Finance Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Financial
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 745 359 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 18.68% 10.33% 9.97%
As % of the General category 31.70% 16.42% 18.65%
Number of salaries quoted 309 183 223
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,022 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,800 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,000 £84,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.23% -7.60%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,350 2,186 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 58.91% 62.92% 53.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 770 1,180
10th Percentile £28,525 £31,725 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -2.46%
75th Percentile £65,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,625 £87,500 £80,000
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 the Thames Valley

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

Finance job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Finance
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +19 510 £57,500 +1.72% 250
Buckinghamshire +11 166 £52,500 -38.81% 38
Oxfordshire +7 69 £42,500 -32.00% 57
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.54%) SAS
3 3 (0.40%) CMS
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
5 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 197 (26.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.15%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.48%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 11 (1.48%) SAP CO
4 9 (1.21%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.94%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.40%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle AGIS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 79 (10.60%) Azure DevOps
2 75 (10.07%) SaaS
3 61 (8.19%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.37%) Azure
5 22 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (2.01%) Collibra
7 14 (1.88%) AWS
8 11 (1.48%) Snowflake
9 10 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.07%) GCP
12 6 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.81%) dbt
13 5 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.54%) Fivetran
15 3 (0.40%) Google Workspace
15 3 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (0.40%) Zapier
16 2 (0.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.94%) Firewall
2 2 (0.27%) DNS
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) DHCP
3 1 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.13%) VPN
3 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.25%) Power BI
2 17 (2.28%) Data Lake
3 14 (1.88%) Tableau
4 12 (1.61%) Metadata
5 11 (1.48%) Power Query
6 10 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.34%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.94%) PowerPivot
8 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.67%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.54%) Looker
11 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.40%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 88 (11.81%) JIRA
2 69 (9.26%) eCATT
3 38 (5.10%) NeoLoad
4 15 (2.01%) Postman
4 15 (2.01%) Selenium
5 14 (1.88%) SoapUI
6 11 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 11 (1.48%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.54%) Git
8 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) GitLab
9 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.13%) NUnit
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 331 (44.43%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.62%) Marketing
3 171 (22.95%) Manufacturing
4 128 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
6 59 (7.92%) Presentation Skills
7 43 (5.77%) Retail
8 40 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 32 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (3.49%) Legal
11 20 (2.68%) Law
12 19 (2.55%) Public Sector
13 17 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.15%) Games
15 14 (1.88%) Electronics
15 14 (1.88%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.34%) Banking
17 9 (1.21%) General Ledger
18 8 (1.07%) Advertising
19 4 (0.54%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 180 (24.16%) Senior
2 178 (23.89%) Analyst
3 148 (19.87%) Lead
4 68 (9.13%) Senior Analyst
5 57 (7.65%) SAP Analyst
6 35 (4.70%) Accountant
7 34 (4.56%) Financial Analyst
8 33 (4.43%) Developer
8 33 (4.43%) Senior Manager
9 32 (4.30%) Test Leader
10 29 (3.89%) Development Manager
11 28 (3.76%) Test Analyst
12 27 (3.62%) Data Analyst
13 22 (2.95%) Financial Accountant
14 21 (2.82%) Finance Manager
14 21 (2.82%) Project Manager
15 19 (2.55%) Automation Test Lead
16 16 (2.15%) Business Development Manager
16 16 (2.15%) Business Manager
17 15 (2.01%) Data Model Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.42%) .NET
2 15 (2.01%) SOAP
3 13 (1.74%) HTML
4 10 (1.34%) FHIR
5 6 (0.81%) EDI
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.54%) REST
6 4 (0.54%) SAP CO-PA
7 3 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (0.40%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.40%) pytest
7 3 (0.40%) Swagger
7 3 (0.40%) Web Services
8 2 (0.27%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.27%) JSON
8 2 (0.27%) NumPy
8 2 (0.27%) Pandas
8 2 (0.27%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.13%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 40 (5.37%) Life Science
3 27 (3.62%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.68%) FMCG
5 16 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.48%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.48%) Blog
7 11 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.34%) Omics
9 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (1.21%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.07%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.81%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.54%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.54%) IoT
13 4 (0.54%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.40%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.94%) Windows
2 6 (0.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.27%) Linux
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (26.04%) ERP
2 185 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
3 144 (19.33%) Decision-Making
4 125 (16.78%) Analytics
5 115 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 95 (12.75%) AI
7 93 (12.48%) Roadmaps
8 89 (11.95%) Logistics
9 88 (11.81%) Test Management
10 85 (11.41%) Agile
11 82 (11.01%) SAP Implementation
11 82 (11.01%) Source to Pay
12 78 (10.47%) Data Management
13 72 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
13 72 (9.66%) Risk Management
14 71 (9.53%) User Acceptance Testing
15 70 (9.40%) Visualisation
16 68 (9.13%) Project Management
16 68 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 67 (8.99%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 69 (9.26%) SQL
2 28 (3.76%) C#
3 26 (3.49%) Python
4 17 (2.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (2.28%) Java
5 11 (1.48%) VBA
6 10 (1.34%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.21%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.67%) PHP
9 3 (0.40%) C
9 3 (0.40%) COBOL
9 3 (0.40%) Go
9 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.27%) R
11 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 192 (25.77%) Degree
2 71 (9.53%) Master's Degree
3 51 (6.85%) ACCA
4 49 (6.58%) CIMA
5 40 (5.37%) MBA
6 38 (5.10%) PhD
7 22 (2.95%) Security Cleared
8 18 (2.42%) PMI Certification
9 15 (2.01%) PMP
10 11 (1.48%) ISTQB
10 11 (1.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 10 (1.34%) AAT
12 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
14 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.67%) SC Cleared
15 2 (0.27%) CHECK Team Leader
15 2 (0.27%) CHECK Team Member
15 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.70%) GxP
2 31 (4.16%) QA
3 25 (3.36%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.34%) CDISC
5 10 (1.34%) GDPR
5 10 (1.34%) HL7
6 6 (0.81%) GRC
7 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.67%) SLA
8 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.54%) IFRS
8 4 (0.54%) PMO
9 2 (0.27%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.13%) GAAP
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (9.26%) HP ALM
2 5 (0.67%) vRealize
3 4 (0.54%) Terraform
4 1 (0.13%) Argo
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) SCCM
4 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 235 (31.54%) SAP
2 72 (9.66%) Microsoft
3 69 (9.26%) HP
4 34 (4.56%) Oracle
5 11 (1.48%) JD Edwards
6 10 (1.34%) Google
7 8 (1.07%) VMware
8 5 (0.67%) BT
8 5 (0.67%) Databricks
8 5 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.54%) Dell
10 3 (0.40%) IBM
10 3 (0.40%) Xero
11 2 (0.27%) Cisco
11 2 (0.27%) Hootsuite
11 2 (0.27%) Instagram
11 2 (0.27%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.27%) Talend
11 2 (0.27%) YouTube
11 2 (0.27%) Zoho