Finance Jobs in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,427 3,344 3,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.58% 19.87% 16.41%
As % of the General category 24.67% 28.42% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,697 1,542 1,692
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.40%
75th Percentile £72,433 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,375 £84,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,823 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.96% +3.85%

All General Skills
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,836 11,768 10,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.03% 69.93% 58.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,416 5,060 6,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £62,873 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,050 £79,125
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North West +1 1,371 £54,000 -1.82% 561
Yorkshire -3 802 £56,500 +2.73% 279
North East +1 254 £50,000 -9.09% 118
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 80 (3.30%) Confluence
2 76 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 60 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 44 (1.81%) SAS
5 35 (1.44%) Apache
6 24 (0.99%) IIS
7 17 (0.70%) Apache Spark
8 15 (0.62%) CMS
9 10 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
10 8 (0.33%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.25%) Captiva
11 6 (0.25%) FileNet
11 6 (0.25%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.16%) WordPress
13 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.082%) nginx
15 1 (0.041%) Jetty
15 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
15 1 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 235 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 158 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.58%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.082%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.082%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 22 (0.91%) NEC Housing
4 20 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 16 (0.66%) SAP FI
6 15 (0.62%) Sage X3
7 14 (0.58%) iTrent
8 13 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
8 13 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
9 11 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
9 11 (0.45%) SAP CO
9 11 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.37%) SAP BPC
10 9 (0.37%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.33%) SAP IBP
12 7 (0.29%) BPCS
12 7 (0.29%) Sage 200
13 6 (0.25%) SAP PM
13 6 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 391 (16.11%) Azure
2 245 (10.09%) Power Platform
3 183 (7.54%) AWS
4 154 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 131 (5.40%) GCP
6 84 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
7 70 (2.88%) SaaS
8 63 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
9 58 (2.39%) Entra ID
10 41 (1.69%) GitHub
11 37 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
12 35 (1.44%) Serverless
13 33 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 31 (1.28%) PowerApps
15 29 (1.19%) IaaS
16 22 (0.91%) PaaS
17 18 (0.74%) Amazon S3
18 15 (0.62%) Google Analytics
19 14 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
19 14 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 89 (3.67%) Firewall
2 48 (1.98%) Internet
3 41 (1.69%) WAN
4 32 (1.32%) LAN
4 32 (1.32%) VPN
5 29 (1.19%) DNS
5 29 (1.19%) Network Security
6 28 (1.15%) SAN
7 25 (1.03%) DHCP
8 18 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.62%) Broadband
9 15 (0.62%) IPsec
9 15 (0.62%) SNMP
10 14 (0.58%) Wireless
11 13 (0.54%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.49%) iSCSI
12 12 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
13 11 (0.45%) NAS
14 9 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (8.20%) Power BI
2 128 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
3 110 (4.53%) SQL Server
4 51 (2.10%) Tableau
5 39 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 39 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (1.36%) MongoDB
7 27 (1.11%) Metadata
8 26 (1.07%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 23 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (0.87%) Oracle Database
12 18 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
13 17 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (0.70%) BigQuery
14 15 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 15 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.62%) Relational Database
15 13 (0.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 143 (5.89%) JIRA
2 77 (3.17%) Git
3 34 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.32%) GitLab
5 18 (0.74%) Selenium
6 16 (0.66%) Appium
7 12 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
8 11 (0.45%) JMeter
8 11 (0.45%) Spinnaker
9 10 (0.41%) JUnit
10 9 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.33%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.25%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.25%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.21%) JetBrains Rider
14 5 (0.21%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.16%) NUnit
General
1 863 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 325 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
3 320 (13.19%) Banking
4 282 (11.62%) Legal
5 248 (10.22%) Retail
6 233 (9.60%) Public Sector
7 125 (5.15%) Marketing
8 117 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
9 110 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 91 (3.75%) Manufacturing
11 78 (3.21%) Law
12 67 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
13 62 (2.55%) Local Government
14 58 (2.39%) Billing
15 51 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 24 (0.99%) Police
18 22 (0.91%) Publishing
19 17 (0.70%) Back Office
20 15 (0.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 406 (16.73%) Senior
2 363 (14.96%) Analyst
3 355 (14.63%) Lead
4 233 (9.60%) Developer
5 160 (6.59%) Architect
6 128 (5.27%) Project Manager
7 109 (4.49%) Consultant
8 101 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
9 83 (3.42%) Financial Analyst
10 68 (2.80%) Senior Developer
11 62 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
12 60 (2.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 54 (2.22%) Administrator
13 54 (2.22%) IT Manager
14 52 (2.14%) Software Engineer
15 51 (2.10%) Product Manager
16 50 (2.06%) Support Engineer
17 49 (2.02%) Senior Manager
18 47 (1.94%) Enterprise Architect
18 47 (1.94%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (4.94%) .NET
2 66 (2.72%) React
3 64 (2.64%) HTML
4 55 (2.27%) REST
5 54 (2.22%) CSS
6 41 (1.69%) ASP.NET
7 39 (1.61%) RESTful
8 37 (1.52%) .NET Framework
9 34 (1.40%) JSON
10 33 (1.36%) Node.js
11 32 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
12 31 (1.28%) Web Services
13 30 (1.24%) .NET Core
14 27 (1.11%) AngularJS
15 25 (1.03%) Kafka
16 23 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
17 17 (0.70%) Entity Framework
17 17 (0.70%) OpenID
17 17 (0.70%) YAML
18 16 (0.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 127 (5.23%) Management Information System
2 92 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (2.97%) Public Cloud
4 70 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.76%) PMI
6 55 (2.27%) NHS
7 45 (1.85%) Mobile App
8 42 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (1.65%) Cloud Native
10 35 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 35 (1.44%) Housing Association
11 34 (1.40%) Credit Risk
12 23 (0.95%) Private Cloud
13 22 (0.91%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (0.78%) Driving Licence
16 18 (0.74%) Onboarding
16 18 (0.74%) Social Media
17 17 (0.70%) Mainframe
18 15 (0.62%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 189 (7.79%) Windows
2 103 (4.24%) Linux
3 49 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 46 (1.90%) Unix
5 28 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 26 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.99%) Android
7 24 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
10 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.37%) Windows Phone
12 8 (0.33%) Solaris
12 8 (0.33%) Windows Vista
13 5 (0.21%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.21%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.041%) CentOS
15 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (27.19%) Agile
2 443 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
3 433 (17.84%) Coaching
4 389 (16.03%) Mentoring
5 363 (14.96%) Roadmaps
6 267 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
7 266 (10.96%) Project Management
8 263 (10.84%) Customer Service
9 226 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 186 (7.66%) DevOps
11 180 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 175 (7.21%) ITIL
13 171 (7.05%) Decision-Making
14 168 (6.92%) Data Management
15 161 (6.63%) Analytics
16 154 (6.35%) ERP
17 149 (6.14%) Data Governance
17 149 (6.14%) Line Management
18 148 (6.10%) Project Delivery
19 142 (5.85%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 368 (15.16%) SQL
2 152 (6.26%) Python
3 140 (5.77%) C#
4 122 (5.03%) JavaScript
5 79 (3.26%) PowerShell
6 68 (2.80%) Java
7 65 (2.68%) TypeScript
8 31 (1.28%) T-SQL
9 19 (0.78%) PHP
10 15 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (0.62%) R
10 15 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 13 (0.54%) VBA
12 11 (0.45%) Groovy
12 11 (0.45%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.41%) VBScript
14 9 (0.37%) Bash
14 9 (0.37%) C
15 8 (0.33%) VB
16 7 (0.29%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 267 (11.00%) Degree
2 79 (3.26%) Security Cleared
3 76 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 73 (3.01%) ACCA
5 63 (2.60%) DBS Check
6 47 (1.94%) SC Cleared
7 43 (1.77%) CIMA
8 36 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.48%) PMP
9 34 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (0.95%) CAPM
12 21 (0.87%) AWS Certification
12 21 (0.87%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.82%) APMP
13 20 (0.82%) CISSP
13 20 (0.82%) PgMP
14 18 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (0.70%) HNC
15 17 (0.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (4.37%) GDPR
2 95 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 91 (3.75%) QA
4 83 (3.42%) SLA
5 55 (2.27%) IFRS
6 39 (1.61%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.40%) PMO
8 31 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 29 (1.19%) NIST
10 28 (1.15%) GAAP
11 27 (1.11%) IFRS 9
12 16 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.49%) GRC
14 11 (0.45%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.37%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 8 (0.33%) PSD2
17 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.25%) CRD IV
17 6 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 140 (5.77%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (2.06%) Docker
4 31 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.95%) RACF
6 18 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 7 (0.29%) IAG
10 6 (0.25%) XenApp
10 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.082%) Firmware
12 1 (0.041%) KVM
12 1 (0.041%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 59 (2.43%) Terraform
2 53 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 39 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.36%) Ansible
5 26 (1.07%) SCCM
6 17 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.62%) Progress Chef
7 15 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.58%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.49%) VxRail
10 9 (0.37%) AirWatch
11 8 (0.33%) SCOM
12 7 (0.29%) Grafana
13 6 (0.25%) Nmap
14 5 (0.21%) Kibana
15 2 (0.082%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.082%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 514 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 115 (4.74%) SAP
3 107 (4.41%) Google
4 86 (3.54%) Oracle
5 83 (3.42%) VMware
6 46 (1.90%) NEC
7 40 (1.65%) Cisco
8 39 (1.61%) CA
8 39 (1.61%) Splunk
9 38 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 38 (1.57%) Virgin Media
10 37 (1.52%) Atlassian
11 33 (1.36%) Citrix
12 27 (1.11%) IBM
12 27 (1.11%) NetApp
12 27 (1.11%) Sage
13 24 (0.99%) Commvault
14 23 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 23 (0.95%) MuleSoft
15 21 (0.87%) Dell