Finance Job Trends in the Home Counties

Financial
South East > Home Counties

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Home Counties 25.00% - 40.00%
As % of the General category 100.00% - 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53,700
25th Percentile - - £62,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £76,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.09%
75th Percentile - - £90,750
90th Percentile - - £99,300
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.99% -8.25%

All General Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1 11 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Home Counties 25.00% 100.00% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53,700
25th Percentile - - £62,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £76,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.00%
75th Percentile - - £90,750
90th Percentile - - £99,300
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Finance job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Finance
Salary Trend in the Home Counties

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Financials Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle