Finance Job Trends in Peterborough

Financial
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Peterborough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 4 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +39
Permanent jobs citing Finance 35 19 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 19.23% 13.48% 17.89%
As % of the General category 49.30% 19.00% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 26 11 14
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,561 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,688 £46,805 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £74,000 £30,450
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +143.03% -49.25%
75th Percentile £94,688 £81,750 £49,577
90th Percentile £98,750 £104,602 £54,575
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £73,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -24.91% +83.13% -27.27%

All General Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 71 100 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 39.01% 70.92% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 54 48 49
10th Percentile £27,150 £33,968 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,059
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £77,800 £60,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Finance
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Peterborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Peterborough over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Peterborough

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (11.43%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Infor M3
2 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) AWS
3 5 (14.29%) SaaS
4 4 (11.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Tableau
2 4 (11.43%) Power BI
3 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Publishing
4 5 (14.29%) Marketing
5 4 (11.43%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Games
6 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Architect
1 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 7 (20.00%) ERP Architect
1 7 (20.00%) SAP Architect
1 7 (20.00%) SAP Enterprise Architect
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) IT Support
3 5 (14.29%) AWS Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Lead
4 4 (11.43%) Operations Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 3 (8.57%) Trainee
5 3 (8.57%) Trainee Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Content Marketing Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (11.43%) Freedom of Information Act
1 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Blog
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (28.57%) Agile
2 10 (28.57%) ERP
3 9 (25.71%) Customer Service
4 8 (22.86%) Coaching
5 7 (20.00%) Analytics
5 7 (20.00%) Architectural Design
5 7 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
5 7 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 7 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 7 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 4 (11.43%) AI
7 4 (11.43%) CRM
7 4 (11.43%) Data Entry
7 4 (11.43%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 7 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 7 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 7 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.86%) CEH
3 1 (2.86%) GIAC
3 1 (2.86%) GREM
3 1 (2.86%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (2.86%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.00%) SAP
2 7 (20.00%) Workday
3 4 (11.43%) HubSpot
3 4 (11.43%) Verint
4 3 (8.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk