Finance Jobs in the UK excluding London

Financial
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 4 6 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 6,545 13,457 9,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.60% 20.17% 14.68%
As % of the General category 32.09% 30.09% 25.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,187 7,048 6,599
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,526 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,238 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% +6.84% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,394 44,728 37,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 64.18% 67.04% 57.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13,515 23,127 23,022
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +3.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the UK excluding London

Finance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Finance in the UK excluding London

Finance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Finance in the UK excluding London

Finance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
North of England +3 1,884 £62,500 +8.70% 904
South East -4 1,278 £57,500 -4.17% 931
Midlands +2 981 £54,000 -1.82% 475
South West 0 921 £59,556 +8.28% 398
Yorkshire +3 909 £65,000 +13.04% 260
North West +3 904 £62,500 +8.70% 556
Scotland 0 760 £67,500 +3.85% 281
West Midlands +3 710 £54,000 -1.82% 317
East of England +2 354 £46,250 -15.91% 287
East Midlands +2 266 £54,000 -1.82% 153
Wales -4 238 £50,000 -4.76% 88
Northern Ireland 0 126 £70,000 +33.33% 89
North East 0 67 £57,500 -8.73% 100
Isle of Man +1 17 £45,000 -10.00%
Channel Islands +4 5 £66,000 -12.00%
South Coast - 1 £50,000 -
Finance
UK

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 136 (2.08%) Confluence
2 94 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 80 (1.22%) Apache Spark
4 75 (1.15%) SAS
5 52 (0.79%) Apache
6 34 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 28 (0.43%) IIS
8 24 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 18 (0.28%) Captiva
10 16 (0.24%) FileNet
10 16 (0.24%) Jetty
10 16 (0.24%) Jupyter
11 15 (0.23%) CMS
12 10 (0.15%) MS Exchange
12 10 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
13 7 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 6 (0.092%) WebSphere Application Server
15 5 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
16 4 (0.061%) JBoss
16 4 (0.061%) MQSeries
Applications
1 352 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 303 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 93 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 32 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.11%) Simulink
9 6 (0.092%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.076%) OrCAD
11 4 (0.061%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.061%) InVision
11 4 (0.061%) Sketch
12 3 (0.046%) CATIA
12 3 (0.046%) SPSS
12 3 (0.046%) UserZoom
12 3 (0.046%) Windchill
13 2 (0.031%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.031%) EViews
13 2 (0.031%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 245 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 90 (1.38%) Hyperion Planning
3 71 (1.08%) NetSuite
4 65 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
5 55 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
6 43 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
7 37 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
8 32 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
8 32 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
9 31 (0.47%) SAP CO
9 31 (0.47%) SAP FI
10 30 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
11 23 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
12 20 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
13 19 (0.29%) SAP MM
14 17 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
15 14 (0.21%) Cloudability
15 14 (0.21%) PlanetPress Connect
16 13 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
16 13 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1,437 (21.96%) Azure
2 789 (12.06%) Power Platform
3 574 (8.77%) AWS
4 539 (8.24%) GCP
5 522 (7.98%) SaaS
6 447 (6.83%) Dynamics 365
7 425 (6.49%) PaaS
8 373 (5.70%) IaaS
9 313 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
10 309 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
11 252 (3.85%) Serverless
12 198 (3.03%) GitHub
13 197 (3.01%) Azure Functions
14 96 (1.47%) PowerApps
15 66 (1.01%) Power Automate
16 61 (0.93%) Entra ID
17 52 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
18 48 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
19 42 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
20 40 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 149 (2.28%) Firewall
2 113 (1.73%) DNS
3 81 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 70 (1.07%) DHCP
5 67 (1.02%) VPN
6 61 (0.93%) Internet
7 58 (0.89%) Wireless
8 57 (0.87%) 5G
9 54 (0.83%) HTTP
10 53 (0.81%) WAN
11 34 (0.52%) Network Security
11 34 (0.52%) SAN
12 30 (0.46%) Broadband
12 30 (0.46%) LAN
13 27 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 26 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 26 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 20 (0.31%) SSL
16 13 (0.20%) Skype
17 9 (0.14%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (6.05%) Power BI
2 322 (4.92%) SQL Server
3 284 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
4 189 (2.89%) NoSQL
5 174 (2.66%) Data Lake
6 156 (2.38%) Big Data
7 142 (2.17%) MySQL
8 111 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 110 (1.68%) Tableau
10 109 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
11 91 (1.39%) Relational Database
12 86 (1.31%) MongoDB
13 83 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 81 (1.24%) BigQuery
15 60 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
16 53 (0.81%) Metadata
17 50 (0.76%) Hadoop
18 46 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
19 41 (0.63%) Oracle Database
20 37 (0.57%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 293 (4.48%) Git
2 264 (4.03%) Jenkins
3 239 (3.65%) JIRA
4 73 (1.12%) Selenium
5 66 (1.01%) Maven
6 58 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
6 58 (0.89%) Spinnaker
7 53 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 53 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
8 48 (0.73%) IBM UrbanCode
9 41 (0.63%) SonarQube
10 33 (0.50%) Visual Studio
11 32 (0.49%) GitLab
12 27 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 21 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 20 (0.31%) JUnit
15 17 (0.26%) git-flow
15 17 (0.26%) Postman
16 16 (0.24%) CircleCI
16 16 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2,095 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 1,667 (25.47%) Banking
3 791 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 579 (8.85%) Retail
5 518 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 368 (5.62%) Legal
7 359 (5.49%) Marketing
8 306 (4.68%) Public Sector
9 288 (4.40%) Manufacturing
10 275 (4.20%) Law
11 250 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
12 247 (3.77%) Telecoms
13 219 (3.35%) Games
14 209 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
15 183 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
16 146 (2.23%) Electronics
17 107 (1.63%) Financial Institution
18 89 (1.36%) Billing
19 80 (1.22%) Back Office
20 79 (1.21%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,275 (19.48%) Architect
2 955 (14.59%) Analyst
3 845 (12.91%) Senior
4 499 (7.62%) Developer
5 445 (6.80%) Lead
6 415 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
7 359 (5.49%) Project Manager
8 341 (5.21%) Consultant
8 341 (5.21%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 333 (5.09%) Software Engineer
10 301 (4.60%) Enterprise Architect
11 230 (3.51%) Security Architect
12 183 (2.80%) CRM Architect
12 183 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM Architect
13 175 (2.67%) Business Analyst
14 165 (2.52%) IT Manager
15 160 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
16 156 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
17 145 (2.22%) Senior Developer
18 139 (2.12%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (5.29%) .NET
2 335 (5.12%) HTML
3 220 (3.36%) React
4 200 (3.06%) CSS
5 179 (2.73%) Kafka
6 167 (2.55%) RESTful
7 156 (2.38%) AngularJS
7 156 (2.38%) Spring
8 146 (2.23%) Node.js
9 140 (2.14%) Spring Boot
10 133 (2.03%) OpenID
11 123 (1.88%) REST
12 119 (1.82%) Web Services
13 94 (1.44%) ASP.NET
14 92 (1.41%) JSON
15 78 (1.19%) Middleware
16 72 (1.10%) jQuery
17 69 (1.05%) XML
18 66 (1.01%) .NET Core
19 65 (0.99%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 339 (5.18%) Product Ownership
2 335 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
3 292 (4.46%) Public Cloud
4 220 (3.36%) Cloud Native
5 219 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 129 (1.97%) Algorithms
7 126 (1.93%) Mainframe
8 116 (1.77%) Blockchain
9 114 (1.74%) Data Centre
10 108 (1.65%) Cyberattack
11 102 (1.56%) NHS
12 93 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
13 81 (1.24%) Onboarding
14 80 (1.22%) Data Structures
15 75 (1.15%) Private Cloud
16 74 (1.13%) Credit Risk
17 69 (1.05%) Virtual Team
18 59 (0.90%) Driving Licence
19 57 (0.87%) Mobile App
20 47 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 386 (5.90%) Windows
2 293 (4.48%) Linux
3 192 (2.93%) Unix
4 132 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 62 (0.95%) Android
6 58 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 55 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 54 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 51 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 45 (0.69%) Apple iOS
11 27 (0.41%) CentOS
12 26 (0.40%) Windows 7
13 22 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 20 (0.31%) Windows 8
15 18 (0.28%) zOS
16 14 (0.21%) AIX
17 13 (0.20%) Mac OS
18 10 (0.15%) Solaris
19 9 (0.14%) HPUX
19 9 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,740 (41.86%) Agile
2 1,161 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 977 (14.93%) Roadmaps
4 948 (14.48%) DevOps
5 810 (12.38%) Actionable Insight
6 740 (11.31%) Analytics
7 732 (11.18%) Mentoring
8 640 (9.78%) Project Management
9 608 (9.29%) Software Engineering
10 575 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
11 536 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
12 493 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 481 (7.35%) Microservices
14 467 (7.14%) Project Delivery
15 459 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 451 (6.89%) CI/CD
17 440 (6.72%) Machine Learning
18 423 (6.46%) Customer Service
19 422 (6.45%) Coaching
19 422 (6.45%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1,114 (17.02%) SQL
2 625 (9.55%) Python
3 564 (8.62%) Java
4 405 (6.19%) JavaScript
5 360 (5.50%) C#
6 198 (3.03%) PowerShell
7 150 (2.29%) T-SQL
8 140 (2.14%) Bash
9 124 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 102 (1.56%) R
11 79 (1.21%) Go
12 64 (0.98%) C
13 55 (0.84%) C++
14 51 (0.78%) Scala
15 47 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 44 (0.67%) Groovy
17 40 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 38 (0.58%) Rust
19 35 (0.53%) MATLAB
20 24 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 942 (14.39%) Degree
2 530 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 146 (2.23%) DBS Check
4 138 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 138 (2.11%) SC Cleared
5 133 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 99 (1.51%) AWS Certification
7 94 (1.44%) ACCA
8 68 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 57 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 57 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 53 (0.81%) CISSP
11 50 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 49 (0.75%) Master's Degree
13 44 (0.67%) PMP
14 41 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 41 (0.63%) CIMA
15 40 (0.61%) CISM
16 31 (0.47%) CEH
17 27 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (2.69%) QA
2 151 (2.31%) GDPR
3 147 (2.25%) SLA
4 115 (1.76%) PMO
5 104 (1.59%) Data Quality
6 91 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 61 (0.93%) IFRS
8 58 (0.89%) PCI DSS
9 53 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 50 (0.76%) NIST
11 48 (0.73%) Accessibility
12 37 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
13 32 (0.49%) GRC
14 28 (0.43%) SEPA
15 25 (0.38%) GAAP
16 20 (0.31%) IFRS 9
17 18 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
18 15 (0.23%) COBIT
18 15 (0.23%) ISO 20022
19 14 (0.21%) CRD IV
System Software
1 348 (5.32%) Docker
2 271 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
3 223 (3.41%) Active Directory
4 103 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 60 (0.92%) Hyper-V
6 36 (0.55%) Firmware
7 15 (0.23%) vSphere
8 10 (0.15%) BitLocker
8 10 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.11%) XenApp
10 7 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.061%) KVM
12 4 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.046%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.046%) HDFS
13 3 (0.046%) Time Sharing Option
14 2 (0.031%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 466 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 332 (5.07%) Terraform
3 111 (1.70%) Ansible
4 81 (1.24%) SCCM
5 55 (0.84%) Istio
5 55 (0.84%) SCOM
6 46 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 30 (0.46%) Puppet
8 23 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 21 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 20 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
11 19 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 19 (0.29%) SCVMM
12 17 (0.26%) Nagios
12 17 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (0.24%) Grafana
13 16 (0.24%) Kibana
13 16 (0.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 7 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.092%) Argo
Vendors
1 1,223 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 413 (6.31%) Oracle
3 324 (4.95%) SAP
4 296 (4.52%) Google
5 139 (2.12%) VMware
6 133 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 97 (1.48%) Hyperion
8 96 (1.47%) IBM
9 94 (1.44%) Cisco
10 81 (1.24%) Salesforce
11 69 (1.05%) Citrix
11 69 (1.05%) Splunk
12 51 (0.78%) Databricks
13 46 (0.70%) Teradata
14 41 (0.63%) Veeam
15 40 (0.61%) CheckPoint
16 36 (0.55%) Commvault
16 36 (0.55%) HP
17 35 (0.53%) Sage
18 34 (0.52%) Dell