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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 10 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 677 1,237 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 18.94% 13.32% 21.57%
As % of the General category 30.14% 24.65% 34.05%
Number of salaries quoted 338 609 848
10th Percentile £26,775 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,313 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £54,590 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.23% -0.75% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,433 £72,922
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,934 £87,419
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +7.69% -6.40% +2.88%

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 2,246 5,019 4,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 62.83% 54.05% 63.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 3,399 2,394
10th Percentile £25,299 £26,250 £28,140
25th Percentile £32,544 £32,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £64,075 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £75,000 £78,675
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 13 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 13 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 +9 345 £60,000 -7.69% 259
Devon +28 91 £51,000 +13.63% 67
Gloucestershire +12 87 £46,750 -15.00% 187
Somerset 0 76 £58,500 +37.65% 97
Wiltshire +28 41 £57,500 +16.16% 40
Dorset -25 32 £30,000 -47.83% 44
Cornwall -5 8 £28,000 -27.74% 3
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 (4.58%) Oracle Application Server
2 20 (2.95%) Jupyter
3 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.74%) CMS
4 5 (0.74%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.59%) Confluence
6 3 (0.44%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.30%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.30%) SAS
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.89%) Infor LN
1 6 (0.89%) SAP BPC
2 5 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.59%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) BASE24
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.15%) Ripple
5 1 (0.15%) Ripple XRP
Cloud Services
1 92 (13.59%) Azure
2 85 (12.56%) AWS
3 71 (10.49%) GCP
4 39 (5.76%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.22%) SaaS
6 14 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.07%) PaaS
7 11 (1.62%) npm
7 11 (1.62%) OneDrive
8 10 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (1.33%) OCI
10 8 (1.18%) Apigee
11 7 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.03%) Collibra
11 7 (1.03%) GitHub
12 5 (0.74%) IaaS
12 5 (0.74%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.59%) Figma
13 4 (0.59%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.22%) Network Security
2 14 (2.07%) Firewall
3 9 (1.33%) VPN
4 7 (1.03%) SSL
5 5 (0.74%) DNS
5 5 (0.74%) Internet
6 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.30%) DHCP
7 2 (0.30%) LAN
7 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.30%) WAN
7 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) ATM
8 1 (0.15%) Broadband
8 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.15%) IPsec
8 1 (0.15%) SAN
8 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (8.57%) Big Data
2 41 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (5.76%) Power BI
4 32 (4.73%) Tableau
5 30 (4.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 30 (4.43%) Oracle Reports
6 18 (2.66%) MySQL
7 12 (1.77%) Metadata
7 12 (1.77%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.62%) Data Hub
9 10 (1.48%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.48%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.18%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (1.03%) Ataccama
12 6 (0.89%) MS Access
13 5 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.74%) Looker
13 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.59%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 47 (6.94%) Git
2 16 (2.36%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (1.77%) Cucumber
5 11 (1.62%) Cypress.io
5 11 (1.62%) webpack
6 9 (1.33%) GitLab
6 9 (1.33%) JIRA
7 6 (0.89%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.44%) Maven
8 3 (0.44%) Xcode
8 3 (0.44%) XCTest
9 2 (0.30%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.30%) JUnit
9 2 (0.30%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.15%) Appium
10 1 (0.15%) RStudio
10 1 (0.15%) VersaTest
General
1 278 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 141 (20.83%) Banking
3 96 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (5.61%) Retail
6 37 (5.47%) Military
7 36 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (5.02%) Public Sector
9 33 (4.87%) Marketing
10 30 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (3.99%) Legal
12 26 (3.84%) Manufacturing
12 26 (3.84%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.51%) Electronics
15 15 (2.22%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.22%) Law
16 14 (2.07%) Games
17 6 (0.89%) Back Office
17 6 (0.89%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 184 (27.18%) Senior
2 119 (17.58%) Project Manager
3 113 (16.69%) Senior Manager
4 101 (14.92%) Senior Project Manager
5 68 (10.04%) Analyst
6 65 (9.60%) Lead
7 47 (6.94%) Data Scientist
8 44 (6.50%) Software Engineer
9 27 (3.99%) Developer
10 26 (3.84%) Architect
11 25 (3.69%) Senior Data Scientist
12 24 (3.55%) Resource Manager
12 24 (3.55%) Systems Manager
13 22 (3.25%) Consultant
14 21 (3.10%) Data Analyst
15 18 (2.66%) Development Manager
16 14 (2.07%) Senior Developer
17 13 (1.92%) Data Manager
17 13 (1.92%) Recruitment Consultant
17 13 (1.92%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.25%) Spring Boot
2 21 (3.10%) React
3 20 (2.95%) Node.js
3 20 (2.95%) RESTful
3 20 (2.95%) Web Services
4 19 (2.81%) CSS
5 18 (2.66%) HTML
6 16 (2.36%) AngularJS
6 16 (2.36%) Laravel
7 14 (2.07%) LAMP
8 12 (1.77%) Software Packaging
9 11 (1.62%) Jest
10 10 (1.48%) .NET
10 10 (1.48%) SwiftUI
11 9 (1.33%) Android Jetpack
11 9 (1.33%) Jetpack Compose
11 9 (1.33%) OAuth
11 9 (1.33%) Spring
12 8 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (1.03%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 106 (15.66%) Driving Licence
2 43 (6.35%) Algorithms
3 42 (6.20%) Cyberattack
4 29 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.81%) GNSS
6 19 (2.81%) Mobile App
7 15 (2.22%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.92%) e-Learning
9 12 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.62%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.33%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.18%) Robotics
13 7 (1.03%) Credit Risk
14 6 (0.89%) DataPower
14 6 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
15 5 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (0.74%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.95%) Android
1 20 (2.95%) Linux
2 18 (2.66%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.62%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.48%) Windows
5 8 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.89%) Unix
7 4 (0.59%) AIX
8 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (23.78%) Analytics
2 158 (23.34%) Project Management
3 141 (20.83%) Agile
4 138 (20.38%) Risk Management
5 136 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
6 112 (16.54%) DevOps
7 100 (14.77%) Balanced Scorecard
7 100 (14.77%) Scorecard
8 99 (14.62%) Software Engineering
9 88 (13.00%) Visualisation
10 83 (12.26%) Mentoring
11 79 (11.67%) Data Management
12 78 (11.52%) Artificial Intelligence
13 73 (10.78%) Data Science
14 72 (10.64%) Mathematics
15 71 (10.49%) Business Intelligence
16 67 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (9.31%) Machine Learning
17 63 (9.31%) Stakeholder Management
18 59 (8.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 77 (11.37%) Java
2 74 (10.93%) Python
3 71 (10.49%) SQL
4 53 (7.83%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.10%) PHP
6 12 (1.77%) Swift
7 11 (1.62%) C#
7 11 (1.62%) Kotlin
8 10 (1.48%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.33%) Bash
10 8 (1.18%) Go
11 6 (0.89%) C
11 6 (0.89%) C++
11 6 (0.89%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.59%) Perl
12 4 (0.59%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.59%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.30%) Rust
14 1 (0.15%) COBOL
14 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 117 (17.28%) Degree
2 66 (9.75%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.12%) DV Cleared
4 31 (4.58%) DBS Check
5 27 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (3.25%) CISSP
7 20 (2.95%) Numerate Degree
8 12 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.62%) ACCA
10 10 (1.48%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.33%) CIMA
11 9 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.18%) PhD
13 7 (1.03%) CCNA
13 7 (1.03%) CISM
14 6 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.89%) CCNP
14 6 (0.89%) JNCIA
15 5 (0.74%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.40%) Accessibility
1 23 (3.40%) PMO
2 21 (3.10%) QA
3 17 (2.51%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.51%) GDPR
4 16 (2.36%) NIST
5 9 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.03%) SLA
7 6 (0.89%) GAAP
7 6 (0.89%) IFRS
7 6 (0.89%) NCSC
8 4 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.30%) GRC
9 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 61 (9.01%) Docker
2 15 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (6.79%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.22%) Terraform
3 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.59%) Ansible
5 3 (0.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.30%) Grafana
6 2 (0.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Nmap
6 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 67 (9.90%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.16%) Oracle
3 37 (5.47%) Google
4 25 (3.69%) SAP
5 14 (2.07%) Cisco
5 14 (2.07%) IBM
6 13 (1.92%) VMware
7 10 (1.48%) Databricks
8 9 (1.33%) Avaloq
9 7 (1.03%) Adobe
10 6 (0.89%) Apple
10 6 (0.89%) Cognos
10 6 (0.89%) Infor
10 6 (0.89%) Juniper
11 5 (0.74%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.74%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.59%) F5
12 4 (0.59%) IFS
12 4 (0.59%) Planview
12 4 (0.59%) Twitter