Finance Jobs in Essex

Financial
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +10 -11 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 103 89 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 20.56% 9.86% 21.00%
As % of the General category 30.03% 17.45% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 33 60 38
10th Percentile - £27,965 £24,400
25th Percentile £25,000 £39,375 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.16% +3.26% -16.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £60,963
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £82,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 343 510 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 68.46% 56.48% 80.71%
Number of salaries quoted 135 403 248
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,550 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £73,250 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.96% -14.29% +10.53%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Essex

Finance
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Finance in Essex

Finance
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Essex over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Essex

Finance
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Essex region over the 6 months to 30 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
Harlow +14 15 - - 9
Witham - 11 £27,000 -
Southend-on-Sea 0 8 £24,990 - 1
Loughton +1 7 - - 10
Brentwood +1 4 £25,000 -39.73% 3
Chigwell - 4 - -
Waltham Abbey +1 3 - -
Chelmsford -2 3 £75,000 +62.00% 266
Basildon +10 2 £73,750 -1.67% 254
Epping -6 2 - -
Buckhurst Hill - 2 - -
Halstead - 2 - -
Purfleet - 2 - -
South Ockendon - 2 - -
Billericay +5 1 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Grays +4 1 - -
Colchester +3 1 - - 250
Harwich - 1 - -
Finance
East of England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 5 (4.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (10.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.97%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (1.94%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.71%) Azure
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.88%) Canva
3 4 (3.88%) ChatGPT
4 3 (2.91%) Asana
4 3 (2.91%) Miro
5 1 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.85%) Intranet
1 5 (4.85%) LAN
1 5 (4.85%) WAN
2 3 (2.91%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.74%) MySQL
3 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.97%) Power BI
3 1 (0.97%) Power Query
3 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.80%) JIRA
General
1 45 (43.69%) Social Skills
2 32 (31.07%) Public Sector
3 29 (28.16%) Marketing
4 16 (15.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (14.56%) Billing
5 15 (14.56%) Electronics
5 15 (14.56%) Legal
6 10 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.88%) Banking
8 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Publishing
10 1 (0.97%) Advertising
10 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 36 (34.95%) Project Manager
2 25 (24.27%) Business Development Manager
2 25 (24.27%) Business Manager
2 25 (24.27%) Development Manager
3 17 (16.50%) Senior
4 16 (15.53%) Senior Manager
4 16 (15.53%) Senior Project Manager
5 15 (14.56%) Operations Manager
5 15 (14.56%) Operations Project Manager
5 15 (14.56%) Sales Manager
5 15 (14.56%) Sales Operations Manager
6 14 (13.59%) Analyst
7 11 (10.68%) Developer
8 10 (9.71%) Graduate
8 10 (9.71%) Graduate Developer
8 10 (9.71%) IT Graduate
9 5 (4.85%) IT Support
9 5 (4.85%) IT Support Specialist
9 5 (4.85%) Operations Analyst
9 5 (4.85%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.71%) .NET
1 10 (9.71%) ASP.NET
1 10 (9.71%) CSS
1 10 (9.71%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.85%) Onboarding
1 5 (4.85%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.88%) Social Media
3 3 (2.91%) Over-the-Top Content
3 3 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.91%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.97%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.85%) Windows
1 5 (4.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.18%) Project Management
2 25 (24.27%) Business Development
2 25 (24.27%) Collaborative Culture
2 25 (24.27%) Collaborative Working
2 25 (24.27%) Facilities Management
2 25 (24.27%) Marketing Strategy
3 23 (22.33%) Customer Service
4 22 (21.36%) CRM
5 17 (16.50%) Change Management
6 15 (14.56%) Agile
6 15 (14.56%) B2B
6 15 (14.56%) Commercial Awareness
6 15 (14.56%) Customer Retention
6 15 (14.56%) Market Research
6 15 (14.56%) Order Management
6 15 (14.56%) Project Planning
6 15 (14.56%) Service Delivery
7 13 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.68%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.71%) C#
1 10 (9.71%) C++
1 10 (9.71%) Java
1 10 (9.71%) PHP
2 8 (7.77%) SQL
3 1 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (19.42%) Degree
2 10 (9.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (6.80%) HND
4 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.97%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.56%) Oracle
3 9 (8.74%) NEC
4 5 (4.85%) VMware
5 4 (3.88%) Instagram
6 3 (2.91%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.94%) IBM
8 1 (0.97%) CA Agile Central