Finance Jobs in the South East

Financial
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,175 2,657 3,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.10% 17.62% 19.83%
As % of the General category 23.18% 27.45% 34.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 1,327 2,131
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,723 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,625 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £63,749 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.21% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,383 9,680 11,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.51% 64.20% 58.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,025 4,662 6,557
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,713 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley -6 634 £47,500 -13.64% 232
Surrey -2 477 £52,500 -12.50% 102
Hampshire +7 443 £55,000 -3.93% 129
Berkshire -6 297 £55,000 -8.33% 88
Kent 0 259 £50,000 -9.09% 53
Buckinghamshire -10 181 £47,500 -13.64% 83
East Sussex +5 177 £48,750 -11.36% 39
Oxfordshire +12 156 £44,435 +5.80% 61
Middlesex +2 88 £77,500 - 6
West Sussex -9 71 £57,500 -8.00% 21
Sussex -22 5 £105,000 - 2
Home Counties +7 1 £48,000 -26.15%
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 79 (3.63%) SAS
2 32 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.60%) Apache
5 10 (0.46%) Confluence
6 8 (0.37%) nginx
6 8 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.28%) CMS
7 6 (0.28%) IIS
7 6 (0.28%) JBoss
8 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) WordPress
10 2 (0.092%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.046%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.046%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.046%) Umbraco
Applications
1 347 (15.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.32%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.28%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.18%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.18%) SPSS
9 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.14%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.046%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.046%) Simulink
10 1 (0.046%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 77 (3.54%) SAP ERP
2 31 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.92%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 11 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 11 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.46%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.37%) Sage 200
7 8 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
8 7 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.28%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
11 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 366 (16.83%) Azure
2 139 (6.39%) Power Platform
3 119 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
4 110 (5.06%) AWS
5 58 (2.67%) SaaS
6 54 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.56%) GitHub
9 30 (1.38%) Snowflake
10 25 (1.15%) Serverless
11 22 (1.01%) IaaS
12 21 (0.97%) Matillion
13 19 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (0.87%) PowerApps
14 16 (0.74%) Nutanix
15 15 (0.69%) PaaS
16 12 (0.55%) OneDrive
17 11 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (0.51%) Intacct
18 10 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 291 (13.38%) Broadband
2 37 (1.70%) Firewall
3 33 (1.52%) Internet
4 27 (1.24%) VPN
5 25 (1.15%) DNS
6 24 (1.10%) Network Security
7 22 (1.01%) Wireless
8 21 (0.97%) WAN
9 20 (0.92%) 5G
10 17 (0.78%) LAN
11 13 (0.60%) HTTP
12 11 (0.51%) SNMP
13 9 (0.41%) Intranet
14 7 (0.32%) SAN
14 7 (0.32%) SSL
14 7 (0.32%) VoIP
14 7 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.28%) 3G
15 6 (0.28%) GPRS
15 6 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 118 (5.43%) Power BI
3 61 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (1.98%) Data Lake
6 41 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (1.75%) Power Query
8 27 (1.24%) Tableau
9 25 (1.15%) MongoDB
10 24 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (0.97%) Metadata
12 18 (0.83%) Relational Database
13 15 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (0.55%) NoSQL
15 11 (0.51%) Redis
16 10 (0.46%) GIS
16 10 (0.46%) Oracle Database
17 9 (0.41%) DB2
18 8 (0.37%) MS Access
19 7 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 69 (3.17%) Git
2 52 (2.39%) Visual Studio
3 48 (2.21%) JIRA
4 29 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
5 13 (0.60%) Selenium
6 11 (0.51%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.32%) Jasmine
9 7 (0.32%) NUnit
10 5 (0.23%) GitLab
10 5 (0.23%) Maven
10 5 (0.23%) Subversion
11 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.092%) Hudson
13 2 (0.092%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.092%) WebDriver
General
1 935 (42.99%) Social Skills
2 534 (24.55%) Analytical Skills
3 248 (11.40%) Influencing Skills
4 193 (8.87%) Legal
5 179 (8.23%) Marketing
6 177 (8.14%) Retail
7 142 (6.53%) Public Sector
8 138 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 123 (5.66%) Telecoms
10 117 (5.38%) Manufacturing
11 91 (4.18%) Banking
12 74 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
13 63 (2.90%) Electronics
14 50 (2.30%) Law
15 41 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
16 37 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 25 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
19 24 (1.10%) Local Government
20 23 (1.06%) Billing
Job Titles
1 505 (23.22%) Analyst
2 364 (16.74%) Senior
3 237 (10.90%) Developer
4 195 (8.97%) Architect
5 177 (8.14%) Lead
6 170 (7.82%) Senior Analyst
7 127 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
8 119 (5.47%) Project Manager
9 93 (4.28%) Financial Analyst
10 88 (4.05%) Consultant
11 75 (3.45%) .NET Developer
12 68 (3.13%) Senior Developer
13 63 (2.90%) Commercial Analyst
13 63 (2.90%) Support Analyst
14 58 (2.67%) Administrator
15 57 (2.62%) IT Manager
16 44 (2.02%) Data Analyst
17 43 (1.98%) C# Developer
18 42 (1.93%) IT Support
19 40 (1.84%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (7.77%) .NET
2 97 (4.46%) React
3 84 (3.86%) HTML
4 66 (3.03%) ASP.NET
5 58 (2.67%) AngularJS
5 58 (2.67%) CSS
5 58 (2.67%) HTML5
6 57 (2.62%) .NET Core
7 55 (2.53%) .NET Framework
8 42 (1.93%) ASP.NET Web API
9 40 (1.84%) Entity Framework
9 40 (1.84%) Kafka
10 35 (1.61%) REST
11 33 (1.52%) Blazor
11 33 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
11 33 (1.52%) Web Services
12 32 (1.47%) ASP.NET MVC
13 31 (1.43%) Vue
14 30 (1.38%) GraphQL
15 28 (1.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 122 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
2 84 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 54 (2.48%) PMI
4 42 (1.93%) Onboarding
5 40 (1.84%) Cloud Native
6 35 (1.61%) Product Ownership
7 31 (1.43%) IoT
8 25 (1.15%) Driving Licence
9 20 (0.92%) Credit Risk
9 20 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 18 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (0.78%) Biopharmaceutical
11 17 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
11 17 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 16 (0.74%) Data Centre
13 14 (0.64%) Clustering
13 14 (0.64%) Digital Media
14 12 (0.55%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.55%) Pricing Data
15 11 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 154 (7.08%) Windows
2 64 (2.94%) Linux
3 40 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.24%) Android
5 26 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.37%) VMS
9 7 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.28%) Unix
11 5 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.18%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.14%) AIX
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.092%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.092%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.092%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.046%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.046%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (29.93%) Agile
2 356 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
3 351 (16.14%) Decision-Making
4 318 (14.62%) Mentoring
5 263 (12.09%) Business Case
6 238 (10.94%) Project Management
7 236 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
8 234 (10.76%) Budgeting
9 219 (10.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 210 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
11 209 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 194 (8.92%) Roadmaps
13 187 (8.60%) ERP
14 174 (8.00%) Data Management
15 165 (7.59%) Change Management
16 163 (7.49%) Customer Service
17 139 (6.39%) DevOps
18 129 (5.93%) CRM
19 123 (5.66%) Analytics
20 122 (5.61%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 260 (11.95%) SQL
2 164 (7.54%) C#
3 140 (6.44%) JavaScript
4 95 (4.37%) Python
5 78 (3.59%) Java
6 48 (2.21%) T-SQL
7 38 (1.75%) TypeScript
8 37 (1.70%) C++
9 36 (1.66%) C
9 36 (1.66%) Go
10 35 (1.61%) PowerShell
11 17 (0.78%) Bash
12 15 (0.69%) Perl
13 13 (0.60%) VB
14 12 (0.55%) Bicep
14 12 (0.55%) VBA
15 10 (0.46%) ActionScript
16 9 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.37%) R
18 7 (0.32%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 400 (18.39%) Degree
2 250 (11.49%) ACCA
3 235 (10.80%) CIMA
4 74 (3.40%) PMI Certification
5 54 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 50 (2.30%) Security Cleared
7 49 (2.25%) DBS Check
8 46 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.66%) MBA
10 34 (1.56%) CISSP
11 26 (1.20%) SC Cleared
12 25 (1.15%) PMP
13 19 (0.87%) PhD
14 13 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.55%) CFA
15 12 (0.55%) CISM
16 11 (0.51%) Azure Certification
16 11 (0.51%) CRISC
16 11 (0.51%) GIAC
17 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (4.51%) GDPR
2 78 (3.59%) QA
3 69 (3.17%) SLA
4 51 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 40 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.24%) IFRS
7 23 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.01%) PMO
9 19 (0.87%) NIST
10 16 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.74%) GRC
11 13 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (0.46%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.41%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.37%) GMP
16 7 (0.32%) COBIT
17 6 (0.28%) NIST 800
18 4 (0.18%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 67 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (2.34%) Docker
4 23 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.74%) vSphere
6 11 (0.51%) Firmware
6 11 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.46%) OpenSSH
7 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.46%) XenApp
8 3 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.092%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.046%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (1.15%) Terraform
2 22 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.69%) vCenter Server
4 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.55%) SCCM
6 11 (0.51%) IBM BigFix
7 10 (0.46%) PowerCLI
8 8 (0.37%) Ansible
9 7 (0.32%) MIIS
10 6 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.28%) Nessus
11 5 (0.23%) Endace
11 5 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.18%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.14%) NetCrunch
14 2 (0.092%) FortiGate
15 1 (0.046%) Tivoli
15 1 (0.046%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 598 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 218 (10.02%) SAP
3 130 (5.98%) Oracle
4 77 (3.54%) Hyperion
5 75 (3.45%) Anaplan
6 71 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 68 (3.13%) VMware
8 34 (1.56%) Databricks
9 33 (1.52%) Sage
10 26 (1.20%) Cisco
10 26 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.87%) CA
12 18 (0.83%) Virgin Media
13 17 (0.78%) BT
13 17 (0.78%) NEC
14 16 (0.74%) IBM
14 16 (0.74%) Palo Alto
15 15 (0.69%) Citrix
16 14 (0.64%) Dell
16 14 (0.64%) HP