Finance Jobs in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 982 1,475 2,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 25.91% 28.54% 27.05%
As % of the General category 41.43% 43.55% 43.22%
Number of salaries quoted 729 1,201 1,729
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +3.23% +3.33%

All General Skills
Central London

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,370 3,387 5,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.53% 65.53% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 2,732 4,052
10th Percentile £38,303 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £91,563 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £74,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.04% +6.43% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 0 881 £75,000 -6.25% 261
City of Westminster -8 29 £76,538 -2.81% 3
West End of London -9 17 £80,000 +18.52% 9
Lambeth +8 10 £45,000 - 1
Southwark -6 8 £77,500 -6.06% 1
Camden -11 6 £35,000 -48.15% 8
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 38 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.55%) Skype for Business
3 18 (1.83%) Apache
4 9 (0.92%) Confluence
4 9 (0.92%) IIS
5 6 (0.61%) CMS
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.51%) nginx
7 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.41%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.31%) SAS
9 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 74 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (1.93%) Aladdin
1 19 (1.93%) thinkFolio
2 10 (1.02%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.92%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.41%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.31%) SAP GTS
6 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.31%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 185 (18.84%) Azure
2 123 (12.53%) AWS
3 118 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (7.74%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.18%) SaaS
6 32 (3.26%) Serverless
7 29 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (2.85%) Entra ID
9 22 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (2.14%) WhatsApp
11 19 (1.93%) GitHub
12 17 (1.73%) GCP
13 16 (1.63%) Google Sheets
14 15 (1.53%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.12%) IaaS
15 11 (1.12%) PaaS
16 10 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.30%) Firewall
2 34 (3.46%) LAN
3 29 (2.95%) Skype
4 26 (2.65%) Cisco IOS
5 25 (2.55%) DNS
6 24 (2.44%) Telepresence
6 24 (2.44%) WAN
7 22 (2.24%) TCP/IP
8 21 (2.14%) Network Security
9 15 (1.53%) VPN
10 12 (1.22%) Internet
11 11 (1.12%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.02%) Broadband
12 10 (1.02%) DHCP
13 8 (0.81%) SAN
14 7 (0.71%) Wireshark
15 6 (0.61%) IPsec
16 5 (0.51%) SNMP
16 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
17 4 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.33%) Power BI
2 41 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.32%) GIS
5 12 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.22%) MySQL
5 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.02%) Big Data
7 10 (1.02%) Metadata
8 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.81%) Tableau
10 7 (0.71%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.61%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.51%) Flink
12 5 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (2.95%) JIRA
2 21 (2.14%) GitLab
3 20 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.73%) Git
5 13 (1.32%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.71%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (0.41%) Selenium
8 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.31%) MSTest
8 3 (0.31%) Protractor
8 3 (0.31%) Snyk
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.31%) Storybook
8 3 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 270 (27.49%) Social Skills
2 165 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (11.91%) Banking
4 66 (6.72%) Retail
5 64 (6.52%) Marketing
6 61 (6.21%) Law
7 60 (6.11%) Legal
8 55 (5.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 37 (3.77%) Financial Institution
10 36 (3.67%) Telecoms
11 30 (3.05%) Automotive
12 29 (2.95%) Front Office
13 28 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 27 (2.75%) Advertising
15 26 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (2.34%) Back Office
17 18 (1.83%) Retail Banking
18 15 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 194 (19.76%) Analyst
2 169 (17.21%) Senior
3 117 (11.91%) Lead
4 105 (10.69%) Developer
5 61 (6.21%) Architect
6 48 (4.89%) Support Engineer
7 40 (4.07%) Software Engineer
8 38 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
9 37 (3.77%) Systems Analyst
10 34 (3.46%) Consultant
10 34 (3.46%) Financial Analyst
11 30 (3.05%) Security Analyst
12 29 (2.95%) Project Manager
13 24 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
13 24 (2.44%) Senior Developer
14 23 (2.34%) Support Analyst
15 22 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
15 22 (2.24%) IT Analyst
15 22 (2.24%) Service Manager
15 22 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.68%) .NET
2 40 (4.07%) React
3 29 (2.95%) REST
4 20 (2.04%) Node.js
5 19 (1.93%) CSS
5 19 (1.93%) HTML
5 19 (1.93%) Web Services
6 17 (1.73%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.53%) AngularJS
7 15 (1.53%) JSON
7 15 (1.53%) RESTful
7 15 (1.53%) Spring
8 14 (1.43%) Kafka
8 14 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (1.32%) XML
10 12 (1.22%) YAML
11 11 (1.12%) SOAP
11 11 (1.12%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.92%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.58%) Management Information System
2 42 (4.28%) Life Science
3 29 (2.95%) Onboarding
4 28 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
5 26 (2.65%) Security Posture
6 20 (2.04%) Fixed Income
6 20 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 20 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.63%) Derivative
8 16 (1.63%) Private Cloud
9 14 (1.43%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.43%) Hedge funds
10 13 (1.32%) Reinsurance
11 12 (1.22%) Equities
12 11 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.02%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.02%) FPGA
14 9 (0.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 132 (13.44%) Windows
2 47 (4.79%) Windows Server
3 45 (4.58%) Linux
4 41 (4.18%) Windows 10
5 33 (3.36%) Windows 7
6 17 (1.73%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.63%) Android
8 10 (1.02%) Unix
9 7 (0.71%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.31%) CentOS
12 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.10%) AIX
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (19.96%) Agile
2 119 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (11.10%) DevOps
3 109 (11.10%) ITIL
4 89 (9.06%) Mentoring
5 87 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
7 84 (8.55%) Analytics
7 84 (8.55%) Decision-Making
8 83 (8.45%) Software Engineering
9 68 (6.92%) CI/CD
10 66 (6.72%) Roadmaps
11 60 (6.11%) Change Management
12 58 (5.91%) Fintech
12 58 (5.91%) Project Management
13 56 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
14 53 (5.40%) Computer Science
15 51 (5.19%) Line Management
16 47 (4.79%) Data Analysis
16 47 (4.79%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 174 (17.72%) SQL
2 141 (14.36%) Python
3 62 (6.31%) Java
4 53 (5.40%) C#
5 46 (4.68%) JavaScript
6 43 (4.38%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.55%) TypeScript
8 23 (2.34%) C++
9 16 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.43%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.43%) Clojure
10 14 (1.43%) F#
10 14 (1.43%) Haskell
10 14 (1.43%) Rust
11 11 (1.12%) Bash
11 11 (1.12%) Go
12 10 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.92%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.92%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 190 (19.35%) Degree
2 47 (4.79%) Master's Degree
3 44 (4.48%) CISSP
4 42 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.95%) MBA
6 27 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (2.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 22 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 22 (2.24%) CCSP
8 18 (1.83%) ACCA
9 17 (1.73%) CIMA
10 14 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.12%) PhD
12 10 (1.02%) CRISC
13 9 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.81%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.81%) CEH
14 8 (0.81%) CISA
14 8 (0.81%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.75%) NIST
2 24 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.04%) QA
5 17 (1.73%) SLA
6 14 (1.43%) GDPR
7 13 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.92%) PMO
9 8 (0.81%) SOC 1
10 7 (0.71%) GRC
10 7 (0.71%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.31%) EMIR
12 3 (0.31%) MiFID
12 3 (0.31%) NCSC
12 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.20%) ITGC
14 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.10%) Dodd-Frank
14 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 72 (7.33%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.67%) Docker
3 20 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.20%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) KVM
6 1 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.10%) Xen
6 1 (0.10%) XenApp
6 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 69 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.99%) Terraform
3 19 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.83%) Ansible
5 10 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.02%) SCCM
6 9 (0.92%) Nmap
7 5 (0.51%) Packer
7 5 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.41%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.41%) HP Data Protector
8 4 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.31%) Istio
10 2 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 1 (0.10%) SCOM
11 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 244 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.18%) Bloomberg
3 37 (3.77%) Cisco
4 35 (3.56%) Apple
5 33 (3.36%) Google
6 32 (3.26%) Oracle
6 32 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.85%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.44%) Polycom
9 21 (2.14%) Dell
9 21 (2.14%) SAP
10 20 (2.04%) VMware
11 19 (1.93%) Charles River
12 14 (1.43%) Aderant
13 13 (1.32%) HP
13 13 (1.32%) Palo Alto
13 13 (1.32%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.12%) Databricks
15 9 (0.92%) Splunk
15 9 (0.92%) Veeam