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

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,192 2,626 3,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.13% 17.49% 19.96%
As % of the General category 23.21% 27.36% 34.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 1,297 2,138
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,300 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -2.54% +12.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +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 9,444 9,597 11,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.56% 63.92% 58.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,051 4,646 6,581
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,722 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £81,250
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 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 1 May 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 1 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
Thames Valley -7 633 £47,500 -13.64% 308
Surrey -2 481 £52,500 -16.00% 125
Hampshire +7 444 £55,000 -0.45% 143
Berkshire -7 297 £54,750 -8.75% 137
Kent 0 264 £50,000 -9.09% 79
Buckinghamshire -10 179 £47,500 -13.64% 106
East Sussex +5 176 £48,750 -11.36% 58
Oxfordshire +12 157 £43,468 -0.07% 65
Middlesex +5 88 £77,500 - 12
West Sussex -9 77 £57,500 -8.00% 21
Sussex -22 5 £105,000 - 2
Home Counties +6 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 (3.60%) SAS
2 31 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.59%) Apache
5 10 (0.46%) Confluence
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
6 8 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.27%) CMS
7 6 (0.27%) IIS
7 6 (0.27%) JBoss
8 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) WordPress
10 2 (0.091%) 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
1 346 (15.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.32%) OrCAD
8 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.18%) Doxygen
9 4 (0.18%) SPSS
10 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.14%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.046%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.046%) Simulink
11 1 (0.046%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 77 (3.51%) SAP ERP
2 29 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.91%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 11 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 11 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.46%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.36%) Sage 200
7 8 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
8 7 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.27%) 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 (16.70%) Azure
2 135 (6.16%) Power Platform
3 118 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 113 (5.16%) AWS
5 59 (2.69%) SaaS
6 56 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (1.51%) GitHub
9 29 (1.32%) Snowflake
10 26 (1.19%) Serverless
11 22 (1.00%) IaaS
12 21 (0.96%) Matillion
13 19 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (0.78%) PowerApps
15 16 (0.73%) Nutanix
16 15 (0.68%) PaaS
17 12 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (0.55%) OneDrive
18 11 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 11 (0.50%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 291 (13.28%) Broadband
2 37 (1.69%) Firewall
3 33 (1.51%) Internet
4 26 (1.19%) VPN
5 25 (1.14%) DNS
6 24 (1.09%) Network Security
7 23 (1.05%) Wireless
8 21 (0.96%) 5G
8 21 (0.96%) WAN
9 17 (0.78%) LAN
10 12 (0.55%) HTTP
11 11 (0.50%) SNMP
12 9 (0.41%) Intranet
13 8 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.32%) Modbus
14 7 (0.32%) SAN
14 7 (0.32%) SSL
14 7 (0.32%) VoIP
15 6 (0.27%) 4G
15 6 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (5.89%) SQL Server
2 115 (5.25%) Power BI
3 61 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 43 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (1.78%) Power Query
7 27 (1.23%) Tableau
8 25 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 24 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (0.96%) Metadata
11 17 (0.78%) Relational Database
12 15 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (0.50%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.50%) Redis
14 10 (0.46%) DB2
14 10 (0.46%) GIS
14 10 (0.46%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.36%) MS Access
16 7 (0.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 75 (3.42%) Git
2 51 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 49 (2.24%) JIRA
4 28 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
5 14 (0.64%) Selenium
6 12 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.36%) 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 (0.091%) Hudson
13 2 (0.091%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.091%) WebDriver
General
1 938 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 532 (24.27%) Analytical Skills
3 249 (11.36%) Influencing Skills
4 193 (8.80%) Legal
5 182 (8.30%) Marketing
6 181 (8.26%) Retail
7 145 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 143 (6.52%) Public Sector
9 124 (5.66%) Telecoms
10 115 (5.25%) Manufacturing
11 92 (4.20%) Banking
12 74 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
13 64 (2.92%) Electronics
14 51 (2.33%) Law
15 42 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
16 37 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 25 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
19 24 (1.09%) Local Government
20 23 (1.05%) Billing
Job Titles
1 504 (22.99%) Analyst
2 369 (16.83%) Senior
3 240 (10.95%) Developer
4 194 (8.85%) Architect
5 178 (8.12%) Lead
6 171 (7.80%) Senior Analyst
7 126 (5.75%) Solutions Architect
8 124 (5.66%) Project Manager
9 93 (4.24%) Financial Analyst
10 89 (4.06%) Consultant
11 75 (3.42%) .NET Developer
12 68 (3.10%) Senior Developer
13 63 (2.87%) Commercial Analyst
13 63 (2.87%) Support Analyst
14 59 (2.69%) IT Manager
15 57 (2.60%) Administrator
16 43 (1.96%) Data Analyst
17 42 (1.92%) C# Developer
18 41 (1.87%) IT Support
18 41 (1.87%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (7.62%) .NET
2 98 (4.47%) React
3 87 (3.97%) HTML
4 66 (3.01%) ASP.NET
5 62 (2.83%) CSS
6 59 (2.69%) HTML5
7 58 (2.65%) .NET Core
7 58 (2.65%) AngularJS
8 56 (2.55%) .NET Framework
9 42 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
9 42 (1.92%) Kafka
10 40 (1.82%) Entity Framework
11 37 (1.69%) REST
12 35 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
13 34 (1.55%) Web Services
14 33 (1.51%) GraphQL
15 32 (1.46%) ASP.NET MVC
15 32 (1.46%) Blazor
16 31 (1.41%) Vue
17 30 (1.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 120 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
2 85 (3.88%) Management Information System
3 54 (2.46%) PMI
4 42 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 39 (1.78%) Cloud Native
6 36 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 32 (1.46%) IoT
8 26 (1.19%) Driving Licence
9 21 (0.96%) Mobile App
10 20 (0.91%) Credit Risk
11 18 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (0.78%) Biopharmaceutical
12 17 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
12 17 (0.78%) Data Centre
12 17 (0.78%) Virtual Team
13 14 (0.64%) Clustering
13 14 (0.64%) Digital Media
14 13 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.55%) Low-Code
15 12 (0.55%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 153 (6.98%) Windows
2 66 (3.01%) Linux
3 41 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.23%) Android
5 26 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.36%) VMS
9 7 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.27%) 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 (0.091%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.091%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.046%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.046%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 656 (29.93%) Agile
2 363 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
3 352 (16.06%) Decision-Making
4 324 (14.78%) Mentoring
5 262 (11.95%) Business Case
6 244 (11.13%) Project Management
7 237 (10.81%) Actionable Insight
8 233 (10.63%) Budgeting
9 219 (9.99%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 209 (9.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 207 (9.44%) Business Intelligence
12 194 (8.85%) Roadmaps
13 186 (8.49%) ERP
14 175 (7.98%) Data Management
15 164 (7.48%) Change Management
16 162 (7.39%) Customer Service
17 140 (6.39%) DevOps
18 129 (5.89%) CRM
19 123 (5.61%) Analytics
20 122 (5.57%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 258 (11.77%) SQL
2 163 (7.44%) C#
3 140 (6.39%) JavaScript
4 94 (4.29%) Python
5 79 (3.60%) Java
6 47 (2.14%) T-SQL
7 39 (1.78%) Go
8 38 (1.73%) C++
8 38 (1.73%) TypeScript
9 36 (1.64%) C
10 35 (1.60%) PowerShell
11 17 (0.78%) Bash
12 15 (0.68%) Perl
13 13 (0.59%) VB
14 12 (0.55%) Bicep
14 12 (0.55%) VBA
15 10 (0.46%) ActionScript
16 9 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.36%) PHP
17 8 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 404 (18.43%) Degree
2 250 (11.41%) ACCA
3 235 (10.72%) CIMA
4 74 (3.38%) PMI Certification
5 54 (2.46%) Master's Degree
6 50 (2.28%) DBS Check
6 50 (2.28%) Security Cleared
7 47 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.64%) MBA
9 34 (1.55%) CISSP
10 26 (1.19%) SC Cleared
11 25 (1.14%) PMP
12 19 (0.87%) PhD
13 13 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.55%) CFA
14 12 (0.55%) CISM
15 11 (0.50%) Azure Certification
15 11 (0.50%) CRISC
15 11 (0.50%) GIAC
16 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (4.43%) GDPR
2 79 (3.60%) QA
3 71 (3.24%) SLA
4 50 (2.28%) Data Quality
5 40 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.23%) IFRS
7 23 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.00%) PMO
9 19 (0.87%) NIST
10 16 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.73%) GRC
11 13 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.50%) 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 (0.36%) GMP
16 7 (0.32%) COBIT
17 6 (0.27%) NIST 800
18 4 (0.18%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 69 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.55%) Docker
4 25 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.73%) vSphere
6 12 (0.55%) Firmware
7 11 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.46%) OpenSSH
8 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.46%) XenApp
9 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.091%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.046%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (1.14%) Terraform
2 23 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.68%) vCenter Server
4 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.50%) IBM BigFix
5 11 (0.50%) SCCM
6 10 (0.46%) PowerCLI
7 8 (0.36%) Ansible
8 7 (0.32%) MIIS
9 6 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.27%) Nessus
10 5 (0.23%) Endace
10 5 (0.23%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.18%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.14%) NetCrunch
13 2 (0.091%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.046%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.046%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 596 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 219 (9.99%) SAP
3 130 (5.93%) Oracle
4 77 (3.51%) Hyperion
5 76 (3.47%) Anaplan
6 72 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 68 (3.10%) VMware
8 34 (1.55%) Databricks
9 33 (1.51%) Sage
10 26 (1.19%) Cisco
10 26 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.87%) CA
12 18 (0.82%) Virgin Media
13 17 (0.78%) BT
13 17 (0.78%) NEC
14 16 (0.73%) IBM
14 16 (0.73%) Palo Alto
15 15 (0.68%) Citrix
16 13 (0.59%) Dell
16 13 (0.59%) HP