Finance Jobs in the North West

Financial
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,352 1,406 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.56% 18.20% 18.28%
As % of the General category 25.38% 26.84% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 958 690 968
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,569 £35,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,600
Median % change year-on-year - -2.83% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,326 5,238 5,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.41% 67.79% 61.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,934 2,414 3,100
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £51,439
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.06% +8.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,140
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Finance in the North West

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North West

Finance
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester +2 749 £55,000 -7.60% 321
Merseyside +4 214 £47,000 +4.44% 62
Cheshire -3 179 £55,000 +4.76% 86
Lancashire +9 176 £45,000 -18.18% 59
Cumbria +4 29 £39,000 -29.09% 23
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 39 (2.88%) Confluence
2 34 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.70%) Apache
4 21 (1.55%) IIS
5 14 (1.04%) SAS
6 12 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.59%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.30%) CMS
10 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.22%) Captiva
10 3 (0.22%) FileNet
10 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.074%) Jetty
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 164 (12.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.33%) NetSuite
4 15 (1.11%) NEC Housing
5 13 (0.96%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.96%) iTrent
5 13 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
6 11 (0.81%) SAP FI
7 9 (0.67%) SAP BPC
8 8 (0.59%) SAP IBP
9 7 (0.52%) BPCS
9 7 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.44%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.44%) SAP PM
10 6 (0.44%) SAP PP
10 6 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
11 5 (0.37%) Sage X3
12 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
12 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 214 (15.83%) Azure
2 141 (10.43%) Power Platform
3 89 (6.58%) AWS
4 65 (4.81%) GCP
5 59 (4.36%) Dynamics 365
6 58 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (2.14%) GitHub
8 29 (2.14%) SaaS
9 22 (1.63%) Entra ID
10 21 (1.55%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.48%) Serverless
12 17 (1.26%) IaaS
13 13 (0.96%) Amazon S3
13 13 (0.96%) Google Analytics
13 13 (0.96%) PaaS
14 11 (0.81%) dbt
14 11 (0.81%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.74%) Google Play
16 9 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.48%) Firewall
2 23 (1.70%) WAN
3 22 (1.63%) Internet
3 22 (1.63%) SAN
4 16 (1.18%) VPN
5 15 (1.11%) LAN
6 14 (1.04%) DNS
7 13 (0.96%) Network Security
7 13 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.89%) DHCP
8 12 (0.89%) iSCSI
9 11 (0.81%) Broadband
9 11 (0.81%) Wireless
10 10 (0.74%) IPsec
10 10 (0.74%) NAS
10 10 (0.74%) SNMP
11 9 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (0.67%) VoIP
12 6 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
13 5 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (7.54%) Power BI
2 79 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.44%) Tableau
5 28 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (1.55%) Metadata
6 21 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.41%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
9 17 (1.26%) Oracle Database
10 15 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.11%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.89%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.81%) Looker
13 11 (0.81%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
15 9 (0.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 69 (5.10%) JIRA
2 52 (3.85%) Git
3 21 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.33%) GitLab
5 12 (0.89%) Spinnaker
6 10 (0.74%) Appium
7 6 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.37%) JetBrains Rider
8 5 (0.37%) JMeter
8 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.30%) MSTest
9 4 (0.30%) NUnit
10 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.22%) git-flow
10 3 (0.22%) Jasmine
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.15%) Postman
General
1 467 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 204 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (11.91%) Retail
4 146 (10.80%) Legal
5 141 (10.43%) Banking
6 117 (8.65%) Public Sector
7 93 (6.88%) Marketing
8 77 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 67 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.62%) Manufacturing
11 42 (3.11%) Law
12 40 (2.96%) Local Government
13 38 (2.81%) Billing
14 27 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.11%) Police
18 13 (0.96%) Back Office
19 10 (0.74%) Automotive
19 10 (0.74%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 209 (15.46%) Senior
2 204 (15.09%) Analyst
3 149 (11.02%) Developer
3 149 (11.02%) Lead
4 68 (5.03%) Consultant
5 65 (4.81%) Architect
6 61 (4.51%) Financial Analyst
7 57 (4.22%) Project Manager
8 51 (3.77%) Senior Developer
9 41 (3.03%) Administrator
10 37 (2.74%) Software Engineer
11 35 (2.59%) Business Manager
11 35 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (2.51%) IT Support
13 33 (2.44%) Systems Analyst
14 32 (2.37%) Applications Support
15 31 (2.29%) Data Engineer
15 31 (2.29%) Product Manager
16 30 (2.22%) Development Manager
16 30 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.66%) .NET
2 42 (3.11%) REST
3 40 (2.96%) React
4 30 (2.22%) HTML
5 29 (2.14%) CSS
6 25 (1.85%) JSON
7 23 (1.70%) RESTful
8 22 (1.63%) ASP.NET
8 22 (1.63%) Kafka
8 22 (1.63%) Web Services
9 18 (1.33%) .NET Framework
10 17 (1.26%) Node.js
10 17 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
11 16 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
12 12 (0.89%) .NET Core
13 11 (0.81%) SOAP
14 10 (0.74%) Android SDK
14 10 (0.74%) YAML
15 9 (0.67%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 75 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 44 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 40 (2.96%) PMI
6 26 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (1.63%) NHS
8 21 (1.55%) Cloud Native
8 21 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 20 (1.48%) Driving Licence
10 19 (1.41%) Housing Association
11 17 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.04%) Mainframe
13 13 (0.96%) Onboarding
13 13 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (0.89%) Reinsurance
15 11 (0.81%) Algorithms
15 11 (0.81%) Data Structures
15 11 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 89 (6.58%) Windows
2 63 (4.66%) Linux
3 32 (2.37%) Unix
4 18 (1.33%) Android
5 11 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.74%) Data ONTAP
7 9 (0.67%) Windows Phone
8 8 (0.59%) Solaris
8 8 (0.59%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (26.18%) Agile
2 226 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
3 186 (13.76%) Coaching
4 183 (13.54%) Roadmaps
5 181 (13.39%) Mentoring
6 162 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
7 148 (10.95%) Project Management
8 124 (9.17%) Customer Service
9 114 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 101 (7.47%) Decision-Making
10 101 (7.47%) DevOps
11 100 (7.40%) ERP
12 99 (7.32%) Data Management
13 90 (6.66%) Analytics
14 85 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (5.99%) ITIL
16 75 (5.55%) Project Delivery
17 74 (5.47%) Data Analysis
18 72 (5.33%) CRM
18 72 (5.33%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 181 (13.39%) SQL
2 99 (7.32%) Python
3 78 (5.77%) C#
4 69 (5.10%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.25%) Java
6 40 (2.96%) PowerShell
7 36 (2.66%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.92%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 11 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.67%) C
13 7 (0.52%) Bash
13 7 (0.52%) RPG
13 7 (0.52%) RPG IV
13 7 (0.52%) Rust
14 6 (0.44%) PHP
14 6 (0.44%) R
14 6 (0.44%) VB
15 5 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 151 (11.17%) Degree
2 58 (4.29%) ACCA
3 49 (3.62%) Security Cleared
4 44 (3.25%) PMI Certification
5 42 (3.11%) CIMA
6 29 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 28 (2.07%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 13 (0.96%) PMP
11 11 (0.81%) AAT
11 11 (0.81%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.67%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (0.59%) CAPM
13 8 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.52%) CISA
15 6 (0.44%) APMP
15 6 (0.44%) MBA
15 6 (0.44%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (4.73%) QA
2 61 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.74%) GDPR
4 30 (2.22%) SLA
5 26 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.85%) PMO
7 22 (1.63%) IFRS
8 14 (1.04%) GAAP
8 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (1.04%) NIST
9 8 (0.59%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.22%) COSO
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) GRC
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 53 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 35 (2.59%) Docker
3 32 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.67%) Terminal Services
5 6 (0.44%) RACF
6 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 33 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.14%) Terraform
3 17 (1.26%) Ansible
4 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.04%) SCCM
5 14 (1.04%) ZABBIX
6 12 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.89%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.89%) VxRail
7 10 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.67%) AirWatch
9 7 (0.52%) Grafana
10 5 (0.37%) Kibana
10 5 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 277 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 80 (5.92%) SAP
3 61 (4.51%) Oracle
4 57 (4.22%) Google
5 39 (2.88%) NEC
6 34 (2.51%) Virgin Media
6 34 (2.51%) VMware
7 24 (1.78%) CA
8 22 (1.63%) NetApp
9 20 (1.48%) MuleSoft
9 20 (1.48%) Splunk
10 19 (1.41%) Cisco
11 17 (1.26%) Salesforce
12 16 (1.18%) Atlassian
13 15 (1.11%) IBM
14 14 (1.04%) Commvault
14 14 (1.04%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.96%) Infor
16 12 (0.89%) SolarWinds
16 12 (0.89%) Teradata