Finance Jobs in the South West

Financial
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,235 1,457 1,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.32% 21.39% 20.45%
As % of the General category 24.67% 33.64% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 609 840 1,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,196 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,710 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,151 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £87,419 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +2.88% +3.85%

All General Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,007 4,331 4,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 54.00% 63.58% 60.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,396 2,383 3,010
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £29,924
25th Percentile £32,594 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.07% +7.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Finance in the South West

Finance
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in the South West

Finance
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol -9 402 £65,000 +8.33% 151
Dorset +29 376 £57,500 +15.00% 29
Gloucestershire -14 196 £55,000 - 40
Somerset +1 94 £42,500 -22.73% 65
Wiltshire -32 59 £49,500 -1.00% 46
Devon -18 49 £44,881 -5.51% 61
Cornwall -3 30 £38,750 -6.63% 8
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 44 (3.56%) Confluence
2 39 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.75%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.78%) SAS
5 13 (1.05%) IIS
6 10 (0.81%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.73%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.57%) Apache
9 4 (0.32%) Moodle
9 4 (0.32%) Site Server
10 3 (0.24%) Captiva
10 3 (0.24%) FileNet
10 3 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.081%) Umbraco
Applications
1 97 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.70%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.05%) AutoCAD
5 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.57%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.16%) S-PLUS
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.081%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.57%) HFM
2 7 (0.57%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.16%) Magento
4 2 (0.16%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.081%) iTrent
5 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.081%) Primavera
5 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.081%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 129 (10.45%) Azure
2 124 (10.04%) AWS
3 79 (6.40%) Power Platform
4 60 (4.86%) GCP
5 38 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (2.51%) SaaS
7 29 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (1.78%) Power Automate
9 18 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.30%) npm
12 14 (1.13%) GitHub
13 13 (1.05%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.89%) OCI
15 9 (0.73%) PaaS
16 6 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.49%) IaaS
17 5 (0.40%) Collibra
17 5 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
17 5 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.75%) DNS
2 32 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 31 (2.51%) DHCP
4 29 (2.35%) HTTP
5 19 (1.54%) Internet
6 15 (1.21%) Wireless
7 13 (1.05%) SAN
8 11 (0.89%) VoIP
9 10 (0.81%) Broadband
10 9 (0.73%) Network Security
11 7 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (0.57%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.49%) Firewall
12 6 (0.49%) IPsec
13 4 (0.32%) LAN
13 4 (0.32%) PBX
13 4 (0.32%) SMS
13 4 (0.32%) SNMP
13 4 (0.32%) VPN
13 4 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 58 (4.70%) Power BI
3 49 (3.97%) MongoDB
3 49 (3.97%) Tableau
4 46 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.62%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (1.38%) Big Data
7 17 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.21%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.21%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
9 14 (1.13%) QlikView
10 13 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.89%) Essbase
11 11 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (0.81%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.65%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.57%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 45 (3.64%) JIRA
2 39 (3.16%) Git
3 29 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.78%) Selenium
5 17 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.30%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.05%) Storybook
8 12 (0.97%) Eclipse
8 12 (0.97%) Maven
8 12 (0.97%) Subversion
8 12 (0.97%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.49%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.40%) GitLab
11 5 (0.40%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.40%) JUnit
12 4 (0.32%) ERwin
12 4 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 424 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 370 (29.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 362 (29.31%) Banking
4 294 (23.81%) Law
5 245 (19.84%) Analytical Skills
6 225 (18.22%) Investment Banking
7 117 (9.47%) Marketing
8 110 (8.91%) Legal
9 94 (7.61%) Retail
10 75 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
11 62 (5.02%) Public Sector
12 56 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (4.13%) Manufacturing
14 47 (3.81%) Telecoms
15 43 (3.48%) Financial Institution
16 41 (3.32%) Electronics
16 41 (3.32%) Games
17 38 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
18 37 (3.00%) Aerospace
19 29 (2.35%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 214 (17.33%) Analyst
2 196 (15.87%) Senior
3 141 (11.42%) Project Manager
4 116 (9.39%) Lead
5 107 (8.66%) Developer
6 99 (8.02%) Architect
7 77 (6.23%) Consultant
8 61 (4.94%) Administrator
9 52 (4.21%) Software Engineer
10 51 (4.13%) Senior Manager
11 42 (3.40%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.08%) Service Analyst
12 38 (3.08%) Software Developer
13 36 (2.91%) Senior Project Manager
14 34 (2.75%) DBA
14 34 (2.75%) Product Manager
15 29 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (2.19%) DV Cleared DBA
17 26 (2.11%) Data Engineer
17 26 (2.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.26%) HTML
2 64 (5.18%) .NET
3 51 (4.13%) React
4 44 (3.56%) AngularJS
5 36 (2.91%) OpenID
6 34 (2.75%) REST
7 32 (2.59%) Node.js
8 29 (2.35%) SAML
9 28 (2.27%) CSS
9 28 (2.27%) Spring
10 21 (1.70%) ASP.NET
10 21 (1.70%) Kafka
11 19 (1.54%) Spring Boot
12 18 (1.46%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.30%) Web Services
14 15 (1.21%) .NET Core
14 15 (1.21%) Pandas
14 15 (1.21%) RESTful
14 15 (1.21%) Vue
15 13 (1.05%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (4.37%) Management Information System
3 52 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.72%) Cloud Native
5 34 (2.75%) Mobile App
6 33 (2.67%) Cyberattack
7 32 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (2.02%) Credit Risk
8 25 (2.02%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.86%) Algorithms
9 23 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.78%) Derivative
11 21 (1.70%) Onboarding
12 20 (1.62%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.46%) OTC Derivatives
14 17 (1.38%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.21%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
17 13 (1.05%) Hedge funds
17 13 (1.05%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.58%) Windows
2 65 (5.26%) Linux
3 34 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 32 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 31 (2.51%) CentOS
6 30 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (1.86%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.54%) Android
9 18 (1.46%) Windows 10
10 16 (1.30%) AIX
11 11 (0.89%) Unix
12 6 (0.49%) Windows Server
13 5 (0.40%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.081%) CoreOS
16 1 (0.081%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.081%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (27.37%) Agile
2 299 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (16.19%) Project Management
4 155 (12.55%) Roadmaps
5 119 (9.64%) Mentoring
6 117 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (9.39%) Analytics
8 113 (9.15%) Decision-Making
8 113 (9.15%) Software Engineering
9 104 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
10 100 (8.10%) Coaching
10 100 (8.10%) Time Management
11 95 (7.69%) Project Delivery
12 91 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
13 89 (7.21%) Machine Learning
13 89 (7.21%) Risk Management
14 87 (7.04%) User Experience
15 86 (6.96%) Customer Service
16 85 (6.88%) SDLC
17 75 (6.07%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 192 (15.55%) SQL
2 117 (9.47%) Java
3 104 (8.42%) Python
4 92 (7.45%) JavaScript
5 69 (5.59%) C#
6 58 (4.70%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.89%) Bash
8 47 (3.81%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.70%) C
10 19 (1.54%) PHP
11 18 (1.46%) Scala
12 16 (1.30%) R
13 15 (1.21%) Go
14 14 (1.13%) C++
15 11 (0.89%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.65%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 268 (21.70%) Degree
2 190 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 90 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 87 (7.04%) DV Cleared
5 42 (3.40%) AWS Certification
6 30 (2.43%) CISSP
7 29 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (2.11%) CISM
9 22 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (1.70%) CRISC
11 20 (1.62%) CISA
12 14 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.97%) PMI Certification
14 11 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.89%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.89%) PMP
15 10 (0.81%) IISP
15 10 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.81%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.24%) GDPR
2 33 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.19%) NIST
4 25 (2.02%) QA
5 22 (1.78%) SLA
6 21 (1.70%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.05%) PMO
8 10 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (0.81%) JSP 440
8 10 (0.81%) NEBOSH
8 10 (0.81%) NIST 800
8 10 (0.81%) RMADS
9 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.40%) SEPA
10 5 (0.40%) TARGET2
11 4 (0.32%) IFRS
11 4 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (4.21%) Docker
2 42 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.57%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) vSphere
6 3 (0.24%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.081%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 46 (3.72%) Terraform
3 14 (1.13%) SCCM
4 12 (0.97%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.97%) NetBackup
5 11 (0.89%) Ansible
6 6 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.49%) Puppet
7 5 (0.40%) Argo
7 5 (0.40%) Graphite
7 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.32%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.24%) SCOM
9 3 (0.24%) WSUS
10 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.081%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.081%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 274 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.85%) Oracle
3 36 (2.91%) Alteryx
4 35 (2.83%) Google
4 35 (2.83%) Red Hat
5 33 (2.67%) SAP
6 29 (2.35%) IBM
7 25 (2.02%) VMware
8 17 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.30%) NetApp
9 16 (1.30%) Pega
10 15 (1.21%) Xamarin
11 13 (1.05%) Dell
12 12 (0.97%) Hitachi
12 12 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.97%) Snow
12 12 (0.97%) Teradata
12 12 (0.97%) Veritas
13 10 (0.81%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.73%) HP