Finance Jobs in Central London

Financial
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 970 1,454 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 25.65% 28.72% 27.00%
As % of the General category 41.12% 43.72% 43.09%
Number of salaries quoted 712 1,188 1,749
10th Percentile £41,340 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £117,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.13% +3.23% +3.33%

All General Skills
Central 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 Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,359 3,326 5,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.37% 65.71% 62.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 2,671 4,097
10th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £43,372
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,873 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,073 £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.31% +5.71% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Finance in Central London

Finance
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Central London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in Central London

Finance
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
City of London 0 868 £75,000 -3.85% 277
City of Westminster -10 28 £82,500 -4.35% 6
West End of London -12 16 £82,500 +26.92% 10
Lambeth +6 10 £45,000 -
Southwark -5 8 £77,500 -6.06% 3
Camden -14 6 £35,000 -48.15% 8
Kensington and Chelsea +3 1 £40,000 -23.08% 6
Finance
London

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 30 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.58%) Skype for Business
3 21 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.96%) Apache
5 9 (0.93%) Confluence
5 9 (0.93%) IIS
6 6 (0.62%) CMS
6 6 (0.62%) nginx
7 5 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.41%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.31%) SAS
10 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 77 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (1.96%) Aladdin
1 19 (1.96%) thinkFolio
2 10 (1.03%) Elite 3E
2 10 (1.03%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.41%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.31%) SAP GTS
5 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) Summit
6 2 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.21%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 2 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 182 (18.76%) Azure
2 115 (11.86%) AWS
3 110 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (7.73%) Power Platform
5 40 (4.12%) SaaS
6 31 (3.20%) Serverless
7 29 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 21 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.96%) GitHub
11 17 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.75%) WhatsApp
12 16 (1.65%) Google Sheets
13 14 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.44%) GCP
14 13 (1.34%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (1.03%) IaaS
17 9 (0.93%) Nutanix
17 9 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (5.46%) Firewall
2 32 (3.30%) LAN
3 29 (2.99%) Skype
4 25 (2.58%) DNS
5 24 (2.47%) Cisco IOS
5 24 (2.47%) Network Security
5 24 (2.47%) Telepresence
6 23 (2.37%) WAN
7 22 (2.27%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.24%) VPN
9 11 (1.13%) Internet
9 11 (1.13%) SD-WAN
10 10 (1.03%) Broadband
10 10 (1.03%) DHCP
11 8 (0.82%) SAN
11 8 (0.82%) Wireshark
12 6 (0.62%) IPsec
13 5 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.52%) SNMP
14 4 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.42%) Power BI
2 49 (5.05%) SQL Server
3 43 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.34%) GIS
8 12 (1.24%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (1.03%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.93%) Metadata
10 9 (0.93%) MySQL
11 8 (0.82%) Big Data
11 8 (0.82%) Tableau
12 7 (0.72%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.62%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.52%) Flink
14 5 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.52%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 29 (2.99%) JIRA
2 22 (2.27%) GitLab
3 20 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.86%) Git
5 13 (1.34%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.72%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (0.52%) Selenium
7 5 (0.52%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.31%) MSTest
9 3 (0.31%) NUnit
9 3 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.31%) Protractor
9 3 (0.31%) Snyk
9 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 264 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 165 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (11.24%) Banking
4 67 (6.91%) Marketing
5 62 (6.39%) Law
6 61 (6.29%) Retail
7 57 (5.88%) Legal
8 52 (5.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 36 (3.71%) Telecoms
10 35 (3.61%) Financial Institution
11 30 (3.09%) Advertising
12 29 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 28 (2.89%) Automotive
13 28 (2.89%) Front Office
13 28 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (2.58%) Back Office
14 25 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.96%) Retail Banking
16 16 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 187 (19.28%) Analyst
2 163 (16.80%) Senior
3 117 (12.06%) Lead
4 101 (10.41%) Developer
5 65 (6.70%) Architect
6 47 (4.85%) Support Engineer
7 39 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
7 39 (4.02%) Systems Analyst
8 37 (3.81%) Software Engineer
9 35 (3.61%) Financial Analyst
10 34 (3.51%) Consultant
11 28 (2.89%) Security Analyst
12 27 (2.78%) Project Manager
13 24 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
13 24 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.37%) Support Analyst
15 21 (2.16%) Applications Support
15 21 (2.16%) Senior Developer
15 21 (2.16%) Service Manager
16 20 (2.06%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.54%) .NET
2 36 (3.71%) React
3 30 (3.09%) REST
4 21 (2.16%) Node.js
4 21 (2.16%) Web Services
5 20 (2.06%) CSS
5 20 (2.06%) HTML
6 17 (1.75%) ASP.NET
6 17 (1.75%) Kafka
7 15 (1.55%) JSON
7 15 (1.55%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (1.55%) RESTful
7 15 (1.55%) XML
8 14 (1.44%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.44%) Spring
9 12 (1.24%) YAML
10 11 (1.13%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.03%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.03%) Pandas
11 10 (1.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.95%) Management Information System
2 42 (4.33%) Life Science
3 27 (2.78%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.78%) Security Posture
4 26 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
5 21 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.86%) Fixed Income
8 16 (1.65%) Derivative
9 15 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.44%) Hedge funds
10 14 (1.44%) Private Cloud
11 12 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.24%) FPGA
12 11 (1.13%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.13%) Equities
12 11 (1.13%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.13%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 128 (13.20%) Windows
2 46 (4.74%) Linux
3 45 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 39 (4.02%) Windows 10
5 31 (3.20%) Windows 7
6 17 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.65%) Android
8 8 (0.82%) Unix
9 7 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.52%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (0.52%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.41%) CentOS
12 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.31%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.10%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (19.69%) Agile
2 122 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (11.34%) ITIL
4 109 (11.24%) DevOps
5 88 (9.07%) Mentoring
6 84 (8.66%) Business Intelligence
6 84 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 83 (8.56%) Analytics
8 78 (8.04%) Software Engineering
9 77 (7.94%) Decision-Making
10 69 (7.11%) CI/CD
11 62 (6.39%) Change Management
11 62 (6.39%) Roadmaps
12 59 (6.08%) Computer Science
12 59 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (5.77%) Fintech
14 54 (5.57%) Project Management
15 48 (4.95%) Line Management
16 47 (4.85%) Actionable Insight
17 46 (4.74%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 180 (18.56%) SQL
2 145 (14.95%) Python
3 64 (6.60%) Java
4 50 (5.15%) C#
4 50 (5.15%) JavaScript
5 49 (5.05%) PowerShell
6 24 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.37%) C++
7 23 (2.37%) T-SQL
8 15 (1.55%) Apex Code
9 10 (1.03%) Go
10 9 (0.93%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.93%) VBA
11 8 (0.82%) Bash
11 8 (0.82%) Clojure
11 8 (0.82%) F#
11 8 (0.82%) Haskell
11 8 (0.82%) Rust
12 7 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 195 (20.10%) Degree
2 46 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (4.64%) Master's Degree
4 44 (4.54%) CISSP
5 28 (2.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 27 (2.78%) MBA
7 26 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 22 (2.27%) CCSP
9 20 (2.06%) ACCA
10 19 (1.96%) CIMA
11 13 (1.34%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.13%) PhD
13 8 (0.82%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.82%) CEH
13 8 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.72%) CRISC
14 7 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.47%) NIST
2 23 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.37%) QA
3 20 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.55%) SLA
5 14 (1.44%) GDPR
6 13 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.93%) SOC 1
8 8 (0.82%) GRC
8 8 (0.82%) PMO
9 7 (0.72%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.31%) ITGC
12 3 (0.31%) NCSC
13 2 (0.21%) EMIR
13 2 (0.21%) MiFID
14 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 68 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.81%) Docker
3 18 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.21%) KVM
5 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.21%) vSphere
5 2 (0.21%) Xen
6 1 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.10%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.10%) XenApp
6 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 70 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.15%) Terraform
3 19 (1.96%) Ansible
4 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.93%) Nmap
6 9 (0.93%) SCCM
7 5 (0.52%) Packer
7 5 (0.52%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.41%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.41%) HP Data Protector
8 4 (0.41%) Nagios
8 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.31%) Istio
10 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.21%) Puppet
10 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 1 (0.10%) CFEngine
11 1 (0.10%) Kibana
11 1 (0.10%) logstash
Vendors
1 244 (25.15%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.12%) Bloomberg
2 40 (4.12%) Oracle
3 36 (3.71%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.61%) Cisco
5 32 (3.30%) Apple
6 30 (3.09%) Google
7 27 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.68%) Dell
9 24 (2.47%) Polycom
10 20 (2.06%) SAP
11 19 (1.96%) Charles River
12 18 (1.86%) VMware
13 16 (1.65%) Red Hat
14 15 (1.55%) Aderant
14 15 (1.55%) Veeam
15 13 (1.34%) Palo Alto
16 11 (1.13%) Databricks
16 11 (1.13%) HP
17 9 (0.93%) Splunk