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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,207 2,508 4,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.12% 17.31% 20.35%
As % of the General category 23.17% 27.25% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,257 1,222 2,087
10th Percentile £29,150 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,300 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% -0.86% +10.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,975 £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 9,527 9,204 11,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.64% 63.51% 58.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,036 4,464 6,470
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,875 £40,531
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 £81,250
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 10 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 10 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 -6 638 £47,500 -13.64% 270
Surrey -3 482 £52,500 -16.00% 122
Hampshire +7 447 £55,000 - 135
Berkshire -6 304 £54,500 -9.17% 113
Kent +1 265 £50,000 -9.09% 68
Buckinghamshire -9 174 £50,000 -9.09% 91
East Sussex +7 172 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Oxfordshire +10 160 £43,468 +8.67% 66
Middlesex +10 88 £77,500 -
West Sussex -9 81 £57,500 -8.00% 38
Sussex -21 5 £105,000 - 3
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 29 (1.31%) 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
7 6 (0.27%) JBoss
8 4 (0.18%) IIS
8 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) WordPress
10 2 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.045%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.045%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 355 (16.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.32%) OrCAD
8 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.18%) Doxygen
9 4 (0.18%) SPSS
10 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.14%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.045%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.045%) Simulink
11 1 (0.045%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 77 (3.49%) SAP ERP
2 28 (1.27%) 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%) Pegasus Opera
11 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 356 (16.13%) Azure
2 136 (6.16%) Power Platform
3 114 (5.17%) AWS
3 114 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (2.54%) SaaS
5 55 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (1.50%) GitHub
8 28 (1.27%) Snowflake
9 24 (1.09%) Serverless
10 20 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (0.91%) IaaS
10 20 (0.91%) Matillion
11 16 (0.72%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.63%) Nutanix
12 14 (0.63%) PaaS
13 13 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (0.54%) OneDrive
15 11 (0.50%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 291 (13.19%) Broadband
2 35 (1.59%) Firewall
3 30 (1.36%) Internet
4 25 (1.13%) Network Security
5 23 (1.04%) DNS
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
5 23 (1.04%) Wireless
6 20 (0.91%) 5G
6 20 (0.91%) WAN
7 16 (0.72%) LAN
8 11 (0.50%) HTTP
8 11 (0.50%) SNMP
9 9 (0.41%) Intranet
10 8 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.32%) Modbus
11 7 (0.32%) SAN
11 7 (0.32%) VoIP
12 6 (0.27%) 4G
12 6 (0.27%) GPRS
12 6 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 116 (5.26%) Power BI
3 63 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.08%) 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 20 (0.91%) Metadata
12 16 (0.72%) Relational Database
13 15 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
14 11 (0.50%) DB2
14 11 (0.50%) Redis
15 10 (0.45%) GIS
16 9 (0.41%) MySQL
16 9 (0.41%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.36%) MS Access
17 8 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 80 (3.62%) Git
2 51 (2.31%) Visual Studio
3 49 (2.22%) JIRA
4 28 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
5 15 (0.68%) Selenium
6 12 (0.54%) 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%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.091%) Hudson
14 2 (0.091%) PHPUnit
14 2 (0.091%) WebDriver
General
1 951 (43.09%) Social Skills
2 536 (24.29%) Analytical Skills
3 245 (11.10%) Influencing Skills
4 189 (8.56%) Legal
5 185 (8.38%) Marketing
5 185 (8.38%) Retail
6 153 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 141 (6.39%) Public Sector
8 121 (5.48%) Telecoms
9 112 (5.07%) Manufacturing
10 88 (3.99%) Banking
11 73 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
12 63 (2.85%) Electronics
13 48 (2.17%) Law
14 44 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 25 (1.13%) Billing
16 25 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (1.09%) Financial Institution
17 24 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 501 (22.70%) Analyst
2 370 (16.76%) Senior
3 243 (11.01%) Developer
4 187 (8.47%) Architect
5 185 (8.38%) Lead
6 170 (7.70%) Senior Analyst
7 123 (5.57%) Project Manager
8 119 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
9 95 (4.30%) Financial Analyst
10 92 (4.17%) 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 54 (2.45%) Administrator
17 45 (2.04%) C# Developer
18 43 (1.95%) Data Analyst
19 41 (1.86%) Software Engineer
20 40 (1.81%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (7.57%) .NET
2 100 (4.53%) React
3 90 (4.08%) HTML
4 65 (2.95%) ASP.NET
4 65 (2.95%) CSS
5 60 (2.72%) AngularJS
6 59 (2.67%) HTML5
7 58 (2.63%) .NET Core
8 56 (2.54%) .NET Framework
9 45 (2.04%) Kafka
10 41 (1.86%) ASP.NET Web API
11 40 (1.81%) Entity Framework
11 40 (1.81%) REST
12 38 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
12 38 (1.72%) Web Services
13 36 (1.63%) GraphQL
14 32 (1.45%) Blazor
15 31 (1.40%) ASP.NET MVC
15 31 (1.40%) Node.js
15 31 (1.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 119 (5.39%) 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 33 (1.50%) Cloud Native
7 30 (1.36%) 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%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
13 16 (0.72%) Data Centre
14 15 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.63%) Clustering
15 14 (0.63%) Digital Media
16 13 (0.59%) Life Science
17 12 (0.54%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 148 (6.71%) Windows
2 66 (2.99%) Linux
3 42 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.09%) Android
5 23 (1.04%) 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 3 (0.14%) AIX
12 3 (0.14%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.091%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.091%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.045%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (29.63%) Agile
2 370 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
3 351 (15.90%) Decision-Making
4 326 (14.77%) Mentoring
5 262 (11.87%) Business Case
6 245 (11.10%) Project Management
7 237 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
8 234 (10.60%) Budgeting
9 221 (10.01%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 208 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 203 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
12 195 (8.84%) Roadmaps
13 184 (8.34%) ERP
14 177 (8.02%) Data Management
15 161 (7.29%) Change Management
16 159 (7.20%) Customer Service
17 135 (6.12%) DevOps
18 126 (5.71%) Risk Management
18 126 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
19 125 (5.66%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 253 (11.46%) SQL
2 162 (7.34%) C#
3 140 (6.34%) JavaScript
4 88 (3.99%) Python
5 80 (3.62%) Java
6 48 (2.17%) T-SQL
7 44 (1.99%) Go
8 38 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 37 (1.68%) C++
10 36 (1.63%) PowerShell
11 34 (1.54%) C
12 15 (0.68%) Bash
13 13 (0.59%) Perl
13 13 (0.59%) VB
14 12 (0.54%) Bicep
14 12 (0.54%) VBA
15 10 (0.45%) ActionScript
15 10 (0.45%) PHP
16 9 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 406 (18.40%) Degree
2 254 (11.51%) ACCA
3 236 (10.69%) CIMA
4 72 (3.26%) PMI Certification
5 55 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 51 (2.31%) Security Cleared
7 50 (2.27%) DBS Check
8 48 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.63%) MBA
10 34 (1.54%) CISSP
11 26 (1.18%) SC Cleared
12 23 (1.04%) PMP
13 19 (0.86%) PhD
14 13 (0.59%) 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 94 (4.26%) GDPR
2 78 (3.53%) QA
3 75 (3.40%) SLA
4 48 (2.17%) Data Quality
5 39 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.27%) IFRS
7 23 (1.04%) Accessibility
8 22 (1.00%) PMO
9 19 (0.86%) NIST
10 16 (0.72%) 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 67 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.72%) Docker
3 59 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.72%) 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 25 (1.13%) Kubernetes
1 25 (1.13%) 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 7 (0.32%) Ansible
7 7 (0.32%) MIIS
8 6 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.27%) Nessus
8 6 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.23%) Endace
10 4 (0.18%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.14%) NetCrunch
12 2 (0.091%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.045%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.045%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 600 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 217 (9.83%) SAP
3 129 (5.85%) Oracle
4 79 (3.58%) Anaplan
5 77 (3.49%) Hyperion
6 72 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 66 (2.99%) VMware
8 33 (1.50%) Databricks
8 33 (1.50%) Sage
9 28 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.18%) Cisco
11 22 (1.00%) CA
12 18 (0.82%) Virgin Media
13 17 (0.77%) BT
13 17 (0.77%) NEC
14 16 (0.72%) IBM
15 15 (0.68%) Citrix
15 15 (0.68%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.59%) Google
17 11 (0.50%) EMC