Finance Jobs in South London

Financial
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 10 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +10 -18
Permanent jobs citing Finance 221 170 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 32.03% 19.10% 15.19%
As % of the General category 37.91% 24.64% 20.40%
Number of salaries quoted 50 60 64
10th Percentile £36,421 £28,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,908 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.08% +14.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £76,750
London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +3.23%

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 583 690 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 84.49% 77.53% 74.46%
Number of salaries quoted 106 251 242
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,965 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £83,750 £82,825
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% +5.71%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in South London

Finance
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Finance in South London

Finance
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in South London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in South London

Finance
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bromley -2 73 £50,000 -13.04% 25
Croydon +29 61 £52,000 -35.00% 8
Kingston Upon Thames +13 50 £60,000 -4.76% 9
Merton 0 33 £82,500 -1.79% 9
Sutton -2 4 - - 1
Wandsworth - 1 - - 2
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 121 (54.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.45%) SPSS
4 1 (0.45%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Ripple
1 4 (1.81%) Ripple XRP
2 2 (0.90%) iTrent
2 2 (0.90%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.57%) AWS
2 5 (2.26%) Azure
2 5 (2.26%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.26%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.81%) Firewall
3 3 (1.36%) VLAN
3 3 (1.36%) VPN
4 2 (0.90%) BGP
4 2 (0.90%) Intranet
4 2 (0.90%) MPLS
4 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) OSPF
5 1 (0.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.45%) DNS
5 1 (0.45%) Internet
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.26%) Power BI
2 4 (1.81%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (1.81%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
General
1 165 (74.66%) Social Skills
2 151 (68.33%) Financial Institution
3 129 (58.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 125 (56.56%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (56.56%) Banking
5 119 (53.85%) French Language
5 119 (53.85%) German Language
6 32 (14.48%) Marketing
7 24 (10.86%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.98%) Legal
9 10 (4.52%) Law
10 6 (2.71%) Local Government
11 4 (1.81%) Digital Economy
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (57.92%) Analyst
2 119 (53.85%) Credit Analyst
2 119 (53.85%) Research Analyst
3 27 (12.22%) Software Engineer
4 23 (10.41%) Java Engineer
4 23 (10.41%) Java Software Engineer
5 22 (9.95%) Business Development Manager
5 22 (9.95%) Business Manager
5 22 (9.95%) Development Manager
6 10 (4.52%) Senior
6 10 (4.52%) Senior Java Engineer
6 10 (4.52%) Senior Java Software Engineer
6 10 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (3.62%) Customer Executive
8 7 (3.17%) Project Manager
9 6 (2.71%) Coordinator
9 6 (2.71%) Principal Engineer
10 5 (2.26%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.26%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (1.81%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.22%) AngularJS
1 27 (12.22%) Spring
1 27 (12.22%) Spring Boot
2 23 (10.41%) Akka
2 23 (10.41%) Kafka
3 13 (5.88%) RxJava
3 13 (5.88%) Spring WebFlux
4 5 (2.26%) React
5 4 (1.81%) Node.js
6 1 (0.45%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 119 (53.85%) Credit Risk
1 119 (53.85%) Fixed Income
2 7 (3.17%) Cyberattack
3 4 (1.81%) Algorithms
3 4 (1.81%) Blockchain
3 4 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.81%) Windows
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (61.09%) Decision-Making
2 126 (57.01%) Risk Management
3 120 (54.30%) Business Strategy
4 119 (53.85%) Asset Management
4 119 (53.85%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 119 (53.85%) Financial Modelling
4 119 (53.85%) Portfolio Management
4 119 (53.85%) Risk Assessment
5 41 (18.55%) Agile
6 30 (13.57%) Business Development
7 27 (12.22%) Collaborative Culture
7 27 (12.22%) Software Engineering
8 24 (10.86%) Collaborative Working
9 23 (10.41%) BDD
9 23 (10.41%) Fintech
9 23 (10.41%) Microservices
9 23 (10.41%) Pair Programming
9 23 (10.41%) TDD
10 22 (9.95%) Facilities Management
10 22 (9.95%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.22%) Java
2 4 (1.81%) C++
3 1 (0.45%) C#
3 1 (0.45%) Python
3 1 (0.45%) R
3 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (57.47%) Degree
2 119 (53.85%) CFA
2 119 (53.85%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.17%) DV Cleared
3 7 (3.17%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.90%) CCNA
4 2 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.17%) PMBOK
2 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.90%) QA
2 2 (0.90%) SLA
3 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (12.22%) Docker
2 3 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (12.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.45%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 119 (53.85%) Bloomberg
2 9 (4.07%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.36%) Fortinet
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.90%) NEC
4 2 (0.90%) Veeam
5 1 (0.45%) Cisco
5 1 (0.45%) Dell
5 1 (0.45%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.45%) Symantec
5 1 (0.45%) Zerto