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 in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 3
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 725 1,207 1,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.60% 12.36% 22.21%
As % of the General category 31.78% 23.53% 35.14%
Number of salaries quoted 339 593 798
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,440 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,433 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £84,189
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +7.69% -5.55% +1.96%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,281 5,129 4,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.80% 52.51% 63.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 3,474 2,305
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +3.29%
75th Percentile £64,075 £60,814 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Bristol +9 341 £60,000 -3.61% 404
Gloucestershire +11 87 £52,500 -4.55% 550
Devon +27 86 £51,000 +13.63% 530
Somerset -1 78 £60,000 +41.18% 354
Dorset -9 66 £30,000 -47.83% 264
Wiltshire +34 60 £57,500 +15.58% 272
Cornwall -8 8 £28,000 -27.74% 6
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 31 (4.28%) Oracle Application Server
2 20 (2.76%) Jupyter
3 18 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.83%) Appian
4 6 (0.83%) CMS
5 5 (0.69%) Confluence
5 5 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.55%) SAS
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.28%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.14%) Elementor
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
1 6 (0.83%) Infor LN
1 6 (0.83%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.28%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.14%) BASE24
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) iTrent
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 93 (12.83%) AWS
1 93 (12.83%) Azure
2 67 (9.24%) GCP
3 36 (4.97%) Power Platform
4 17 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (1.93%) SaaS
6 12 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (1.66%) OneDrive
6 12 (1.66%) PaaS
7 11 (1.52%) npm
8 9 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.10%) Apigee
9 8 (1.10%) Collibra
10 7 (0.97%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.83%) OCI
12 5 (0.69%) GitHub
13 4 (0.55%) Adobe Analytics
13 4 (0.55%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.55%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.34%) Network Security
2 14 (1.93%) Firewall
3 9 (1.24%) VPN
4 7 (0.97%) Internet
4 7 (0.97%) SSL
5 5 (0.69%) DNS
6 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) Broadband
7 2 (0.28%) DHCP
8 1 (0.14%) 5G
8 1 (0.14%) ATM
8 1 (0.14%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.14%) IPsec
8 1 (0.14%) SAN
8 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.55%) Big Data
2 45 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (4.97%) Power BI
4 30 (4.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.14%) Oracle Reports
5 28 (3.86%) Tableau
6 20 (2.76%) MySQL
7 12 (1.66%) Metadata
8 11 (1.52%) Data Hub
9 10 (1.38%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.24%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.10%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.10%) SQL Server
12 7 (0.97%) Ataccama
12 7 (0.97%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.83%) MS Access
13 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.69%) Looker
15 4 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 43 (5.93%) Git
2 14 (1.93%) Cypress.io
2 14 (1.93%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.79%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (1.66%) webpack
5 11 (1.52%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.38%) JIRA
7 9 (1.24%) GitLab
8 5 (0.69%) JUnit
9 4 (0.55%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.55%) Selenium
10 3 (0.41%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.41%) Maven
10 3 (0.41%) Xcode
10 3 (0.41%) XCTest
11 2 (0.28%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.28%) Locust
11 2 (0.28%) Metasploit
11 2 (0.28%) Mockito
General
1 281 (38.76%) Social Skills
2 142 (19.59%) Banking
3 104 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (10.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (7.31%) Marketing
6 40 (5.52%) Law
7 38 (5.24%) Military
8 36 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (4.69%) Manufacturing
9 34 (4.69%) Public Sector
10 33 (4.55%) Retail
11 30 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (3.86%) Telecoms
13 26 (3.59%) Legal
14 20 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (2.62%) Electronics
16 14 (1.93%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.66%) Games
18 6 (0.83%) Back Office
18 6 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 175 (24.14%) Senior
2 112 (15.45%) Project Manager
3 108 (14.90%) Senior Manager
4 96 (13.24%) Senior Project Manager
5 84 (11.59%) Lead
6 68 (9.38%) Analyst
7 57 (7.86%) Software Engineer
8 47 (6.48%) Data Scientist
9 30 (4.14%) Architect
10 29 (4.00%) Developer
11 28 (3.86%) Consultant
12 25 (3.45%) Senior Data Scientist
13 24 (3.31%) Resource Manager
13 24 (3.31%) Systems Manager
14 21 (2.90%) Data Analyst
15 18 (2.48%) Development Manager
15 18 (2.48%) Recruitment Consultant
16 16 (2.21%) Administrator
17 15 (2.07%) Java Engineer
17 15 (2.07%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.00%) Spring Boot
2 25 (3.45%) React
3 22 (3.03%) CSS
3 22 (3.03%) HTML
4 20 (2.76%) AngularJS
4 20 (2.76%) RESTful
5 18 (2.48%) Node.js
6 16 (2.21%) Spring
7 14 (1.93%) Laravel
7 14 (1.93%) Web Services
8 12 (1.66%) Jest
8 12 (1.66%) LAMP
8 12 (1.66%) Software Packaging
9 10 (1.38%) .NET
9 10 (1.38%) Kafka
9 10 (1.38%) SwiftUI
10 9 (1.24%) OAuth
10 9 (1.24%) REST
11 8 (1.10%) Jetpack Compose
11 8 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.93%) Driving Licence
2 51 (7.03%) Algorithms
3 42 (5.79%) Cyberattack
4 33 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.28%) Management Information System
6 30 (4.14%) e-Learning
7 22 (3.03%) Public Cloud
8 17 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 17 (2.34%) GNSS
9 14 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.10%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.10%) Robotics
14 7 (0.97%) Credit Risk
14 7 (0.97%) Reinsurance
15 6 (0.83%) DataPower
15 6 (0.83%) Distributed Applications
16 5 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.14%) Linux
2 19 (2.62%) Android
3 17 (2.34%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.66%) Mac OS
4 12 (1.66%) Windows
5 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.55%) Unix
7 2 (0.28%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (22.21%) Agile
1 161 (22.21%) Analytics
2 160 (22.07%) Project Management
3 147 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
4 144 (19.86%) Risk Management
5 110 (15.17%) DevOps
6 109 (15.03%) Software Engineering
7 98 (13.52%) Balanced Scorecard
7 98 (13.52%) Scorecard
8 92 (12.69%) Artificial Intelligence
8 92 (12.69%) Visualisation
9 87 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (11.03%) Machine Learning
11 79 (10.90%) Mentoring
12 78 (10.76%) Data Management
12 78 (10.76%) Mathematics
13 69 (9.52%) Data Science
13 69 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 67 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (8.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 83 (11.45%) Java
2 78 (10.76%) Python
3 72 (9.93%) SQL
4 55 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.76%) PHP
6 12 (1.66%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.52%) Swift
8 10 (1.38%) Bash
9 9 (1.24%) C#
10 8 (1.10%) Go
10 8 (1.10%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.97%) C++
12 6 (0.83%) C
12 6 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.69%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.55%) Perl
15 3 (0.41%) R
16 2 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.28%) Rust
16 2 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 124 (17.10%) Degree
2 88 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 73 (10.07%) DV Cleared
4 30 (4.14%) DBS Check
5 28 (3.86%) SC Cleared
6 25 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (3.03%) CISSP
9 20 (2.76%) Numerate Degree
10 16 (2.21%) CCNP
11 15 (2.07%) RHCSA
12 11 (1.52%) ACCA
13 9 (1.24%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.24%) CIMA
14 8 (1.10%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.97%) CCNA
15 7 (0.97%) CISM
16 6 (0.83%) JNCIA
16 6 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.86%) QA
2 23 (3.17%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.90%) PMO
4 19 (2.62%) GDPR
5 18 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.48%) NIST
6 10 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.10%) SLA
8 6 (0.83%) GAAP
8 6 (0.83%) IFRS
8 6 (0.83%) NCSC
9 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.28%) GRC
11 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 64 (8.83%) Docker
2 16 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.07%) Terraform
3 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.55%) Ansible
5 2 (0.28%) Grafana
5 2 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.28%) Istio
5 2 (0.28%) Nmap
5 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 72 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.83%) Oracle
3 34 (4.69%) Google
4 26 (3.59%) SAP
5 22 (3.03%) Cisco
6 15 (2.07%) Databricks
6 15 (2.07%) Red Hat
7 14 (1.93%) VMware
8 9 (1.24%) Avaloq
8 9 (1.24%) IBM
9 7 (0.97%) Adobe
9 7 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.83%) Apple
10 6 (0.83%) Cognos
10 6 (0.83%) Infor
10 6 (0.83%) Juniper
11 5 (0.69%) IFS
12 4 (0.55%) F5
13 3 (0.41%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.41%) Twitter