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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 6,411 11,715 11,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.15% 15.64% 19.40%
As % of the General category 23.84% 27.97% 28.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,575 5,627 5,289
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £33,571
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £68,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,890 41,891 38,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.76% 55.94% 68.01%
Number of salaries quoted 12,017 26,910 18,141
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,908 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +1 2,007 £57,500 +6.26% 1,306
North West 0 1,385 £58,500 +11.43% 801
South East 0 1,331 £60,000 +14.29% 959
Scotland 0 931 £50,445 -14.50% 448
Midlands -4 797 £55,000 +10.00% 720
South West +7 729 £57,443 +9.41% 589
West Midlands -6 518 £55,000 +4.76% 436
Yorkshire +1 446 £57,850 +2.39% 373
East of England +7 424 £50,000 - 310
East Midlands -9 275 £52,500 +10.53% 273
North East -1 175 £55,000 +10.00% 142
Wales -4 138 £50,447 +12.10% 137
Northern Ireland +10 56 £55,000 +37.50% 159
Isle of Man 0 13 £71,750 +32.87% 8
Channel Islands 0 10 £80,000 -5.88% 127
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
1 234 (3.65%) Confluence
2 139 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 76 (1.19%) Oracle Application Server
4 48 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.48%) CMS
6 27 (0.42%) Jupyter
7 24 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 21 (0.33%) Apache
9 17 (0.27%) IIS
9 17 (0.27%) SAS
10 13 (0.20%) IBM Domino
11 12 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 11 (0.17%) Umbraco
13 10 (0.16%) nginx
14 9 (0.14%) Tomcat
15 8 (0.12%) Appian
16 6 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
17 5 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
18 4 (0.062%) GemFire
18 4 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 319 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 265 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 111 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.33%) Trello
6 16 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 14 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.078%) Sketch
10 4 (0.062%) Simulink
10 4 (0.062%) SPSS
11 3 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.047%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.047%) Oracle Smart View
11 3 (0.047%) Revit
12 2 (0.031%) LaTeX
13 1 (0.016%) GNU Octave
13 1 (0.016%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.016%) ProjectWise
13 1 (0.016%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 86 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
2 67 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 43 (0.67%) SAP BPC
4 42 (0.66%) Infor LN
5 32 (0.50%) Sage 200
6 27 (0.42%) SAP FI
7 22 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
8 19 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
9 17 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
10 16 (0.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 16 (0.25%) Sage CRM
10 16 (0.25%) SAP ERP
11 15 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 13 (0.20%) Sage 50
13 12 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
14 11 (0.17%) Shopify
15 10 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
15 10 (0.16%) SAP CO
16 9 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 934 (14.57%) Azure
2 660 (10.29%) AWS
3 432 (6.74%) GCP
4 313 (4.88%) Power Platform
5 166 (2.59%) SaaS
6 142 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
7 116 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
8 80 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (1.23%) PaaS
10 75 (1.17%) GitHub
11 45 (0.70%) Snowflake
12 42 (0.66%) Serverless
13 36 (0.56%) Entra ID
14 33 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 33 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
14 33 (0.51%) PowerApps
15 29 (0.45%) Power Automate
16 27 (0.42%) OCI
17 26 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
17 26 (0.41%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 427 (6.66%) VPN
2 415 (6.47%) DNS
3 63 (0.98%) Firewall
4 54 (0.84%) Network Security
5 41 (0.64%) WAN
6 36 (0.56%) LAN
7 34 (0.53%) Wireless
8 30 (0.47%) Broadband
8 30 (0.47%) Internet
9 23 (0.36%) TCP/IP
9 23 (0.36%) VoIP
10 21 (0.33%) IPsec
10 21 (0.33%) SAN
11 20 (0.31%) BGP
11 20 (0.31%) Intranet
11 20 (0.31%) Junos
11 20 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
12 15 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
13 14 (0.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 432 (6.74%) SQL Server
2 276 (4.31%) Power BI
3 161 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 154 (2.40%) Tableau
5 139 (2.17%) Big Data
6 101 (1.58%) MySQL
7 95 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
8 94 (1.47%) NoSQL
9 75 (1.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 64 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
11 55 (0.86%) MongoDB
12 52 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 49 (0.76%) Relational Database
14 48 (0.75%) Data Lake
15 43 (0.67%) BigQuery
16 41 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 29 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
18 28 (0.44%) Metadata
19 24 (0.37%) Data Hub
20 22 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 414 (6.46%) JIRA
2 280 (4.37%) Selenium
2 280 (4.37%) SonarQube
3 278 (4.34%) Maven
4 274 (4.27%) Cucumber
5 270 (4.21%) GitLab
6 269 (4.20%) Sonatype Nexus
7 257 (4.01%) Bitbucket
8 176 (2.75%) Git
9 123 (1.92%) Jenkins
10 61 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
11 31 (0.48%) JUnit
12 28 (0.44%) Visual Studio
13 23 (0.36%) webpack
14 19 (0.30%) Cypress.io
15 17 (0.27%) TeamCity
16 16 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 13 (0.20%) ER Studio
17 13 (0.20%) Postman
18 9 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 2,397 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 1,340 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
3 1,123 (17.52%) Banking
4 1,009 (15.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 758 (11.82%) Marketing
6 552 (8.61%) Retail
7 441 (6.88%) Law
8 420 (6.55%) Public Sector
9 419 (6.54%) Legal
10 407 (6.35%) Manufacturing
11 276 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
12 188 (2.93%) Telecoms
13 151 (2.36%) Financial Institution
14 125 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
15 120 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
16 118 (1.84%) Investment Banking
17 107 (1.67%) Military
18 91 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
19 88 (1.37%) Games
20 85 (1.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 969 (15.11%) Senior
2 781 (12.18%) Analyst
3 691 (10.78%) Developer
4 566 (8.83%) Software Engineer
5 558 (8.70%) Project Manager
6 491 (7.66%) Lead
7 409 (6.38%) Software Developer
8 405 (6.32%) Senior Manager
9 329 (5.13%) Development Manager
10 278 (4.34%) Architect
11 242 (3.77%) Business Manager
12 223 (3.48%) Senior Project Manager
13 222 (3.46%) Business Development Manager
13 222 (3.46%) Systems Manager
14 213 (3.32%) Resource Manager
15 158 (2.46%) Financial Analyst
16 145 (2.26%) Consultant
17 131 (2.04%) Data Analyst
18 129 (2.01%) Product Manager
18 129 (2.01%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 409 (6.38%) React
2 402 (6.27%) Spring
3 388 (6.05%) CSS
4 377 (5.88%) Spring Boot
5 372 (5.80%) HTML
6 348 (5.43%) Kafka
7 253 (3.95%) JPA
8 252 (3.93%) Redux
9 186 (2.90%) RESTful
10 182 (2.84%) Hibernate
11 173 (2.70%) REST
12 169 (2.64%) .NET
13 128 (2.00%) HTML5
14 120 (1.87%) Jest
15 105 (1.64%) CSS3
16 97 (1.51%) Sass
17 72 (1.12%) AngularJS
18 68 (1.06%) Node.js
19 67 (1.05%) jQuery
20 60 (0.94%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 486 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 445 (6.94%) Cyberattack
3 378 (5.90%) Management Information System
4 290 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
5 231 (3.60%) Driving Licence
6 212 (3.31%) FMCG
7 161 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 145 (2.26%) Algorithms
9 116 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 98 (1.53%) e-Learning
11 92 (1.44%) Credit Risk
12 80 (1.25%) Public Cloud
13 76 (1.19%) Onboarding
14 75 (1.17%) Blockchain
15 69 (1.08%) Social Media
16 62 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
16 62 (0.97%) Robotics
16 62 (0.97%) Virtual Team
17 59 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
17 59 (0.92%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 508 (7.92%) Linux
2 428 (6.68%) Android
3 179 (2.79%) Windows
4 44 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 42 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 31 (0.48%) Unix
7 26 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
7 26 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 22 (0.34%) Windows Vista
9 16 (0.25%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.14%) zOS
11 2 (0.031%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.016%) AIX
12 1 (0.016%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.016%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.016%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.016%) Solaris
12 1 (0.016%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,985 (30.96%) Agile
2 1,166 (18.19%) Problem-Solving
3 1,154 (18.00%) Project Management
4 1,008 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 926 (14.44%) Analytics
6 806 (12.57%) Software Engineering
7 752 (11.73%) DevOps
8 708 (11.04%) Risk Management
9 679 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 675 (10.53%) Mentoring
11 669 (10.44%) Decision-Making
12 656 (10.23%) ERP
13 638 (9.95%) CI/CD
14 636 (9.92%) Coaching
14 636 (9.92%) Mathematics
15 598 (9.33%) Line Management
16 561 (8.75%) Customer Service
17 514 (8.02%) Data Management
18 491 (7.66%) OO
18 491 (7.66%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1,054 (16.44%) Java
2 835 (13.02%) SQL
3 786 (12.26%) Python
4 480 (7.49%) JavaScript
5 474 (7.39%) C++
6 418 (6.52%) Go
7 189 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 177 (2.76%) C#
9 83 (1.29%) PHP
10 72 (1.12%) PowerShell
11 46 (0.72%) C
12 39 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 39 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 38 (0.59%) Bash
14 35 (0.55%) R
15 19 (0.30%) ABAP
16 17 (0.27%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.25%) Swift
17 16 (0.25%) X++
18 15 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,074 (16.75%) Degree
2 625 (9.75%) Security Cleared
3 484 (7.55%) DV Cleared
4 247 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 198 (3.09%) DBS Check
6 193 (3.01%) ACCA
7 162 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 153 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 138 (2.15%) CIMA
10 135 (2.11%) SC Cleared
11 116 (1.81%) CISSP
12 86 (1.34%) HNC
13 72 (1.12%) PMI Certification
14 64 (1.00%) PMP
15 60 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
16 55 (0.86%) CISA
17 45 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
18 40 (0.62%) Azure Certification
19 37 (0.58%) CCNP
20 33 (0.51%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 440 (6.86%) QA
2 300 (4.68%) Accessibility
3 180 (2.81%) Data Quality
4 124 (1.93%) GDPR
5 108 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 82 (1.28%) IFRS
7 71 (1.11%) GAAP
8 68 (1.06%) PMO
9 67 (1.05%) SLA
10 63 (0.98%) NIST
11 62 (0.97%) ITGC
12 53 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 38 (0.59%) COBIT
14 33 (0.51%) NCSC
15 31 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 30 (0.47%) NEBOSH
17 22 (0.34%) PCI DSS
18 21 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
19 18 (0.28%) EMIR
19 18 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 868 (13.54%) Docker
2 85 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 42 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (0.51%) Firmware
5 29 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.078%) HDFS
8 5 (0.078%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.078%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.078%) vSphere
9 2 (0.031%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.016%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.016%) XenApp
10 1 (0.016%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 511 (7.97%) Kubernetes
2 436 (6.80%) Ansible
3 139 (2.17%) Terraform
4 46 (0.72%) Grafana
5 31 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 29 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (0.27%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.22%) Istio
8 14 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.19%) SCCM
10 9 (0.14%) Puppet
11 6 (0.094%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.094%) Kibana
12 5 (0.078%) CASB
12 5 (0.078%) Control-M
12 5 (0.078%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.078%) Packer
13 4 (0.062%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.047%) Argo
14 3 (0.047%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 688 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 367 (5.72%) SAP
3 356 (5.55%) Oracle
4 254 (3.96%) Solace
5 188 (2.93%) BT
6 177 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 154 (2.40%) Google
8 73 (1.14%) Cisco
8 73 (1.14%) IBM
9 67 (1.05%) Databricks
10 58 (0.90%) VMware
11 55 (0.86%) Bloomberg
12 53 (0.83%) Infor
13 52 (0.81%) ServiceNow
14 50 (0.78%) Cognos
15 47 (0.73%) Sage
16 45 (0.70%) Workday
17 44 (0.69%) Siemens
18 42 (0.66%) Rockwell
19 33 (0.51%) Concur