Finance Job Trends in Sittingbourne

Financial
Kent > Sittingbourne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Sittingbourne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Sittingbourne 7.32% - 8.00%
As % of the General category 23.08% - 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £26,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.82%
Kent median annual salary £60,000 £58,215 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.07% +16.43% -9.09%

All General Skills
Sittingbourne

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 Sittingbourne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 13 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sittingbourne 31.71% 56.25% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 14
10th Percentile £30,250 - £25,300
25th Percentile £31,000 - £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -45.45% +61.76%
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile £63,000 - -
Kent median annual salary £46,750 £43,250 £43,500
% change year-on-year +8.09% -0.57% -8.42%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Sittingbourne

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Sittingbourne

Finance
Salary Trend in Sittingbourne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sittingbourne citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sittingbourne citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne 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 (33.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens