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 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 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,420 3,406 2,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.83% 19.89% 16.30%
As % of the General category 24.86% 28.29% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,712 1,549 1,684
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +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 9,733 12,040 10,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.64% 70.31% 58.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7,363 5,108 6,123
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,189
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 £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,320 £81,250 £78,750
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 14 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 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
North West +1 1,351 £55,000 - 531
Yorkshire -3 821 £57,500 +4.55% 262
North East 0 248 £48,750 -11.36% 107
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 (3.31%) Confluence
2 76 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 60 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 48 (1.98%) SAS
5 38 (1.57%) Apache
6 23 (0.95%) IIS
7 21 (0.87%) Apache Spark
8 15 (0.62%) CMS
9 12 (0.50%) Captiva
9 12 (0.50%) FileNet
9 12 (0.50%) WebSphere
10 11 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
11 7 (0.29%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.17%) WordPress
13 2 (0.083%) nginx
14 1 (0.041%) Jetty
14 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
Applications
1 229 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.083%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.083%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.041%) EViews
8 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.041%) SPSS
8 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.87%) NetSuite
4 20 (0.83%) NEC Housing
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
1 402 (16.61%) Azure
2 250 (10.33%) Power Platform
3 186 (7.69%) AWS
4 155 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
5 147 (6.07%) GCP
6 85 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
7 73 (3.02%) SaaS
8 63 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (2.02%) GitHub
10 37 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
11 35 (1.45%) Serverless
12 34 (1.40%) Entra ID
13 33 (1.36%) IaaS
13 33 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 32 (1.32%) PowerApps
15 26 (1.07%) PaaS
16 18 (0.74%) Amazon S3
17 15 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (0.62%) Google Analytics
18 14 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.60%) Firewall
2 48 (1.98%) Internet
3 41 (1.69%) WAN
4 33 (1.36%) VPN
5 32 (1.32%) LAN
6 30 (1.24%) DNS
7 29 (1.20%) Network Security
8 28 (1.16%) SAN
9 26 (1.07%) DHCP
10 18 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 17 (0.70%) Broadband
12 15 (0.62%) IPsec
12 15 (0.62%) SNMP
12 15 (0.62%) Wireless
13 13 (0.54%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.50%) iSCSI
14 12 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
15 11 (0.45%) NAS
16 9 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (8.31%) Power BI
2 133 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
3 110 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 51 (2.11%) Tableau
5 43 (1.78%) Data Lake
6 40 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (1.32%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 28 (1.16%) Metadata
10 25 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 24 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (0.79%) BigQuery
13 19 (0.79%) Oracle Database
14 18 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
15 15 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 15 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
15 15 (0.62%) Relational Database
16 13 (0.54%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 150 (6.20%) JIRA
2 81 (3.35%) Git
3 35 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.32%) GitLab
5 18 (0.74%) Selenium
6 16 (0.66%) Appium
7 14 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (0.50%) IBM UrbanCode
8 12 (0.50%) Spinnaker
9 11 (0.45%) JMeter
10 10 (0.41%) JUnit
11 9 (0.37%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.33%) CircleCI
13 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.29%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 6 (0.25%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.21%) JetBrains Rider
15 5 (0.21%) TeamCity
16 4 (0.17%) NUnit
General
1 877 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 339 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
3 334 (13.80%) Banking
4 265 (10.95%) Legal
5 246 (10.17%) Retail
6 232 (9.59%) Public Sector
7 126 (5.21%) Marketing
8 125 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
9 110 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 90 (3.72%) Manufacturing
11 79 (3.26%) Law
12 66 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
13 60 (2.48%) Local Government
14 59 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
15 58 (2.40%) Billing
16 30 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 22 (0.91%) Police
17 22 (0.91%) Publishing
18 17 (0.70%) Retail Finance
19 15 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 385 (15.91%) Senior
2 355 (14.67%) Lead
3 350 (14.46%) Analyst
4 230 (9.50%) Developer
5 167 (6.90%) Architect
6 124 (5.12%) Project Manager
7 109 (4.50%) Consultant
8 85 (3.51%) Financial Analyst
9 82 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
10 66 (2.73%) Senior Developer
11 63 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
12 61 (2.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 58 (2.40%) Software Engineer
14 55 (2.27%) IT Manager
15 54 (2.23%) Enterprise Architect
15 54 (2.23%) Systems Analyst
16 52 (2.15%) Administrator
16 52 (2.15%) Product Manager
17 50 (2.07%) Support Engineer
18 46 (1.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (5.00%) .NET
2 67 (2.77%) React
3 65 (2.69%) HTML
4 55 (2.27%) CSS
4 55 (2.27%) REST
5 41 (1.69%) ASP.NET
6 39 (1.61%) RESTful
7 38 (1.57%) JSON
8 37 (1.53%) Node.js
9 36 (1.49%) .NET Framework
10 34 (1.40%) .NET Core
11 32 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
12 29 (1.20%) Web Services
13 26 (1.07%) AngularJS
14 24 (0.99%) Kafka
15 22 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
16 21 (0.87%) OpenID
17 20 (0.83%) YAML
18 16 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
18 16 (0.66%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 104 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 91 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
3 74 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 71 (2.93%) Public Cloud
5 69 (2.85%) PMI
6 55 (2.27%) NHS
7 45 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 41 (1.69%) Credit Risk
8 41 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (1.65%) Cloud Native
10 35 (1.45%) Data Centre
10 35 (1.45%) Housing Association
11 29 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 25 (1.03%) Data Structures
13 21 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (0.87%) Mainframe
14 19 (0.79%) Blockchain
14 19 (0.79%) Driving Licence
15 18 (0.74%) Onboarding
15 18 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 189 (7.81%) Windows
2 108 (4.46%) Linux
3 55 (2.27%) Unix
4 50 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 29 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.99%) Android
8 23 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 17 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.37%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.33%) Apple iOS
13 8 (0.33%) Windows Vista
14 7 (0.29%) Solaris
15 5 (0.21%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.21%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.041%) CentOS
17 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (27.52%) Agile
2 453 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
3 417 (17.23%) Coaching
4 388 (16.03%) Mentoring
5 350 (14.46%) Roadmaps
6 275 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
7 273 (11.28%) Customer Service
8 262 (10.83%) Project Management
9 225 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 192 (7.93%) DevOps
11 176 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 175 (7.23%) Analytics
13 174 (7.19%) ITIL
14 171 (7.07%) Data Management
15 162 (6.69%) Decision-Making
16 155 (6.40%) ERP
17 148 (6.12%) Data Governance
17 148 (6.12%) Project Delivery
18 147 (6.07%) Data Analysis
18 147 (6.07%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 354 (14.63%) SQL
2 158 (6.53%) Python
3 138 (5.70%) C#
4 120 (4.96%) JavaScript
5 74 (3.06%) Java
6 66 (2.73%) TypeScript
7 57 (2.36%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.28%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.83%) R
10 18 (0.74%) PHP
11 15 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 13 (0.54%) Bash
13 13 (0.54%) VBA
14 11 (0.45%) Groovy
14 11 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.41%) VBScript
16 9 (0.37%) C
17 8 (0.33%) VB
18 7 (0.29%) RPG
Qualifications
1 273 (11.28%) Degree
2 78 (3.22%) PMI Certification
3 73 (3.02%) ACCA
4 72 (2.98%) Security Cleared
5 62 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 45 (1.86%) SC Cleared
7 43 (1.78%) CIMA
8 36 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.49%) PMP
9 35 (1.45%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (0.95%) CAPM
12 21 (0.87%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.83%) APMP
13 20 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 20 (0.83%) PgMP
14 19 (0.79%) CISSP
15 18 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.70%) HNC
16 17 (0.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (4.71%) GDPR
2 98 (4.05%) QA
3 97 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 85 (3.51%) SLA
5 59 (2.44%) IFRS
6 38 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 33 (1.36%) PMO
8 31 (1.28%) IFRS 9
9 29 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 28 (1.16%) GAAP
10 28 (1.16%) NIST
11 15 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.45%) GRC
12 11 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.41%) CRD IV
14 9 (0.37%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (0.33%) PSD2
16 7 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 117 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (2.02%) Docker
4 32 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 19 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 7 (0.29%) IAG
9 6 (0.25%) XenApp
9 6 (0.25%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.12%) Firmware
11 1 (0.041%) KVM
11 1 (0.041%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 59 (2.44%) Terraform
2 57 (2.36%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.65%) 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 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.50%) VxRail
10 9 (0.37%) AirWatch
10 9 (0.37%) SCOM
11 7 (0.29%) Grafana
12 6 (0.25%) Nmap
13 5 (0.21%) Istio
13 5 (0.21%) Kibana
14 3 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 487 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.96%) SAP
3 109 (4.50%) Google
4 94 (3.88%) Oracle
5 84 (3.47%) VMware
6 46 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.82%) NEC
8 41 (1.69%) Cisco
8 41 (1.69%) Splunk
9 40 (1.65%) Virgin Media
10 39 (1.61%) CA
11 37 (1.53%) Atlassian
12 34 (1.40%) Citrix
13 32 (1.32%) IBM
14 27 (1.12%) NetApp
14 27 (1.12%) Sage
15 25 (1.03%) Commvault
16 23 (0.95%) MuleSoft
17 21 (0.87%) Dell
18 20 (0.83%) Fortinet