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 in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 8 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,375 2,434 2,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.31% 13.06% 17.29%
As % of the General category 20.91% 23.73% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 433 1,325 1,149
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,610 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £69,840 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,390 £82,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +7.69% -6.40% +2.88%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,577 10,257 8,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.45% 55.02% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,829 6,287 4,241
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 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
Thames Valley +5 609 £60,000 +26.32% 1,655
Berkshire +4 325 £63,500 +19.22% 1,441
Surrey +1 233 £50,000 -4.76% 166
Hampshire -1 218 £60,000 +9.09% 221
Oxfordshire +9 175 £65,000 +46.28% 99
Middlesex 0 145 £90,000 +16.13% 7
Buckinghamshire -14 111 £57,500 +17.95% 127
Kent -3 96 £60,000 - 75
West Sussex -1 28 £55,000 +2.48% 57
East Sussex -20 28 £60,000 +14.29% 48
Isle of Wight - 10 £60,000 - 2
Sussex +21 5 £59,500 -43.33% 47
Home Counties - 1 £60,000 -
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 35 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.67%) CMS
3 21 (1.53%) Confluence
4 15 (1.09%) Oracle Application Server
5 13 (0.95%) IBM Domino
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.29%) JBoss
8 3 (0.22%) Apache
8 3 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.073%) GemFire
10 1 (0.073%) nginx
Applications
1 66 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.36%) Trello
5 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.22%) Simulink
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 27 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
2 17 (1.24%) SAP FI
3 16 (1.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 16 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (1.09%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.87%) Sage 200
6 11 (0.80%) Sage CRM
7 8 (0.58%) Infor LN
7 8 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.58%) SAP BPC
8 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
8 7 (0.51%) Q-Pulse
8 7 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.44%) PeopleSoft Financials
10 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 178 (12.95%) Azure
2 75 (5.45%) Power Platform
3 52 (3.78%) SaaS
4 49 (3.56%) AWS
4 49 (3.56%) PaaS
5 46 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
6 45 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (1.82%) GCP
9 19 (1.38%) iPaaS
10 13 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (0.80%) Miro
12 10 (0.73%) Asana
12 10 (0.73%) Entra ID
12 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (0.65%) Azure Functions
13 9 (0.65%) Serverless
14 7 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.53%) Software-Defined Radio
2 19 (1.38%) Wireless
3 14 (1.02%) VoIP
4 12 (0.87%) Broadband
4 12 (0.87%) Firewall
5 10 (0.73%) Junos
5 10 (0.73%) LAN
5 10 (0.73%) WAN
6 7 (0.51%) IPsec
7 6 (0.44%) BGP
7 6 (0.44%) VPN
8 5 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.36%) MPLS
8 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.29%) VLAN
10 3 (0.22%) SAN
11 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.15%) Intranet
11 2 (0.15%) RS-485
11 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.80%) Power BI
2 45 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (1.31%) Tableau
5 15 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.87%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.58%) MySQL
8 5 (0.36%) Big Data
9 4 (0.29%) DTS
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.29%) QlikView
10 3 (0.22%) Couchbase
10 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.22%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.22%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.22%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 42 (3.05%) JIRA
2 16 (1.16%) Git
3 13 (0.95%) Selenium
4 12 (0.87%) SonarQube
5 10 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.58%) GitLab
6 8 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.58%) Maven
6 8 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.22%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.22%) MLflow
7 3 (0.22%) NUnit
7 3 (0.22%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.15%) Babel
8 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.15%) Mocha
8 2 (0.15%) rollup.js
General
1 751 (54.62%) Social Skills
2 248 (18.04%) Marketing
3 193 (14.04%) Law
4 184 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
5 156 (11.35%) Public Sector
6 141 (10.25%) Legal
7 69 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
8 66 (4.80%) Manufacturing
9 55 (4.00%) Telecoms
10 52 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 52 (3.78%) Retail
11 44 (3.20%) Banking
11 44 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (2.11%) Advertising
14 24 (1.75%) Military
15 23 (1.67%) Games
16 22 (1.60%) Electronics
16 22 (1.60%) Local Government
17 17 (1.24%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 195 (14.18%) Systems Manager
2 191 (13.89%) Resource Manager
3 173 (12.58%) Senior
4 168 (12.22%) Analyst
5 145 (10.55%) Business Manager
6 140 (10.18%) Business Development Manager
6 140 (10.18%) Development Manager
7 112 (8.15%) Lead
8 94 (6.84%) Project Manager
9 79 (5.75%) Senior Manager
10 71 (5.16%) Architect
11 66 (4.80%) Financial Analyst
12 54 (3.93%) Support Analyst
13 52 (3.78%) Developer
14 47 (3.42%) Software Engineer
15 37 (2.69%) IT Manager
16 29 (2.11%) Product Manager
17 28 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
18 24 (1.75%) Senior Architect
19 23 (1.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.20%) .NET
2 30 (2.18%) HTML
3 25 (1.82%) CSS
4 24 (1.75%) .NET Framework
5 22 (1.60%) React
6 18 (1.31%) Kafka
7 17 (1.24%) YAML
8 16 (1.16%) PyTorch
8 16 (1.16%) TensorFlow
9 14 (1.02%) REST
10 13 (0.95%) Hugging Face
10 13 (0.95%) LangChain
11 11 (0.80%) Blazor
11 11 (0.80%) Spring
11 11 (0.80%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.73%) HTML5
13 9 (0.65%) RESTful
13 9 (0.65%) XML
14 8 (0.58%) Hibernate
14 8 (0.58%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 53 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
2 47 (3.42%) e-Learning
3 46 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.20%) Product Ownership
5 42 (3.05%) FMCG
6 35 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (2.33%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.96%) Virtual Team
9 25 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.67%) Security Posture
11 21 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 20 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
13 19 (1.38%) PMI
14 18 (1.31%) MicroBlaze
14 18 (1.31%) RISC-V
15 15 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.02%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (0.95%) Cloud Native
17 13 (0.95%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.89%) Windows
2 20 (1.45%) Linux
3 18 (1.31%) Embedded Linux
4 16 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.58%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.073%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (23.49%) ERP
2 302 (21.96%) Analytics
3 294 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 272 (19.78%) Agile
5 254 (18.47%) Data Management
6 228 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
7 206 (14.98%) Project Management
8 178 (12.95%) Mentoring
9 173 (12.58%) Business Development
10 171 (12.44%) Coaching
11 153 (11.13%) Collaborative Working
12 140 (10.18%) Facilities Management
13 139 (10.11%) Collaborative Culture
14 138 (10.04%) Marketing Strategy
15 122 (8.87%) Decision-Making
16 121 (8.80%) DevOps
17 113 (8.22%) Creative Thinking
18 107 (7.78%) Customer Service
19 105 (7.64%) Risk Management
20 104 (7.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 114 (8.29%) SQL
2 53 (3.85%) Python
3 42 (3.05%) C#
4 36 (2.62%) Java
5 31 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.82%) C++
7 22 (1.60%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.38%) C
9 11 (0.80%) PL/SQL
9 11 (0.80%) R
10 8 (0.58%) X++
11 7 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.44%) PHP
12 6 (0.44%) Scala
13 5 (0.36%) Bicep
14 3 (0.22%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.22%) Go
14 3 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.15%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 213 (15.49%) Degree
2 75 (5.45%) Master's Degree
3 71 (5.16%) Security Cleared
4 55 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 55 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 47 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 37 (2.69%) DBS Check
8 36 (2.62%) ACCA
9 30 (2.18%) CIMA
10 29 (2.11%) PMP
11 23 (1.67%) CISSP
12 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.80%) CCNP
13 11 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.73%) CCNA
15 8 (0.58%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.58%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 38 (2.76%) GDPR
4 26 (1.89%) QA
5 25 (1.82%) Data Quality
6 20 (1.45%) NIST
7 16 (1.16%) NCSC
8 15 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.87%) SLA
10 10 (0.73%) PMO
11 8 (0.58%) GAAP
11 8 (0.58%) IFRS
12 7 (0.51%) GRC
13 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.22%) COBIT
14 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.22%) PMBOK
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (1.89%) Docker
2 22 (1.60%) Firmware
3 19 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 17 (1.24%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.15%) HDFS
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.09%) Grafana
2 15 (1.09%) Prometheus
3 8 (0.58%) Terraform
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.44%) Ansible
6 5 (0.36%) CASB
7 3 (0.22%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.073%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.073%) Nessus
8 1 (0.073%) Netcool
8 1 (0.073%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 224 (16.29%) Microsoft
2 89 (6.47%) SAP
3 58 (4.22%) Oracle
4 42 (3.05%) Workday
5 31 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.82%) IBM
7 23 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.60%) Concur
9 20 (1.45%) Databricks
10 16 (1.16%) Sparx
11 15 (1.09%) Sage
12 13 (0.95%) Infor
12 13 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.80%) Cisco
13 11 (0.80%) Cognos
13 11 (0.80%) Dell
13 11 (0.80%) Juniper
14 10 (0.73%) Anaplan
14 10 (0.73%) BT
15 9 (0.65%) Solace