Finance Jobs in Watford

Financial
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 9 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +23 -27
Permanent jobs citing Finance 61 33 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 41.22% 11.83% 7.65%
As % of the General category 48.03% 21.85% 11.03%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 9
10th Percentile £39,821 £27,275 £55,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £54,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -22.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £71,563 £57,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £77,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -13.73%

All General Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 127 151 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 85.81% 54.12% 69.39%
Number of salaries quoted 68 109 134
10th Percentile £27,125 £28,500 £27,475
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55,813 £63,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £78,750 £87,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.93% -13.04% +15.00%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Watford

Finance
Salary Trend in Watford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in Watford.

Salary trend for Finance in Watford

Finance
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Watford over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Watford

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 6 (9.84%) IIS
2 4 (6.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (55.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.64%) Sage 200
1 1 (1.64%) SAP Business One
1 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Azure
2 4 (6.56%) AWS
3 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.64%) Intacct
3 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) GIS
1 6 (9.84%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.56%) Amazon QuickSight
2 4 (6.56%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (6.56%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (6.56%) MySQL
3 1 (1.64%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
General
1 45 (73.77%) Social Skills
2 34 (55.74%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (55.74%) Banking
2 34 (55.74%) Financial Institution
2 34 (55.74%) French Language
2 34 (55.74%) German Language
2 34 (55.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (16.39%) Marketing
4 9 (14.75%) Legal
5 6 (9.84%) Advertising
6 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (57.38%) Analyst
2 34 (55.74%) Credit Analyst
2 34 (55.74%) Research Analyst
3 8 (13.11%) Customer Executive
4 6 (9.84%) Applications Specialist
4 6 (9.84%) Applications Support
4 6 (9.84%) Applications Support Specialist
4 6 (9.84%) Support Specialist
5 4 (6.56%) Data Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Senior
5 4 (6.56%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.28%) Business Development Manager
7 2 (3.28%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.28%) Development Manager
8 1 (1.64%) Compliance Manager
8 1 (1.64%) ERP Consultant
8 1 (1.64%) Financial Analyst
8 1 (1.64%) Functional Analyst
8 1 (1.64%) Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 34 (55.74%) Credit Risk
1 34 (55.74%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Windows
1 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (70.49%) Asset Management
1 43 (70.49%) Decision-Making
2 39 (63.93%) Business Strategy
3 38 (62.30%) Risk Management
4 34 (55.74%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 34 (55.74%) Financial Modelling
4 34 (55.74%) Portfolio Management
4 34 (55.74%) Risk Assessment
5 10 (16.39%) Business Development
6 8 (13.11%) Contract Negotiation
6 8 (13.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 7 (11.48%) Project Delivery
8 6 (9.84%) Project Planning
9 4 (6.56%) Agile
9 4 (6.56%) Data Modelling
9 4 (6.56%) ETL
9 4 (6.56%) Visualisation
10 3 (4.92%) Data Protection
10 3 (4.92%) DevOps
10 3 (4.92%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) Python
1 4 (6.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (55.74%) CFA
1 34 (55.74%) Degree
1 34 (55.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) ISO 14001
1 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (4.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (55.74%) Bloomberg
2 8 (13.11%) Salesforce
3 6 (9.84%) SAP
4 1 (1.64%) Sage