Finance Jobs in the City of London

Financial
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 881 1,409 1,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 26.23% 29.51% 28.08%
As % of the General category 42.81% 45.09% 44.54%
Number of salaries quoted 699 1,179 1,586
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,400 £47,500
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 £99,375 £98,375 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,500 £115,000 £110,125
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,058 3,125 4,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 61.27% 65.45% 63.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 2,558 3,609
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the City of London.

Salary trend for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the City of London

Finance
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the City of London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London Bridge -1 2 £105,000 +27.27%
Finance
Central London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 39 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (2.84%) Skype for Business
4 18 (2.04%) Apache
5 9 (1.02%) Confluence
5 9 (1.02%) IIS
6 6 (0.68%) CMS
7 5 (0.57%) nginx
8 4 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.45%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 57 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Blender
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.48%) Aladdin
1 13 (1.48%) thinkFolio
2 10 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.57%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.45%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.34%) SAP GTS
6 3 (0.34%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 2 (0.23%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 184 (20.89%) Azure
2 121 (13.73%) AWS
3 118 (13.39%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (7.60%) Power Platform
5 32 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (3.63%) SaaS
6 31 (3.52%) Serverless
7 25 (2.84%) Entra ID
8 22 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (2.38%) WhatsApp
10 16 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (1.82%) GitHub
10 16 (1.82%) Google Sheets
11 14 (1.59%) Amazon S3
11 14 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (1.59%) GCP
12 11 (1.25%) PaaS
13 9 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.02%) IaaS
14 8 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.22%) Firewall
2 30 (3.41%) LAN
3 29 (3.29%) Skype
4 26 (2.95%) Cisco IOS
5 24 (2.72%) Telepresence
6 23 (2.61%) DNS
7 20 (2.27%) Network Security
7 20 (2.27%) TCP/IP
7 20 (2.27%) WAN
8 15 (1.70%) VPN
9 12 (1.36%) Internet
10 10 (1.14%) DHCP
11 9 (1.02%) SAN
12 8 (0.91%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.79%) Wireshark
14 6 (0.68%) Broadband
14 6 (0.68%) IPsec
15 5 (0.57%) SNMP
16 4 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
16 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.04%) Power BI
2 38 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.48%) GIS
5 12 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.14%) Metadata
6 10 (1.14%) MySQL
7 9 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.91%) Big Data
8 8 (0.91%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.79%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.79%) Tableau
10 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.57%) Flink
11 5 (0.57%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.57%) Redis
12 4 (0.45%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (2.84%) JIRA
2 19 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.04%) GitLab
4 17 (1.93%) Git
5 9 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.68%) Selenium
7 5 (0.57%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.45%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.34%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.34%) Protractor
9 3 (0.34%) Snyk
9 3 (0.34%) Storybook
10 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.23%) MSTest
10 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 211 (23.95%) Social Skills
2 127 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
3 108 (12.26%) Banking
4 49 (5.56%) Law
5 46 (5.22%) Retail
6 40 (4.54%) Pharmaceutical
7 39 (4.43%) Financial Institution
7 39 (4.43%) Marketing
8 36 (4.09%) Legal
8 36 (4.09%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.41%) Automotive
10 29 (3.29%) Advertising
11 26 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (2.61%) Back Office
13 22 (2.50%) Front Office
14 19 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.82%) Retail Banking
17 14 (1.59%) Public Sector
18 12 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (17.37%) Analyst
2 147 (16.69%) Senior
3 114 (12.94%) Lead
4 104 (11.80%) Developer
5 54 (6.13%) Architect
6 45 (5.11%) Support Engineer
7 39 (4.43%) Software Engineer
8 33 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
9 32 (3.63%) Consultant
10 30 (3.41%) Systems Analyst
11 29 (3.29%) Security Analyst
12 28 (3.18%) Project Manager
13 25 (2.84%) Senior Developer
14 22 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
14 22 (2.50%) IT Analyst
15 21 (2.38%) Support Analyst
16 19 (2.16%) Applications Support
16 19 (2.16%) Senior Security Analyst
17 18 (2.04%) Senior Software Engineer
17 18 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.88%) .NET
2 40 (4.54%) React
3 30 (3.41%) REST
4 19 (2.16%) Node.js
4 19 (2.16%) Web Services
5 18 (2.04%) Spring
6 16 (1.82%) CSS
6 16 (1.82%) HTML
6 16 (1.82%) JSON
7 15 (1.70%) AngularJS
7 15 (1.70%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.70%) RESTful
8 14 (1.59%) Kafka
8 14 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
9 11 (1.25%) SOAP
9 11 (1.25%) Spring Boot
9 11 (1.25%) XML
10 10 (1.14%) YAML
11 9 (1.02%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.20%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.29%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (2.61%) Security Posture
4 22 (2.50%) Fixed Income
5 21 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.82%) Derivative
8 16 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.48%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.25%) Equities
13 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.02%) FPGA
15 8 (0.91%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.91%) Product Ownership
15 8 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
16 7 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 128 (14.53%) Windows
2 48 (5.45%) Linux
3 47 (5.33%) Windows Server
4 39 (4.43%) Windows 10
5 33 (3.75%) Windows 7
6 19 (2.16%) Apple iOS
7 18 (2.04%) Android
8 14 (1.59%) Unix
9 6 (0.68%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.57%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.34%) CentOS
12 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.11%) AIX
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (20.32%) Agile
2 113 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (12.03%) DevOps
4 102 (11.58%) ITIL
5 84 (9.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 80 (9.08%) Software Engineering
7 74 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
8 72 (8.17%) Mentoring
9 71 (8.06%) Decision-Making
10 65 (7.38%) CI/CD
11 62 (7.04%) Roadmaps
12 57 (6.47%) Analytics
12 57 (6.47%) Change Management
12 57 (6.47%) Project Management
13 56 (6.36%) Fintech
14 52 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
15 47 (5.33%) Computer Science
16 46 (5.22%) Risk Management
17 45 (5.11%) Data Analysis
17 45 (5.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (17.59%) SQL
2 134 (15.21%) Python
3 62 (7.04%) Java
4 52 (5.90%) C#
5 43 (4.88%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.43%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 23 (2.61%) C++
9 14 (1.59%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.59%) Clojure
9 14 (1.59%) F#
9 14 (1.59%) Haskell
9 14 (1.59%) Rust
10 12 (1.36%) Bash
11 11 (1.25%) Go
12 10 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.02%) VBA
14 8 (0.91%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.68%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.45%) XPath
Qualifications
1 143 (16.23%) Degree
2 48 (5.45%) Master's Degree
3 43 (4.88%) CISSP
4 38 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.41%) MBA
6 27 (3.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 26 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (2.38%) CCSP
9 14 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.25%) ACCA
10 11 (1.25%) CRISC
11 10 (1.14%) CIMA
11 10 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.02%) CISA
13 8 (0.91%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.91%) CEH
13 8 (0.91%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.79%) ISACA
14 7 (0.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.18%) NIST
2 25 (2.84%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.16%) QA
5 14 (1.59%) GDPR
6 13 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.91%) PMO
8 7 (0.79%) GRC
8 7 (0.79%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.79%) SLA
9 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.34%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) EMIR
11 2 (0.23%) MiFID
11 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.11%) Basel II
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.11%) SOC 1
System Software
1 67 (7.60%) Active Directory
2 37 (4.20%) Docker
3 22 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) XenApp
6 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 66 (7.49%) Kubernetes
2 44 (4.99%) Terraform
3 19 (2.16%) Ansible
3 19 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.14%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.02%) Nmap
6 8 (0.91%) SCCM
7 5 (0.57%) Packer
7 5 (0.57%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.45%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.45%) HP Data Protector
8 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.34%) Istio
10 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.23%) Puppet
11 1 (0.11%) Kibana
11 1 (0.11%) logstash
11 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.11%) Salt
11 1 (0.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 204 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.54%) Bloomberg
3 37 (4.20%) Cisco
4 35 (3.97%) Apple
5 31 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.41%) Google
6 30 (3.41%) Oracle
7 24 (2.72%) Polycom
8 22 (2.50%) VMware
9 18 (2.04%) SAP
10 17 (1.93%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.70%) HP
12 13 (1.48%) Charles River
12 13 (1.48%) Palo Alto
12 13 (1.48%) Red Hat
13 12 (1.36%) Databricks
14 9 (1.02%) Dell
15 8 (0.91%) Citrix
15 8 (0.91%) PeopleSoft
15 8 (0.91%) Qualys