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 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 250 261 379
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 11.00% 22.19% 18.65%
As % of the General category 22.34% 33.63% 28.82%
Number of salaries quoted 178 121 171
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% -4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -5.98%

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 1,119 776 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 49.25% 65.99% 64.71%
Number of salaries quoted 776 446 689
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £38,938 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,808 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.96% -10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%

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 August 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 August 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
Guildford +3 64 £85,000 +88.89% 24
Woking -11 24 £57,500 -8.00% 14
Redhill +13 21 £75,000 +50.00% 7
Leatherhead +3 20 £40,000 -34.43% 5
Staines -9 14 £70,000 +12.00% 17
Epsom +2 12 £80,000 +113.33% 3
Farnham +1 12 £51,040 -31.95% 3
Camberley -4 10 £50,000 +25.00% 15
Sunbury-on-Thames -5 5 - - 1
Reigate -20 5 £60,000 +90.48% 4
Egham -3 3 £65,000 - 3
Weybridge -8 3 £50,000 -20.00% 3
Warlingham +3 2 £29,000 -
Caterham +3 2 £29,000 -
Walton-on-Thames -1 1 £55,000 - 1
Chertsey -8 1 £95,000 - 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 10 (4.00%) Confluence
2 9 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.00%) Apache
5 3 (1.20%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.20%) SAS
6 2 (0.80%) WordPress
7 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.40%) JBoss
7 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (12.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (2.00%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.80%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.80%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.40%) HFM
3 1 (0.40%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.40%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.40%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.40%) Azure
2 17 (6.80%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.60%) AWS
5 8 (3.20%) GitHub
6 6 (2.40%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.00%) SaaS
8 4 (1.60%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.20%) Miro
10 2 (0.80%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.80%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.80%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.80%) MailChimp
10 2 (0.80%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.80%) Serverless
10 2 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.20%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.80%) LAN
2 2 (0.80%) WAN
3 1 (0.40%) Broadband
3 1 (0.40%) Firewall
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) NGFW
3 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.60%) Power BI
3 6 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.60%) Tableau
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Hive
5 2 (0.80%) Delta Lake
5 2 (0.80%) Impala
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.80%) Parquet
5 2 (0.80%) Spark SQL
5 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata
6 1 (0.40%) MySQL
6 1 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 10 (4.00%) JIRA
2 7 (2.80%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.60%) Git
4 2 (0.80%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) ScriptRunner
General
1 76 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.40%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (14.00%) Aerospace
4 19 (7.60%) Influencing Skills
4 19 (7.60%) Italian Language
4 19 (7.60%) Japanese Language
5 13 (5.20%) Manufacturing
5 13 (5.20%) Marketing
5 13 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.00%) Legal
7 8 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.20%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.80%) Advertising
9 6 (2.40%) Billing
10 5 (2.00%) Aviation
10 5 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.00%) Retail
11 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.60%) Publishing
12 3 (1.20%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (14.40%) Lead
2 24 (9.60%) Analyst
3 16 (6.40%) Head of Development
3 16 (6.40%) Head of Software Development
4 15 (6.00%) IT Manager
5 14 (5.60%) Consultant
6 12 (4.80%) Coordinator
6 12 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (4.40%) Accountant
7 11 (4.40%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.00%) Developer
8 10 (4.00%) Senior
9 9 (3.60%) Project Accountant
10 8 (3.20%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.20%) IT Support
10 8 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.20%) Service Analyst
10 8 (3.20%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.80%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.80%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.20%) .NET
2 6 (2.40%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.00%) Node.js
4 4 (1.60%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.60%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.60%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.60%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (1.60%) CSS
4 4 (1.60%) Vue
5 3 (1.20%) HTML
5 3 (1.20%) PySpark
5 3 (1.20%) REST
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.80%) React
6 2 (0.80%) SOAP
7 1 (0.40%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.40%) jQuery
7 1 (0.40%) Middleware
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.40%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.20%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.80%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.00%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.60%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.20%) PMI
7 3 (1.20%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.80%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.80%) PropTech
8 2 (0.80%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.40%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.40%) Social Media
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.80%) Windows
2 10 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (15.20%) Change Management
4 34 (13.60%) Agile
4 34 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (12.00%) Fintech
6 27 (10.80%) Decision-Making
6 27 (10.80%) Project Delivery
7 23 (9.20%) Business Strategy
7 23 (9.20%) Project Management
8 22 (8.80%) AI
9 20 (8.00%) Service Delivery
10 18 (7.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (6.80%) DevOps
12 16 (6.40%) Customer Service
12 16 (6.40%) ERP
12 16 (6.40%) Roadmaps
12 16 (6.40%) Validation
13 15 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (6.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.00%) SQL
2 34 (13.60%) C#
3 27 (10.80%) C++
4 8 (3.20%) Ruby
5 7 (2.80%) Python
6 4 (1.60%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.80%) PHP
7 2 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.40%) Groovy
8 1 (0.40%) Java
8 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (12.80%) BPSS Clearance
2 21 (8.40%) Degree
3 18 (7.20%) Security Cleared
4 14 (5.60%) ACCA
5 13 (5.20%) CIMA
6 10 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.20%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.80%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.60%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.40%) APMP
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.40%) HND
11 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.40%) PMP
11 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.40%) QA
2 6 (2.40%) SLA
3 3 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.20%) GDPR
4 2 (0.80%) FATCA
4 2 (0.80%) GAAP
4 2 (0.80%) IFRS
4 2 (0.80%) ITGC
4 2 (0.80%) PMO
5 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.00%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (2.40%) SCCM
2 5 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.60%) Cisco
2 9 (3.60%) SAP
2 9 (3.60%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.20%) Sage
4 7 (2.80%) Palo Alto
4 7 (2.80%) Qualys
5 6 (2.40%) Google
5 6 (2.40%) Oracle
6 5 (2.00%) Workday
7 4 (1.60%) Adaptive Insights
8 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.80%) BMC
8 2 (0.80%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.80%) Progress
8 2 (0.80%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.80%) Xero
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe
9 1 (0.40%) Cognos
9 1 (0.40%) VMware