Finance Job Trends in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 810 647 884
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 24.20% 32.01% 27.11%
As % of the General category 48.68% 42.43% 39.31%
Number of salaries quoted 552 496 637
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £78,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,813 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £120,000 £118,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year - -5.71% +9.38%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,664 1,525 2,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 49.72% 75.46% 68.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 1,181 1,479
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £111,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Central London

Finance
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 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
City of London +1 759 £82,500 +3.13% 656
Southwark +6 11 £67,500 -8.47% 1
City of Westminster +10 9 £71,121 +10.75% 120
West End of London +4 9 £71,121 +29.31% 9
Camden -10 3 - - 2
Lambeth -5 2 - - 1
Finance
London

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (0.99%) Confluence
3 6 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.49%) IIS
5 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.12%) MTS
6 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 32 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.74%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (3.09%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.74%) iTrent
4 5 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.37%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 135 (16.67%) Azure
2 71 (8.77%) AWS
3 68 (8.40%) Power Platform
4 57 (7.04%) SaaS
5 29 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (2.59%) GCP
8 20 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 18 (2.22%) Serverless
10 13 (1.60%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.48%) GitHub
12 11 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (1.36%) PaaS
13 10 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (1.11%) IaaS
14 9 (1.11%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.11%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.23%) Internet
2 9 (1.11%) DNS
2 9 (1.11%) Firewall
3 7 (0.86%) Network Security
4 5 (0.62%) DHCP
5 4 (0.49%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.49%) VLAN
6 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.25%) BGP
7 2 (0.25%) MPLS
7 2 (0.25%) OSPF
7 2 (0.25%) VoIP
8 1 (0.12%) AMQP
8 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.12%) Multicast
8 1 (0.12%) NAS
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.81%) Power BI
2 26 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.10%) Data Lake
4 15 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.11%) Metadata
6 9 (1.11%) Spark SQL
7 8 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.74%) Big Data
9 6 (0.74%) Delta Lake
9 6 (0.74%) Power Query
10 5 (0.62%) Tableau
11 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle Discoverer
12 2 (0.25%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (2.96%) Git
2 18 (2.22%) JIRA
3 7 (0.86%) Maven
4 6 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.74%) JUnit
4 6 (0.74%) Mockito
5 4 (0.49%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.37%) GitLab
6 3 (0.37%) Gradle
6 3 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.37%) Selenium
6 3 (0.37%) Spock
7 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.12%) JIRA Agile
8 1 (0.12%) Snyk
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 150 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 114 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (11.73%) Banking
4 58 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (5.19%) Law
6 40 (4.94%) Legal
7 36 (4.44%) Marketing
8 29 (3.58%) Retail
9 28 (3.46%) Front Office
10 20 (2.47%) Advertising
10 20 (2.47%) Financial Institution
10 20 (2.47%) Investment Banking
11 17 (2.10%) Back Office
12 13 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.48%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.23%) Billing
14 10 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.11%) General Ledger
15 9 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 135 (16.67%) Senior
2 120 (14.81%) Analyst
3 81 (10.00%) Developer
4 79 (9.75%) Architect
5 72 (8.89%) Lead
6 44 (5.43%) Senior Manager
7 39 (4.81%) Business Analyst
8 31 (3.83%) Business Manager
9 29 (3.58%) Accountant
9 29 (3.58%) Engineering Manager
10 26 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
11 24 (2.96%) Financial Controller
11 24 (2.96%) Software Engineer
11 24 (2.96%) Software Engineering Manager
11 24 (2.96%) Software Manager
12 23 (2.84%) Financial Analyst
12 23 (2.84%) Quantitative Developer
13 22 (2.72%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.59%) Finance Manager
14 21 (2.59%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.68%) Terraform
2 16 (1.98%) .NET
3 15 (1.85%) REST
4 14 (1.73%) FIX Protocol
4 14 (1.73%) Spring
4 14 (1.73%) Spring Boot
5 11 (1.36%) PySpark
5 11 (1.36%) React
6 10 (1.23%) HTML
7 8 (0.99%) Kafka
7 8 (0.99%) Middleware
8 6 (0.74%) CSS
8 6 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.49%) Node.js
10 3 (0.37%) ADO
10 3 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.37%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (0.37%) SOAP
10 3 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 36 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (1.85%) Security Posture
6 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.60%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.48%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.23%) Equities
11 9 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.11%) Hedge funds
12 8 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.99%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.99%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.43%) Linux
2 31 (3.83%) Windows
3 11 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.49%) Unix
4 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (14.20%) Agile
2 108 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 102 (12.59%) AI
4 101 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 96 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 81 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 81 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 80 (9.88%) Fintech
8 76 (9.38%) DevOps
9 74 (9.14%) Budgeting
10 71 (8.77%) Analytics
11 69 (8.52%) CI/CD
12 67 (8.27%) Software Engineering
13 62 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
14 59 (7.28%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 57 (7.04%) Mentoring
16 50 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
17 47 (5.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 41 (5.06%) Risk Management
19 40 (4.94%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 119 (14.69%) SQL
2 102 (12.59%) Python
3 42 (5.19%) Java
4 40 (4.94%) C#
5 32 (3.95%) C++
6 28 (3.46%) PowerShell
7 19 (2.35%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.23%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.23%) VBA
9 8 (0.99%) Bash
9 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.74%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.74%) Rust
11 5 (0.62%) C
11 5 (0.62%) R
11 5 (0.62%) Scala
12 4 (0.49%) Ruby
12 4 (0.49%) VBScript
13 3 (0.37%) Perl
13 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 111 (13.70%) ACCA
2 105 (12.96%) CIMA
3 74 (9.14%) Degree
4 18 (2.22%) CISSP
5 16 (1.98%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.98%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.85%) CISM
7 14 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.99%) Security Cleared
11 7 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (0.86%) CCSP
11 7 (0.86%) CRISC
12 6 (0.74%) CFA
12 6 (0.74%) CISA
13 5 (0.62%) MBA
14 4 (0.49%) HNC
14 4 (0.49%) HND
14 4 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.31%) Data Quality
1 43 (5.31%) GAAP
2 38 (4.69%) GDPR
3 30 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (3.46%) QA
5 23 (2.84%) IFRS
6 21 (2.59%) NIST
7 12 (1.48%) GRC
8 9 (1.11%) MiFID
9 8 (0.99%) PMO
9 8 (0.99%) SLA
10 7 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.86%) EMIR
11 5 (0.62%) COBIT
12 4 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.49%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.49%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.73%) Docker
3 13 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.48%) Ansible
3 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.62%) Grafana
5 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.25%) Puppet
6 2 (0.25%) SCCM
6 2 (0.25%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 105 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.72%) SAP
3 21 (2.59%) Databricks
4 18 (2.22%) Oracle
5 14 (1.73%) VMware
6 12 (1.48%) Concur
6 12 (1.48%) Workday
7 11 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.23%) Cisco
8 10 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.11%) Yardi
10 8 (0.99%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.99%) Citrix
11 7 (0.86%) Solace
12 6 (0.74%) Google
12 6 (0.74%) NEC
13 5 (0.62%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.49%) iManage
14 4 (0.49%) Refinitiv
15 3 (0.37%) OneLogin