Finance Job Trends in Worcestershire

Financial
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Worcestershire. 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 14 26 28
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 38 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 8.64% 5.56% 4.04%
As % of the General category 12.10% 9.38% 6.92%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 9
10th Percentile £26,525 £46,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £46,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +7.37% +18.75%
75th Percentile £67,875 £85,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £69,900 £103,100 £68,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 314 96 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 71.36% 59.26% 58.30%
Number of salaries quoted 110 48 126
10th Percentile £27,975 £38,875 -
25th Percentile £30,125 £43,438 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £34,821
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +86.67% -17.09%
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,125 £48,750
90th Percentile £77,625 £76,250 £62,374
West Midlands median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% +6.06% -5.71%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Finance
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

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

Salary histogram for Finance in Worcestershire

Finance
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Worcestershire 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
Worcester +7 5 £66,500 -15.56% 8
Bromsgrove -11 5 £40,000 -21.57% 2
Kidderminster - 4 £39,500 -
Bewdley - 2 - -
Stourport-on-Severn - 1 - -
Droitwich - 1 - -
Finance
West Midlands

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.26%) Azure
1 2 (5.26%) Entra ID
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) VPN
2 1 (2.63%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
General
1 26 (68.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Billing
4 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.63%) Marketing
4 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (65.79%) Facilities Engineer
1 25 (65.79%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (7.89%) Analyst
2 3 (7.89%) IT Support
3 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
3 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Senior
3 2 (5.26%) Support Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Coordinator
4 1 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (2.63%) ERP Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Financial Controller
4 1 (2.63%) Product Manager
4 1 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (2.63%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (2.63%) Support Technician
4 1 (2.63%) Trainee IT Support
4 1 (2.63%) Trainee IT Technician
4 1 (2.63%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) REST
1 1 (2.63%) SOAP
1 1 (2.63%) Spring
1 1 (2.63%) Spring Boot
1 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.63%) 3D Printing
2 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.63%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (2.63%) IoT
2 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
1 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (68.42%) Mentoring
2 25 (65.79%) Inventory Management
2 25 (65.79%) Preventative Maintenance
3 7 (18.42%) Agile
4 3 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.26%) CRM
5 2 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (5.26%) Time Management
5 2 (5.26%) Wealth Management
6 1 (2.63%) B2B
6 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.63%) CAD
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.63%) ERP
6 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.63%) Project Management
6 1 (2.63%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma
6 1 (2.63%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (65.79%) City & Guilds
1 25 (65.79%) NVQ Level 3
1 25 (65.79%) Postgraduate
2 3 (7.89%) ACCA
2 3 (7.89%) CIMA
3 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.63%) AAT
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (65.79%) COSHH
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) Epicor
2 1 (2.63%) Infor
2 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.63%) SAP