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 in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 551 871 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 28.86% 26.08% 29.40%
As % of the General category 40.94% 42.36% 44.71%
Number of salaries quoted 401 673 1,124
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £48,575
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £119,750 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -3.23% +3.33%

All General Skills
City of 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 common skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,346 2,056 2,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 70.51% 61.56% 65.75%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,600 2,434
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £98,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £72,348 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.35% -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 May 2025.

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 May 2025. 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
Moorgate - 3 £32,500 -
London Bridge -3 2 £92,500 -11.90%
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 22 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.27%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.91%) Confluence
5 4 (0.73%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.36%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Solana
7 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Sketch
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.54%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.91%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.73%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.54%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.54%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.36%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.36%) Eikon
6 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.18%) Actimize
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.18%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 141 (25.59%) Azure
2 61 (11.07%) AWS
3 48 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
3 48 (8.71%) Power Platform
4 37 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (4.90%) GitHub
7 25 (4.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (4.36%) SaaS
9 16 (2.90%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.54%) Serverless
11 13 (2.36%) GCP
12 12 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (2.00%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.81%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.63%) PaaS
15 9 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.09%) HTTP
2 9 (1.63%) DNS
3 8 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.27%) DHCP
4 7 (1.27%) VPN
5 6 (1.09%) Firewall
5 6 (1.09%) Network Security
6 5 (0.91%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.54%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.36%) Multicast
8 2 (0.36%) Telnet
8 2 (0.36%) VLAN
8 2 (0.36%) WAN
8 2 (0.36%) Wireless
9 1 (0.18%) Broadband
9 1 (0.18%) Intranet
9 1 (0.18%) LAN
9 1 (0.18%) MPLS
9 1 (0.18%) OSPF
9 1 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.81%) Power BI
3 22 (3.99%) Tableau
4 21 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (2.00%) DB2
8 8 (1.45%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.27%) MySQL
9 7 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.09%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.73%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.54%) ClickHouse
13 3 (0.54%) Looker
13 3 (0.54%) Redis
13 3 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 40 (7.26%) JIRA
2 37 (6.72%) Git
3 9 (1.63%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.91%) GitLab
5 5 (0.91%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.73%) Selenium
7 3 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.36%) MSTest
8 2 (0.36%) NUnit
8 2 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.18%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.18%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.18%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 214 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 98 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (17.06%) Banking
4 65 (11.80%) Retail
5 40 (7.26%) Marketing
6 39 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.99%) Games
8 31 (5.63%) Telecoms
9 30 (5.44%) Advertising
9 30 (5.44%) Financial Institution
10 26 (4.72%) Law
11 22 (3.99%) Investment Banking
12 21 (3.81%) Front Office
13 17 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.90%) Back Office
14 16 (2.90%) Legal
15 15 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (2.36%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 140 (25.41%) Senior
2 97 (17.60%) Analyst
3 82 (14.88%) Developer
4 38 (6.90%) Lead
5 36 (6.53%) Software Engineer
6 29 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 25 (4.54%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (4.17%) Applications Support
9 22 (3.99%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.63%) Support Analyst
11 19 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.27%) Data Analyst
12 18 (3.27%) Project Manager
12 18 (3.27%) Python Developer
13 17 (3.09%) Senior Developer
14 15 (2.72%) Applications Support Analyst
14 15 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (2.54%) Development Manager
15 14 (2.54%) Support Manager
16 13 (2.36%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.26%) .NET
2 33 (5.99%) React
3 26 (4.72%) Kafka
4 22 (3.99%) REST
5 21 (3.81%) .NET Framework
6 18 (3.27%) Node.js
7 12 (2.18%) Django
7 12 (2.18%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (2.00%) Web Services
9 9 (1.63%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.63%) RESTful
10 8 (1.45%) OAuth
10 8 (1.45%) Spring
11 7 (1.27%) HTML
12 6 (1.09%) Entity Framework
12 6 (1.09%) Flask
12 6 (1.09%) LDAP
12 6 (1.09%) Next.js
13 5 (0.91%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.91%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.99%) Management Information System
2 27 (4.90%) Blockchain
3 23 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.17%) Robotics
4 21 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.18%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (2.18%) Legacy Applications
9 10 (1.81%) Derivative
9 10 (1.81%) Equities
10 9 (1.63%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.27%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.27%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.09%) PKI
12 6 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.07%) Windows
2 34 (6.17%) Linux
3 16 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.72%) Unix
5 10 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.09%) CentOS
8 4 (0.73%) Rocky
8 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (30.31%) Agile
2 120 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (20.69%) Analytics
4 103 (18.69%) Mentoring
5 98 (17.79%) DevOps
6 84 (15.25%) CI/CD
7 64 (11.62%) Coaching
8 60 (10.89%) Data Analytics
8 60 (10.89%) Project Management
9 59 (10.71%) Risk Management
10 56 (10.16%) Software Engineering
11 54 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 49 (8.89%) Creative Thinking
13 47 (8.53%) Computer Science
14 46 (8.35%) Artificial Intelligence
15 42 (7.62%) Decision-Making
16 41 (7.44%) CRM
17 38 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
17 38 (6.90%) Data Management
18 37 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (23.23%) Python
2 122 (22.14%) SQL
3 55 (9.98%) C#
4 40 (7.26%) Java
5 38 (6.90%) JavaScript
6 33 (5.99%) PowerShell
7 20 (3.63%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.27%) Bash
9 17 (3.09%) Scala
10 14 (2.54%) PL/SQL
11 11 (2.00%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.00%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.45%) C++
13 6 (1.09%) VBA
14 3 (0.54%) Ruby
14 3 (0.54%) Rust
15 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.36%) Go
15 2 (0.36%) Perl
15 2 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (17.60%) Degree
2 21 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (3.27%) CISA
4 17 (3.09%) ACCA
4 17 (3.09%) CIMA
5 13 (2.36%) CCAB
5 13 (2.36%) CIPFA
5 13 (2.36%) ICAEW
5 13 (2.36%) PMP
6 12 (2.18%) ISACA
6 12 (2.18%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.45%) CISM
10 8 (1.45%) CISSP
11 6 (1.09%) Security Cleared
12 5 (0.91%) PhD
13 4 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.73%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.17%) ITGC
2 18 (3.27%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.72%) QA
4 10 (1.81%) GDPR
5 9 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.45%) PMO
7 6 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.91%) SLA
9 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.54%) NCSC
9 3 (0.54%) NIST
9 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) COBIT
10 2 (0.36%) GAAP
10 2 (0.36%) IFRS
10 2 (0.36%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.18%) PMBOK
11 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.99%) Docker
3 9 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (6.72%) Terraform
2 33 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.54%) Ansible
4 14 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (2.18%) SCCM
5 12 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.63%) Grafana
6 9 (1.63%) Nagios
7 5 (0.91%) QRadar
8 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.54%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.36%) Kibana
9 2 (0.36%) logstash
9 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.36%) SCOM
10 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 147 (26.68%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.90%) Google
3 24 (4.36%) SAP
4 23 (4.17%) Databricks
4 23 (4.17%) Oracle
5 19 (3.45%) Apple
6 15 (2.72%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.54%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.54%) VMware
8 12 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.00%) Cisco
9 11 (2.00%) Siebel
9 11 (2.00%) SolarWinds
10 10 (1.81%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.81%) Citrix
10 10 (1.81%) Splunk
11 8 (1.45%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.09%) Intapp
12 6 (1.09%) Murex
12 6 (1.09%) Ping Identity