Finance Job Trends in Luton

Financial
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 23 10
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Finance 8 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Luton 11.76% 3.48% 10.14%
As % of the General category 23.53% 4.12% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 6
10th Percentile £34,250 - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £82,250 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% +110.44% -52.62%
75th Percentile £64,063 £96,750 £51,771
90th Percentile £72,500 - £74,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +35.00% -13.04%

All General Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 34 97 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Luton 50.00% 84.35% 68.12%
Number of salaries quoted 20 36 41
10th Percentile - £29,875 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,875 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% -33.33%
75th Percentile £64,375 £72,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,375 £80,000 £111,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -13.04%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Luton

Finance
Salary Trend in Luton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Luton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Luton over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Luton

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (12.50%) Power Query
2 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
1 5 (62.50%) Marketing
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Aviation
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
2 1 (12.50%) JSON-LD
2 1 (12.50%) Pandas
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Semantic Web
2 1 (12.50%) Linked Data
2 1 (12.50%) Reference Data
2 1 (12.50%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (62.50%) Programme Management
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Business Case
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) RDF
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Business Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
5 1 (12.50%) Domain Models
5 1 (12.50%) Housing Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Reference Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) SHACL
2 1 (12.50%) SPARQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft