Finance Job Trends in West End of London

Financial
Central London > West End of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in West End of London. 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 2 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 12 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs in West End of London 26.67% 12.50% 20.63%
As % of the General category 34.29% 14.49% 34.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 13
10th Percentile £49,200 £47,000 -
25th Percentile £51,475 £57,214 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £83,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -31.14% +18.31% +17.63%
75th Percentile £70,625 £90,063 £79,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,675 £87,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All General Skills
West End of 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 general skills in West End of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35 69 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West End of London 77.78% 86.25% 60.32%
Number of salaries quoted 27 26 37
10th Percentile £41,635 £36,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £49,200 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +5.11% +5.38%
75th Percentile £81,875 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,375 £91,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Finance job vacancy trend in West End of London

Finance
Salary Trend in West End of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in West End of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in West End of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in West End of London

Finance
Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the West End of London 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
Westminster +2 2 £58,473 -28.69% 7
Finance
Central London

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) SAP CO
1 3 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 3 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (8.33%) OCI
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) DNS
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SAP BW
General
1 6 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Business Development Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 3 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 3 (25.00%) SAP CO Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Business Development Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Business Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Development Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Payroll Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) iPhone
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Android
1 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (25.00%) Business Development
2 3 (25.00%) Order to Cash
2 3 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (25.00%) Record to Report
2 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (8.33%) Change Management
3 1 (8.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (8.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle