Finance Jobs in Cambridge

Financial
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 17 20 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 -10
Permanent jobs citing Finance 27 74 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 10.63% 7.16% 7.35%
As % of the General category 16.56% 13.58% 11.30%
Number of salaries quoted 9 56 31
10th Percentile - £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £34,700 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,890 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.23% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £131,000 £77,500 £67,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,197 £48,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.76% -12.27% +10.00%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 163 545 584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.17% 52.71% 65.03%
Number of salaries quoted 96 417 213
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £29,023
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £80,001 £77,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

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

Salary histogram for Finance in Cambridge

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Google Workspace
1 7 (25.93%) SaaS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) MQTT
1 1 (3.70%) Unified Communications
1 1 (3.70%) VoIP
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) MySQL
3 2 (7.41%) Power BI
3 2 (7.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) GDB
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 13 (48.15%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (37.04%) Public Sector
4 8 (29.63%) Local Government
5 6 (22.22%) Legal
6 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (7.41%) Electronics
7 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.70%) Marketing
8 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Project Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Delivery Project Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Software Delivery Project Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Software Project Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Project Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Graduate
5 3 (11.11%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (11.11%) IT Graduate
6 2 (7.41%) Agile C# Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Agile Developer
6 2 (7.41%) C# Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Database Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate PHP Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 2 (7.41%) PHP Developer
6 2 (7.41%) SQL Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
1 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 3 (11.11%) CSS
1 3 (11.11%) jQuery
2 1 (3.70%) Node.js
2 1 (3.70%) OpenEmbedded
2 1 (3.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
2 5 (18.52%) Operational Technology
2 5 (18.52%) SCADA
3 1 (3.70%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (3.70%) CCTV
3 1 (3.70%) FPGA
3 1 (3.70%) IoT
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Android
2 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.70%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (48.15%) Project Delivery
3 13 (48.15%) Project Management
4 11 (40.74%) Agile
5 9 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (29.63%) Budget Management
6 8 (29.63%) Change Management
6 8 (29.63%) PRINCE2
6 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (25.93%) Business Transformation
7 7 (25.93%) Customer Experience
7 7 (25.93%) Software Delivery
8 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
10 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (11.11%) MVC
10 3 (11.11%) OO
10 3 (11.11%) OOP
11 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) C++
1 4 (14.81%) PHP
2 3 (11.11%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) C
3 2 (7.41%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
4 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.70%) ISO 13485
1 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.70%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Firmware
2 1 (3.70%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Google
1 7 (25.93%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) EMC
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle