Finance Jobs in Bristol

Financial
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 340 395 779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 28.72% 12.04% 30.96%
As % of the General category 44.62% 24.78% 45.96%
Number of salaries quoted 241 251 457
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,250 £36,885
25th Percentile £43,290 £45,959 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +12.52%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £87,451
South West median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Bristol

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 762 1,594 1,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 64.36% 48.60% 67.37%
Number of salaries quoted 486 1,147 979
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,698 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,687 £55,000 £57,078
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -3.64% +8.72%
75th Percentile £72,950 £71,725 £74,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £90,329 £86,250
South West median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +2.79%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Bristol

Finance
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Finance in Bristol

Finance
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Bristol

Finance
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Avonmouth +3 5 £27,500 - 2
Finance
South West

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 16 (4.71%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (0.88%) Confluence
2 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.59%) Appian
3 2 (0.59%) CMS
3 2 (0.59%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Infor LN
1 2 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (0.59%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.24%) Azure
2 59 (17.35%) GCP
3 58 (17.06%) AWS
4 30 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.24%) npm
5 11 (3.24%) PaaS
6 9 (2.65%) SaaS
7 8 (2.35%) Apigee
7 8 (2.35%) Collibra
8 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.47%) GitHub
10 5 (1.47%) OCI
11 4 (1.18%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (1.18%) Vertex AI
12 3 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.59%) IaaS
13 2 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.59%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.82%) Firewall
2 8 (2.35%) Network Security
3 7 (2.06%) SSL
3 7 (2.06%) VPN
4 3 (0.88%) Internet
5 2 (0.59%) DHCP
5 2 (0.59%) DNS
5 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.82%) Power BI
2 24 (7.06%) Tableau
3 23 (6.76%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.59%) Big Data
5 15 (4.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.41%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (3.53%) Metadata
7 11 (3.24%) Data Hub
7 11 (3.24%) MySQL
8 9 (2.65%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.35%) Metadata Repository
9 8 (2.35%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.06%) Ataccama
11 6 (1.76%) MS Access
12 5 (1.47%) Looker
12 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.18%) SQL Server
14 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
15 2 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (11.76%) Git
2 13 (3.82%) Sonatype Nexus
3 12 (3.53%) Cypress.io
3 12 (3.53%) webpack
4 11 (3.24%) Cucumber
4 11 (3.24%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.65%) GitLab
6 8 (2.35%) JIRA
7 7 (2.06%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.18%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.88%) Xcode
9 3 (0.88%) XCTest
10 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.59%) JUnit
10 2 (0.59%) Maven
10 2 (0.59%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.59%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
General
1 119 (35.00%) Banking
2 89 (26.18%) Social Skills
3 60 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.29%) Manufacturing
4 18 (5.29%) Military
4 18 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.12%) Marketing
5 14 (4.12%) Retail
6 13 (3.82%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.94%) Electronics
8 10 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.94%) Games
8 10 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.06%) Law
10 3 (0.88%) Private Banking
10 3 (0.88%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.59%) Legal
11 2 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (18.53%) Lead
2 49 (14.41%) Analyst
3 44 (12.94%) Senior
4 36 (10.59%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.65%) Consultant
6 18 (5.29%) Data Analyst
6 18 (5.29%) Developer
7 17 (5.00%) Architect
8 16 (4.71%) Recruitment Consultant
9 12 (3.53%) Data Manager
9 12 (3.53%) Risk Manager
9 12 (3.53%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.24%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.24%) Development Manager
11 10 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
12 9 (2.65%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.65%) Senior Manager
12 9 (2.65%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
13 8 (2.35%) Principal Consultant
13 8 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.88%) Spring Boot
2 17 (5.00%) React
3 16 (4.71%) RESTful
4 15 (4.41%) AngularJS
4 15 (4.41%) Node.js
5 14 (4.12%) CSS
5 14 (4.12%) HTML
6 12 (3.53%) Jest
6 12 (3.53%) Software Packaging
6 12 (3.53%) Web Services
7 10 (2.94%) LAMP
7 10 (2.94%) Laravel
7 10 (2.94%) SwiftUI
8 9 (2.65%) OAuth
9 8 (2.35%) Android Jetpack
9 8 (2.35%) Jetpack Compose
9 8 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (2.06%) Spring
10 7 (2.06%) UIKit
11 6 (1.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.12%) Public Cloud
3 13 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.24%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.65%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.06%) Credit Risk
8 7 (2.06%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.76%) DataPower
9 6 (1.76%) Distributed Applications
10 5 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.18%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.18%) Robotics
12 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.88%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.88%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.00%) Android
1 17 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.18%) Linux
3 3 (0.88%) Windows
4 2 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (30.29%) Agile
2 87 (25.59%) Analytics
3 63 (18.53%) Software Engineering
4 61 (17.94%) DevOps
5 50 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (12.65%) Mentoring
9 41 (12.06%) Risk Management
10 39 (11.47%) CI/CD
10 39 (11.47%) Visualisation
11 36 (10.59%) Roadmaps
12 35 (10.29%) Data Modelling
13 33 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
14 32 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (9.41%) Test Automation
15 31 (9.12%) Containerisation
15 31 (9.12%) Customer Experience
15 31 (9.12%) Data Management
16 28 (8.24%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.29%) SQL
2 38 (11.18%) Java
3 32 (9.41%) Python
4 23 (6.76%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.24%) Swift
6 10 (2.94%) PHP
7 9 (2.65%) Bash
7 9 (2.65%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.06%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.76%) C#
9 6 (1.76%) Go
10 4 (1.18%) C
10 4 (1.18%) C++
10 4 (1.18%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.59%) Rust
12 1 (0.29%) Tcl
12 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (16.47%) Degree
2 15 (4.41%) DBS Check
3 14 (4.12%) CISSP
4 11 (3.24%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.76%) CISM
7 6 (1.76%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.47%) ACCA
8 5 (1.47%) CIMA
8 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.47%) PhD
9 4 (1.18%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.88%) CCSK
11 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.59%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.59%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (0.59%) SANS
11 2 (0.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.06%) QA
2 22 (6.47%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 15 (4.41%) NIST
5 14 (4.12%) GDPR
6 7 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.06%) SLA
7 6 (1.76%) NCSC
8 4 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.18%) PMO
9 2 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.59%) GAAP
9 2 (0.59%) GRC
9 2 (0.59%) IFRS
9 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) ITGC
System Software
1 31 (9.12%) Docker
2 2 (0.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (6.18%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.65%) Terraform
3 2 (0.59%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.59%) Istio
3 2 (0.59%) Nmap
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.29%) Oracle
3 24 (7.06%) Google
4 15 (4.41%) SAP
5 9 (2.65%) Avaloq
6 7 (2.06%) Databricks
7 6 (1.76%) Adobe
7 6 (1.76%) Apple
7 6 (1.76%) IBM
8 4 (1.18%) F5
9 3 (0.88%) IFS
9 3 (0.88%) Planview
9 3 (0.88%) Twitter
10 2 (0.59%) Cognos
10 2 (0.59%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.59%) Fiserv
10 2 (0.59%) Infor
10 2 (0.59%) TSYS
11 1 (0.29%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.29%) Informatica