Finance Jobs in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 978 1,500 2,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 25.88% 28.58% 27.15%
As % of the General category 41.58% 43.58% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 731 1,223 1,760
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,550 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +3.23% +3.33%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,352 3,442 5,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.24% 65.57% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 2,778 4,110
10th Percentile £38,449 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in Central London.

Salary trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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
City of London 0 876 £75,000 -6.25% 284
City of Westminster -6 28 £76,538 -7.23% 5
West End of London -7 17 £80,000 +18.52% 10
Lambeth +8 10 £45,000 - 1
Southwark -6 8 £77,500 -6.06% 1
Camden -11 7 £52,500 -22.22% 9
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 37 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.56%) Skype for Business
3 18 (1.84%) Apache
4 9 (0.92%) Confluence
4 9 (0.92%) IIS
5 6 (0.61%) CMS
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.51%) nginx
7 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.41%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.31%) SAS
9 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 73 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (1.94%) Aladdin
1 19 (1.94%) thinkFolio
2 10 (1.02%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.92%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.41%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.31%) SAP GTS
6 3 (0.31%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 184 (18.81%) Azure
2 124 (12.68%) AWS
3 118 (12.07%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (7.77%) Power Platform
5 42 (4.29%) SaaS
6 32 (3.27%) Serverless
7 31 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (2.76%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (2.15%) WhatsApp
11 18 (1.84%) GitHub
12 17 (1.74%) GCP
13 16 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.64%) Google Sheets
14 15 (1.53%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.12%) IaaS
15 11 (1.12%) PaaS
16 10 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 51 (5.21%) Firewall
2 32 (3.27%) LAN
3 29 (2.97%) Skype
4 26 (2.66%) Cisco IOS
5 24 (2.45%) DNS
5 24 (2.45%) Telepresence
6 23 (2.35%) WAN
7 21 (2.15%) TCP/IP
8 20 (2.04%) Network Security
9 15 (1.53%) VPN
10 12 (1.23%) Internet
11 11 (1.12%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.02%) Broadband
12 10 (1.02%) DHCP
13 8 (0.82%) SAN
14 7 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 6 (0.61%) IPsec
16 5 (0.51%) SNMP
16 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
17 4 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (7.26%) Power BI
2 39 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (3.99%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.53%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.33%) GIS
5 12 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.23%) MySQL
6 11 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.02%) Metadata
8 9 (0.92%) Big Data
8 9 (0.92%) Tableau
9 8 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.72%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.61%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.51%) Flink
12 5 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (2.97%) JIRA
2 20 (2.04%) GitLab
2 20 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.74%) Git
4 13 (1.33%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.61%) Katalon Studio
6 5 (0.51%) Selenium
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.31%) Protractor
8 3 (0.31%) Snyk
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.31%) Storybook
8 3 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.20%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 268 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 162 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (11.96%) Banking
4 67 (6.85%) Retail
5 64 (6.54%) Marketing
6 61 (6.24%) Law
7 59 (6.03%) Legal
8 56 (5.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 38 (3.89%) Telecoms
10 37 (3.78%) Financial Institution
11 31 (3.17%) Automotive
12 29 (2.97%) Front Office
12 29 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (2.76%) Advertising
13 27 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (2.35%) Back Office
14 23 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.84%) Retail Banking
16 15 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 198 (20.25%) Analyst
2 171 (17.48%) Senior
3 117 (11.96%) Lead
4 105 (10.74%) Developer
5 59 (6.03%) Architect
6 47 (4.81%) Support Engineer
7 40 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
7 40 (4.09%) Software Engineer
8 38 (3.89%) Systems Analyst
9 34 (3.48%) Financial Analyst
10 33 (3.37%) Consultant
11 30 (3.07%) Project Manager
12 29 (2.97%) Security Analyst
13 25 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
14 24 (2.45%) Senior Developer
15 23 (2.35%) Service Manager
15 23 (2.35%) Support Analyst
16 22 (2.25%) Azure Engineer
16 22 (2.25%) IT Analyst
17 21 (2.15%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.60%) .NET
2 40 (4.09%) React
3 29 (2.97%) REST
4 20 (2.04%) Node.js
5 18 (1.84%) CSS
5 18 (1.84%) HTML
5 18 (1.84%) Web Services
6 16 (1.64%) ASP.NET
6 16 (1.64%) Spring
7 15 (1.53%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.43%) JSON
8 14 (1.43%) Kafka
8 14 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
8 14 (1.43%) RESTful
9 12 (1.23%) XML
10 11 (1.12%) SOAP
10 11 (1.12%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.12%) YAML
11 8 (0.82%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.40%) Management Information System
2 42 (4.29%) Life Science
3 28 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
4 27 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 20 (2.04%) Fixed Income
6 20 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 18 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.64%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.64%) Private Cloud
10 15 (1.53%) Derivative
11 14 (1.43%) Algorithms
11 14 (1.43%) Hedge funds
12 13 (1.33%) Reinsurance
13 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.23%) Equities
14 10 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 10 (1.02%) FPGA
15 9 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 131 (13.39%) Windows
2 47 (4.81%) Linux
3 46 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 40 (4.09%) Windows 10
5 33 (3.37%) Windows 7
6 17 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.64%) Android
8 12 (1.23%) Unix
9 6 (0.61%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.31%) CentOS
12 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.10%) AIX
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (20.04%) Agile
2 119 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (11.25%) DevOps
4 108 (11.04%) ITIL
5 88 (9.00%) Mentoring
5 88 (9.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 85 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
6 85 (8.69%) Decision-Making
6 85 (8.69%) Software Engineering
7 82 (8.38%) Analytics
8 70 (7.16%) CI/CD
9 65 (6.65%) Roadmaps
10 59 (6.03%) Project Management
11 58 (5.93%) Change Management
12 57 (5.83%) Fintech
13 54 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
14 51 (5.21%) Line Management
15 50 (5.11%) Computer Science
16 47 (4.81%) Data Analysis
17 46 (4.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 173 (17.69%) SQL
2 138 (14.11%) Python
3 63 (6.44%) Java
4 52 (5.32%) C#
5 45 (4.60%) JavaScript
6 41 (4.19%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.25%) C++
9 15 (1.53%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.43%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.43%) Clojure
10 14 (1.43%) F#
10 14 (1.43%) Haskell
10 14 (1.43%) Rust
11 11 (1.12%) Bash
11 11 (1.12%) Go
12 10 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (1.02%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.82%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 187 (19.12%) Degree
2 48 (4.91%) Master's Degree
3 44 (4.50%) CISSP
4 40 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.07%) MBA
6 27 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (2.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 22 (2.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 22 (2.25%) CCSP
8 17 (1.74%) ACCA
9 16 (1.64%) CIMA
10 13 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.12%) PhD
12 10 (1.02%) CRISC
13 9 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.82%) CEH
14 8 (0.82%) CISA
14 8 (0.82%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.72%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.76%) NIST
2 24 (2.45%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (2.04%) QA
4 17 (1.74%) SLA
5 14 (1.43%) GDPR
6 13 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.02%) PMO
8 8 (0.82%) SOC 1
9 7 (0.72%) GRC
9 7 (0.72%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.31%) EMIR
11 3 (0.31%) MiFID
11 3 (0.31%) NCSC
11 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.20%) ITGC
13 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.10%) Dodd-Frank
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 69 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.78%) Docker
3 21 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.20%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) KVM
6 1 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.10%) Xen
6 1 (0.10%) XenApp
6 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 69 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 48 (4.91%) Terraform
3 18 (1.84%) Ansible
3 18 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.02%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.02%) SCCM
5 9 (0.92%) Nmap
6 5 (0.51%) Packer
6 5 (0.51%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.41%) Backup Exec
7 4 (0.41%) HP Data Protector
7 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.31%) Istio
8 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.20%) Puppet
10 1 (0.10%) Kibana
10 1 (0.10%) logstash
10 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.10%) Salt
Vendors
1 243 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.09%) Bloomberg
3 37 (3.78%) Cisco
4 35 (3.58%) Apple
5 34 (3.48%) Google
6 33 (3.37%) Salesforce
7 32 (3.27%) Oracle
8 28 (2.86%) ServiceNow
9 24 (2.45%) Polycom
10 21 (2.15%) VMware
11 20 (2.04%) Dell
11 20 (2.04%) SAP
12 19 (1.94%) Charles River
13 14 (1.43%) Aderant
14 13 (1.33%) HP
14 13 (1.33%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.33%) Red Hat
15 12 (1.23%) Databricks
16 9 (0.92%) Splunk
17 8 (0.82%) Veeam