Finance Jobs 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 5 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 12 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 603 490 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.74% 12.65% 15.34%
As % of the General category 24.93% 20.36% 24.74%
Number of salaries quoted 193 251 472
10th Percentile £31,550 £32,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,252 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £56,525 £59,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.60% +3.04% +0.88%

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 common skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,419 2,407 4,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 51.10% 62.12% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 856 1,351 2,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,550 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -4.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2024.

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 5 October 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
Berkshire +9 298 £56,525 -2.54% 57
Oxfordshire +1 157 £51,242 -2.01% 21
Buckinghamshire -3 148 £85,000 +54.55% 34
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.00%) SAS
3 5 (0.83%) Apache
4 3 (0.50%) IBM Notes
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.17%) WildFly
Applications
1 242 (40.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 168 (27.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.00%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.33%) SPSS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.82%) Unit4 Business World
2 10 (1.66%) NEC Housing
3 6 (1.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (1.00%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.83%) Primavera
4 5 (0.83%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.66%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.66%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Manufacturing
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (0.33%) Pegasus Opera
7 2 (0.33%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 38 (6.30%) Power Platform
2 37 (6.14%) Azure
3 31 (5.14%) SaaS
4 26 (4.31%) AWS
5 21 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.65%) PaaS
7 15 (2.49%) IaaS
8 14 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.66%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.66%) Intacct
10 4 (0.66%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.66%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.66%) Serverless
10 4 (0.66%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.66%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.50%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.80%) Broadband
2 12 (1.99%) DMZ
3 5 (0.83%) Firewall
3 5 (0.83%) Internet
4 4 (0.66%) VPN
5 3 (0.50%) Intranet
5 3 (0.50%) IPsec
5 3 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.50%) SNMP
5 3 (0.50%) Softphone
5 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.33%) DNS
6 2 (0.33%) Network Security
6 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.33%) Wireless
7 1 (0.17%) Intelligent Network
7 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.64%) Power BI
2 18 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.99%) Oracle Database
4 9 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.66%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.66%) MySQL
8 4 (0.66%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.66%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.66%) Tableau
9 3 (0.50%) Metadata
10 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.33%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.33%) GIS
11 1 (0.17%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (1.66%) Oracle APEX
2 9 (1.49%) AdminStudio
2 9 (1.49%) InstallShield
2 9 (1.49%) MSI
3 7 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.83%) JIRA
4 5 (0.83%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.66%) Git
6 2 (0.33%) Maven
6 2 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.17%) Ant
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Ivy
7 1 (0.17%) GitLab
7 1 (0.17%) JUnit
7 1 (0.17%) Mockito
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) TestNG
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 239 (39.64%) Analytical Skills
2 232 (38.47%) Social Skills
3 158 (26.20%) Marketing
4 138 (22.89%) Retail
5 45 (7.46%) Influencing Skills
6 43 (7.13%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (5.47%) Telecoms
8 29 (4.81%) Legal
9 26 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (3.48%) Billing
12 18 (2.99%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.66%) Local Government
14 10 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.66%) Police
15 6 (1.00%) Banking
15 6 (1.00%) Fire and Rescue
16 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.66%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 119 (19.73%) Analyst
2 115 (19.07%) Development Manager
3 94 (15.59%) Senior
4 40 (6.63%) Developer
5 37 (6.14%) Consultant
5 37 (6.14%) Financial Analyst
6 36 (5.97%) Senior Analyst
7 33 (5.47%) Lead
8 26 (4.31%) Project Manager
9 24 (3.98%) Architect
10 21 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.32%) Software Developer
12 16 (2.65%) Commercial Analyst
13 15 (2.49%) Project Leader
13 15 (2.49%) Senior Project Leader
13 15 (2.49%) SQL Developer
13 15 (2.49%) Support Engineer
14 13 (2.16%) IT Manager
15 12 (1.99%) Senior Manager
16 10 (1.66%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.65%) CSS
1 16 (2.65%) HTML
2 14 (2.32%) REST
3 13 (2.16%) .NET
4 11 (1.82%) XML
5 10 (1.66%) JSON
5 10 (1.66%) Ruby on Rails
5 10 (1.66%) SOAP
6 8 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (1.00%) React
8 5 (0.83%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.66%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.66%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.66%) Kafka
9 4 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.66%) RESTful
9 4 (0.66%) Web Services
10 3 (0.50%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.50%) Entity Framework
10 3 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (2.49%) Life Science
2 15 (2.49%) Mobile App
3 13 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (2.16%) Management Information System
4 12 (1.99%) Driving Licence
4 12 (1.99%) NHS
5 11 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.49%) Shadow IT
7 7 (1.16%) Biopharmaceutical
8 6 (1.00%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.83%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.83%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.66%) IoT
11 3 (0.50%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.50%) Mixed Reality
11 3 (0.50%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.64%) Windows
2 21 (3.48%) Windows 10
3 12 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.82%) Linux
5 10 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (1.49%) Windows 7
6 9 (1.49%) Windows NT
6 9 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.33%) Unix
8 2 (0.33%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.17%) Android
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (36.15%) Agile
2 154 (25.54%) Business Development
3 143 (23.71%) Data Management
4 137 (22.72%) Customer Requirements
5 136 (22.55%) CAD
6 135 (22.39%) Financial Modelling
7 131 (21.72%) Commercial Awareness
7 131 (21.72%) Facilities Management
7 131 (21.72%) Logistics
8 93 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (13.93%) Project Management
10 78 (12.94%) Decision-Making
11 74 (12.27%) Budgeting
12 69 (11.44%) Customer Service
13 63 (10.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 56 (9.29%) Mentoring
15 55 (9.12%) Actionable Insight
15 55 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (8.79%) Business Case
17 44 (7.30%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 46 (7.63%) SQL
2 32 (5.31%) Java
3 27 (4.48%) Python
4 26 (4.31%) C#
5 13 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.99%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.66%) C
8 10 (1.66%) Ruby
9 9 (1.49%) VB
10 5 (0.83%) Go
10 5 (0.83%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.66%) R
12 3 (0.50%) Haskell
12 3 (0.50%) Rust
12 3 (0.50%) VBA
13 2 (0.33%) Bash
13 2 (0.33%) Bicep
14 1 (0.17%) Scala
14 1 (0.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 120 (19.90%) Degree
2 76 (12.60%) ACCA
3 70 (11.61%) Security Cleared
4 66 (10.95%) CIMA
5 41 (6.80%) DV Cleared
6 38 (6.30%) SC Cleared
7 23 (3.81%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.83%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.83%) PMP
12 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.66%) CBAP
13 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.50%) MCSA
13 3 (0.50%) MCSE
13 3 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.65%) QA
2 15 (2.49%) Good Clinical Practice
3 10 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.33%) IFRS
4 8 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (1.33%) SLA
5 7 (1.16%) GDPR
5 7 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.00%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.50%) PMO
8 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.33%) GxP
8 2 (0.33%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.82%) Docker
4 9 (1.49%) Firmware
4 9 (1.49%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (3.48%) WSUS
2 20 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.99%) SCCM
4 9 (1.49%) Sysprep
5 5 (0.83%) Autotask
5 5 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.66%) Ansible
7 3 (0.50%) Terraform
7 3 (0.50%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.33%) Grafana
8 2 (0.33%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.33%) Sysdig
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.17%) WMI
Vendors
1 274 (45.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.48%) Oracle
3 17 (2.82%) Sage
4 16 (2.65%) SAP
5 13 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.16%) VMware
6 11 (1.82%) NEC
7 10 (1.66%) Remedy
7 10 (1.66%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.49%) Autodesk
9 8 (1.33%) CA
9 8 (1.33%) Cisco
10 6 (1.00%) Siemens
11 5 (0.83%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.83%) HP
11 5 (0.83%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.66%) Epicor
12 4 (0.66%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.66%) Veeam
13 3 (0.50%) CrowdStrike