Finance Jobs in the South West

Financial
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,215 1,502 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.28% 21.45% 20.44%
As % of the General category 24.63% 33.21% 34.19%
Number of salaries quoted 618 882 1,051
10th Percentile £30,385 £35,245 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,710 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £87,492 £90,000
England median annual salary £63,749 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.21% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,934 4,523 4,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.94% 64.59% 59.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,370 2,461 2,980
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £29,725
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the South West

Finance
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Bristol -7 410 £65,864 +10.65% 148
Dorset +28 342 £57,500 +15.00% 26
Gloucestershire -13 196 £55,000 - 41
Somerset +5 93 £38,000 -30.91% 77
Wiltshire -34 61 £49,500 -1.00% 44
Devon -15 51 £42,441 -22.84% 54
Cornwall +5 30 £38,750 -3.13% 4
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 43 (3.54%) Confluence
2 36 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.81%) SAS
5 13 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.07%) IIS
6 11 (0.91%) Apache
7 10 (0.82%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.33%) Moodle
8 4 (0.33%) Site Server
9 3 (0.25%) Captiva
9 3 (0.25%) FileNet
9 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.16%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 92 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
2 91 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 81 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.73%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.07%) AutoCAD
5 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.16%) S-PLUS
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.082%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.58%) HFM
2 7 (0.58%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (0.33%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.16%) Magento
4 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.082%) iTrent
5 1 (0.082%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.082%) Primavera
5 1 (0.082%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 131 (10.78%) Azure
2 125 (10.29%) AWS
3 81 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 67 (5.51%) GCP
5 38 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 29 (2.39%) SaaS
7 21 (1.73%) GitHub
8 20 (1.65%) Power Automate
9 18 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.40%) npm
11 16 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.91%) Entra ID
12 11 (0.91%) OCI
13 9 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (0.74%) PaaS
14 7 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.49%) IaaS
16 5 (0.41%) Collibra
16 5 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.63%) DNS
2 31 (2.55%) TCP/IP
3 29 (2.39%) DHCP
3 29 (2.39%) HTTP
4 15 (1.23%) Wireless
5 13 (1.07%) Internet
5 13 (1.07%) SAN
6 11 (0.91%) VoIP
7 10 (0.82%) Broadband
8 8 (0.66%) Network Security
9 7 (0.58%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.49%) Firewall
10 6 (0.49%) IPsec
10 6 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (0.41%) 5G
11 5 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.41%) WAN
12 4 (0.33%) SMS
12 4 (0.33%) SNMP
12 4 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 62 (5.10%) Power BI
3 52 (4.28%) Tableau
4 50 (4.12%) MongoDB
5 45 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.89%) Data Lake
7 22 (1.81%) Big Data
8 21 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.65%) Relational Database
10 19 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (1.23%) BigQuery
14 14 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
15 13 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
16 12 (0.99%) QlikView
17 11 (0.91%) Essbase
17 11 (0.91%) MySQL
17 11 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
18 9 (0.74%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 48 (3.95%) JIRA
2 46 (3.79%) Git
3 36 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.81%) Selenium
5 17 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.32%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.15%) Maven
8 13 (1.07%) Storybook
9 12 (0.99%) Eclipse
9 12 (0.99%) Subversion
9 12 (0.99%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.66%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.41%) GitLab
12 5 (0.41%) IBM UrbanCode
12 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
12 5 (0.41%) JUnit
12 5 (0.41%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.33%) ERwin
General
1 406 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 349 (28.72%) Banking
3 336 (27.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 261 (21.48%) Law
5 228 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
6 199 (16.38%) Investment Banking
7 112 (9.22%) Marketing
8 110 (9.05%) Legal
9 98 (8.07%) Retail
10 72 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
11 58 (4.77%) Public Sector
12 55 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
13 52 (4.28%) Manufacturing
14 46 (3.79%) Telecoms
15 42 (3.46%) Financial Institution
16 41 (3.37%) Aerospace
16 41 (3.37%) Electronics
16 41 (3.37%) Games
17 40 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
18 27 (2.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 195 (16.05%) Senior
2 189 (15.56%) Analyst
3 143 (11.77%) Project Manager
4 114 (9.38%) Lead
5 112 (9.22%) Developer
6 96 (7.90%) Architect
7 77 (6.34%) Consultant
8 60 (4.94%) Administrator
9 55 (4.53%) Software Engineer
10 50 (4.12%) Senior Manager
11 43 (3.54%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.13%) Software Developer
13 35 (2.88%) Senior Project Manager
14 34 (2.80%) DBA
15 32 (2.63%) Service Analyst
16 31 (2.55%) Product Manager
17 28 (2.30%) Senior Developer
18 27 (2.22%) Data Engineer
18 27 (2.22%) DV Cleared DBA
18 27 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.35%) HTML
2 64 (5.27%) .NET
3 53 (4.36%) React
4 48 (3.95%) AngularJS
5 36 (2.96%) OpenID
5 36 (2.96%) REST
6 34 (2.80%) Node.js
7 33 (2.72%) Spring
8 29 (2.39%) SAML
9 28 (2.30%) Kafka
10 27 (2.22%) CSS
11 21 (1.73%) ASP.NET
12 20 (1.65%) RESTful
12 20 (1.65%) Spring Boot
13 19 (1.56%) Web Services
14 18 (1.48%) .NET Framework
15 15 (1.23%) .NET Core
15 15 (1.23%) Pandas
15 15 (1.23%) Vue
16 14 (1.15%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 48 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 44 (3.62%) Cloud Native
5 33 (2.72%) Cyberattack
6 30 (2.47%) Mobile App
7 29 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 26 (2.14%) Credit Risk
9 23 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 22 (1.81%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 21 (1.73%) Derivative
12 20 (1.65%) Driving Licence
13 17 (1.40%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.40%) Virtual Team
14 16 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.23%) OTC Derivatives
16 14 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
17 12 (0.99%) Clustering
17 12 (0.99%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 110 (9.05%) Windows
2 69 (5.68%) Linux
3 34 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 32 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 31 (2.55%) CentOS
6 30 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (1.89%) Apple iOS
8 20 (1.65%) Android
9 16 (1.32%) AIX
9 16 (1.32%) Windows 10
10 14 (1.15%) Unix
11 6 (0.49%) Windows Server
12 5 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
13 4 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.16%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.082%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.082%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.082%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (29.30%) Agile
2 287 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (16.30%) Project Management
4 150 (12.35%) Roadmaps
5 122 (10.04%) Analytics
5 122 (10.04%) Software Engineering
6 120 (9.88%) Mentoring
7 117 (9.63%) Decision-Making
8 115 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
10 99 (8.15%) Coaching
11 94 (7.74%) Project Delivery
11 94 (7.74%) Time Management
12 93 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
13 88 (7.24%) Machine Learning
14 87 (7.16%) Customer Service
14 87 (7.16%) Risk Management
14 87 (7.16%) SDLC
15 86 (7.08%) User Experience
16 81 (6.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 193 (15.88%) SQL
2 125 (10.29%) Java
3 105 (8.64%) Python
4 91 (7.49%) JavaScript
5 68 (5.60%) C#
6 59 (4.86%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.95%) Bash
7 48 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.56%) PHP
9 18 (1.48%) C
10 17 (1.40%) Go
11 16 (1.32%) Scala
12 14 (1.15%) R
13 13 (1.07%) C++
14 11 (0.91%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.66%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.58%) Rust
16 7 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 264 (21.73%) Degree
2 189 (15.56%) Security Cleared
3 90 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 86 (7.08%) DV Cleared
5 41 (3.37%) AWS Certification
6 29 (2.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 28 (2.30%) CISSP
8 24 (1.98%) CISM
9 22 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (1.65%) CRISC
11 19 (1.56%) CISA
12 14 (1.15%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.99%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.91%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.82%) HNC
15 10 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.82%) MCP
15 10 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.88%) GDPR
2 32 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.14%) QA
4 23 (1.89%) NIST
5 22 (1.81%) SLA
6 15 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.07%) PMO
8 10 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (0.82%) JSP 440
8 10 (0.82%) NEBOSH
8 10 (0.82%) NIST 800
8 10 (0.82%) RMADS
9 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.41%) IFRS
9 5 (0.41%) SEPA
9 5 (0.41%) TARGET2
10 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
10 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 60 (4.94%) Docker
2 41 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.58%) Firmware
5 4 (0.33%) vSphere
6 3 (0.25%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.082%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.03%) Terraform
3 14 (1.15%) SCCM
4 12 (0.99%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.99%) NetBackup
5 11 (0.91%) Ansible
6 6 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.49%) Puppet
7 5 (0.41%) Argo
7 5 (0.41%) Graphite
8 4 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.25%) SCOM
9 3 (0.25%) WSUS
10 1 (0.082%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.082%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.082%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.082%) Podman
10 1 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 266 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.98%) Oracle
3 43 (3.54%) Google
4 35 (2.88%) Red Hat
5 34 (2.80%) SAP
6 33 (2.72%) Alteryx
7 29 (2.39%) IBM
8 26 (2.14%) VMware
9 17 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.32%) NetApp
10 16 (1.32%) Pega
11 15 (1.23%) Xamarin
12 12 (0.99%) Hitachi
12 12 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.99%) Snow
12 12 (0.99%) Teradata
12 12 (0.99%) Veritas
13 11 (0.91%) Dell
14 10 (0.82%) Autodesk
15 9 (0.74%) HP