Finance Jobs in the South East

Financial
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,206 2,499 4,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.16% 17.35% 20.36%
As % of the General category 23.21% 27.30% 34.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 1,200 2,099
10th Percentile £29,825 £35,384 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,300 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,235 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,506 9,154 11,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.70% 63.54% 58.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,020 4,425 6,516
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,063
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the South East.

Salary trend for Finance in the South East

Finance
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the South East

Finance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley -5 639 £47,500 -13.64% 263
Surrey -3 483 £52,500 -16.00% 116
Hampshire +7 446 £55,000 - 138
Berkshire -6 307 £54,500 -9.17% 118
Kent +1 266 £50,000 -9.09% 67
East Sussex +8 171 £51,250 -6.82% 54
Buckinghamshire -10 171 £50,000 -9.09% 91
Oxfordshire +12 161 £44,435 +11.09% 54
Middlesex +10 88 £77,500 - 5
West Sussex -9 79 £57,500 -4.17% 32
Sussex -21 5 £105,000 - 5
Home Counties +6 1 £48,000 -26.15%
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 79 (3.58%) SAS
2 28 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.59%) Apache
5 10 (0.45%) Confluence
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
6 8 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.27%) CMS
8 5 (0.23%) IIS
8 5 (0.23%) JBoss
9 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.14%) WordPress
11 2 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.045%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.045%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 356 (16.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.32%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.18%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.18%) SPSS
9 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.14%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.045%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.045%) Simulink
10 1 (0.045%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 76 (3.45%) SAP ERP
2 27 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.91%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.45%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 10 (0.45%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.36%) Sage 200
7 8 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
8 7 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.27%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 354 (16.05%) Azure
2 134 (6.07%) Power Platform
3 116 (5.26%) AWS
4 114 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (2.58%) SaaS
6 55 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (1.50%) GitHub
9 27 (1.22%) Snowflake
10 23 (1.04%) Serverless
11 21 (0.95%) IaaS
12 20 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (0.86%) Matillion
14 15 (0.68%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.63%) Nutanix
15 14 (0.63%) PaaS
16 13 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (0.54%) OneDrive
18 11 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 291 (13.19%) Broadband
2 36 (1.63%) Firewall
3 29 (1.31%) Internet
4 25 (1.13%) DNS
4 25 (1.13%) Network Security
5 24 (1.09%) VPN
6 23 (1.04%) Wireless
7 21 (0.95%) WAN
8 20 (0.91%) 5G
9 16 (0.73%) LAN
10 11 (0.50%) SNMP
11 10 (0.45%) HTTP
12 9 (0.41%) Intranet
13 8 (0.36%) SAN
13 8 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.32%) Modbus
14 7 (0.32%) VoIP
15 6 (0.27%) 4G
15 6 (0.27%) GPRS
15 6 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 115 (5.21%) Power BI
3 64 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 42 (1.90%) Data Lake
7 40 (1.81%) Power Query
8 27 (1.22%) Tableau
9 25 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 24 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
11 19 (0.86%) Metadata
12 16 (0.73%) Relational Database
13 15 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
14 11 (0.50%) DB2
14 11 (0.50%) Redis
15 10 (0.45%) GIS
15 10 (0.45%) MySQL
16 8 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.36%) MS Access
16 8 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 80 (3.63%) Git
2 51 (2.31%) Visual Studio
3 48 (2.18%) JIRA
4 28 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
5 16 (0.73%) Selenium
6 13 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.32%) Jasmine
9 7 (0.32%) NUnit
10 6 (0.27%) Subversion
11 5 (0.23%) GitLab
11 5 (0.23%) Maven
12 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.14%) PHPUnit
14 2 (0.091%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.091%) Hudson
14 2 (0.091%) MSBuild
General
1 950 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 535 (24.25%) Analytical Skills
3 244 (11.06%) Influencing Skills
4 189 (8.57%) Legal
5 185 (8.39%) Retail
6 184 (8.34%) Marketing
7 153 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 142 (6.44%) Public Sector
9 121 (5.49%) Telecoms
10 111 (5.03%) Manufacturing
11 88 (3.99%) Banking
12 71 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
13 63 (2.86%) Electronics
14 48 (2.18%) Law
15 46 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
16 39 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.13%) Billing
17 25 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 24 (1.09%) Local Government
19 23 (1.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 502 (22.76%) Analyst
2 372 (16.86%) Senior
3 241 (10.92%) Developer
4 186 (8.43%) Lead
5 184 (8.34%) Architect
6 170 (7.71%) Senior Analyst
7 124 (5.62%) Project Manager
8 117 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
9 95 (4.31%) Financial Analyst
10 94 (4.26%) Consultant
11 77 (3.49%) .NET Developer
12 68 (3.08%) Senior Developer
13 65 (2.95%) Commercial Analyst
14 62 (2.81%) IT Manager
15 57 (2.58%) Support Analyst
16 53 (2.40%) Administrator
17 45 (2.04%) C# Developer
18 43 (1.95%) Data Analyst
19 41 (1.86%) Systems Analyst
20 40 (1.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (7.52%) .NET
2 98 (4.44%) React
3 90 (4.08%) HTML
4 65 (2.95%) ASP.NET
4 65 (2.95%) CSS
5 59 (2.67%) AngularJS
5 59 (2.67%) HTML5
6 58 (2.63%) .NET Core
7 56 (2.54%) .NET Framework
8 45 (2.04%) Kafka
9 41 (1.86%) ASP.NET Web API
10 40 (1.81%) Entity Framework
10 40 (1.81%) REST
11 38 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
12 37 (1.68%) Web Services
13 36 (1.63%) GraphQL
14 32 (1.45%) Blazor
15 31 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
15 31 (1.41%) Vue
16 30 (1.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 117 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
2 86 (3.90%) Management Information System
3 54 (2.45%) PMI
4 42 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 36 (1.63%) Product Ownership
6 32 (1.45%) Cloud Native
7 29 (1.31%) IoT
8 27 (1.22%) Driving Licence
9 21 (0.95%) Mobile App
10 19 (0.86%) Credit Risk
11 18 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (0.77%) Biopharmaceutical
12 17 (0.77%) Data Centre
12 17 (0.77%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (0.68%) Clustering
14 15 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.63%) Digital Media
15 14 (0.63%) Life Science
16 12 (0.54%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 150 (6.80%) Windows
2 67 (3.04%) Linux
3 43 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.04%) Android
5 22 (1.00%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.36%) VMS
9 7 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.27%) Unix
11 5 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.14%) AIX
13 3 (0.14%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.091%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.091%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (29.56%) Agile
2 367 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
3 352 (15.96%) Decision-Making
4 325 (14.73%) Mentoring
5 262 (11.88%) Business Case
6 246 (11.15%) Project Management
7 237 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
8 234 (10.61%) Budgeting
9 221 (10.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 208 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 202 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
12 195 (8.84%) Roadmaps
13 182 (8.25%) ERP
14 177 (8.02%) Data Management
15 160 (7.25%) Change Management
16 157 (7.12%) Customer Service
17 135 (6.12%) DevOps
18 128 (5.80%) Risk Management
19 127 (5.76%) Stakeholder Management
20 124 (5.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 251 (11.38%) SQL
2 161 (7.30%) C#
3 137 (6.21%) JavaScript
4 88 (3.99%) Python
5 79 (3.58%) Java
6 47 (2.13%) T-SQL
7 45 (2.04%) Go
8 38 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 38 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 37 (1.68%) C++
10 34 (1.54%) C
11 15 (0.68%) Bash
12 14 (0.63%) Perl
13 13 (0.59%) VB
14 12 (0.54%) Bicep
14 12 (0.54%) VBA
15 11 (0.50%) PHP
16 10 (0.45%) ActionScript
17 9 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 404 (18.31%) Degree
2 254 (11.51%) ACCA
3 236 (10.70%) CIMA
4 73 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 55 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 50 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 50 (2.27%) Security Cleared
7 47 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.63%) MBA
9 34 (1.54%) CISSP
10 25 (1.13%) SC Cleared
11 24 (1.09%) PMP
12 19 (0.86%) PhD
13 14 (0.63%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.59%) CISM
15 12 (0.54%) CFA
15 12 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.54%) CRISC
16 11 (0.50%) GIAC
16 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (4.22%) GDPR
2 77 (3.49%) QA
3 75 (3.40%) SLA
4 48 (2.18%) Data Quality
5 39 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.27%) IFRS
7 23 (1.04%) Accessibility
8 21 (0.95%) PMO
9 19 (0.86%) NIST
10 16 (0.73%) GRC
11 14 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 9 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.41%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.41%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.36%) GMP
16 7 (0.32%) COBIT
17 6 (0.27%) NIST 800
18 4 (0.18%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 68 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.77%) Docker
3 59 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.73%) vSphere
6 12 (0.54%) Firmware
7 11 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.45%) OpenSSH
8 10 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.45%) XenApp
9 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.091%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.045%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.045%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (1.18%) Kubernetes
1 26 (1.18%) Terraform
2 15 (0.68%) vCenter Server
3 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.50%) IBM BigFix
5 10 (0.45%) PowerCLI
6 9 (0.41%) SCCM
7 8 (0.36%) Ansible
8 7 (0.32%) MIIS
9 6 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.27%) Nessus
9 6 (0.27%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.23%) Endace
11 4 (0.18%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.14%) NetCrunch
13 2 (0.091%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Clustering
14 1 (0.045%) Grafana
Vendors
1 599 (27.15%) Microsoft
2 216 (9.79%) SAP
3 128 (5.80%) Oracle
4 79 (3.58%) Anaplan
5 77 (3.49%) Hyperion
6 71 (3.22%) Salesforce
7 66 (2.99%) VMware
8 33 (1.50%) Sage
9 31 (1.41%) Databricks
10 28 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.18%) Cisco
12 22 (1.00%) CA
13 18 (0.82%) Virgin Media
14 17 (0.77%) BT
14 17 (0.77%) NEC
15 16 (0.73%) IBM
16 15 (0.68%) Citrix
16 15 (0.68%) Palo Alto
17 13 (0.59%) Google
18 11 (0.50%) EMC