Finance Job Trends 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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 394 324 366
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 13.70% 29.51% 14.35%
As % of the General category 33.70% 47.86% 31.91%
Number of salaries quoted 245 225 211
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,909 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £96,250 £92,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -9.68%

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 general skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,169 677 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 40.66% 61.66% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 809 486 778
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,279
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,813 £40,945
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,875 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Finance job vacancy trend in Bristol

Finance
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Bristol over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Bristol

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
1 6 (1.52%) Confluence
2 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.51%) Apache
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.51%) InDesign
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.17%) AWS
2 23 (5.84%) Azure
3 17 (4.31%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.06%) SaaS
5 9 (2.28%) Slack
6 8 (2.03%) GitHub
6 8 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.78%) GCP
8 6 (1.52%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.52%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.02%) PaaS
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.76%) Serverless
10 3 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.76%) 3GPP
1 3 (0.76%) TETRA
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) LAN
3 1 (0.25%) MQTT
3 1 (0.25%) NAS
3 1 (0.25%) SAN
3 1 (0.25%) VLAN
3 1 (0.25%) VPN
3 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.81%) Power BI
2 10 (2.54%) Big Data
3 8 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
4 7 (1.78%) Star Schema
5 6 (1.52%) Metadata
5 6 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.27%) Power Query
7 4 (1.02%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.51%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.51%) Tableau
10 1 (0.25%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.25%) Looker
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (2.54%) Git
1 10 (2.54%) JIRA
2 3 (0.76%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.76%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.51%) MLflow
3 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.25%) Postman
4 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 105 (26.65%) Social Skills
2 53 (13.45%) Legal
3 40 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (10.15%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.85%) Marketing
6 26 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.58%) Aerospace
7 22 (5.58%) Telecoms
8 17 (4.31%) Retail
9 16 (4.06%) Local Government
10 12 (3.05%) Automotive
11 7 (1.78%) Billing
11 7 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.02%) Banking
14 3 (0.76%) Law
14 3 (0.76%) Military
14 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (19.80%) Consultant
2 66 (16.75%) Recruitment Consultant
3 63 (15.99%) Trainee
4 57 (14.47%) Trainee Consultant
4 57 (14.47%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
5 41 (10.41%) Analyst
6 29 (7.36%) Architect
7 23 (5.84%) Business Development Manager
7 23 (5.84%) Business Manager
7 23 (5.84%) Development Manager
7 23 (5.84%) Senior
8 20 (5.08%) Administrator
9 19 (4.82%) Lead
10 14 (3.55%) Business Analyst
11 11 (2.79%) Data Analyst
12 10 (2.54%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.54%) Engineering Manager
13 9 (2.28%) AWS Architect
13 9 (2.28%) Platform Architect
13 9 (2.28%) Sales Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.52%) REST
2 4 (1.02%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (1.02%) FastAPI
2 4 (1.02%) Middleware
3 3 (0.76%) Django
3 3 (0.76%) Flask
3 3 (0.76%) Java RMI
3 3 (0.76%) OAuth
3 3 (0.76%) OpenID
3 3 (0.76%) React
3 3 (0.76%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (0.76%) SQLAlchemy
4 2 (0.51%) .NET
4 2 (0.51%) Hugging Face
4 2 (0.51%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.51%) NumPy
4 2 (0.51%) Pandas
4 2 (0.51%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.51%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.11%) Virtual Team
2 27 (6.85%) Podcast
2 27 (6.85%) Web Conferencing
3 17 (4.31%) Blog
4 16 (4.06%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.78%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.78%) Replication
10 7 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.27%) IoT
12 4 (1.02%) CUDA
12 4 (1.02%) Social Media
13 3 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.76%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.76%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.79%) Linux
2 10 (2.54%) Unix
3 9 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.52%) Windows
5 3 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (10.66%) AI
2 42 (10.66%) Customer Service
3 39 (9.90%) Decision-Making
4 37 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (8.88%) Business Development
5 35 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (8.63%) Agile
6 34 (8.63%) CI/CD
7 33 (8.38%) DevOps
8 29 (7.36%) Analytics
9 25 (6.35%) Software Engineering
10 22 (5.58%) Mentoring
10 22 (5.58%) Process Improvement
11 21 (5.33%) CRM
11 21 (5.33%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (5.08%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (5.08%) Data Analysis
12 20 (5.08%) Migration
13 19 (4.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.11%) SQL
2 25 (6.35%) Python
3 7 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.27%) C#
4 5 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.76%) Bash
5 3 (0.76%) C++
5 3 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.76%) Objective-C
5 3 (0.76%) Ruby
6 2 (0.51%) Bicep
6 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.25%) Go
7 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 32 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.31%) Degree
5 14 (3.55%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.03%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.52%) IRCA
9 5 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.76%) CASP
10 3 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.76%) CHECK Team Member
10 3 (0.76%) CISM
10 3 (0.76%) CISSP
10 3 (0.76%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.76%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.51%) AAT
11 2 (0.51%) ACCA
11 2 (0.51%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.06%) QA
3 15 (3.81%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.79%) SLA
5 10 (2.54%) GDPR
6 7 (1.78%) PMO
7 6 (1.52%) ISO 9001
7 6 (1.52%) NCSC
8 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.76%) GRC
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS
10 2 (0.51%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.51%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.27%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (5.58%) Terraform
2 10 (2.54%) Puppet
3 9 (2.28%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.76%) Nmap
5 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.28%) Red Hat
3 8 (2.03%) HubSpot
4 6 (1.52%) Oracle
5 3 (0.76%) Atlassian
5 3 (0.76%) Databricks
5 3 (0.76%) Google
5 3 (0.76%) HP
5 3 (0.76%) Intel
6 2 (0.51%) Adobe
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco
7 1 (0.25%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.25%) Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) IBM
7 1 (0.25%) NetApp
7 1 (0.25%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.25%) VMware
7 1 (0.25%) Zoho