Finance Jobs in the Midlands

Financial
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,577 1,698 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.28% 18.47% 14.23%
As % of the General category 23.46% 25.10% 23.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 894 974
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
Midlands

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,721 6,765 6,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.59% 73.60% 61.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,701 3,067 4,209
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
West Midlands 0 1,104 £51,300 -6.73% 384
East Midlands -4 466 £47,500 -13.64% 220
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 76 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.33%) SAS
4 16 (1.01%) WordPress
5 15 (0.95%) Apache
6 10 (0.63%) Confluence
7 8 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.51%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.44%) IIS
9 5 (0.32%) nginx
9 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.25%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.13%) Captiva
12 2 (0.13%) CMS
12 2 (0.13%) Documentum
12 2 (0.13%) MTS
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 192 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.57%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Simulink
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.063%) Sketch
9 1 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.89%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.51%) Misys Midas
4 8 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.51%) Shopify
5 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.32%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.25%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.25%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.19%) Magento
7 3 (0.19%) ProductWriter
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 185 (11.73%) Power Platform
2 177 (11.22%) Azure
3 111 (7.04%) AWS
4 97 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
6 46 (2.92%) SaaS
7 21 (1.33%) PowerApps
8 19 (1.20%) Power Automate
9 18 (1.14%) GCP
10 16 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (1.01%) Entra ID
10 16 (1.01%) GitHub
10 16 (1.01%) WhatsApp
11 14 (0.89%) Amazon S3
12 12 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (0.63%) Serverless
14 9 (0.57%) Google Drive
15 8 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.93%) Firewall
2 41 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (1.78%) LAN
4 27 (1.71%) Internet
5 26 (1.65%) WAN
6 24 (1.52%) Broadband
7 22 (1.40%) Wireless
8 19 (1.20%) DNS
8 19 (1.20%) SD-WAN
9 18 (1.14%) VPN
10 17 (1.08%) Intranet
10 17 (1.08%) MPLS
11 15 (0.95%) SAN
12 12 (0.76%) DHCP
12 12 (0.76%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.76%) VLAN
13 11 (0.70%) Ethernet
14 7 (0.44%) Bluetooth
14 7 (0.44%) IPsec
14 7 (0.44%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (11.29%) Power BI
2 105 (6.66%) SQL Server
3 44 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (1.65%) Data Lake
6 20 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 20 (1.27%) Tableau
7 19 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.08%) Oracle Database
9 15 (0.95%) Big Data
9 15 (0.95%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.89%) Power Query
11 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.76%) NonStop SQL
13 8 (0.51%) Metadata
14 7 (0.44%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.44%) InterSystems Cache
14 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 7 (0.44%) MySQL
15 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 49 (3.11%) JIRA
2 19 (1.20%) Cucumber
3 13 (0.82%) Git
4 6 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.32%) webpack
6 4 (0.25%) Postman
6 4 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.19%) Maven
7 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.19%) Toad
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) CANoe
8 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.13%) GitLab
9 1 (0.063%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.063%) fastlane
9 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 652 (41.34%) Social Skills
2 266 (16.87%) Retail
3 230 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (9.13%) Legal
5 123 (7.80%) Manufacturing
6 119 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 114 (7.23%) Marketing
8 104 (6.59%) Public Sector
9 89 (5.64%) Banking
10 58 (3.68%) Local Government
11 57 (3.61%) Telecoms
12 52 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
13 50 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
14 44 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (2.41%) Billing
15 38 (2.41%) Law
16 34 (2.16%) Electronics
17 31 (1.97%) Back Office
18 29 (1.84%) Automotive
19 28 (1.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 221 (14.01%) Analyst
2 218 (13.82%) Project Manager
3 208 (13.19%) Senior
4 135 (8.56%) Lead
5 127 (8.05%) Developer
6 117 (7.42%) IT Manager
7 102 (6.47%) Consultant
8 51 (3.23%) Architect
9 45 (2.85%) Senior Manager
10 41 (2.60%) IT Project Manager
11 38 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (2.09%) Software Developer
13 31 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
14 28 (1.78%) Commercial Analyst
14 28 (1.78%) IT Support
15 27 (1.71%) Data Engineer
15 27 (1.71%) Senior Consultant
16 26 (1.65%) Administrator
16 26 (1.65%) Infrastructure Manager
16 26 (1.65%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (4.50%) .NET
1 71 (4.50%) HTML
2 35 (2.22%) ASP.NET
3 31 (1.97%) ASP.NET MVC
3 31 (1.97%) CSS
4 30 (1.90%) AngularJS
5 29 (1.84%) Web Services
6 20 (1.27%) EDI
7 19 (1.20%) .NET Core
7 19 (1.20%) RESTful
8 18 (1.14%) HTML5
9 15 (0.95%) React
10 13 (0.82%) REST
11 12 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
11 12 (0.76%) LINQ
11 12 (0.76%) Spring
11 12 (0.76%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.63%) Material Design
12 10 (0.63%) PySpark
13 9 (0.57%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.66%) Management Information System
1 105 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.25%) Driving Licence
4 41 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 37 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.16%) NHS
7 30 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 30 (1.90%) PMI
8 17 (1.08%) Credit Risk
9 15 (0.95%) FMCG
10 14 (0.89%) Algorithms
10 14 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.76%) Smartcard
13 11 (0.70%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.96%) Windows
2 42 (2.66%) Linux
3 34 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.33%) Unix
5 18 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (0.76%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.70%) Windows 8
9 7 (0.44%) Solaris
10 5 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.13%) Android
13 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (23.08%) Project Management
2 356 (22.57%) Agile
3 264 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
5 184 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (10.21%) Risk Management
7 160 (10.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 152 (9.64%) Project Delivery
9 151 (9.58%) Mentoring
10 135 (8.56%) Roadmaps
11 133 (8.43%) Customer Service
12 131 (8.31%) ERP
13 128 (8.12%) Analytics
13 128 (8.12%) Decision-Making
14 118 (7.48%) Coaching
15 103 (6.53%) Process Improvement
16 101 (6.40%) Change Management
17 99 (6.28%) ITIL
18 90 (5.71%) Data Analysis
19 88 (5.58%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 166 (10.53%) SQL
2 70 (4.44%) C#
3 69 (4.38%) Python
4 49 (3.11%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.73%) Java
6 20 (1.27%) PowerShell
7 19 (1.20%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.01%) T-SQL
9 14 (0.89%) PHP
10 13 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.63%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.57%) C
12 9 (0.57%) R
13 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.44%) C++
15 5 (0.32%) Bash
15 5 (0.32%) VBA
16 4 (0.25%) Go
17 3 (0.19%) Embedded C
18 2 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 226 (14.33%) Degree
2 70 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 54 (3.42%) ACCA
4 40 (2.54%) CIMA
5 39 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 37 (2.35%) DBS Check
7 29 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (1.78%) SC Cleared
9 24 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 23 (1.46%) CISSP
11 18 (1.14%) CISM
12 17 (1.08%) PMP
13 16 (1.01%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 14 (0.89%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.89%) CCNA
15 14 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.82%) CCNP
16 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (0.70%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.90%) GDPR
2 51 (3.23%) QA
3 41 (2.60%) PMO
4 33 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 32 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 23 (1.46%) NIST
8 23 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (0.89%) SLA
10 13 (0.82%) IFRS
11 12 (0.76%) ITGC
12 11 (0.70%) GRC
13 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.51%) IFRS 9
14 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.32%) COBIT
17 4 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.25%) GAAP
System Software
1 48 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.97%) Docker
3 21 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 21 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.38%) Firmware
6 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.13%) pfSense
7 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.59%) Terraform
3 13 (0.82%) Ansible
4 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) Grafana
6 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.19%) SCCM
7 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.13%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.13%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.13%) MIIS
7 2 (0.13%) Nagios
7 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.13%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.063%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.063%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.063%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.063%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 354 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.85%) Cisco
3 43 (2.73%) SAP
4 41 (2.60%) CheckPoint
5 39 (2.47%) VMware
6 34 (2.16%) Oracle
7 33 (2.09%) Google
7 33 (2.09%) NEC
8 26 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 25 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.46%) Salesforce
11 20 (1.27%) IFS
11 20 (1.27%) Sophos
11 20 (1.27%) Workday
12 18 (1.14%) Openreach
12 18 (1.14%) Virgin Media
13 16 (1.01%) Adobe
14 14 (0.89%) Citrix
14 14 (0.89%) Veeam
15 13 (0.82%) Atlassian