41.59% 13
Walsall +8 10 £105,000 +21.74% 5
Herefordshire +14 9 £48,750 +116.67% 13
Worcestershire -5 8 £39,250 +28.69% 19
Coventry -35 7 £32,500 -36.65% 29
Willenhall - 3 - -
Dudley -9 2 - - 3
West Bromwich -6 1 £69,500 +20.87%
Wednesbury - 1 £45,000 - 1
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 23 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.43%) Confluence
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
5 2 (0.37%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Mule
Applications
1 47 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.56%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.56%) Sketch
7 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 31 (5.78%) NetSuite
2 22 (4.10%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.12%) SAP CO
4 6 (1.12%) SAP FI
4 6 (1.12%) Shopify
5 5 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.75%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.37%) HFM
7 2 (0.37%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.19%) Maximo
8 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 113 (21.08%) Azure
2 55 (10.26%) AWS
3 51 (9.51%) Power Platform
4 30 (5.60%) GCP
5 19 (3.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 17 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.17%) SaaS
7 13 (2.43%) PowerApps
8 12 (2.24%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.87%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.68%) IaaS
11 9 (1.68%) PaaS
12 6 (1.12%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.75%) Google Ads
14 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.61%) Firewall
1 14 (2.61%) WAN
2 13 (2.43%) LAN
3 11 (2.05%) IPsec
4 10 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.68%) BGP
5 9 (1.68%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.68%) Junos
5 9 (1.68%) MPLS
6 6 (1.12%) VPN
7 5 (0.93%) Network Security
7 5 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.37%) Intranet
8 2 (0.37%) SMS
8 2 (0.37%) Wireless
9 1 (0.19%) DNS
9 1 (0.19%) PBX
9 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.19%) VLAN
9 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.40%) Power BI
2 43 (8.02%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.05%) Tableau
7 10 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.68%) Star Schema
9 8 (1.49%) Big Data
10 7 (1.31%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.31%) MySQL
11 5 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.93%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.75%) Metadata
12 4 (0.75%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (4.66%) GitLab
1 25 (4.66%) JIRA
1 25 (4.66%) Maven
1 25 (4.66%) Selenium
2 24 (4.48%) Bitbucket
2 24 (4.48%) Cucumber
2 24 (4.48%) SonarQube
2 24 (4.48%) Sonatype Nexus
3 14 (2.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 13 (2.43%) Git
5 5 (0.93%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.56%) ERwin
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.37%) LSMW
7 2 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.19%) NUnit
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 185 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 114 (21.27%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (15.67%) Retail
4 77 (14.37%) Marketing
5 58 (10.82%) Telecoms
6 57 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (8.77%) Public Sector
8 46 (8.58%) Legal
9 44 (8.21%) Banking
10 37 (6.90%) Manufacturing
11 34 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (5.41%) Law
13 26 (4.85%) Games
14 17 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (2.61%) Financial Institution
16 12 (2.24%) Advertising
16 12 (2.24%) Billing
16 12 (2.24%) Investment Banking
17 11 (2.05%) Corporate Banking
17 11 (2.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (11.19%) Senior
2 57 (10.63%) Analyst
3 47 (8.77%) Project Manager
4 38 (7.09%) Risk Manager
5 37 (6.90%) Consultant
6 35 (6.53%) Lead
7 31 (5.78%) Developer
8 30 (5.60%) Software Engineer
9 26 (4.85%) Architect
10 24 (4.48%) Technology Risk Manager
11 20 (3.73%) Business Analyst
12 19 (3.54%) Functional Consultant
13 18 (3.36%) Customer Executive
14 17 (3.17%) Senior Manager
15 16 (2.99%) Data Scientist
15 16 (2.99%) Technical Support
16 14 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.61%) NetSuite Consultant
17 13 (2.43%) Senior Project Manager
18 12 (2.24%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.09%) CSS
2 36 (6.72%) HTML
3 31 (5.78%) React
4 29 (5.41%) Spring
5 27 (5.04%) Redux
6 25 (4.66%) Kafka
6 25 (4.66%) Spring Boot
7 24 (4.48%) JPA
8 17 (3.17%) Hibernate
9 16 (2.99%) REST
10 14 (2.61%) RESTful
11 13 (2.43%) CSS3
11 13 (2.43%) HTML5
12 11 (2.05%) Jest
12 11 (2.05%) Sass
13 10 (1.87%) .NET
14 5 (0.93%) jQuery
15 4 (0.75%) EDI
15 4 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
15 4 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.14%) Blockchain
1 49 (9.14%) Management Information System
2 45 (8.40%) Robotics
3 35 (6.53%) Product Ownership
4 29 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.43%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.43%) Private Cloud
8 9 (1.68%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.49%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.49%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 8 (1.49%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.49%) Social Media
10 7 (1.31%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.85%) Windows
2 6 (1.12%) Windows Server
2 6 (1.12%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.56%) Linux
3 3 (0.56%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (27.05%) Agile
2 130 (24.25%) Analytics
3 122 (22.76%) Project Management
4 109 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (19.96%) Decision-Making
6 87 (16.23%) Artificial Intelligence
7 83 (15.49%) Mentoring
8 77 (14.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 70 (13.06%) Project Delivery
10 68 (12.69%) Risk Management
11 64 (11.94%) ERP
12 62 (11.57%) Software Engineering
13 60 (11.19%) Coaching
13 60 (11.19%) Data Analytics
14 58 (10.82%) CRM
15 54 (10.07%) Business Intelligence
16 52 (9.70%) Creative Thinking
17 50 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
17 50 (9.33%) Migration
18 45 (8.40%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (16.42%) SQL
2 46 (8.58%) Java
3 37 (6.90%) Python
4 34 (6.34%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.48%) C#
6 15 (2.80%) C++
7 12 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.05%) R
9 10 (1.87%) Bash
10 7 (1.31%) PHP
11 4 (0.75%) C
11 4 (0.75%) X++
12 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.37%) Groovy
13 2 (0.37%) VBA
14 1 (0.19%) Dart
14 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (13.43%) Degree
2 28 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.48%) CISA
4 22 (4.10%) ISACA
5 16 (2.99%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.68%) CCNA
7 9 (1.68%) CCNP
7 9 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.68%) JNCIS
8 8 (1.49%) Postgraduate
9 6 (1.12%) ACCA
9 6 (1.12%) CIMA
10 5 (0.93%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.93%) PMP
11 4 (0.75%) CISM
11 4 (0.75%) CISSP
11 4 (0.75%) MRICS
11 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.58%) ITGC
2 34 (6.34%) QA
3 26 (4.85%) PMO
4 22 (4.10%) GDPR
5 20 (3.73%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.61%) Accessibility
8 11 (2.05%) COBIT
9 10 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (1.87%) SLA
10 4 (0.75%) PMBOK
11 3 (0.56%) GRC
12 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.19%) NCSC
13 1 (0.19%) NIST
13 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (5.97%) Docker
2 12 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (5.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.56%) Terraform
3 2 (0.37%) Ansible
3 2 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) Grafana
4 1 (0.19%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 85 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.02%) SAP
3 41 (7.65%) Salesforce
4 38 (7.09%) Oracle
5 24 (4.48%) Solace
6 14 (2.61%) Cisco
7 11 (2.05%) NEC
8 10 (1.87%) Google
9 9 (1.68%) Databricks
9 9 (1.68%) Juniper
10 7 (1.31%) Avaloq
11 6 (1.12%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.93%) PeopleSoft
12 5 (0.93%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.93%) VMware
13 4 (0.75%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.75%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.75%) Snow
13 4 (0.75%) YouTube
14 3 (0.56%) Adobe