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 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 10 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,239 1,481 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.43% 21.38% 20.25%
As % of the General category 24.86% 33.67% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 612 860 1,054
10th Percentile £30,385 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,795 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £87,419 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
South 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 4,984 4,399 4,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 54.02% 63.51% 59.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,381 2,425 3,022
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £29,932
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £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 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 5 May 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 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
Bristol -9 401 £65,000 +9.20% 162
Dorset +26 376 £57,500 +15.00% 30
Gloucestershire -11 197 £55,000 - 66
Somerset +3 95 £41,560 -24.44% 71
Wiltshire -33 59 £49,500 -1.00% 56
Devon -14 51 £44,881 -5.51% 72
Cornwall -1 30 £38,750 -6.63% 10
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 45 (3.63%) Confluence
2 39 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.78%) SAS
5 13 (1.05%) IIS
6 11 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.81%) ArcGIS
8 9 (0.73%) Apache
9 4 (0.32%) Moodle
9 4 (0.32%) Site Server
10 3 (0.24%) Captiva
10 3 (0.24%) FileNet
10 3 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 97 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (7.51%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (7.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.05%) AutoCAD
5 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.56%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.16%) S-PLUS
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.081%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.56%) HFM
2 7 (0.56%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.16%) Magento
4 2 (0.16%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.081%) iTrent
5 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.081%) Primavera
5 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.081%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 128 (10.33%) Azure
2 125 (10.09%) AWS
3 81 (6.54%) Power Platform
4 62 (5.00%) GCP
5 37 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (2.42%) SaaS
7 29 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (1.78%) Power Automate
9 18 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.45%) GitHub
10 17 (1.37%) npm
11 16 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.89%) Entra ID
12 11 (0.89%) OCI
13 9 (0.73%) PaaS
14 7 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.48%) IaaS
16 5 (0.40%) Collibra
16 5 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.58%) DNS
2 31 (2.50%) TCP/IP
3 29 (2.34%) DHCP
3 29 (2.34%) HTTP
4 16 (1.29%) Internet
5 15 (1.21%) Wireless
6 13 (1.05%) SAN
7 11 (0.89%) VoIP
8 10 (0.81%) Broadband
9 9 (0.73%) Network Security
10 7 (0.56%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.48%) Firewall
11 6 (0.48%) IPsec
11 6 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (0.32%) LAN
12 4 (0.32%) PBX
12 4 (0.32%) SMS
12 4 (0.32%) VPN
12 4 (0.32%) WAN
12 4 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 60 (4.84%) Power BI
3 51 (4.12%) Tableau
4 50 (4.04%) MongoDB
5 45 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.53%) Big Data
7 19 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.45%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
11 14 (1.13%) QlikView
12 13 (1.05%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.89%) Essbase
13 11 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (0.73%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 47 (3.79%) JIRA
2 42 (3.39%) Git
3 32 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.78%) Selenium
5 17 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.29%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.05%) Storybook
8 12 (0.97%) Eclipse
8 12 (0.97%) Maven
8 12 (0.97%) Subversion
8 12 (0.97%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.48%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.40%) GitLab
11 5 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
11 5 (0.40%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.40%) JUnit
12 4 (0.32%) ERwin
12 4 (0.32%) LabVIEW
General
1 424 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 369 (29.78%) Banking
3 368 (29.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 293 (23.65%) Law
5 247 (19.94%) Analytical Skills
6 225 (18.16%) Investment Banking
7 116 (9.36%) Marketing
8 109 (8.80%) Legal
9 96 (7.75%) Retail
10 75 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
11 60 (4.84%) Public Sector
12 57 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (4.12%) Manufacturing
14 46 (3.71%) Telecoms
15 43 (3.47%) Financial Institution
16 41 (3.31%) Electronics
16 41 (3.31%) Games
17 39 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
18 38 (3.07%) Aerospace
19 29 (2.34%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 210 (16.95%) Analyst
2 194 (15.66%) Senior
3 142 (11.46%) Project Manager
4 118 (9.52%) Lead
5 110 (8.88%) Developer
6 98 (7.91%) Architect
7 77 (6.21%) Consultant
8 61 (4.92%) Administrator
9 52 (4.20%) Software Engineer
10 51 (4.12%) Senior Manager
11 42 (3.39%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.07%) Software Developer
13 37 (2.99%) Service Analyst
14 36 (2.91%) Senior Project Manager
15 35 (2.82%) DBA
16 34 (2.74%) Product Manager
17 28 (2.26%) DV Cleared DBA
18 27 (2.18%) Senior Developer
18 27 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
19 26 (2.10%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.25%) HTML
2 64 (5.17%) .NET
3 54 (4.36%) React
4 46 (3.71%) AngularJS
5 36 (2.91%) OpenID
6 35 (2.82%) REST
7 34 (2.74%) Node.js
8 30 (2.42%) Spring
9 29 (2.34%) SAML
10 28 (2.26%) CSS
11 24 (1.94%) Kafka
12 21 (1.69%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.53%) Spring Boot
14 18 (1.45%) .NET Framework
14 18 (1.45%) Web Services
15 17 (1.37%) RESTful
16 15 (1.21%) .NET Core
16 15 (1.21%) Pandas
16 15 (1.21%) Vue
17 13 (1.05%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (4.36%) Management Information System
3 51 (4.12%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.63%) Cloud Native
5 33 (2.66%) Cyberattack
5 33 (2.66%) Mobile App
6 32 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 26 (2.10%) Credit Risk
8 24 (1.94%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.86%) Algorithms
9 23 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.78%) Derivative
11 20 (1.61%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.53%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.45%) OTC Derivatives
14 17 (1.37%) Virtual Team
15 16 (1.29%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
17 13 (1.05%) Hedge funds
18 12 (0.97%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 107 (8.64%) Windows
2 67 (5.41%) Linux
3 35 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 33 (2.66%) Windows Server 2012
5 32 (2.58%) CentOS
6 31 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (1.78%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.53%) Android
9 16 (1.29%) AIX
9 16 (1.29%) Windows 10
10 13 (1.05%) Unix
11 6 (0.48%) Windows Server
12 5 (0.40%) Windows Mobile
13 4 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.16%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.081%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.081%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.081%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (28.17%) Agile
2 302 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (16.22%) Project Management
4 153 (12.35%) Roadmaps
5 121 (9.77%) Mentoring
6 120 (9.69%) Analytics
7 119 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 116 (9.36%) Decision-Making
8 116 (9.36%) Software Engineering
9 106 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
10 101 (8.15%) Coaching
11 100 (8.07%) Time Management
12 93 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
12 93 (7.51%) Project Delivery
13 91 (7.34%) Machine Learning
14 90 (7.26%) Risk Management
15 89 (7.18%) User Experience
16 87 (7.02%) Customer Service
17 86 (6.94%) SDLC
18 77 (6.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 195 (15.74%) SQL
2 121 (9.77%) Java
3 104 (8.39%) Python
4 94 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 68 (5.49%) C#
6 59 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 49 (3.95%) Bash
8 48 (3.87%) PowerShell
9 20 (1.61%) C
10 19 (1.53%) PHP
11 18 (1.45%) Scala
12 16 (1.29%) R
13 15 (1.21%) Go
14 13 (1.05%) C++
15 11 (0.89%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.65%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.48%) Rust
Qualifications
1 268 (21.63%) Degree
2 190 (15.33%) Security Cleared
3 90 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 87 (7.02%) DV Cleared
5 41 (3.31%) AWS Certification
6 30 (2.42%) CISSP
7 29 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (2.10%) CISM
9 22 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (1.69%) CRISC
11 20 (1.61%) CISA
12 14 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.89%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 11 (0.89%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.81%) CISMP
14 10 (0.81%) IISP
14 10 (0.81%) MCP
14 10 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (2.99%) GDPR
2 33 (2.66%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (2.10%) NIST
5 25 (2.02%) QA
6 22 (1.78%) SLA
7 19 (1.53%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.05%) PMO
9 10 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (0.81%) JSP 440
9 10 (0.81%) NEBOSH
9 10 (0.81%) NIST 800
9 10 (0.81%) RMADS
10 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.40%) SEPA
11 5 (0.40%) TARGET2
12 4 (0.32%) IFRS
12 4 (0.32%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 55 (4.44%) Docker
2 40 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.56%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) vSphere
6 3 (0.24%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.081%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.87%) Terraform
3 14 (1.13%) SCCM
4 12 (0.97%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.97%) NetBackup
5 11 (0.89%) Ansible
6 6 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.48%) Puppet
7 5 (0.40%) Argo
7 5 (0.40%) Graphite
7 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.32%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.24%) SCOM
9 3 (0.24%) WSUS
10 1 (0.081%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.081%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.081%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 274 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.91%) Oracle
3 40 (3.23%) Google
4 36 (2.91%) Alteryx
4 36 (2.91%) Red Hat
5 33 (2.66%) SAP
6 29 (2.34%) IBM
7 25 (2.02%) VMware
8 17 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.29%) NetApp
9 16 (1.29%) Pega
10 15 (1.21%) Xamarin
11 12 (0.97%) Hitachi
11 12 (0.97%) Salesforce
11 12 (0.97%) Snow
11 12 (0.97%) Teradata
11 12 (0.97%) Veritas
12 11 (0.89%) Dell
13 10 (0.81%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.73%) HP