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 in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 790 802 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.67% 14.40% 14.07%
As % of the General category 20.49% 22.51% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 375 337 461
10th Percentile £28,350 £29,750 £40,853
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% +6.67%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,856 3,563 4,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.07% 63.97% 59.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,233 1,670 2,096
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £50,000 £53,838
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% -7.13% +7.68%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,050 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.33% +7.50%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 -3 372 £53,263 -8.95% 120
Oxfordshire +10 214 £44,435 -1.26% 60
Buckinghamshire -8 204 £48,750 -11.36% 78
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 14 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.76%) Apache
2 6 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (0.51%) JBoss
3 4 (0.51%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) Confluence
5 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 233 (29.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (16.33%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.38%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.13%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 11 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.01%) Sage 200
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.76%) Pegasus Opera
3 6 (0.76%) Sage 50
4 5 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.51%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.38%) Primavera
6 3 (0.38%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (8.73%) Azure
2 47 (5.95%) Power Platform
3 40 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (4.43%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (4.18%) AWS
6 25 (3.16%) SaaS
7 16 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.65%) Intacct
9 10 (1.27%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.89%) WhatsApp
11 5 (0.63%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.63%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.63%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.51%) Firebolt
12 4 (0.51%) OCI
13 3 (0.38%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.38%) PaaS
14 2 (0.25%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.25%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.46%) Broadband
2 14 (1.77%) Firewall
2 14 (1.77%) Internet
3 13 (1.65%) Wireless
4 11 (1.39%) 5G
4 11 (1.39%) SNMP
5 8 (1.01%) Network Security
6 7 (0.89%) Intranet
7 6 (0.76%) VPN
8 5 (0.63%) IPsec
9 4 (0.51%) DNS
9 4 (0.51%) VoIP
9 4 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.38%) LAN
10 3 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.38%) WAN
11 1 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.05%) Power BI
2 26 (3.29%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.52%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.89%) MS Access
9 6 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.76%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.63%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.63%) GIS
10 5 (0.63%) Redis
11 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.38%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.38%) OLAP
12 3 (0.38%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (1.01%) JIRA
2 7 (0.89%) Git
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.51%) AdminStudio
4 4 (0.51%) InstallShield
4 4 (0.51%) MSI
5 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) Selenium
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 291 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 233 (29.49%) Analytical Skills
3 141 (17.85%) Marketing
4 135 (17.09%) Retail
5 92 (11.65%) Legal
6 68 (8.61%) Telecoms
7 67 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (4.81%) Banking
11 31 (3.92%) Law
12 27 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (3.16%) Public Sector
14 16 (2.03%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.27%) Automotive
17 6 (0.76%) Billing
17 6 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
18 5 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 145 (18.35%) Analyst
2 116 (14.68%) Senior
3 76 (9.62%) Development Manager
4 75 (9.49%) Lead
5 51 (6.46%) Project Manager
6 48 (6.08%) Senior Analyst
7 43 (5.44%) Consultant
7 43 (5.44%) Financial Analyst
8 37 (4.68%) Architect
9 35 (4.43%) Developer
10 30 (3.80%) Project Leader
11 28 (3.54%) Administrator
12 21 (2.66%) Applications Support
13 20 (2.53%) Commercial Analyst
13 20 (2.53%) IT Manager
14 18 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.15%) Support Analyst
16 16 (2.03%) Account Manager
16 16 (2.03%) Security Manager
17 15 (1.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.30%) .NET
2 23 (2.91%) React
3 18 (2.28%) .NET Framework
4 16 (2.03%) .NET Core
5 10 (1.27%) ASP.NET
6 9 (1.14%) Kafka
7 8 (1.01%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.01%) CSS
7 8 (1.01%) HTML
8 7 (0.89%) EDI
8 7 (0.89%) Entity Framework
8 7 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
9 6 (0.76%) Node.js
9 6 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (0.76%) SignalR
9 6 (0.76%) WCF
9 6 (0.76%) WF
10 5 (0.63%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (3.29%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.04%) Life Science
4 20 (2.53%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.28%) Biopharmaceutical
6 11 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.27%) PMI
8 8 (1.01%) Data Centre
9 7 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (0.89%) Pricing Data
9 7 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 7 (0.89%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.76%) Social Media
11 4 (0.51%) Chip and PIN
11 4 (0.51%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.51%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.51%) Mobile Payment
11 4 (0.51%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.51%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.92%) Windows
2 13 (1.65%) Linux
3 12 (1.52%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.63%) Windows NT
6 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.51%) VMS
7 4 (0.51%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.25%) Android
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (27.59%) Agile
2 134 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (16.33%) Business Development
4 117 (14.81%) Project Management
5 114 (14.43%) Decision-Making
6 110 (13.92%) Data Management
7 92 (11.65%) Financial Modelling
8 91 (11.52%) Customer Requirements
9 90 (11.39%) CAD
9 90 (11.39%) Commercial Awareness
10 89 (11.27%) Facilities Management
10 89 (11.27%) Logistics
11 86 (10.89%) Mentoring
12 79 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 75 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
14 73 (9.24%) Business Case
15 71 (8.99%) Project Delivery
16 70 (8.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 65 (8.23%) Budgeting
18 62 (7.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.47%) SQL
2 34 (4.30%) C#
3 29 (3.67%) Python
4 27 (3.42%) Java
5 20 (2.53%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.14%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.51%) VB
9 3 (0.38%) C++
9 3 (0.38%) Go
9 3 (0.38%) Haskell
9 3 (0.38%) Rust
9 3 (0.38%) Scala
9 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.25%) C
10 2 (0.25%) R
10 2 (0.25%) VBA
11 1 (0.13%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 163 (20.63%) Degree
2 78 (9.87%) ACCA
3 68 (8.61%) CIMA
4 49 (6.20%) Security Cleared
5 29 (3.67%) SC Cleared
6 28 (3.54%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.54%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.28%) MBA
7 18 (2.28%) PMI Certification
8 15 (1.90%) CISSP
9 12 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.52%) PhD
10 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.27%) PMP
12 9 (1.14%) CFA
12 9 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (1.01%) CISM
13 8 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.01%) GIAC
13 8 (1.01%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.16%) GDPR
2 23 (2.91%) SLA
3 22 (2.78%) QA
4 19 (2.41%) IFRS
5 15 (1.90%) Good Clinical Practice
5 15 (1.90%) NIST
6 9 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.01%) GRC
7 8 (1.01%) PMO
8 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.76%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.25%) GxP
12 2 (0.25%) PMBOK
13 1 (0.13%) GAAP
13 1 (0.13%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 25 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.27%) Docker
4 9 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.76%) Firmware
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (1.65%) SCCM
2 11 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.14%) WSUS
4 6 (0.76%) Ansible
4 6 (0.76%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.76%) Nessus
5 5 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.63%) Sysprep
5 5 (0.63%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.51%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Terraform
7 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 280 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.42%) Oracle
2 27 (3.42%) SAP
3 22 (2.78%) Sage
4 21 (2.66%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.03%) VMware
6 14 (1.77%) CA
7 11 (1.39%) Virgin Media
8 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.89%) NEC
9 7 (0.89%) Remedy
9 7 (0.89%) YouTube
10 6 (0.76%) Civica
10 6 (0.76%) Google
10 6 (0.76%) Pegasus
10 6 (0.76%) Qualys
10 6 (0.76%) Xero
11 5 (0.63%) Facebook
11 5 (0.63%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.63%) SolidFire