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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,059 1,305 2,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.04% 20.97% 22.40%
As % of the General category 24.51% 34.53% 34.62%
Number of salaries quoted 462 762 1,202
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,282 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,710 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,148 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% +5.04% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,782 £72,500 £67,745
90th Percentile £89,750 £84,056 £89,900
England median annual salary £67,500 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.80% +2.88% +3.85%

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 4,320 3,779 5,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 49.12% 60.73% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 2,330 3,380
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,238
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,462 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,801
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.78% +0.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -5 372 £55,000 -8.71% 118
Dorset +25 345 £67,500 +35.00% 19
Gloucestershire -16 122 £55,000 - 39
Somerset 0 76 £40,000 -23.81% 58
Wiltshire -32 54 £54,043 -0.38% 29
Devon -19 39 £42,462 -5.64% 32
Cornwall -7 31 £38,750 -3.13% 5
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 40 (3.78%) Confluence
2 36 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.98%) SAS
4 12 (1.13%) ArcGIS
5 8 (0.76%) Apache
6 3 (0.28%) IIS
6 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.19%) WordPress
8 1 (0.094%) Luigi
8 1 (0.094%) Umbraco
Applications
1 95 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (7.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 65 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.04%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.28%) S-PLUS
9 2 (0.19%) Gliffy
9 2 (0.19%) Trello
10 1 (0.094%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
2 5 (0.47%) Magento
3 4 (0.38%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.38%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.28%) HFM
4 3 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
4 3 (0.28%) iTrent
4 3 (0.28%) Maximo
4 3 (0.28%) Shopify
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.094%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.094%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.094%) Primavera
6 1 (0.094%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.094%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.094%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.094%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 85 (8.03%) AWS
2 80 (7.55%) Azure
3 54 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 45 (4.25%) SaaS
5 33 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.51%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.51%) GCP
8 12 (1.13%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.04%) npm
10 10 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.47%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.47%) WhatsApp
12 4 (0.38%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.38%) GitHub
13 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 3 (0.28%) Collibra
13 3 (0.28%) OCI
13 3 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.42%) Internet
2 12 (1.13%) SAN
2 12 (1.13%) Wireless
3 11 (1.04%) Firewall
4 9 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
5 8 (0.76%) Network Security
5 8 (0.76%) VoIP
5 8 (0.76%) VPN
6 6 (0.57%) Broadband
6 6 (0.57%) LAN
7 5 (0.47%) DNS
8 4 (0.38%) DHCP
8 4 (0.38%) IPsec
8 4 (0.38%) PBX
8 4 (0.38%) SNMP
8 4 (0.38%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.38%) WAN
9 3 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
9 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.82%) Tableau
2 42 (3.97%) Power BI
3 41 (3.87%) SQL Server
4 36 (3.40%) MongoDB
5 20 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
6 14 (1.32%) QlikView
7 13 (1.23%) Metadata
7 13 (1.23%) Oracle Database
8 11 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
9 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.85%) Power Query
10 9 (0.85%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.66%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.66%) Essbase
12 7 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
13 5 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.47%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 37 (3.49%) JIRA
2 17 (1.61%) Git
3 14 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
3 14 (1.32%) Selenium
4 13 (1.23%) Cucumber
5 12 (1.13%) TeamCity
6 10 (0.94%) Storybook
7 7 (0.66%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.47%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.38%) Subversion
9 4 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.28%) GitLab
10 3 (0.28%) Moq
10 3 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.28%) xUnit.net
11 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
General
1 370 (34.94%) Social Skills
2 323 (30.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 311 (29.37%) Banking
4 290 (27.38%) Law
5 230 (21.72%) Analytical Skills
6 223 (21.06%) Investment Banking
7 124 (11.71%) Legal
8 112 (10.58%) Marketing
9 82 (7.74%) Retail
10 69 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
11 67 (6.33%) Manufacturing
12 65 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
13 60 (5.67%) Public Sector
14 40 (3.78%) Telecoms
15 33 (3.12%) Games
16 30 (2.83%) Financial Institution
17 29 (2.74%) Billing
17 29 (2.74%) Electronics
17 29 (2.74%) Front Office
18 28 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (18.98%) Analyst
2 133 (12.56%) Senior
3 120 (11.33%) Project Manager
4 79 (7.46%) Lead
5 63 (5.95%) Consultant
6 60 (5.67%) Architect
6 60 (5.67%) Developer
7 41 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 39 (3.68%) Administrator
9 37 (3.49%) Service Analyst
9 37 (3.49%) Support Engineer
10 36 (3.40%) Senior Manager
11 33 (3.12%) Product Manager
12 30 (2.83%) Senior Project Manager
12 30 (2.83%) Software Engineer
13 24 (2.27%) DBA
13 24 (2.27%) DV Cleared DBA
14 23 (2.17%) Data Analyst
15 22 (2.08%) Business Analyst
16 21 (1.98%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.49%) React
2 34 (3.21%) .NET
3 29 (2.74%) AngularJS
4 24 (2.27%) REST
5 23 (2.17%) Node.js
6 22 (2.08%) CSS
7 21 (1.98%) HTML
8 15 (1.42%) Vue
9 14 (1.32%) .NET Framework
10 13 (1.23%) Spring
11 12 (1.13%) Gherkin
11 12 (1.13%) RESTful
12 11 (1.04%) Pandas
13 10 (0.94%) ASP.NET
13 10 (0.94%) Sass
14 9 (0.85%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.76%) Kafka
15 8 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
15 8 (0.76%) Spring Boot
15 8 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 45 (4.25%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.68%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.68%) Mobile App
5 32 (3.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 25 (2.36%) Credit Risk
7 24 (2.27%) Derivative
8 22 (2.08%) Algorithms
8 22 (2.08%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.89%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
11 18 (1.70%) OTC Derivatives
12 14 (1.32%) Hedge funds
13 12 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 12 (1.13%) Clustering
14 10 (0.94%) FMCG
14 10 (0.94%) iPhone
14 10 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.54%) Windows
2 66 (6.23%) Linux
3 28 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 25 (2.36%) CentOS
5 24 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (1.70%) Windows 10
7 17 (1.61%) Windows Server
8 16 (1.51%) AIX
9 12 (1.13%) Apple iOS
10 11 (1.04%) Android
11 4 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.28%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.19%) Unix
13 2 (0.19%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.094%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
2 219 (20.68%) Agile
3 177 (16.71%) Project Management
4 108 (10.20%) Roadmaps
5 102 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 101 (9.54%) Analytics
7 98 (9.25%) Coaching
8 96 (9.07%) Decision-Making
9 89 (8.40%) Time Management
10 87 (8.22%) Customer Service
11 83 (7.84%) Mentoring
12 78 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
13 77 (7.27%) Risk Management
14 76 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
15 71 (6.70%) Workflow
16 70 (6.61%) Project Delivery
17 62 (5.85%) Machine Learning
17 62 (5.85%) Software Engineering
18 60 (5.67%) Visualisation
19 59 (5.57%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 147 (13.88%) SQL
2 79 (7.46%) Python
3 63 (5.95%) Java
4 55 (5.19%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.68%) TypeScript
6 38 (3.59%) C#
7 34 (3.21%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.74%) Bash
9 16 (1.51%) C
10 12 (1.13%) C++
10 12 (1.13%) R
11 11 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.04%) PHP
11 11 (1.04%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.57%) Scala
13 5 (0.47%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.38%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.38%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 259 (24.46%) Degree
2 135 (12.75%) Security Cleared
3 81 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 56 (5.29%) DV Cleared
5 27 (2.55%) CISSP
6 23 (2.17%) CISM
7 20 (1.89%) ACCA
7 20 (1.89%) CRISC
8 19 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 18 (1.70%) CISA
10 16 (1.51%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.13%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.04%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 10 (0.94%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.94%) PMP
14 9 (0.85%) MBA
15 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.06%) Data Quality
2 39 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (3.21%) SLA
4 31 (2.93%) GDPR
5 22 (2.08%) IFRS
5 22 (2.08%) QA
6 18 (1.70%) GAAP
7 16 (1.51%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.51%) NIST
8 10 (0.94%) NEBOSH
8 10 (0.94%) PMO
9 9 (0.85%) ISO 22301
10 8 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.47%) SEPA
11 5 (0.47%) TARGET2
12 4 (0.38%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.28%) GLP
13 3 (0.28%) GMP
13 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 46 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (2.64%) Docker
4 5 (0.47%) RACF
5 4 (0.38%) vSphere
6 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 3 (0.28%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.13%) Backup Exec
2 12 (1.13%) NetBackup
3 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.85%) SCCM
4 8 (0.76%) Ansible
4 8 (0.76%) Terraform
5 5 (0.47%) Graphite
6 4 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.28%) Puppet
7 3 (0.28%) SCOM
7 3 (0.28%) ServiceCenter
7 3 (0.28%) WSUS
8 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.094%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.094%) Salt
Vendors
1 242 (22.85%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.65%) Oracle
3 42 (3.97%) Red Hat
4 36 (3.40%) Alteryx
4 36 (3.40%) VMware
5 25 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.27%) HP
7 22 (2.08%) SAP
8 21 (1.98%) IBM
9 18 (1.70%) CA
10 16 (1.51%) Cisco
10 16 (1.51%) NetApp
11 13 (1.23%) Pega
12 12 (1.13%) Hitachi
12 12 (1.13%) Snow
12 12 (1.13%) Veritas
13 11 (1.04%) Google
14 10 (0.94%) Autodesk
14 10 (0.94%) Dell
14 10 (0.94%) ServiceNow