Finance Jobs in Merton

Financial
South London > Merton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Merton. 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 9 7 25
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -23
Permanent jobs citing Finance 35 30 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 27.13% 23.08% 7.46%
As % of the General category 35.35% 27.27% 9.90%
Number of salaries quoted 27 5 6
10th Percentile - £56,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £78,750 £62,500 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £84,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +92.00% -14.63%
75th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £58,438
90th Percentile - £112,750 £60,000
South London median annual salary £82,500 £66,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.53% +20.45% +10.00%

All General Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 99 110 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 76.74% 84.62% 75.37%
Number of salaries quoted 42 35 20
10th Percentile £48,300 £30,350 £28,475
25th Percentile £60,000 £31,625 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £105,625 £68,125 £67,813
90th Percentile £111,250 £81,400 £78,875
South London median annual salary £61,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.91% - +10.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Merton

Finance
Salary Trend in Merton

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

Salary trend for Finance in Merton

Finance
Salary Histogram in Merton

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

Salary histogram for Finance in Merton

Finance
Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Merton 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
Wimbledon -3 25 £82,500 -21.43%
Morden -6 4 - - 1
New Malden +5 3 £60,000 -7.69%
Mitcham -5 3 - -
Finance
South London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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 2 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (71.43%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) Asana
2 2 (5.71%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 25 (71.43%) Financial Institution
2 4 (11.43%) Marketing
2 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
2 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (71.43%) Java Engineer
1 25 (71.43%) Java Software Engineer
1 25 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Senior
2 11 (31.43%) Senior Java Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Senior Java Software Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Business Development Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Business Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Development Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Product Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (71.43%) Akka
1 25 (71.43%) AngularJS
1 25 (71.43%) Kafka
1 25 (71.43%) Spring
1 25 (71.43%) Spring Boot
2 15 (42.86%) RxJava
2 15 (42.86%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Cyberattack
1 2 (5.71%) Over-the-Top Content
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
1 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (5.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (88.57%) Agile
2 25 (71.43%) BDD
2 25 (71.43%) Fintech
2 25 (71.43%) Microservices
2 25 (71.43%) Pair Programming
2 25 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 25 (71.43%) TDD
3 15 (42.86%) Concurrent Programming
3 15 (42.86%) Multithreading
4 11 (31.43%) High Availability
5 10 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 10 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 10 (28.57%) DevOps
6 4 (11.43%) Business Development
6 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (11.43%) Facilities Management
6 4 (11.43%) Marketing Strategy
7 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 25 (71.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (5.71%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
1 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
1 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMBOK
System Software
1 25 (71.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (71.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.71%) Salesforce