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 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 6 6 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,117 1,202 1,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.92% 19.27% 14.94%
As % of the General category 25.93% 25.31% 23.75%
Number of salaries quoted 806 648 723
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +13.99%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +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 4,307 4,750 4,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.52% 76.15% 62.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 2,191 2,905
10th Percentile £25,600 £29,750 £30,274
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +1.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £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 20 May 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 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
Birmingham 0 456 £52,500 -7.08% 170
Warwickshire -2 143 £54,813 +4.40% 43
Staffordshire +18 126 £55,000 +4.76% 52
Coventry +10 63 £51,300 -26.71% 29
Solihull -1 53 £43,750 -39.66% 8
Wolverhampton +7 41 £53,500 -2.73% 13
Worcestershire -9 41 £30,500 -32.22% 17
Shropshire -6 35 £47,500 -13.64% 16
Tipton - 13 £25,000 - 1
Dudley - 13 £27,000 - 6
Sutton Coldfield 0 10 £35,000 -
Walsall +18 6 £73,000 -24.74% 7
West Bromwich -1 5 £57,500 +9.52% 5
Brierley Hill - 5 £50,000 - 1
Stourbridge - 4 £55,000 - 1
Herefordshire -1 3 £36,250 -14.71% 6
Halesowen - 1 £30,000 - 1
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 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.43%) SAS
3 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.07%) WordPress
5 11 (0.98%) Apache
6 10 (0.90%) Confluence
7 9 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.72%) IIS
9 5 (0.45%) nginx
9 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.36%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.18%) MTS
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.090%) Alfresco
13 1 (0.090%) Captiva
13 1 (0.090%) Documentum
13 1 (0.090%) JBoss
Applications
1 116 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.63%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.18%) Simulink
8 1 (0.090%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.090%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.52%) NEC Housing
2 17 (1.52%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.27%) ProductWriter
7 2 (0.18%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.18%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.090%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.090%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 148 (13.25%) Power Platform
2 132 (11.82%) Azure
3 86 (7.70%) AWS
4 78 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
6 36 (3.22%) SaaS
7 20 (1.79%) PowerApps
8 18 (1.61%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.52%) Entra ID
10 14 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (1.25%) GCP
11 12 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.98%) GitHub
13 10 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.81%) Google Drive
15 8 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.63%) Mavenlink
17 6 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
18 5 (0.45%) Amazon S3
18 5 (0.45%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.30%) Firewall
2 38 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (2.24%) LAN
4 23 (2.06%) WAN
5 21 (1.88%) Wireless
6 19 (1.70%) SD-WAN
7 17 (1.52%) MPLS
8 16 (1.43%) Intranet
9 12 (1.07%) TCP/IP
9 12 (1.07%) VPN
10 10 (0.90%) DNS
11 9 (0.81%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.63%) DHCP
12 7 (0.63%) PBX
12 7 (0.63%) SAN
12 7 (0.63%) VLAN
13 6 (0.54%) OSPF
14 5 (0.45%) Bluetooth
14 5 (0.45%) Internet
14 5 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (12.62%) Power BI
2 84 (7.52%) SQL Server
3 35 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 29 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.70%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.70%) Oracle Database
5 19 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 17 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (1.25%) Power Query
8 12 (1.07%) Big Data
9 11 (0.98%) Tableau
10 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.81%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.72%) Metadata
13 7 (0.63%) InterSystems Cache
13 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 7 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
14 6 (0.54%) NonStop SQL
15 5 (0.45%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (3.67%) JIRA
2 16 (1.43%) Cucumber
3 12 (1.07%) Git
4 6 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.45%) webpack
6 4 (0.36%) Postman
6 4 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.27%) Toad
7 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) CANoe
8 2 (0.18%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.18%) GitLab
8 2 (0.18%) Maven
9 1 (0.090%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.090%) fastlane
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Forms
General
1 427 (38.23%) Social Skills
2 173 (15.49%) Retail
3 150 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (8.59%) Legal
6 78 (6.98%) Public Sector
7 75 (6.71%) Manufacturing
8 72 (6.45%) Marketing
9 63 (5.64%) Banking
10 52 (4.66%) Local Government
11 43 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (3.13%) Law
12 35 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.60%) Back Office
13 29 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (2.15%) Electronics
15 22 (1.97%) Games
16 20 (1.79%) Police
17 15 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.34%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 158 (14.15%) Analyst
2 139 (12.44%) Senior
3 110 (9.85%) Project Manager
4 106 (9.49%) Lead
5 102 (9.13%) Developer
6 70 (6.27%) IT Manager
7 64 (5.73%) Consultant
8 39 (3.49%) Architect
9 32 (2.86%) Software Developer
10 27 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
10 27 (2.42%) Senior Manager
11 26 (2.33%) Network Engineer
12 23 (2.06%) Help Desk Analyst
12 23 (2.06%) IT Support
13 22 (1.97%) Commercial Analyst
14 20 (1.79%) Data Engineer
15 19 (1.70%) C# Developer
15 19 (1.70%) Financial Analyst
15 19 (1.70%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (1.61%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.01%) HTML
2 51 (4.57%) .NET
3 29 (2.60%) CSS
4 28 (2.51%) Web Services
5 27 (2.42%) ASP.NET
6 25 (2.24%) ASP.NET MVC
7 21 (1.88%) AngularJS
8 20 (1.79%) EDI
9 12 (1.07%) HTML5
9 12 (1.07%) React
9 12 (1.07%) RESTful
10 11 (0.98%) REST
11 10 (0.90%) jQuery
12 9 (0.81%) Material Design
12 9 (0.81%) Spring
12 9 (0.81%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.81%) XML
13 8 (0.72%) Vue
14 7 (0.63%) LAMP
14 7 (0.63%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 63 (5.64%) Product Ownership
3 49 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (4.30%) Driving Licence
5 33 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.78%) NHS
7 29 (2.60%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.33%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.97%) PMI
10 14 (1.25%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.07%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.07%) Smartcard
13 10 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.63%) Credit Risk
14 7 (0.63%) Housing Association
14 7 (0.63%) Social Media
15 6 (0.54%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.71%) Windows
2 32 (2.86%) Linux
3 29 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.06%) Unix
5 18 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.07%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.98%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.72%) Solaris
10 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) Android
11 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (22.83%) Agile
2 199 (17.82%) Project Management
3 187 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
4 156 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
5 150 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 122 (10.92%) Mentoring
7 118 (10.56%) Customer Service
8 106 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 104 (9.31%) Coaching
10 99 (8.86%) Roadmaps
11 94 (8.42%) Risk Management
12 92 (8.24%) ERP
13 91 (8.15%) Analytics
14 90 (8.06%) Project Delivery
15 88 (7.88%) ITIL
16 87 (7.79%) Decision-Making
17 81 (7.25%) Process Improvement
18 70 (6.27%) Data Analysis
19 68 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
20 65 (5.82%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (12.80%) SQL
2 57 (5.10%) C#
3 47 (4.21%) Python
4 39 (3.49%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.40%) Java
6 20 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.43%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.98%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.81%) PHP
11 8 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.54%) C++
13 5 (0.45%) R
13 5 (0.45%) VBA
14 4 (0.36%) Go
15 3 (0.27%) Bash
15 3 (0.27%) C
15 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 165 (14.77%) Degree
2 61 (5.46%) Security Cleared
3 26 (2.33%) PMI Certification
4 25 (2.24%) ACCA
5 24 (2.15%) DBS Check
5 24 (2.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 21 (1.88%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.07%) CCNA
8 12 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.98%) APMP
9 11 (0.98%) CCNP
9 11 (0.98%) CIMA
10 10 (0.90%) PMP
11 9 (0.81%) CISSP
12 8 (0.72%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.72%) CCSA
12 8 (0.72%) CISM
13 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.27%) GDPR
2 43 (3.85%) QA
3 27 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.61%) PMO
8 17 (1.52%) NIST
9 14 (1.25%) SLA
10 12 (1.07%) ITGC
11 10 (0.90%) GRC
12 9 (0.81%) IFRS
13 8 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.36%) GAAP
15 4 (0.36%) IFRS 9
15 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.88%) Docker
3 14 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.27%) RACF
7 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) pfSense
7 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (2.15%) Terraform
2 18 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.72%) Ansible
4 4 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.18%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.18%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.18%) MIIS
5 2 (0.18%) Nagios
5 2 (0.18%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.18%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.090%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.090%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.090%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 285 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 41 (3.67%) CheckPoint
3 38 (3.40%) Cisco
4 33 (2.95%) Oracle
5 30 (2.69%) Google
6 27 (2.42%) ServiceNow
7 22 (1.97%) VMware
8 21 (1.88%) NEC
8 21 (1.88%) SAP
9 20 (1.79%) IFS
9 20 (1.79%) Palo Alto
9 20 (1.79%) Sophos
10 18 (1.61%) Workday
11 17 (1.52%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.16%) Atlassian
12 13 (1.16%) Citrix
13 12 (1.07%) Adobe
14 10 (0.90%) Databricks
15 9 (0.81%) Xero
15 9 (0.81%) YouTube