Finance Jobs in London

Financial
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 6,029 15,468 13,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 32.23% 32.30% 26.85%
As % of the General category 47.40% 45.29% 42.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,655 10,488 9,587
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All General Skills
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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 12,720 34,157 32,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.99% 71.33% 63.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,825 22,443 21,032
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £119,500 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in London

Finance
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Finance in London

Finance
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in London over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Finance in London

Finance
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the London region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Central London +1 1,083 £75,000 - 379
South London +1 108 £55,000 - 35
East London -1 78 £57,500 -18.71% 265
West London -1 61 £52,500 -19.23% 94
North London +17 22 £57,000 -1.72% 10
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 143 (2.37%) Apache
2 136 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
3 134 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 110 (1.82%) Confluence
5 44 (0.73%) SAS
6 40 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 32 (0.53%) IIS
8 29 (0.48%) MS Exchange
9 20 (0.33%) CMS
10 11 (0.18%) nginx
10 11 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
11 8 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 7 (0.12%) NServiceBus
13 5 (0.083%) Camunda
13 5 (0.083%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.083%) WordPress
14 4 (0.066%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 395 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 329 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
3 263 (4.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 56 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.20%) Sketch
8 7 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.100%) Oracle Smart View
10 5 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.083%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.083%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.066%) InDesign
12 3 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.050%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.033%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.033%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.017%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.017%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.017%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 96 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 73 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 29 (0.48%) SAP CO
3 29 (0.48%) SAP FI
3 29 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
4 20 (0.33%) PlanetPress Connect
5 19 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 19 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 18 (0.30%) Fidessa
6 18 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 18 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
7 17 (0.28%) Sophis RISQUE
8 16 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
8 16 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
8 16 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 14 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 14 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.22%) Endur
11 12 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,237 (20.52%) Azure
2 1,053 (17.47%) AWS
3 563 (9.34%) GCP
4 351 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
4 351 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 214 (3.55%) SaaS
6 206 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 184 (3.05%) PaaS
8 172 (2.85%) GitHub
9 154 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
10 139 (2.31%) IaaS
11 120 (1.99%) Serverless
12 110 (1.82%) Entra ID
13 96 (1.59%) OpenShift
14 81 (1.34%) PowerApps
15 80 (1.33%) dbt
16 79 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
17 53 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
17 53 (0.88%) Snowflake
18 52 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 165 (2.74%) Firewall
2 112 (1.86%) DNS
2 112 (1.86%) VPN
3 93 (1.54%) Internet
4 76 (1.26%) DHCP
5 59 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 55 (0.91%) LAN
7 51 (0.85%) WAN
8 38 (0.63%) Network Security
9 37 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (0.58%) SAN
11 33 (0.55%) Intranet
12 31 (0.51%) HTTP
13 30 (0.50%) Wireless
14 28 (0.46%) Unified Communications
15 26 (0.43%) FIX Connectivity
15 26 (0.43%) WebEx
16 21 (0.35%) OSPF
17 20 (0.33%) BGP
17 20 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (5.72%) SQL Server
2 278 (4.61%) Power BI
3 185 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
4 140 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 140 (2.32%) Tableau
5 97 (1.61%) Apache Ignite
6 92 (1.53%) Electronic Patient Records
7 89 (1.48%) Data Lake
7 89 (1.48%) NoSQL
8 83 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 80 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 80 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 76 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
11 75 (1.24%) MongoDB
12 72 (1.19%) Metadata
13 64 (1.06%) Big Data
14 55 (0.91%) Dremio
15 54 (0.90%) Apache Arrow
15 54 (0.90%) MySQL
16 53 (0.88%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 202 (3.35%) JIRA
2 166 (2.75%) Jenkins
3 130 (2.16%) Git
4 79 (1.31%) Bitbucket
5 71 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 67 (1.11%) Cypress.io
7 60 (1.00%) Artifactory
8 55 (0.91%) GitLab
9 45 (0.75%) Selenium
10 41 (0.68%) Maven
11 31 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 30 (0.50%) Cucumber
13 22 (0.36%) Visual Studio
14 20 (0.33%) SonarQube
15 19 (0.32%) Liquibase
15 19 (0.32%) WebDriver
16 18 (0.30%) JUnit
16 18 (0.30%) TeamCity
17 17 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
18 16 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1,433 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 1,307 (21.68%) Banking
3 653 (10.83%) Front Office
4 603 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 416 (6.90%) Investment Banking
6 393 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 296 (4.91%) Financial Institution
8 274 (4.54%) Retail
9 273 (4.53%) Legal
10 192 (3.18%) Law
10 192 (3.18%) Marketing
11 169 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 165 (2.74%) Back Office
13 159 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
14 145 (2.41%) Public Sector
15 130 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
16 122 (2.02%) Manufacturing
17 90 (1.49%) Billing
18 86 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
19 64 (1.06%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1,150 (19.07%) Analyst
2 1,077 (17.86%) Developer
3 853 (14.15%) Senior
4 568 (9.42%) Lead
5 499 (8.28%) Architect
6 396 (6.57%) Software Engineer
7 266 (4.41%) Consultant
8 264 (4.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 243 (4.03%) Business Analyst
10 237 (3.93%) Java Developer
11 220 (3.65%) Senior Developer
12 209 (3.47%) Project Manager
13 205 (3.40%) Python Developer
14 193 (3.20%) Python Engineer
15 192 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
16 185 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
17 182 (3.02%) .NET Developer
18 172 (2.85%) Support Analyst
19 171 (2.84%) Full Stack Developer
20 163 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 484 (8.03%) .NET
2 409 (6.78%) React
3 268 (4.45%) AngularJS
4 188 (3.12%) Redux
5 185 (3.07%) ASP.NET
6 171 (2.84%) Kafka
7 162 (2.69%) HTML
8 141 (2.34%) Node.js
9 133 (2.21%) Spring
10 126 (2.09%) REST
11 124 (2.06%) CSS
12 116 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
13 110 (1.82%) RESTful
14 107 (1.77%) gRPC
15 105 (1.74%) .NET Core
16 102 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
17 100 (1.66%) Vue
18 92 (1.53%) Pandas
19 87 (1.44%) Web Services
20 85 (1.41%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 328 (5.44%) Fixed Income
2 315 (5.22%) Derivative
3 260 (4.31%) Hedge funds
4 256 (4.25%) Equities
5 249 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 248 (4.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 212 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 187 (3.10%) Management Information System
9 178 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
10 153 (2.54%) Public Cloud
11 130 (2.16%) Onboarding
12 118 (1.96%) Data Centre
13 102 (1.69%) NHS
14 97 (1.61%) Cloud Native
15 93 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
15 93 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
16 92 (1.53%) Algorithms
17 81 (1.34%) Reinsurance
18 61 (1.01%) Mobile App
19 57 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 455 (7.55%) Windows
2 340 (5.64%) Linux
3 144 (2.39%) Unix
4 137 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 118 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 89 (1.48%) Apple iOS
7 58 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 43 (0.71%) Android
9 33 (0.55%) Solaris
10 24 (0.40%) AIX
10 24 (0.40%) Mac OS
11 20 (0.33%) CentOS
12 19 (0.32%) Ubuntu
12 19 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
13 15 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
14 14 (0.23%) HPUX
14 14 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
15 11 (0.18%) Fedora
16 9 (0.15%) VMS
16 9 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,695 (28.11%) Agile
2 842 (13.97%) DevOps
3 769 (12.76%) Asset Management
4 698 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
5 681 (11.30%) Software Engineering
6 618 (10.25%) Analytics
7 557 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 538 (8.92%) Roadmaps
9 481 (7.98%) Project Management
10 462 (7.66%) CI/CD
11 421 (6.98%) Mentoring
12 416 (6.90%) Fintech
13 411 (6.82%) Project Delivery
14 396 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
15 358 (5.94%) Investment Management
16 352 (5.84%) Full Stack Development
17 348 (5.77%) Microservices
18 343 (5.69%) Migration
19 328 (5.44%) Computer Science
20 319 (5.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1,050 (17.42%) SQL
2 997 (16.54%) Python
3 645 (10.70%) Java
4 556 (9.22%) JavaScript
5 549 (9.11%) C#
6 371 (6.15%) TypeScript
7 296 (4.91%) PowerShell
8 171 (2.84%) Bash
9 147 (2.44%) C++
10 108 (1.79%) Go
11 74 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 71 (1.18%) R
13 68 (1.13%) Ruby
14 54 (0.90%) PL/SQL
15 48 (0.80%) Kotlin
16 40 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 37 (0.61%) VBA
18 34 (0.56%) Shell Script
19 33 (0.55%) Rust
20 32 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 837 (13.88%) Degree
2 198 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 177 (2.94%) Master's Degree
4 116 (1.92%) DBS Check
5 100 (1.66%) Security Cleared
6 86 (1.43%) CISSP
7 81 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 78 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 63 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 60 (1.00%) CISM
11 59 (0.98%) ACCA
12 55 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 48 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 46 (0.76%) CCNP
15 42 (0.70%) PMP
16 39 (0.65%) CFA
16 39 (0.65%) DV Cleared
17 38 (0.63%) CISA
17 38 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
18 31 (0.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (4.10%) QA
2 140 (2.32%) Data Quality
3 117 (1.94%) PMO
4 108 (1.79%) NIST
5 98 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 82 (1.36%) SLA
7 61 (1.01%) GDPR
8 53 (0.88%) GRC
9 46 (0.76%) MiFID
10 35 (0.58%) IFRS
11 29 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 28 (0.46%) COBIT
13 22 (0.36%) GAAP
14 21 (0.35%) PCI DSS
15 20 (0.33%) EMIR
16 17 (0.28%) IFRS 17
16 17 (0.28%) NCSC
16 17 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 10 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
18 9 (0.15%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 324 (5.37%) Docker
2 279 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 89 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.33%) vSphere
6 17 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (0.083%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 5 (0.083%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.066%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.050%) XenApp
12 2 (0.033%) ACF2
12 2 (0.033%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.033%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.033%) HDFS
12 2 (0.033%) IAG
12 2 (0.033%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 400 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 319 (5.29%) Terraform
3 190 (3.15%) Ansible
4 95 (1.58%) SCCM
5 68 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 45 (0.75%) Grafana
7 38 (0.63%) Rancher
8 36 (0.60%) Puppet
9 35 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
10 33 (0.55%) Argo
11 31 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
12 28 (0.46%) Prometheus
13 22 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (0.27%) Cisco UCCX
15 14 (0.23%) Kibana
16 13 (0.22%) Istio
16 13 (0.22%) Progress Chef
16 13 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
17 12 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
18 11 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 954 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 273 (4.53%) Oracle
3 205 (3.40%) SAP
4 187 (3.10%) Google
5 150 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 147 (2.44%) Bloomberg
7 128 (2.12%) VMware
8 126 (2.09%) Cisco
9 116 (1.92%) Citrix
10 101 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 71 (1.18%) Red Hat
12 70 (1.16%) Splunk
13 57 (0.95%) Dell
14 51 (0.85%) HP
15 49 (0.81%) Informatica
16 48 (0.80%) CyberArk
17 41 (0.68%) Databricks
18 38 (0.63%) CA
18 38 (0.63%) IBM
19 36 (0.60%) Atlassian