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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,518 3,220 3,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.77% 20.29% 16.31%
As % of the General category 23.79% 29.47% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,695 1,524 1,694
10th Percentile £28,100 £32,200 £33,195
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £70,813 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,548 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,378 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +2.78% +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 10,586 10,926 10,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 53.67% 68.86% 58.39%
Number of salaries quoted 7,589 4,984 6,155
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,567 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £80,589 £79,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the 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 9 June 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 9 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
North West -1 1,459 £52,500 -4.62% 613
Yorkshire -4 789 £55,000 - 267
North East +1 270 £50,000 -9.09% 111
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 81 (3.22%) Confluence
2 77 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 53 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 37 (1.47%) SAS
5 30 (1.19%) Apache
6 24 (0.95%) IIS
7 15 (0.60%) CMS
8 12 (0.48%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
10 8 (0.32%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.20%) WordPress
12 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.079%) nginx
13 2 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.040%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.040%) Jetty
14 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.040%) OpenStack
Applications
1 265 (10.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 191 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.079%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.079%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.079%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.040%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.15%) NEC Housing
2 29 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 20 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 15 (0.60%) Sage X3
4 15 (0.60%) SAP CO
4 15 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
5 14 (0.56%) iTrent
6 13 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
6 13 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
7 11 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
8 9 (0.36%) SAP ERP
9 8 (0.32%) BPCS
9 8 (0.32%) Sage 200
9 8 (0.32%) SAP BPC
9 8 (0.32%) SAP IBP
10 7 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (0.24%) SAP PM
11 6 (0.24%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 380 (15.09%) Azure
2 252 (10.01%) Power Platform
3 183 (7.27%) AWS
4 151 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
5 99 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
6 86 (3.42%) GCP
7 65 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 60 (2.38%) SaaS
10 38 (1.51%) Serverless
11 36 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
12 34 (1.35%) Power Automate
13 32 (1.27%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.03%) GitHub
15 22 (0.87%) IaaS
16 19 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (0.71%) Amazon S3
18 15 (0.60%) Google Analytics
19 14 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
20 12 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.34%) Firewall
2 48 (1.91%) Internet
3 43 (1.71%) WAN
4 34 (1.35%) LAN
5 31 (1.23%) SAN
6 30 (1.19%) VPN
7 27 (1.07%) DNS
8 26 (1.03%) Network Security
9 23 (0.91%) DHCP
10 19 (0.75%) TCP/IP
11 16 (0.64%) Wireless
12 15 (0.60%) Broadband
12 15 (0.60%) IPsec
12 15 (0.60%) SNMP
13 13 (0.52%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.48%) iSCSI
14 12 (0.48%) Software-Defined Radio
15 11 (0.44%) NAS
15 11 (0.44%) VoIP
16 10 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (8.22%) Power BI
2 128 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 111 (4.41%) SQL Server
4 55 (2.18%) Tableau
5 39 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (1.39%) Data Lake
7 34 (1.35%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.19%) Metadata
9 27 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (0.83%) Oracle Database
13 20 (0.79%) Relational Database
14 18 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
14 18 (0.71%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (0.68%) BigQuery
16 15 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 15 (0.60%) Data Mining
17 14 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 138 (5.48%) JIRA
2 77 (3.06%) Git
3 32 (1.27%) GitLab
4 20 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.68%) Selenium
6 16 (0.64%) Appium
7 11 (0.44%) JMeter
8 9 (0.36%) JUnit
9 8 (0.32%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.20%) JetBrains Rider
12 5 (0.20%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.16%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.16%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.16%) IBM UrbanCode
13 4 (0.16%) MSTest
13 4 (0.16%) NUnit
13 4 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 888 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 325 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
3 281 (11.16%) Legal
4 270 (10.72%) Retail
5 245 (9.73%) Banking
6 236 (9.37%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.24%) Marketing
8 115 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 111 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
10 101 (4.01%) Manufacturing
11 82 (3.26%) Law
12 75 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
13 70 (2.78%) Local Government
14 58 (2.30%) Billing
15 53 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
16 31 (1.23%) Police
17 30 (1.19%) Telecoms
18 22 (0.87%) Publishing
19 18 (0.71%) Games
20 17 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 385 (15.29%) Senior
2 375 (14.89%) Analyst
3 365 (14.50%) Lead
4 238 (9.45%) Developer
5 168 (6.67%) Architect
6 136 (5.40%) Project Manager
7 119 (4.73%) Consultant
8 97 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
9 88 (3.49%) Financial Analyst
10 84 (3.34%) Business Manager
11 73 (2.90%) Development Manager
12 72 (2.86%) Senior Developer
13 70 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
14 57 (2.26%) Administrator
15 55 (2.18%) IT Manager
16 54 (2.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 53 (2.10%) Business Development Manager
18 50 (1.99%) Software Engineer
19 49 (1.95%) Product Manager
19 49 (1.95%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (5.08%) .NET
2 67 (2.66%) React
3 64 (2.54%) HTML
4 58 (2.30%) REST
5 54 (2.14%) CSS
6 42 (1.67%) ASP.NET
7 38 (1.51%) .NET Framework
8 35 (1.39%) JSON
9 34 (1.35%) Node.js
9 34 (1.35%) RESTful
10 33 (1.31%) Web Services
11 32 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
12 31 (1.23%) .NET Core
13 25 (0.99%) AngularJS
14 24 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
15 22 (0.87%) Kafka
16 20 (0.79%) YAML
17 17 (0.68%) Entity Framework
18 16 (0.64%) ASP.NET MVC
18 16 (0.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.12%) Management Information System
2 112 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
3 67 (2.66%) PMI
4 62 (2.46%) Public Cloud
5 61 (2.42%) Product Ownership
6 55 (2.18%) NHS
7 46 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 42 (1.67%) Data Centre
10 35 (1.39%) Housing Association
11 30 (1.19%) Credit Risk
12 29 (1.15%) Cloud Native
13 25 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 21 (0.83%) Onboarding
15 19 (0.75%) Driving Licence
16 18 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.71%) Social Media
17 15 (0.60%) FMCG
18 14 (0.56%) Reinsurance
18 14 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 185 (7.35%) Windows
2 92 (3.65%) Linux
3 47 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.31%) Unix
5 29 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.95%) Android
8 23 (0.91%) Windows 10
9 17 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.60%) Data ONTAP
11 14 (0.56%) Windows Vista
12 10 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
13 9 (0.36%) Windows Phone
14 8 (0.32%) Solaris
15 4 (0.16%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.16%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.040%) CentOS
17 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (23.67%) Agile
2 449 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
3 433 (17.20%) Coaching
4 386 (15.33%) Mentoring
5 337 (13.38%) Roadmaps
6 283 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
7 277 (11.00%) Project Management
8 256 (10.17%) Customer Service
9 226 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 196 (7.78%) Decision-Making
11 182 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 175 (6.95%) DevOps
13 173 (6.87%) ITIL
14 166 (6.59%) Data Management
15 162 (6.43%) Business Development
16 160 (6.35%) ERP
17 159 (6.31%) Project Delivery
18 156 (6.20%) Analytics
19 153 (6.08%) Data Governance
20 151 (6.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 362 (14.38%) SQL
2 147 (5.84%) C#
3 143 (5.68%) Python
4 120 (4.77%) JavaScript
5 82 (3.26%) PowerShell
6 61 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 56 (2.22%) Java
8 31 (1.23%) T-SQL
9 21 (0.83%) PHP
10 15 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 13 (0.52%) VBA
12 11 (0.44%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.40%) C
13 10 (0.40%) R
13 10 (0.40%) VBScript
14 9 (0.36%) Bash
14 9 (0.36%) Bicep
15 8 (0.32%) Rust
15 8 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 277 (11.00%) Degree
2 83 (3.30%) Security Cleared
3 79 (3.14%) ACCA
4 77 (3.06%) PMI Certification
5 75 (2.98%) DBS Check
6 49 (1.95%) CIMA
7 47 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 39 (1.55%) PMP
9 35 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 23 (0.91%) CAPM
13 22 (0.87%) AWS Certification
14 20 (0.79%) APMP
14 20 (0.79%) PgMP
15 19 (0.75%) CISSP
16 17 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.68%) HNC
16 17 (0.68%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (4.01%) GDPR
2 99 (3.93%) QA
3 98 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 85 (3.38%) SLA
5 50 (1.99%) IFRS
6 45 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 33 (1.31%) PMO
8 32 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 29 (1.15%) NIST
10 28 (1.11%) GAAP
11 22 (0.87%) IFRS 9
12 17 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.48%) GRC
14 10 (0.40%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 7 (0.28%) PSD2
18 6 (0.24%) NCSC
18 6 (0.24%) NEBOSH
19 5 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 141 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (1.79%) Docker
4 31 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 24 (0.95%) RACF
6 18 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 7 (0.28%) IAG
10 4 (0.16%) XenApp
10 4 (0.16%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.040%) Firmware
11 1 (0.040%) KVM
Systems Management
1 50 (1.99%) Terraform
2 44 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (1.03%) Ansible
5 22 (0.87%) SCCM
6 17 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.60%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.56%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.48%) Opsgenie
9 12 (0.48%) VxRail
10 9 (0.36%) AirWatch
11 8 (0.32%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.28%) Grafana
13 5 (0.20%) Kibana
13 5 (0.20%) Nmap
13 5 (0.20%) SCOM
14 3 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.079%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.079%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 552 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.77%) SAP
3 87 (3.46%) Google
4 80 (3.18%) VMware
5 79 (3.14%) Oracle
6 53 (2.10%) NEC
7 40 (1.59%) CA
8 38 (1.51%) Virgin Media
9 37 (1.47%) Atlassian
10 35 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 34 (1.35%) Cisco
12 30 (1.19%) Citrix
12 30 (1.19%) Splunk
13 28 (1.11%) Sage
14 27 (1.07%) NetApp
15 24 (0.95%) CyberArk
15 24 (0.95%) MuleSoft
16 21 (0.83%) Dell
17 20 (0.79%) Commvault
17 20 (0.79%) Salesforce