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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,601 1,675 1,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.24% 18.47% 14.35%
As % of the General category 23.54% 25.10% 23.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 884 994
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,637 £34,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,425 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,050 £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 6,801 6,673 6,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.24% 73.60% 62.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,718 3,035 4,238
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £36,250
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 20 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 20 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 1,117 £52,250 -5.00% 393
East Midlands -4 477 £47,500 -13.64% 224
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 77 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.31%) SAS
4 17 (1.06%) WordPress
5 16 (1.00%) Apache
6 10 (0.62%) Confluence
7 9 (0.56%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.50%) IIS
9 5 (0.31%) nginx
9 5 (0.31%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.25%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.12%) CMS
12 2 (0.12%) MTS
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.062%) Documentum
13 1 (0.062%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.062%) JBoss
Applications
1 201 (12.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (7.68%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.50%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.12%) Simulink
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.062%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.062%) Sketch
9 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 17 (1.06%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.50%) Misys Midas
4 8 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.50%) Shopify
5 5 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.31%) 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 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 185 (11.56%) Power Platform
2 178 (11.12%) Azure
3 108 (6.75%) AWS
4 97 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
6 47 (2.94%) SaaS
7 22 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 21 (1.31%) PowerApps
9 19 (1.19%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.12%) GCP
11 17 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (1.00%) GitHub
12 16 (1.00%) WhatsApp
13 14 (0.87%) Amazon S3
14 13 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (0.62%) Serverless
17 9 (0.56%) Google Drive
18 8 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.87%) Firewall
2 41 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (1.75%) LAN
4 27 (1.69%) Internet
5 26 (1.62%) WAN
6 24 (1.50%) Broadband
7 22 (1.37%) Wireless
8 19 (1.19%) DNS
8 19 (1.19%) SD-WAN
9 18 (1.12%) VPN
10 17 (1.06%) Intranet
10 17 (1.06%) MPLS
11 15 (0.94%) SAN
12 12 (0.75%) DHCP
12 12 (0.75%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.75%) VLAN
13 11 (0.69%) Ethernet
14 7 (0.44%) Bluetooth
14 7 (0.44%) IPsec
14 7 (0.44%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (11.12%) Power BI
2 108 (6.75%) SQL Server
3 44 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (1.62%) Data Lake
6 20 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 20 (1.25%) Tableau
7 19 (1.19%) Oracle Database
8 15 (0.94%) Big Data
8 15 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.87%) Power Query
10 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.75%) NonStop SQL
12 8 (0.50%) Metadata
13 7 (0.44%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.44%) InterSystems Cache
13 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 7 (0.44%) MySQL
13 7 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 49 (3.06%) JIRA
2 16 (1.00%) Cucumber
3 13 (0.81%) Git
4 6 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.31%) webpack
6 4 (0.25%) Postman
6 4 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.19%) Toad
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) CANoe
8 2 (0.12%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Maven
9 1 (0.062%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.062%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.062%) fastlane
9 1 (0.062%) Selenium
General
1 660 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 280 (17.49%) Retail
3 234 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (9.74%) Legal
5 122 (7.62%) Manufacturing
6 121 (7.56%) Marketing
7 117 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 105 (6.56%) Public Sector
9 96 (6.00%) Banking
10 61 (3.81%) Local Government
11 56 (3.50%) Telecoms
12 52 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
12 52 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
13 44 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
14 38 (2.37%) Billing
14 38 (2.37%) Law
15 33 (2.06%) Electronics
16 32 (2.00%) Back Office
17 29 (1.81%) Automotive
18 28 (1.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 228 (14.24%) Analyst
2 216 (13.49%) Project Manager
3 213 (13.30%) Senior
4 138 (8.62%) Lead
5 128 (8.00%) Developer
6 116 (7.25%) IT Manager
7 102 (6.37%) Consultant
8 52 (3.25%) Architect
9 45 (2.81%) Senior Manager
10 44 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
11 40 (2.50%) IT Project Manager
12 35 (2.19%) Software Developer
13 33 (2.06%) Development Manager
14 31 (1.94%) Financial Analyst
15 28 (1.75%) Commercial Analyst
15 28 (1.75%) IT Support
16 27 (1.69%) Administrator
16 27 (1.69%) Data Engineer
16 27 (1.69%) Senior Consultant
17 26 (1.62%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (4.56%) .NET
2 71 (4.43%) HTML
3 36 (2.25%) ASP.NET
4 32 (2.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 32 (2.00%) CSS
5 30 (1.87%) Web Services
6 29 (1.81%) AngularJS
7 20 (1.25%) EDI
8 19 (1.19%) .NET Core
8 19 (1.19%) HTML5
9 18 (1.12%) RESTful
10 15 (0.94%) React
11 13 (0.81%) REST
12 12 (0.75%) ASP.NET Web API
12 12 (0.75%) LINQ
13 10 (0.62%) jQuery
13 10 (0.62%) PySpark
14 9 (0.56%) Material Design
14 9 (0.56%) Spring
14 9 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 110 (6.87%) Management Information System
2 105 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
3 68 (4.25%) Driving Licence
3 68 (4.25%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.12%) NHS
7 30 (1.87%) Mobile App
7 30 (1.87%) PMI
8 17 (1.06%) Credit Risk
9 15 (0.94%) FMCG
10 14 (0.87%) Algorithms
10 14 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.75%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.75%) Smartcard
13 10 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 95 (5.93%) Windows
2 43 (2.69%) Linux
3 34 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.44%) Unix
5 18 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (0.75%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.69%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.50%) Solaris
10 5 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.31%) 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 (0.12%) Android
13 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (22.74%) Project Management
2 363 (22.67%) Agile
3 264 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
5 185 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 163 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 160 (9.99%) Risk Management
8 152 (9.49%) Project Delivery
9 151 (9.43%) Mentoring
10 142 (8.87%) Roadmaps
11 137 (8.56%) Customer Service
12 133 (8.31%) Decision-Making
13 130 (8.12%) ERP
14 128 (8.00%) Analytics
15 124 (7.75%) Coaching
16 103 (6.43%) Process Improvement
17 102 (6.37%) Change Management
18 101 (6.31%) ITIL
19 97 (6.06%) Logistics
20 93 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 176 (10.99%) SQL
2 73 (4.56%) C#
3 70 (4.37%) Python
4 51 (3.19%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.56%) Java
6 26 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.06%) T-SQL
9 14 (0.87%) PHP
10 13 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (0.69%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.56%) R
13 8 (0.50%) C
13 8 (0.50%) C++
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.31%) Bash
14 5 (0.31%) VBA
15 4 (0.25%) Go
16 3 (0.19%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 226 (14.12%) Degree
2 72 (4.50%) Security Cleared
3 54 (3.37%) ACCA
4 40 (2.50%) CIMA
5 39 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 38 (2.37%) DBS Check
7 29 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (1.75%) SC Cleared
9 24 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 23 (1.44%) CISSP
11 18 (1.12%) CISM
12 17 (1.06%) PMP
13 16 (1.00%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 14 (0.87%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.87%) CCNA
15 14 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.81%) CCNP
16 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (0.69%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.81%) GDPR
2 49 (3.06%) QA
3 41 (2.56%) PMO
4 32 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 27 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (1.44%) NIST
6 23 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (0.87%) SLA
8 13 (0.81%) IFRS
9 12 (0.75%) ITGC
10 11 (0.69%) GRC
11 9 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.50%) IFRS 9
12 8 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.31%) COBIT
15 4 (0.25%) GAAP
15 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 54 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.87%) Docker
3 21 (1.31%) Hyper-V
3 21 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.37%) Firmware
5 6 (0.37%) RACF
6 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.12%) pfSense
7 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.50%) Terraform
3 13 (0.81%) Ansible
4 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.25%) Grafana
6 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.19%) SCCM
7 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.12%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) MIIS
7 2 (0.12%) Nagios
7 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.12%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.062%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.062%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.062%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 372 (23.24%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.81%) Cisco
3 42 (2.62%) SAP
4 41 (2.56%) CheckPoint
5 39 (2.44%) VMware
6 37 (2.31%) Oracle
7 36 (2.25%) NEC
8 32 (2.00%) Google
9 27 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 25 (1.56%) Palo Alto
11 23 (1.44%) Salesforce
12 20 (1.25%) IFS
12 20 (1.25%) Sophos
12 20 (1.25%) Workday
13 18 (1.12%) Openreach
13 18 (1.12%) Virgin Media
14 15 (0.94%) Adobe
15 14 (0.87%) Veeam
16 13 (0.81%) Atlassian
16 13 (0.81%) Citrix