Finance Jobs in the South East

Financial
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 8 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,278 3,843 3,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.49% 22.07% 16.30%
As % of the General category 26.85% 34.28% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 800 1,871 1,856
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,438 £46,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All General Skills
South East

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,760 11,212 10,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 64.39% 55.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 5,831 6,086
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,256 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +8.91% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the South East.

Salary trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Thames Valley -7 409 £55,050 -8.25% 231
Surrey -3 218 £60,000 -4.00% 111
Hampshire -9 218 £57,500 +4.55% 141
Berkshire -17 194 £60,000 - 123
West Sussex +1 159 £61,250 -2.00% 39
East Sussex -2 133 £50,000 -25.47% 30
Buckinghamshire +1 131 £55,000 -15.38% 57
Kent -1 126 £52,500 -4.55% 65
Oxfordshire +7 84 £55,000 -4.35% 51
Home Counties +8 3 £67,500 -32.50%
Isle of Wight - 1 - - 3
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.72%) IIS
3 9 (0.70%) Confluence
4 6 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.31%) ArcSDE
5 4 (0.31%) CMS
5 4 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.16%) JBoss
6 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.078%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.078%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.078%) Kentico
7 1 (0.078%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.078%) SAS
7 1 (0.078%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.078%) WebLogic
Applications
1 88 (6.89%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.39%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.39%) OrCAD
7 4 (0.31%) Autodesk Inventor
8 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.16%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 36 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 16 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.94%) SAP FI
4 12 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.86%) SAP CO
5 11 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (0.78%) Hyperion Planning
6 10 (0.78%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (0.55%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.31%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.31%) Primavera
9 4 (0.31%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.23%) Cognos Controller
10 3 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.23%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 288 (22.54%) Azure
2 92 (7.20%) Power Platform
3 85 (6.65%) SaaS
4 80 (6.26%) AWS
5 60 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
7 50 (3.91%) Serverless
8 48 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (3.44%) PaaS
10 42 (3.29%) IaaS
11 22 (1.72%) GitHub
12 20 (1.56%) GCP
13 19 (1.49%) Azure Functions
14 16 (1.25%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.10%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
18 10 (0.78%) Azure AKS
19 8 (0.63%) AWS CodeBuild
19 8 (0.63%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.43%) Firewall
2 21 (1.64%) VPN
3 16 (1.25%) Internet
4 15 (1.17%) Wireless
5 11 (0.86%) DNS
6 10 (0.78%) Network Security
6 10 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.70%) LAN
7 9 (0.70%) WAN
8 8 (0.63%) HTTP
9 6 (0.47%) Ethernet
10 5 (0.39%) SAN
10 5 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.31%) iSCSI
12 3 (0.23%) 3G
12 3 (0.23%) LTE
12 3 (0.23%) Modbus
12 3 (0.23%) MPLS
12 3 (0.23%) PBX
12 3 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 52 (4.07%) Power BI
3 34 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (1.41%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.25%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
7 14 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 12 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.86%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.78%) Metadata
11 8 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (0.63%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.55%) GIS
13 6 (0.47%) EDRMS
13 6 (0.47%) MySQL
13 6 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.39%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (4.07%) Git
2 40 (3.13%) JIRA
3 18 (1.41%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.25%) Selenium
5 14 (1.10%) git-flow
5 14 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 13 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
7 11 (0.86%) GitLab
8 9 (0.70%) Maven
8 9 (0.70%) Visual Studio Team System
9 8 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.55%) NUnit
11 6 (0.47%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.47%) Subversion
12 5 (0.39%) CMake
12 5 (0.39%) Gradle
13 4 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.31%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.23%) Postman
14 3 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 382 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 158 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 95 (7.43%) Manufacturing
5 94 (7.36%) Legal
6 83 (6.49%) Banking
7 80 (6.26%) Telecoms
8 78 (6.10%) Marketing
9 61 (4.77%) Retail
10 57 (4.46%) Public Sector
11 56 (4.38%) Billing
12 50 (3.91%) Financial Institution
13 47 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (3.21%) Law
15 39 (3.05%) Games
16 36 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
17 34 (2.66%) Electronics
18 16 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 251 (19.64%) Analyst
2 158 (12.36%) Architect
3 155 (12.13%) Senior
4 110 (8.61%) Developer
5 84 (6.57%) Lead
6 78 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 70 (5.48%) Consultant
8 52 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
9 46 (3.60%) Business Analyst
10 43 (3.36%) Business Manager
11 40 (3.13%) Support Analyst
12 38 (2.97%) Senior Developer
13 37 (2.90%) C# Developer
13 37 (2.90%) Development Manager
14 36 (2.82%) Audit Manager
14 36 (2.82%) Security Architect
15 34 (2.66%) Dynamics 365 Architect
15 34 (2.66%) IT Analyst
15 34 (2.66%) Support Engineer
16 33 (2.58%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (9.08%) .NET
2 60 (4.69%) HTML
3 42 (3.29%) CSS
4 40 (3.13%) React
5 34 (2.66%) ASP.NET
6 28 (2.19%) AngularJS
7 26 (2.03%) .NET Core
8 25 (1.96%) HTML5
9 21 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web API
10 20 (1.56%) .NET Framework
11 18 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
12 16 (1.25%) Blazor
12 16 (1.25%) jQuery
12 16 (1.25%) Web Services
13 15 (1.17%) XML
14 14 (1.10%) 802.1X
15 13 (1.02%) Node.js
15 13 (1.02%) RESTful
16 12 (0.94%) SOAP
17 10 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (4.85%) Management Information System
3 35 (2.74%) NHS
4 30 (2.35%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.25%) Hedge funds
6 16 (1.25%) Mobile App
7 14 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.02%) Onboarding
9 12 (0.94%) Credit Risk
9 12 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (0.94%) IoT
10 11 (0.86%) Algorithms
10 11 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (0.55%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (0.55%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.22%) Windows
2 41 (3.21%) Linux
3 21 (1.64%) Android
4 17 (1.33%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.39%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.31%) Unix
9 4 (0.31%) Windows NT
9 4 (0.31%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.16%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.078%) AIX
11 1 (0.078%) CentOS
11 1 (0.078%) Debian
11 1 (0.078%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (24.18%) Agile
2 214 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (11.11%) DevOps
4 141 (11.03%) Roadmaps
5 135 (10.56%) Project Management
6 116 (9.08%) Project Delivery
7 111 (8.69%) Mentoring
8 101 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
9 96 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 94 (7.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (7.20%) ERP
12 91 (7.12%) Analytics
13 86 (6.73%) ITIL
14 85 (6.65%) Actionable Insight
14 85 (6.65%) Customer Service
15 84 (6.57%) Process Improvement
15 84 (6.57%) Vulnerability Management
16 81 (6.34%) Cybersecurity
16 81 (6.34%) Line Management
17 77 (6.03%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 216 (16.90%) SQL
2 132 (10.33%) C#
3 91 (7.12%) JavaScript
4 81 (6.34%) Python
5 61 (4.77%) Java
6 40 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.13%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.80%) C++
8 20 (1.56%) Bash
8 20 (1.56%) C
9 13 (1.02%) Go
10 11 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.55%) R
14 6 (0.47%) Bicep
14 6 (0.47%) Perl
15 5 (0.39%) ABAP
15 5 (0.39%) Ruby
15 5 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 223 (17.45%) Degree
2 86 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 60 (4.69%) ACCA
4 56 (4.38%) DBS Check
5 42 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.11%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.64%) HNC
8 19 (1.49%) CIMA
9 18 (1.41%) CISSP
10 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.94%) PMI Certification
11 12 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 10 (0.78%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.63%) PMP
14 7 (0.55%) APMP
14 7 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.55%) CISM
15 6 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.36%) GDPR
2 41 (3.21%) QA
3 32 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (2.19%) SLA
5 19 (1.49%) PMO
6 17 (1.33%) IFRS
7 16 (1.25%) NIST
8 13 (1.02%) ISO 9001
9 12 (0.94%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.86%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
12 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.39%) GAAP
14 5 (0.39%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.23%) COBIT
15 3 (0.23%) IASME
15 3 (0.23%) NEBOSH
16 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 46 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.05%) Docker
2 39 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.70%) vSphere
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 3 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.078%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.078%) XenApp
7 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (3.60%) Terraform
2 43 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 33 (2.58%) SCCM
4 20 (1.56%) Ansible
5 11 (0.86%) SCOM
6 5 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.23%) Nagios
8 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.16%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.16%) Grafana
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
9 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.078%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.078%) Salt
10 1 (0.078%) SELinux
10 1 (0.078%) WSUS
Vendors
1 242 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.95%) SAP
3 61 (4.77%) Oracle
4 28 (2.19%) VMware
5 19 (1.49%) Splunk
6 18 (1.41%) Databricks
7 17 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.17%) HP
8 15 (1.17%) Sage
9 13 (1.02%) Dell
10 11 (0.86%) Bloomberg
10 11 (0.86%) NEC
11 10 (0.78%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.70%) Google
12 9 (0.70%) HubSpot
13 8 (0.63%) JD Edwards
14 7 (0.55%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.55%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.55%) Sun
15 6 (0.47%) Remedy