Finance Jobs in the Thames Valley

Financial
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 11 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 704 841 1,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.10% 14.35% 13.86%
As % of the General category 19.23% 22.26% 23.41%
Number of salaries quoted 373 333 447
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,661 3,778 4,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.55% 64.45% 59.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,690 2,073
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £80,050 £81,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,850
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.28% +9.70%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Finance in the Thames Valley

Finance
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -4 337 £54,000 -7.69% 120
Buckinghamshire -10 187 £50,000 -9.09% 88
Oxfordshire +13 180 £43,468 +12.17% 63
Finance
South East

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.85%) Apache
2 6 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (0.57%) JBoss
3 4 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.43%) Confluence
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 173 (24.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.43%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.14%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 11 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.14%) Sage 200
3 6 (0.85%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
4 5 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.57%) Pegasus Opera
5 4 (0.57%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.14%) Primavera
8 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (8.95%) Azure
2 42 (5.97%) Power Platform
3 41 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (4.69%) AWS
6 24 (3.41%) SaaS
7 16 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.56%) Intacct
9 10 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.99%) WhatsApp
11 5 (0.71%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.71%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.71%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.57%) Firebolt
12 4 (0.57%) OCI
13 3 (0.43%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.43%) PaaS
13 3 (0.43%) TestFlight
14 2 (0.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 51 (7.24%) Broadband
2 14 (1.99%) Firewall
2 14 (1.99%) Internet
3 13 (1.85%) Wireless
4 11 (1.56%) 5G
4 11 (1.56%) SNMP
5 8 (1.14%) Network Security
6 6 (0.85%) Intranet
6 6 (0.85%) VPN
7 5 (0.71%) IPsec
8 4 (0.57%) DNS
8 4 (0.57%) VoIP
8 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.43%) LAN
9 3 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.43%) WAN
10 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.98%) Power BI
1 28 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (1.70%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.42%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.99%) MS Access
8 6 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.71%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.71%) GIS
9 5 (0.71%) Redis
9 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.43%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.43%) OLAP
11 3 (0.43%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.99%) Git
2 6 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (0.71%) JIRA
4 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.28%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.28%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.28%) MSI
6 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 273 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 177 (25.14%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (12.93%) Legal
4 90 (12.78%) Marketing
5 85 (12.07%) Retail
6 63 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 59 (8.38%) Telecoms
8 51 (7.24%) Influencing Skills
9 43 (6.11%) Banking
10 37 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (4.40%) Law
12 25 (3.55%) Public Sector
13 24 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (2.27%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.42%) Automotive
18 6 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (0.85%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.85%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 143 (20.31%) Analyst
2 113 (16.05%) Senior
3 76 (10.80%) Lead
4 49 (6.96%) Project Manager
5 48 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
6 42 (5.97%) Consultant
7 41 (5.82%) Financial Analyst
8 35 (4.97%) Architect
9 32 (4.55%) Developer
10 29 (4.12%) Administrator
10 29 (4.12%) Project Leader
11 26 (3.69%) Development Manager
12 22 (3.13%) Applications Support
13 20 (2.84%) Commercial Analyst
13 20 (2.84%) Support Analyst
14 18 (2.56%) Applications Support Analyst
15 17 (2.41%) IT Manager
15 17 (2.41%) Technical Leader
16 16 (2.27%) Security Manager
16 16 (2.27%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.40%) .NET
2 28 (3.98%) React
3 16 (2.27%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.13%) .NET Core
5 11 (1.56%) ASP.NET
6 9 (1.28%) CSS
6 9 (1.28%) HTML
7 8 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.14%) Kafka
8 7 (0.99%) EDI
9 6 (0.85%) Middleware
9 6 (0.85%) Node.js
9 6 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.85%) SignalR
9 6 (0.85%) WCF
9 6 (0.85%) WF
10 5 (0.71%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (0.71%) Entity Framework
10 5 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (0.71%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (3.41%) Life Science
2 24 (3.41%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.84%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.41%) Biopharmaceutical
5 11 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.42%) PMI
7 8 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.14%) Security Posture
8 7 (0.99%) Pricing Data
8 7 (0.99%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.85%) Social Media
10 5 (0.71%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.57%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.57%) FMCG
11 4 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.57%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.40%) Windows
2 15 (2.13%) Linux
3 8 (1.14%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.57%) VMS
6 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.43%) Android
7 3 (0.43%) Windows NT
7 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (22.73%) Agile
2 124 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (15.63%) Project Management
4 107 (15.20%) Decision-Making
5 85 (12.07%) Mentoring
6 78 (11.08%) Business Development
7 75 (10.65%) Actionable Insight
8 72 (10.23%) Business Case
9 69 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 63 (8.95%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 62 (8.81%) Project Delivery
12 61 (8.66%) Budgeting
12 61 (8.66%) Service Delivery
13 57 (8.10%) Risk Management
14 52 (7.39%) Data Analysis
14 52 (7.39%) Data Management
14 52 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 50 (7.10%) Analytics
16 47 (6.68%) Waterfall
17 46 (6.53%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 64 (9.09%) SQL
2 34 (4.83%) C#
3 31 (4.40%) Java
4 25 (3.55%) Python
5 20 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.14%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.85%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.57%) C++
8 4 (0.57%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.43%) C
9 3 (0.43%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.43%) Scala
9 3 (0.43%) Swift
9 3 (0.43%) VBScript
10 2 (0.28%) COBOL
10 2 (0.28%) Go
10 2 (0.28%) Haskell
10 2 (0.28%) VB
10 2 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 149 (21.16%) Degree
2 73 (10.37%) ACCA
3 66 (9.38%) CIMA
4 34 (4.83%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.70%) MBA
7 18 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.56%) SC Cleared
8 17 (2.41%) DV Cleared
9 16 (2.27%) CISSP
10 12 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.42%) CFA
11 10 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.42%) PhD
11 10 (1.42%) PMP
12 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.14%) CCSK
13 8 (1.14%) CCSP
13 8 (1.14%) CISM
13 8 (1.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.69%) SLA
2 25 (3.55%) GDPR
3 18 (2.56%) QA
4 17 (2.41%) IFRS
5 16 (2.27%) NIST
6 14 (1.99%) Good Clinical Practice
7 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.28%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.14%) GRC
9 8 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (1.14%) PMO
10 7 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.85%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.71%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.14%) GAAP
14 1 (0.14%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 21 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.28%) Docker
3 9 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.57%) Firmware
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 9 (1.28%) SCCM
2 6 (0.85%) Ansible
2 6 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (0.85%) Nessus
3 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.71%) vCenter Server
3 5 (0.71%) WSUS
4 4 (0.57%) PaperCut
5 3 (0.43%) Sysprep
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Terraform
6 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 219 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.98%) SAP
3 26 (3.69%) Oracle
4 23 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.70%) Sage
6 14 (1.99%) VMware
7 12 (1.70%) CA
8 11 (1.56%) Virgin Media
9 7 (0.99%) NEC
9 7 (0.99%) YouTube
10 6 (0.85%) Google
10 6 (0.85%) Qualys
10 6 (0.85%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.71%) Databricks
11 5 (0.71%) Facebook
11 5 (0.71%) NetApp
11 5 (0.71%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.71%) SolidFire
12 4 (0.57%) Siemens