Finance Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Financial
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 206 172 591
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 11.11% 11.99% 28.86%
As % of the General category 19.40% 18.44% 42.80%
Number of salaries quoted 148 116 427
10th Percentile £26,675 £40,050 £42,650
25th Percentile £31,688 £45,000 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,458 £60,372 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.42% -13.76% +21.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,514 £96,539
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +4.35%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,062 933 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 57.28% 65.02% 67.43%
Number of salaries quoted 589 443 1,035
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £69,500 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,450 £86,250 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Finance job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Finance
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in West Yorkshire

Finance
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Leeds 0 179 £50,915 -18.54% 71
Bradford -3 16 £68,000 +30.77% 30
Huddersfield 0 3 £40,000 -30.13% 3
Wakefield - 2 £50,000 - 22
Ossett +5 1 - -
Halifax -3 1 - - 2
Finance
Yorkshire

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 7 (3.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.46%) Moodle
3 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.49%) FileNet
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 41 (19.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.91%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.91%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.91%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (2.91%) SAP PS
3 4 (1.94%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (1.46%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.97%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.49%) Magento
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.22%) AWS
2 17 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.77%) Azure
3 16 (7.77%) SaaS
4 15 (7.28%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (1.46%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.97%) Intacct
7 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.49%) GCP
8 1 (0.49%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.49%) MailChimp
8 1 (0.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.97%) Firewall
2 1 (0.49%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.22%) Tableau
2 14 (6.80%) Data Mining
3 13 (6.31%) Power BI
4 7 (3.40%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (2.43%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.97%) Metadata
8 2 (0.97%) Power Query
8 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.49%) Looker
9 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (4.37%) JIRA
2 3 (1.46%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 54 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 35 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.22%) Financial Institution
3 19 (9.22%) Marketing
4 17 (8.25%) Legal
5 14 (6.80%) Manufacturing
5 14 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.80%) Retail
6 12 (5.83%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.85%) Advertising
8 8 (3.88%) Banking
9 7 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.43%) Back Office
10 5 (2.43%) Law
10 5 (2.43%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Games
12 3 (1.46%) Public Speaking
13 1 (0.49%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 45 (21.84%) Analyst
2 28 (13.59%) Trainee
3 26 (12.62%) Trainee Analyst
4 24 (11.65%) Senior
5 22 (10.68%) Business Analyst
6 17 (8.25%) Consultant
6 17 (8.25%) Data Analyst
7 14 (6.80%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 12 (5.83%) Software Engineer
8 12 (5.83%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 10 (4.85%) IT Support
10 9 (4.37%) Developer
10 9 (4.37%) Sales Manager
10 9 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.88%) Architect
12 7 (3.40%) Support Assistant
13 6 (2.91%) Administrator
13 6 (2.91%) Java Developer
13 6 (2.91%) Project Manager
13 6 (2.91%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.83%) Micronaut
2 5 (2.43%) Spring
2 5 (2.43%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.46%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) .NET
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.49%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.37%) Marketing Technology
2 9 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.91%) Low-Code
4 5 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.94%) FMCG
5 4 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.46%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.46%) NHS
6 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.46%) Social Media
7 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.97%) Blog
7 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.97%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.91%) Windows
2 4 (1.94%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (23.79%) Project Management
2 42 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (19.90%) Agile
4 35 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (16.50%) Business Analysis
6 29 (14.08%) Decision-Making
7 28 (13.59%) Analytics
8 25 (12.14%) DevOps
9 20 (9.71%) Change Management
9 20 (9.71%) Project Delivery
10 19 (9.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (8.74%) Business Development
11 18 (8.74%) Data Analysis
12 17 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (8.25%) Mentoring
13 16 (7.77%) Fintech
13 16 (7.77%) PRINCE2
14 15 (7.28%) AI
14 15 (7.28%) ERP
14 15 (7.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.59%) SQL
2 18 (8.74%) Python
3 16 (7.77%) Java
4 4 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.46%) Ruby
6 2 (0.97%) C#
6 2 (0.97%) COBOL
6 2 (0.97%) Perl
6 2 (0.97%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.49%) PHP
7 1 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (16.50%) Degree
2 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (2.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 5 (2.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (2.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.97%) ACCA
3 2 (0.97%) CEH
3 2 (0.97%) CIMA
3 2 (0.97%) CISA
3 2 (0.97%) CISSP
3 2 (0.97%) OSCP
4 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.85%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.91%) GDPR
2 6 (2.91%) SLA
3 5 (2.43%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.43%) PMO
3 5 (2.43%) QA
4 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.97%) GRC
5 2 (0.97%) NIST
5 2 (0.97%) P3O
5 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (2.91%) Docker
2 5 (2.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (22.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.25%) SAP
3 9 (4.37%) Xero
4 4 (1.94%) Oracle
5 3 (1.46%) Ariba
5 3 (1.46%) Concur
5 3 (1.46%) Google
5 3 (1.46%) Openreach
6 2 (0.97%) Databricks
6 2 (0.97%) Sage
6 2 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.49%) Avaya
7 1 (0.49%) Duck Creek
7 1 (0.49%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.49%) Genesys
7 1 (0.49%) IBM
7 1 (0.49%) Informatica
7 1 (0.49%) Okta
7 1 (0.49%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.49%) VMware