Finance Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Financial
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 10 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 +17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Finance 111 81 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.47% 11.86% 5.53%
As % of the General category 13.37% 20.25% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 74 42 34
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,545 £30,595
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,130 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,394 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +18.42% +27.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £66,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £83,738 £86,550
East of England median annual salary £46,657 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.69% -9.09% +22.22%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 830 400 578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 40.93% 58.57% 49.96%
Number of salaries quoted 569 243 347
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,700 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +7.40% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,750 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -6.00% +4.59%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Finance
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Cambridgeshire

Finance
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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
Cambridge +5 66 £65,000 - 44
Peterborough -13 27 £39,500 -34.60% 16
Huntingdon - 4 £50,000 - 4
Finance
East of England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Academy Housing
1 2 (1.80%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.90%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.01%) Azure
2 7 (6.31%) SaaS
3 6 (5.41%) AWS
3 6 (5.41%) GitHub
3 6 (5.41%) GitHub Copilot
4 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.70%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.80%) Collibra
6 2 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.90%) Boomi
7 1 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.50%) Firewall
1 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
1 6 (5.41%) MongoDB
2 4 (3.60%) Power BI
3 1 (0.90%) Big Data
3 1 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.90%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.70%) ERwin
2 2 (1.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.90%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) Toad
3 1 (0.90%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 24 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (17.12%) Retail
3 15 (13.51%) Legal
4 13 (11.71%) Law
5 11 (9.91%) Banking
5 11 (9.91%) Manufacturing
5 11 (9.91%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (9.01%) Local Government
7 9 (8.11%) Public Sector
8 8 (7.21%) Marketing
9 6 (5.41%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.80%) Publishing
12 1 (0.90%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (20.72%) Analyst
2 10 (9.01%) Business Analyst
2 10 (9.01%) Lead
3 9 (8.11%) Developer
3 9 (8.11%) Legal Analyst
4 8 (7.21%) Business Development Executive
5 7 (6.31%) Accountant
5 7 (6.31%) Administrator
6 6 (5.41%) .NET Developer
6 6 (5.41%) Business Systems Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Data Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) IT Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Business IT Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) IT Business Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Service Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.31%) .NET
2 6 (5.41%) .NET Core
2 6 (5.41%) .NET Framework
2 6 (5.41%) AngularJS
2 6 (5.41%) ASP.NET
2 6 (5.41%) ASP.NET Core
2 6 (5.41%) Node.js
2 6 (5.41%) Vue
3 4 (3.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.90%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.50%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (4.50%) Housing Association
1 5 (4.50%) Linux Command Line
1 5 (4.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.80%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.90%) FMCG
5 1 (0.90%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.90%) NHS
5 1 (0.90%) Social Media
5 1 (0.90%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.50%) Linux
1 5 (4.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (16.22%) Budgeting
2 15 (13.51%) Agile
3 13 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (11.71%) ERP
4 12 (10.81%) AI
4 12 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (9.91%) Risk Management
6 10 (9.01%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 10 (9.01%) Business Development
7 9 (8.11%) Analytics
7 9 (8.11%) Decision-Making
7 9 (8.11%) Project Management
7 9 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (7.21%) Customer Service
8 8 (7.21%) Data Analysis
8 8 (7.21%) Process Improvement
8 8 (7.21%) Service Delivery
9 7 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (6.31%) Telehealth
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.21%) SQL
2 7 (6.31%) C#
3 6 (5.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (9.91%) DBS Check
2 10 (9.01%) Degree
3 7 (6.31%) ACCA
4 6 (5.41%) CIMA
5 5 (4.50%) CRISC
6 4 (3.60%) APMG
7 2 (1.80%) AAT
7 2 (1.80%) CIPD
8 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) GDPR
2 6 (5.41%) IFRS
2 6 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.50%) GAAP
3 5 (4.50%) GRC
3 5 (4.50%) ISO 31000
3 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 5 (4.50%) NIST
4 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.90%) HL7
5 1 (0.90%) NCSC
5 1 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.21%) Oracle
2 8 (7.21%) SAP
3 4 (3.60%) Workday
4 3 (2.70%) Informatica
5 2 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.90%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.90%) Cerner
6 1 (0.90%) Facebook
6 1 (0.90%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.90%) RedGate
6 1 (0.90%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.90%) TippingPoint