Finance Job Trends in London

Financial
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,053 5,142 5,586
As % of all permanent jobs in London 28.74% 33.14% 30.69%
As % of the General category 42.76% 45.16% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,547 3,022 4,328
10th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £44,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £132,500 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -

All General Skills
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 general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,478 11,387 11,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.21% 73.40% 65.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,821 6,067 9,286
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.24%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Finance job vacancy trend in London

Finance
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 +1 756 £80,000 +6.67% 405
East London -1 79 £87,500 +9.38% 50
West London -16 64 £40,000 -20.00% 66
South London -12 42 £42,500 -16.67% 49
North London -13 2 £46,250 -7.50% 10
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 95 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 70 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
3 67 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 56 (1.38%) Confluence
5 50 (1.23%) Apache
6 49 (1.21%) Apache Spark
7 32 (0.79%) SAS
8 19 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 17 (0.42%) CMS
10 13 (0.32%) Appian
11 12 (0.30%) Tomcat
12 10 (0.25%) JBoss
13 7 (0.17%) IIS
14 6 (0.15%) nginx
14 6 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
15 5 (0.12%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.074%) Mule
16 3 (0.074%) Oracle Coherence
16 3 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.074%) Umbraco
Applications
1 219 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 79 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.46%) Maya
5 28 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 25 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.25%) SPSS
9 7 (0.17%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.099%) Revit
11 4 (0.099%) Trello
12 3 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
12 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.074%) Sketch
12 3 (0.074%) Stata
13 2 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.049%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 73 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 28 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
5 27 (0.67%) SAP FI
6 26 (0.64%) SAP CO
6 26 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
7 25 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
8 20 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (0.42%) SAP IBP
10 13 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
11 12 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
12 11 (0.27%) Elite 3E
12 11 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
12 11 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
13 10 (0.25%) Endur
13 10 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
13 10 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
14 9 (0.22%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 713 (17.59%) Azure
2 571 (14.09%) AWS
3 370 (9.13%) Power Platform
4 280 (6.91%) SaaS
5 246 (6.07%) GCP
6 202 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 106 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
8 105 (2.59%) GitHub
9 102 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 93 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
11 86 (2.12%) Entra ID
12 78 (1.92%) dbt
13 77 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
14 60 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
14 60 (1.48%) Power Automate
15 59 (1.46%) Serverless
16 54 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
17 48 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 47 (1.16%) PaaS
19 43 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 123 (3.03%) Firewall
2 77 (1.90%) LAN
3 76 (1.88%) WAN
4 69 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 66 (1.63%) DNS
6 57 (1.41%) DHCP
7 55 (1.36%) VPN
8 42 (1.04%) Multicast
9 32 (0.79%) Network Security
9 32 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (0.72%) Wireless
11 27 (0.67%) SD-WAN
12 24 (0.59%) VLAN
13 23 (0.57%) SAN
14 17 (0.42%) HTTP
15 16 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (0.39%) Wireshark
16 15 (0.37%) SSL
17 14 (0.35%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (7.25%) Power BI
2 177 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 156 (3.85%) Data Lake
3 156 (3.85%) Tableau
4 131 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 83 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (1.92%) Big Data
7 70 (1.73%) Metadata
8 69 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 58 (1.43%) Apache Iceberg
10 56 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
11 55 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 53 (1.31%) MongoDB
13 52 (1.28%) Apache Arrow
13 52 (1.28%) Dremio
14 37 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 36 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
16 32 (0.79%) Apache Ignite
17 30 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
18 29 (0.72%) Looker
Development Applications
1 141 (3.48%) JIRA
2 98 (2.42%) Git
3 66 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.09%) TeamCity
5 33 (0.81%) GitLab
6 31 (0.76%) Selenium
7 30 (0.74%) Visual Studio
8 19 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 19 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 16 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
10 15 (0.37%) Cypress.io
10 15 (0.37%) Postman
11 14 (0.35%) MLflow
12 9 (0.22%) CircleCI
13 8 (0.20%) Burp Suite
14 7 (0.17%) Chocolatey
15 6 (0.15%) SpecFlow
16 5 (0.12%) Artifactory
16 5 (0.12%) ERwin
16 5 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1,309 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 840 (20.73%) Banking
3 732 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
4 358 (8.83%) Marketing
5 355 (8.76%) Financial Institution
6 267 (6.59%) Legal
7 266 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 265 (6.54%) Law
9 255 (6.29%) Retail
10 191 (4.71%) Front Office
11 173 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
12 138 (3.40%) Public Sector
13 109 (2.69%) Telecoms
14 104 (2.57%) Back Office
15 102 (2.52%) Manufacturing
16 96 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
16 96 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
17 93 (2.29%) Games
18 92 (2.27%) Investment Banking
19 73 (1.80%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 743 (18.33%) Senior
2 512 (12.63%) Analyst
3 380 (9.38%) Developer
4 320 (7.90%) Lead
5 278 (6.86%) Architect
6 213 (5.26%) Software Engineer
7 182 (4.49%) Consultant
8 166 (4.10%) Senior Manager
9 149 (3.68%) Business Analyst
10 129 (3.18%) Data Analyst
11 112 (2.76%) Python Engineer
12 109 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
13 108 (2.66%) Data Engineer
14 101 (2.49%) Project Manager
15 99 (2.44%) IT Manager
16 96 (2.37%) Senior Software Engineer
17 95 (2.34%) Accountant
18 93 (2.29%) Business Manager
18 93 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
19 88 (2.17%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (3.11%) .NET
2 124 (3.06%) REST
3 109 (2.69%) Kafka
4 100 (2.47%) React
5 79 (1.95%) Node.js
5 79 (1.95%) RESTful
6 77 (1.90%) Middleware
7 73 (1.80%) Pandas
8 68 (1.68%) NumPy
9 61 (1.51%) AngularJS
10 59 (1.46%) Spring
11 56 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
12 52 (1.28%) SciPy
13 45 (1.11%) HTML
14 42 (1.04%) SOAP
15 41 (1.01%) gRPC
16 37 (0.91%) CSS
16 37 (0.91%) Web Services
17 35 (0.86%) Spring Boot
18 34 (0.84%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 199 (4.91%) Management Information System
2 167 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 164 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 150 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 131 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 130 (3.21%) Equities
7 119 (2.94%) Fixed Income
8 115 (2.84%) Hedge funds
9 109 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
9 109 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 102 (2.52%) Derivative
11 101 (2.49%) Data Centre
12 97 (2.39%) Algorithms
13 85 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
14 81 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
15 66 (1.63%) Data Structures
16 57 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
17 53 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
18 51 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
19 46 (1.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 234 (5.77%) Linux
2 227 (5.60%) Windows
3 57 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 52 (1.28%) Unix
5 48 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 41 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 27 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.62%) Android
9 21 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 15 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.25%) VMS
12 7 (0.17%) CentOS
12 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.15%) zOS
14 3 (0.074%) Solaris
15 2 (0.049%) AIX
15 2 (0.049%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.049%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 917 (22.63%) Agile
2 671 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
3 594 (14.66%) Analytics
4 510 (12.58%) AI
5 476 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 472 (11.65%) Roadmaps
7 431 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
8 427 (10.54%) Decision-Making
9 407 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 403 (9.94%) Risk Management
11 392 (9.67%) DevOps
12 382 (9.43%) CI/CD
13 381 (9.40%) Fintech
14 375 (9.25%) Software Engineering
15 364 (8.98%) Mentoring
16 362 (8.93%) Project Management
17 336 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
18 314 (7.75%) Business Development
19 308 (7.60%) Computer Science
20 292 (7.20%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 724 (17.86%) Python
2 584 (14.41%) SQL
3 306 (7.55%) Java
4 168 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 138 (3.40%) TypeScript
6 133 (3.28%) PowerShell
7 127 (3.13%) C#
8 113 (2.79%) C++
9 66 (1.63%) Bash
10 37 (0.91%) Scala
11 33 (0.81%) C
12 32 (0.79%) Go
13 29 (0.72%) R
14 23 (0.57%) Bicep
15 20 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 18 (0.44%) T-SQL
17 17 (0.42%) Kotlin
17 17 (0.42%) VBA
18 13 (0.32%) Apex Code
19 12 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 718 (17.72%) Degree
2 189 (4.66%) ACCA
3 186 (4.59%) Master's Degree
4 169 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 144 (3.55%) CISSP
6 134 (3.31%) CIMA
7 92 (2.27%) CISM
8 74 (1.83%) Azure Certification
9 73 (1.80%) CISA
10 68 (1.68%) PMI Certification
11 67 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 53 (1.31%) PMP
13 52 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
14 51 (1.26%) PhD
15 50 (1.23%) Security Cleared
16 48 (1.18%) CRISC
16 48 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
17 33 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
17 33 (0.81%) SC Cleared
18 30 (0.74%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (5.18%) Data Quality
2 171 (4.22%) GDPR
3 146 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 142 (3.50%) QA
5 119 (2.94%) NIST
6 83 (2.05%) IFRS
7 62 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 59 (1.46%) GAAP
9 57 (1.41%) GRC
10 54 (1.33%) PMO
11 48 (1.18%) SLA
12 42 (1.04%) Accessibility
13 41 (1.01%) COBIT
14 36 (0.89%) PCI DSS
15 33 (0.81%) SOC 2
16 32 (0.79%) PSD2
17 27 (0.67%) EU AI Act
18 24 (0.59%) Solvency II
19 23 (0.57%) HIPAA
20 22 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 159 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 112 (2.76%) Docker
3 51 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.25%) vSphere
6 8 (0.20%) HDFS
7 7 (0.17%) Firmware
7 7 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
7 7 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.15%) NFS
8 6 (0.15%) XenDesktop
9 5 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (0.099%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.099%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.099%) XenApp
11 2 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.025%) vCloud
12 1 (0.025%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 166 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 165 (4.07%) Terraform
3 88 (2.17%) Ansible
4 58 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (0.99%) Grafana
6 32 (0.79%) SCCM
7 26 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 17 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 11 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.27%) Argo
11 10 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
12 9 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.22%) RSA Archer
13 8 (0.20%) EnCase
13 8 (0.20%) FTK
13 8 (0.20%) Kibana
13 8 (0.20%) Nagios
13 8 (0.20%) Puppet
14 7 (0.17%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 623 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 215 (5.30%) SAP
3 157 (3.87%) Oracle
4 119 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 114 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 101 (2.49%) Databricks
7 90 (2.22%) Google
8 85 (2.10%) Cisco
9 73 (1.80%) VMware
10 66 (1.63%) Bloomberg
11 57 (1.41%) Red Hat
12 46 (1.13%) Alteryx
13 43 (1.06%) Workday
14 39 (0.96%) Dell
15 35 (0.86%) CheckPoint
15 35 (0.86%) IBM
16 33 (0.81%) Anaplan
17 29 (0.72%) Citrix
18 27 (0.67%) Informatica
19 26 (0.64%) BMC