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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,578 1,705 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.30% 18.37% 14.22%
As % of the General category 23.48% 24.99% 23.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 895 973
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 6,722 6,823 6,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.63% 73.51% 61.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,704 3,086 4,204
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,754
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 13 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 13 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 1,105 £51,300 -6.73% 380
East Midlands -4 466 £47,500 -13.64% 221
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 75 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.65%) 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
13 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 192 (12.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.96%) 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
1 183 (11.60%) Power Platform
2 178 (11.28%) Azure
3 112 (7.10%) AWS
4 96 (6.08%) 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%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (0.63%) Serverless
15 9 (0.57%) Google Drive
16 8 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 64 (4.06%) Firewall
2 41 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (1.77%) LAN
4 27 (1.71%) Internet
5 26 (1.65%) WAN
6 24 (1.52%) Broadband
7 22 (1.39%) 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
1 176 (11.15%) Power BI
2 106 (6.72%) SQL Server
3 43 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.58%) 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 50 (3.17%) 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 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 266 (16.86%) Retail
3 230 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (9.13%) Legal
5 123 (7.79%) Manufacturing
6 119 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 113 (7.16%) Marketing
8 104 (6.59%) Public Sector
9 88 (5.58%) 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 43 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (2.41%) Billing
15 38 (2.41%) Law
16 34 (2.15%) Electronics
17 31 (1.96%) Back Office
18 29 (1.84%) Automotive
19 28 (1.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 221 (14.01%) Analyst
2 220 (13.94%) Project Manager
3 210 (13.31%) Senior
4 136 (8.62%) Lead
5 128 (8.11%) Developer
6 117 (7.41%) IT Manager
7 103 (6.53%) Consultant
8 51 (3.23%) Architect
9 45 (2.85%) Senior Manager
10 42 (2.66%) IT Project Manager
11 38 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (2.15%) Software Developer
13 31 (1.96%) Financial Analyst
14 28 (1.77%) Commercial Analyst
14 28 (1.77%) IT Support
14 28 (1.77%) Senior Consultant
15 27 (1.71%) Data Engineer
15 27 (1.71%) Infrastructure Manager
15 27 (1.71%) Network Engineer
16 26 (1.65%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.56%) HTML
2 71 (4.50%) .NET
3 36 (2.28%) ASP.NET
4 32 (2.03%) ASP.NET MVC
5 31 (1.96%) CSS
6 30 (1.90%) AngularJS
7 29 (1.84%) Web Services
8 20 (1.27%) EDI
9 19 (1.20%) .NET Core
9 19 (1.20%) RESTful
10 18 (1.14%) HTML5
11 15 (0.95%) React
12 13 (0.82%) REST
13 12 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
13 12 (0.76%) LINQ
13 12 (0.76%) Spring
13 12 (0.76%) Spring Boot
14 10 (0.63%) Material Design
14 10 (0.63%) PySpark
15 9 (0.57%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.65%) Management Information System
1 105 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.25%) Driving Licence
4 41 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 37 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.15%) NHS
7 31 (1.96%) Mobile App
8 30 (1.90%) PMI
9 17 (1.08%) Credit Risk
10 15 (0.95%) FMCG
10 15 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (0.89%) Algorithms
12 13 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.76%) Smartcard
14 11 (0.70%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
15 10 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.96%) Windows
2 42 (2.66%) Linux
3 34 (2.15%) 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 (23.07%) Project Management
2 357 (22.62%) Agile
3 262 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
5 182 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (10.20%) Risk Management
6 161 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 151 (9.57%) Mentoring
7 151 (9.57%) Project Delivery
8 133 (8.43%) Customer Service
9 132 (8.37%) Roadmaps
10 130 (8.24%) ERP
11 126 (7.98%) Analytics
11 126 (7.98%) Decision-Making
12 118 (7.48%) Coaching
13 104 (6.59%) Process Improvement
14 101 (6.40%) Change Management
15 99 (6.27%) ITIL
16 89 (5.64%) Data Analysis
17 88 (5.58%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 166 (10.52%) SQL
2 70 (4.44%) C#
3 69 (4.37%) Python
4 49 (3.11%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.72%) 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%) RPG
Qualifications
1 224 (14.20%) Degree
2 70 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 54 (3.42%) ACCA
4 40 (2.53%) CIMA
5 39 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 37 (2.34%) DBS Check
7 28 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.77%) SC Cleared
8 25 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 23 (1.46%) CISSP
10 18 (1.14%) CISM
11 17 (1.08%) PMP
12 16 (1.01%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.95%) CCNA
13 15 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 14 (0.89%) Azure Certification
15 13 (0.82%) CCNP
15 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.70%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.83%) GDPR
2 49 (3.11%) QA
3 41 (2.60%) PMO
4 32 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 23 (1.46%) NIST
7 23 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (0.89%) SLA
9 13 (0.82%) IFRS
10 12 (0.76%) ITGC
11 11 (0.70%) GRC
12 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.51%) IFRS 9
13 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.32%) COBIT
16 4 (0.25%) GAAP
16 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 49 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.96%) 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 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.58%) Terraform
3 13 (0.82%) Ansible
4 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) Grafana
5 4 (0.25%) SCCM
6 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.13%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.13%) Functional Safety
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%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.063%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.063%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 352 (22.31%) Microsoft
2 47 (2.98%) Cisco
3 43 (2.72%) CheckPoint
3 43 (2.72%) SAP
4 40 (2.53%) VMware
5 33 (2.09%) Google
5 33 (2.09%) NEC
5 33 (2.09%) Oracle
6 27 (1.71%) Palo Alto
7 26 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.27%) IFS
9 20 (1.27%) Sophos
9 20 (1.27%) Workday
10 18 (1.14%) Openreach
10 18 (1.14%) Virgin Media
11 16 (1.01%) Adobe
12 14 (0.89%) Citrix
12 14 (0.89%) Veeam
13 13 (0.82%) Atlassian