Finance Job Trends in Surrey

Financial
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 10 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 179 180 224
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.90% 14.98% 20.38%
As % of the General category 17.48% 22.30% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 143 92 158
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,000 £31,248
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £82,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 general skills in Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,024 807 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 62.36% 67.14% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 514 326 447
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,400
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Finance job vacancy trend in Surrey

Finance
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Surrey over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Surrey

Finance
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Redhill +13 18 £60,000 -17.24% 4
Guildford +9 18 £67,500 +22.73% 45
Weybridge 0 17 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Horley +2 14 £60,000 -
Staines +10 12 £42,500 - 1
Epsom +20 8 £80,000 +48.84% 5
Farnham - 8 £75,000 - 2
Walton-on-Thames - 8 - - 1
Haslemere - 7 £65,000 -
Leatherhead -3 6 £35,000 -35.78% 2
Addlestone +11 5 £55,000 - 1
Camberley +3 5 £41,500 +18.57% 2
Reigate -4 5 £100,000 +73.91% 2
Godalming - 3 £75,000 -
Woking +3 2 £60,000 -28.36% 24
Dorking -1 1 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Chertsey - 1 £45,000 - 2
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.23%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) SAS
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (4.47%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (1.12%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (1.12%) Sage 200
4 2 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.56%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.17%) Power Platform
2 11 (6.15%) SaaS
3 10 (5.59%) Azure
4 5 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.23%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.68%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.12%) AWS
7 2 (1.12%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.56%) GCP
8 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.79%) Internet
2 2 (1.12%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.56%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.56%) SSL
3 1 (0.56%) WAN
3 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.06%) Power BI
2 9 (5.03%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.56%) QlikView
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (10.61%) JIRA
2 16 (8.94%) Selenium
3 14 (7.82%) Postman
3 14 (7.82%) SoapUI
3 14 (7.82%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (6.70%) WebDriver
5 4 (2.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 43 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (14.53%) Legal
4 19 (10.61%) Retail
5 13 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.59%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.03%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.03%) Marketing
8 8 (4.47%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.79%) Advertising
10 3 (1.68%) Banking
10 3 (1.68%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.68%) Law
10 3 (1.68%) Local Government
10 3 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 42 (23.46%) Analyst
2 22 (12.29%) Project Engineer
3 18 (10.06%) Lead
3 18 (10.06%) Senior
4 15 (8.38%) Test Analyst
5 13 (7.26%) Commercial Manager
6 12 (6.70%) Finance Manager
7 11 (6.15%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.59%) Account Manager
9 9 (5.03%) Project Manager
9 9 (5.03%) Senior Manager
10 8 (4.47%) Commercial Finance Manager
10 8 (4.47%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.47%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.91%) Administrator
11 7 (3.91%) Remote Support Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.35%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Mechanical Engineer
12 6 (3.35%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.53%) .NET
2 15 (8.38%) HTML
2 15 (8.38%) SOAP
3 6 (3.35%) REST
4 5 (2.79%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.68%) Blazor
5 3 (1.68%) WinForms
5 3 (1.68%) WPF
6 2 (1.12%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.12%) EDI
6 2 (1.12%) React
6 2 (1.12%) Vue
7 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.56%) CSS
7 1 (0.56%) JSON
7 1 (0.56%) OAuth
7 1 (0.56%) Spring
7 1 (0.56%) Web Services
7 1 (0.56%) XML
7 1 (0.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.47%) NHS
2 6 (3.35%) Life Science
2 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.79%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.79%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.23%) Blog
4 4 (2.23%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.23%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.68%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.56%) FPGA
7 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.56%) Social Media
7 1 (0.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (17.32%) Agile
1 31 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (16.20%) Mentoring
3 27 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (11.17%) Project Management
4 20 (11.17%) Software Testing
4 20 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (8.94%) Coaching
5 16 (8.94%) Logistics
5 16 (8.94%) Scrum
5 16 (8.94%) Test Scripting
6 14 (7.82%) API Testing
6 14 (7.82%) Cross-Browser Testing
6 14 (7.82%) Mathematics
6 14 (7.82%) Non-Functional Testing
6 14 (7.82%) Service Delivery
6 14 (7.82%) Test Management
7 13 (7.26%) CRM
7 13 (7.26%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.53%) C#
2 25 (13.97%) SQL
3 15 (8.38%) Java
4 5 (2.79%) Python
5 3 (1.68%) C++
6 2 (1.12%) VBA
7 1 (0.56%) ABAP
7 1 (0.56%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.56%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (30.73%) Degree
2 16 (8.94%) ISTQB
3 12 (6.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 11 (6.15%) ACCA
5 10 (5.59%) CIMA
6 5 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.23%) ISEB
7 4 (2.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.23%) PMP
8 3 (1.68%) APMP
8 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.68%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.68%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.12%) CRISC
9 2 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.15%) SLA
2 4 (2.23%) PMO
3 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.68%) GDPR
3 3 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.12%) GRC
4 2 (1.12%) NIST
4 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.12%) QA
4 2 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.68%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.68%) Terraform
2 2 (1.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (10.06%) Microsoft
1 18 (10.06%) NEC
2 8 (4.47%) SAP
3 4 (2.23%) Alteryx
3 4 (2.23%) Oracle
3 4 (2.23%) Sage
4 3 (1.68%) Informatica
5 2 (1.12%) Aruba
5 2 (1.12%) Cisco
5 2 (1.12%) HP
5 2 (1.12%) IBM
5 2 (1.12%) OpenText
5 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.56%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.56%) Okta