Finance Jobs in the West Midlands

Financial
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,169 1,174 1,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.56% 20.14% 14.59%
As % of the General category 26.22% 26.69% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 807 665 721
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,823 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.96% +3.85%

All General Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,459 4,398 4,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.52% 75.45% 63.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,059 2,223 2,966
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the West Midlands

Finance
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Birmingham -2 477 £55,000 -4.35% 157
Warwickshire -3 175 £54,813 +9.63% 43
Staffordshire +18 134 £55,000 +4.76% 54
Coventry +7 57 £50,650 -26.06% 31
Solihull 0 52 £45,000 -37.93% 10
Worcestershire -13 43 £30,500 -32.22% 18
Wolverhampton +3 39 £53,500 -2.73% 15
Shropshire -6 36 £47,500 -13.64% 11
Dudley - 14 £27,000 - 4
Tipton - 13 £25,000 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -5 8 £35,000 - 1
Walsall +9 5 £66,000 -5.71% 6
West Bromwich -1 5 £57,500 +9.52% 5
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 -
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 2
Herefordshire -4 2 £36,250 -14.71% 10
Halesowen - 1 £30,000 -
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 60 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.63%) SAS
3 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.03%) WordPress
5 11 (0.94%) Apache
6 10 (0.86%) Confluence
7 9 (0.77%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.68%) IIS
9 5 (0.43%) nginx
9 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.34%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.17%) MTS
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.086%) Appian
13 1 (0.086%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.086%) JBoss
13 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 149 (12.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (10.69%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.60%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.086%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 18 (1.54%) NEC Housing
2 15 (1.28%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.34%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 4 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.26%) ProductWriter
7 2 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.17%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.086%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.086%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.086%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.086%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.086%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 147 (12.57%) Power Platform
2 139 (11.89%) Azure
3 82 (7.01%) AWS
4 78 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (4.45%) Dynamics 365
6 38 (3.25%) SaaS
7 20 (1.71%) PowerApps
8 19 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.54%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (1.20%) GCP
12 12 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.77%) GitHub
13 9 (0.77%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (0.60%) Mavenlink
16 5 (0.43%) npm
16 5 (0.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.93%) Firewall
2 38 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
3 24 (2.05%) LAN
4 23 (1.97%) WAN
5 21 (1.80%) Wireless
6 19 (1.63%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.37%) Intranet
7 16 (1.37%) MPLS
8 13 (1.11%) VPN
9 12 (1.03%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.94%) DNS
11 9 (0.77%) DHCP
11 9 (0.77%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.60%) PBX
12 7 (0.60%) SAN
12 7 (0.60%) VLAN
13 6 (0.51%) Network Security
13 6 (0.51%) OSPF
14 5 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (0.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (11.98%) Power BI
2 84 (7.19%) SQL Server
3 34 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 29 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.71%) Oracle Database
5 20 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 19 (1.63%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.11%) Big Data
8 13 (1.11%) Power Query
9 11 (0.94%) Tableau
10 9 (0.77%) Metadata
10 9 (0.77%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.60%) InterSystems Cache
12 7 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
13 6 (0.51%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.43%) MySQL
15 4 (0.34%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 39 (3.34%) JIRA
2 15 (1.28%) Cucumber
3 12 (1.03%) Git
4 6 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.43%) webpack
6 4 (0.34%) Postman
6 4 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.26%) Toad
7 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.17%) CANoe
8 2 (0.17%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.17%) GitLab
8 2 (0.17%) Maven
9 1 (0.086%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.086%) fastlane
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Forms
General
1 433 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 203 (17.37%) Retail
3 170 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (9.41%) Legal
5 105 (8.98%) Marketing
6 77 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 76 (6.50%) Manufacturing
8 59 (5.05%) Banking
9 54 (4.62%) Local Government
10 44 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (3.25%) Law
13 29 (2.48%) Back Office
14 24 (2.05%) Electronics
14 24 (2.05%) Games
15 23 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.80%) Police
17 15 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.28%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 166 (14.20%) Analyst
2 141 (12.06%) Senior
3 110 (9.41%) Project Manager
4 106 (9.07%) Developer
5 104 (8.90%) Lead
6 71 (6.07%) IT Manager
7 68 (5.82%) Consultant
8 47 (4.02%) Architect
9 38 (3.25%) Development Manager
10 35 (2.99%) Software Developer
11 29 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (2.40%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.14%) Network Engineer
14 23 (1.97%) Help Desk Analyst
14 23 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (1.88%) Commercial Analyst
15 22 (1.88%) IT Support
16 21 (1.80%) Business Manager
16 21 (1.80%) Data Engineer
17 20 (1.71%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (4.79%) HTML
2 51 (4.36%) .NET
3 29 (2.48%) CSS
4 28 (2.40%) Web Services
5 27 (2.31%) ASP.NET
6 25 (2.14%) ASP.NET MVC
7 21 (1.80%) AngularJS
8 20 (1.71%) EDI
9 12 (1.03%) HTML5
9 12 (1.03%) React
9 12 (1.03%) RESTful
10 11 (0.94%) REST
11 10 (0.86%) jQuery
12 9 (0.77%) Material Design
12 9 (0.77%) XML
13 8 (0.68%) Spring
13 8 (0.68%) Spring Boot
13 8 (0.68%) Vue
14 7 (0.60%) LAMP
14 7 (0.60%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 61 (5.22%) Product Ownership
3 48 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 46 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.74%) NHS
7 28 (2.40%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.22%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.37%) PMI
10 15 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 14 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.03%) Smartcard
13 11 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
15 7 (0.60%) Credit Risk
15 7 (0.60%) Housing Association
15 7 (0.60%) Social Media
16 6 (0.51%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.59%) Windows
2 34 (2.91%) Linux
3 31 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.05%) Unix
5 19 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.03%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.94%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.68%) Solaris
10 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.17%) Android
11 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (23.78%) Agile
2 197 (16.85%) Project Management
3 183 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
4 155 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
5 150 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 125 (10.69%) Mentoring
7 122 (10.44%) Customer Service
8 111 (9.50%) Coaching
9 109 (9.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 102 (8.73%) Roadmaps
11 94 (8.04%) Analytics
11 94 (8.04%) Decision-Making
11 94 (8.04%) ERP
11 94 (8.04%) Risk Management
12 89 (7.61%) ITIL
12 89 (7.61%) Project Delivery
13 83 (7.10%) Logistics
14 79 (6.76%) Business Development
15 78 (6.67%) Process Improvement
16 72 (6.16%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (13.00%) SQL
2 60 (5.13%) C#
3 50 (4.28%) Python
4 40 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.25%) Java
6 22 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.94%) Shell Script
8 11 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.77%) PHP
10 8 (0.68%) C++
10 8 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.68%) R
11 6 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.43%) VBA
13 4 (0.34%) Go
14 3 (0.26%) Bash
14 3 (0.26%) C
14 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.17%) RPG
Qualifications
1 169 (14.46%) Degree
2 66 (5.65%) Security Cleared
3 25 (2.14%) ACCA
3 25 (2.14%) DBS Check
4 24 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 22 (1.88%) SC Cleared
6 21 (1.80%) PMI Certification
7 13 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.03%) CCNA
8 12 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.94%) CCNP
9 11 (0.94%) CIMA
9 11 (0.94%) PMP
10 10 (0.86%) APMP
11 9 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
12 8 (0.68%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.68%) CCSA
12 8 (0.68%) CISSP
12 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.07%) GDPR
2 42 (3.59%) QA
3 28 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 21 (1.80%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.63%) PMO
9 17 (1.45%) NIST
10 12 (1.03%) ITGC
10 12 (1.03%) SLA
11 10 (0.86%) GRC
12 9 (0.77%) IFRS
13 8 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.34%) GAAP
15 4 (0.34%) IFRS 9
15 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
16 3 (0.26%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 42 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.80%) Docker
3 14 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.43%) RACF
7 4 (0.34%) XenApp
7 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) pfSense
8 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (2.65%) Terraform
2 18 (1.54%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.68%) Ansible
4 4 (0.34%) Grafana
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.17%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.17%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.17%) MIIS
6 2 (0.17%) Nagios
6 2 (0.17%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.17%) SCCM
6 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.086%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.086%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 328 (28.06%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.25%) CheckPoint
3 36 (3.08%) Cisco
4 35 (2.99%) Oracle
5 30 (2.57%) Google
6 27 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.97%) VMware
8 22 (1.88%) NEC
9 21 (1.80%) IFS
9 21 (1.80%) SAP
10 20 (1.71%) Sophos
10 20 (1.71%) Workday
11 17 (1.45%) Citrix
11 17 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.11%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.03%) Adobe
14 11 (0.94%) Databricks
15 9 (0.77%) Veeam
15 9 (0.77%) Xero