Finance Jobs in the South West

Financial
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 11 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +10
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,222 1,430 1,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.78% 22.02% 21.75%
As % of the General category 23.02% 35.35% 35.20%
Number of salaries quoted 598 769 1,128
10th Percentile £29,440 £34,723 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,148 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,317 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,378 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +2.78% +3.85%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,308 4,045 5,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 51.17% 62.28% 61.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,531 2,295 3,134
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £37,250 £36,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,238 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +3.58% +4.30%
75th Percentile £60,918 £67,070 £64,106
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the South West

Finance
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South West 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
Bristol -7 408 £60,000 +0.80% 168
Dorset +31 375 £57,500 +15.00% 34
Gloucestershire -15 169 £55,000 - 83
Somerset 0 96 £43,750 -20.45% 66
Wiltshire -33 59 £49,500 -1.00% 58
Devon -16 52 £44,941 -0.13% 64
Cornwall -10 29 £38,750 -9.88% 7
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 43 (3.52%) Confluence
2 39 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.80%) SAS
5 13 (1.06%) IIS
6 10 (0.82%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.57%) Apache
7 7 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.33%) Moodle
8 4 (0.33%) Site Server
9 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.082%) CMS
11 1 (0.082%) Luigi
11 1 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 98 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (7.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.06%) AutoCAD
5 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.25%) S-PLUS
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.082%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 9 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.49%) HFM
2 6 (0.49%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.33%) Magento
3 4 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.25%) iTrent
5 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.082%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.082%) Primavera
6 1 (0.082%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.082%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.082%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.082%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 111 (9.08%) Azure
2 96 (7.86%) AWS
3 78 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 39 (3.19%) SaaS
5 33 (2.70%) GCP
5 33 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (1.64%) Power Automate
8 16 (1.31%) Entra ID
9 15 (1.23%) npm
10 13 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.82%) OCI
12 7 (0.57%) GitHub
13 5 (0.41%) Azure Stack
13 5 (0.41%) Collibra
14 4 (0.33%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.25%) PaaS
15 3 (0.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.55%) Internet
2 15 (1.23%) Wireless
3 12 (0.98%) SAN
4 11 (0.90%) VoIP
5 10 (0.82%) Broadband
6 9 (0.74%) Network Security
7 8 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.49%) Firewall
10 4 (0.33%) IPsec
10 4 (0.33%) LAN
10 4 (0.33%) PBX
10 4 (0.33%) SMS
10 4 (0.33%) SNMP
10 4 (0.33%) VPN
10 4 (0.33%) WLAN
11 3 (0.25%) DNS
11 3 (0.25%) Intranet
11 3 (0.25%) RS-485
11 3 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 58 (4.75%) Power BI
3 53 (4.34%) MongoDB
4 50 (4.09%) Tableau
5 39 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.47%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.39%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
10 14 (1.15%) QlikView
11 13 (1.06%) Big Data
11 13 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.82%) Essbase
12 10 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.57%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
13 7 (0.57%) SQLite
14 6 (0.49%) Flink
Development Applications
1 40 (3.27%) JIRA
2 31 (2.54%) Git
3 17 (1.39%) Selenium
4 16 (1.31%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
6 14 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.06%) Storybook
8 12 (0.98%) Eclipse
8 12 (0.98%) Subversion
8 12 (0.98%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.57%) Maven
11 6 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.41%) GitLab
12 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.33%) ERwin
13 4 (0.33%) JUnit
13 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 394 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 346 (28.31%) Banking
3 341 (27.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 293 (23.98%) Law
5 243 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
6 224 (18.33%) Investment Banking
7 119 (9.74%) Marketing
8 115 (9.41%) Legal
9 93 (7.61%) Retail
10 75 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
11 61 (4.99%) Manufacturing
12 60 (4.91%) Public Sector
13 52 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (3.93%) Telecoms
15 42 (3.44%) Financial Institution
15 42 (3.44%) Games
16 41 (3.36%) Electronics
17 34 (2.78%) Aerospace
17 34 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
18 29 (2.37%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 216 (17.68%) Analyst
2 176 (14.40%) Senior
3 140 (11.46%) Project Manager
4 114 (9.33%) Lead
5 105 (8.59%) Developer
6 82 (6.71%) Consultant
7 74 (6.06%) Architect
8 61 (4.99%) Administrator
9 52 (4.26%) Software Engineer
10 48 (3.93%) Senior Manager
11 40 (3.27%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.11%) Service Analyst
13 36 (2.95%) Senior Project Manager
13 36 (2.95%) Software Developer
14 35 (2.86%) DBA
15 34 (2.78%) Product Manager
16 33 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (2.62%) DV Cleared DBA
18 25 (2.05%) Data Analyst
18 25 (2.05%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.32%) .NET
2 49 (4.01%) React
3 41 (3.36%) AngularJS
4 40 (3.27%) REST
5 37 (3.03%) HTML
6 36 (2.95%) Node.js
7 29 (2.37%) CSS
8 25 (2.05%) Spring
9 22 (1.80%) ASP.NET
10 20 (1.64%) .NET Framework
10 20 (1.64%) Vue
11 18 (1.47%) Kafka
12 16 (1.31%) Pandas
12 16 (1.31%) RESTful
13 15 (1.23%) Web Services
14 14 (1.15%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.15%) Spring Boot
15 13 (1.06%) Sass
16 12 (0.98%) Gherkin
17 11 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
2 65 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 46 (3.76%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.78%) Mobile App
6 32 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 25 (2.05%) Credit Risk
8 23 (1.88%) Algorithms
9 22 (1.80%) Derivative
10 21 (1.72%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.64%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.47%) OTC Derivatives
13 17 (1.39%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.23%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.23%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.15%) Hedge funds
15 14 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
16 13 (1.06%) Data Structures
16 13 (1.06%) iPhone
17 12 (0.98%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 113 (9.25%) Windows
2 71 (5.81%) Linux
3 39 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 37 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 36 (2.95%) CentOS
6 35 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (1.72%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.47%) Windows 10
9 17 (1.39%) Android
10 16 (1.31%) AIX
11 11 (0.90%) Windows Server
12 5 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
13 4 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.082%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.082%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.082%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.082%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
2 283 (23.16%) Agile
3 201 (16.45%) Project Management
4 124 (10.15%) Mentoring
5 122 (9.98%) Roadmaps
6 117 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 114 (9.33%) Analytics
8 113 (9.25%) Decision-Making
9 106 (8.67%) Software Engineering
10 99 (8.10%) Coaching
10 99 (8.10%) Cybersecurity
10 99 (8.10%) Time Management
11 93 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
11 93 (7.61%) Project Delivery
12 92 (7.53%) User Experience
13 90 (7.36%) Risk Management
14 85 (6.96%) Machine Learning
15 80 (6.55%) Customer Service
16 73 (5.97%) Workflow
17 72 (5.89%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 196 (16.04%) SQL
2 106 (8.67%) Java
3 102 (8.35%) Python
4 79 (6.46%) JavaScript
5 74 (6.06%) C#
6 61 (4.99%) TypeScript
7 57 (4.66%) PowerShell
8 51 (4.17%) Bash
9 23 (1.88%) C
10 17 (1.39%) PHP
11 16 (1.31%) C++
11 16 (1.31%) R
11 16 (1.31%) Scala
12 13 (1.06%) Go
13 10 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.65%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.57%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 273 (22.34%) Degree
2 173 (14.16%) Security Cleared
3 94 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 65 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 32 (2.62%) CISSP
6 28 (2.29%) CISM
7 22 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (1.72%) CRISC
9 20 (1.64%) CISA
10 15 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 11 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 10 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.82%) CISMP
12 10 (0.82%) IISP
12 10 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 10 (0.82%) MCP
13 9 (0.74%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.11%) GDPR
2 35 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 27 (2.21%) NIST
5 26 (2.13%) SLA
6 21 (1.72%) QA
7 17 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.90%) PMO
9 10 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (0.82%) JSP 440
9 10 (0.82%) NEBOSH
9 10 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 10 (0.82%) RMADS
10 8 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.41%) SEPA
12 5 (0.41%) TARGET2
13 4 (0.33%) IFRS
13 4 (0.33%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 43 (3.52%) Active Directory
1 43 (3.52%) Docker
2 29 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.57%) Firmware
4 5 (0.41%) RACF
5 4 (0.33%) vSphere
6 3 (0.25%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.082%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.15%) SCCM
3 12 (0.98%) Backup Exec
3 12 (0.98%) NetBackup
3 12 (0.98%) Terraform
4 10 (0.82%) Ansible
5 5 (0.41%) Graphite
5 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.41%) Puppet
6 4 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.25%) Argo
7 3 (0.25%) SCOM
7 3 (0.25%) WSUS
8 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.082%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.082%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 291 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.18%) Oracle
3 45 (3.68%) Red Hat
4 36 (2.95%) Alteryx
5 29 (2.37%) SAP
5 29 (2.37%) VMware
6 26 (2.13%) IBM
7 22 (1.80%) Google
8 16 (1.31%) NetApp
9 15 (1.23%) Xamarin
10 14 (1.15%) HP
10 14 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.06%) Dell
11 13 (1.06%) Pega
12 12 (0.98%) Hitachi
12 12 (0.98%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.98%) Snow
12 12 (0.98%) Teradata
12 12 (0.98%) Veritas
13 10 (0.82%) Autodesk