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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,261 2,477 4,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.25% 17.49% 20.67%
As % of the General category 23.47% 27.52% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 1,194 2,081
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,427 £36,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,300 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,438 £73,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,925 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,823 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.96% +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 9,635 9,001 12,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.45% 63.54% 59.68%
Number of salaries quoted 6,061 4,367 6,489
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £85,000 £81,750
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 23 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 23 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 -4 674 £47,500 -13.64% 286
Surrey -4 479 £52,500 -16.00% 110
Hampshire +5 453 £55,000 -7.56% 155
Berkshire -5 328 £54,500 -9.17% 127
Kent 0 268 £50,750 -7.73% 73
East Sussex +8 179 £52,500 -4.55% 65
Buckinghamshire -10 177 £50,000 -9.09% 92
Oxfordshire +11 169 £43,468 +15.91% 67
Middlesex +11 88 £77,500 -3.13% 9
West Sussex -7 87 £53,668 -10.55% 33
Sussex -21 5 £105,000 - 5
Home Counties +4 1 £48,000 -20.00%
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 (3.49%) SAS
2 28 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.57%) Apache
5 11 (0.49%) Confluence
6 8 (0.35%) nginx
6 8 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.27%) CMS
8 4 (0.18%) JBoss
8 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.13%) IIS
9 3 (0.13%) WordPress
10 2 (0.088%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.044%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.044%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.044%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.044%) Umbraco
Applications
1 383 (16.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.44%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.27%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.18%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.18%) SPSS
9 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.13%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.044%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.044%) Simulink
10 1 (0.044%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 76 (3.36%) SAP ERP
2 28 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.88%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.44%) NEC Housing
7 9 (0.40%) SAP CO
7 9 (0.40%) SAP FI
7 9 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 9 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
8 8 (0.35%) Sage 200
9 7 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
9 7 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.27%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
12 4 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
12 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
12 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
12 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 359 (15.88%) Azure
2 137 (6.06%) Power Platform
3 120 (5.31%) AWS
4 115 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (2.57%) SaaS
6 55 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (1.42%) GitHub
9 27 (1.19%) Snowflake
10 24 (1.06%) Serverless
11 23 (1.02%) IaaS
12 19 (0.84%) Matillion
13 18 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
14 16 (0.71%) Nutanix
14 16 (0.71%) PowerApps
15 15 (0.66%) GCP
16 14 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (0.62%) PaaS
17 13 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 291 (12.87%) Broadband
2 36 (1.59%) Firewall
3 29 (1.28%) Internet
4 26 (1.15%) DNS
5 24 (1.06%) Network Security
6 22 (0.97%) Wireless
7 21 (0.93%) VPN
7 21 (0.93%) WAN
8 20 (0.88%) 5G
9 16 (0.71%) LAN
10 11 (0.49%) SNMP
11 10 (0.44%) HTTP
12 9 (0.40%) Intranet
13 8 (0.35%) SAN
14 7 (0.31%) VoIP
14 7 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.27%) 4G
15 6 (0.27%) SSL
15 6 (0.27%) Unified Communications
15 6 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 118 (5.22%) Power BI
3 66 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.86%) Data Lake
6 41 (1.81%) Power Query
7 40 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 27 (1.19%) Tableau
9 25 (1.11%) MongoDB
10 24 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
11 19 (0.84%) Metadata
12 15 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
12 15 (0.66%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.57%) DB2
13 13 (0.57%) MySQL
14 12 (0.53%) Redis
15 10 (0.44%) GIS
16 9 (0.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 8 (0.35%) MS Access
18 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 83 (3.67%) Git
2 50 (2.21%) Visual Studio
3 47 (2.08%) JIRA
4 26 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
5 17 (0.75%) Selenium
6 13 (0.57%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.40%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.31%) Jasmine
9 7 (0.31%) NUnit
10 6 (0.27%) GitLab
10 6 (0.27%) Subversion
11 5 (0.22%) Maven
12 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.18%) PHPUnit
13 2 (0.088%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.088%) Hudson
13 2 (0.088%) MSBuild
General
1 969 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 555 (24.55%) Analytical Skills
3 239 (10.57%) Influencing Skills
4 198 (8.76%) Retail
5 195 (8.62%) Marketing
6 188 (8.31%) Legal
7 165 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 138 (6.10%) Public Sector
9 122 (5.40%) Telecoms
10 105 (4.64%) Manufacturing
11 86 (3.80%) Banking
12 73 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 59 (2.61%) Electronics
14 52 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (2.08%) Law
16 39 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.19%) Billing
18 25 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
19 24 (1.06%) Local Government
20 23 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 500 (22.11%) Analyst
2 381 (16.85%) Senior
3 246 (10.88%) Developer
4 193 (8.54%) Lead
5 186 (8.23%) Architect
6 172 (7.61%) Senior Analyst
7 125 (5.53%) Project Manager
8 118 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
9 97 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
10 94 (4.16%) Consultant
11 77 (3.41%) .NET Developer
12 69 (3.05%) IT Manager
13 67 (2.96%) Senior Developer
14 65 (2.87%) Commercial Analyst
15 55 (2.43%) Administrator
16 54 (2.39%) Support Analyst
17 49 (2.17%) C# Developer
18 43 (1.90%) Data Analyst
18 43 (1.90%) Development Manager
19 42 (1.86%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (7.34%) .NET
2 98 (4.33%) React
3 93 (4.11%) HTML
4 70 (3.10%) CSS
5 64 (2.83%) ASP.NET
6 59 (2.61%) AngularJS
7 58 (2.57%) .NET Core
7 58 (2.57%) HTML5
8 57 (2.52%) .NET Framework
9 45 (1.99%) Kafka
10 42 (1.86%) ASP.NET Web API
11 41 (1.81%) Entity Framework
12 40 (1.77%) REST
13 38 (1.68%) RabbitMQ
14 37 (1.64%) GraphQL
15 36 (1.59%) Web Services
16 31 (1.37%) ASP.NET MVC
16 31 (1.37%) Node.js
16 31 (1.37%) Vue
17 30 (1.33%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 118 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
2 88 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 54 (2.39%) PMI
4 41 (1.81%) Onboarding
5 38 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.33%) Cloud Native
7 29 (1.28%) Driving Licence
8 28 (1.24%) IoT
9 21 (0.93%) Mobile App
10 20 (0.88%) Life Science
11 19 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (0.75%) Biopharmaceutical
13 17 (0.75%) Credit Risk
13 17 (0.75%) Data Centre
13 17 (0.75%) Virtual Team
14 16 (0.71%) Clustering
14 16 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
15 14 (0.62%) Digital Media
15 14 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 159 (7.03%) Windows
2 69 (3.05%) Linux
3 51 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 22 (0.97%) Android
5 21 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.62%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.35%) VMS
8 7 (0.31%) Unix
8 7 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
10 4 (0.18%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.088%) AIX
12 2 (0.088%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.088%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.088%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (29.77%) Agile
2 383 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
3 357 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 329 (14.55%) Mentoring
5 263 (11.63%) Business Case
6 256 (11.32%) Project Management
7 238 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
8 237 (10.48%) Budgeting
9 226 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 214 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 197 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
12 195 (8.62%) Data Management
12 195 (8.62%) Roadmaps
13 184 (8.14%) ERP
14 165 (7.30%) Change Management
15 156 (6.90%) Customer Service
16 135 (5.97%) DevOps
17 134 (5.93%) Risk Management
17 134 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 129 (5.71%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 253 (11.19%) SQL
2 163 (7.21%) C#
3 138 (6.10%) JavaScript
4 90 (3.98%) Python
5 77 (3.41%) Java
6 47 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 46 (2.03%) Go
8 41 (1.81%) PowerShell
9 38 (1.68%) C++
9 38 (1.68%) TypeScript
10 32 (1.42%) C
11 16 (0.71%) VB
12 15 (0.66%) Bash
12 15 (0.66%) Perl
13 14 (0.62%) PHP
14 12 (0.53%) ActionScript
14 12 (0.53%) Bicep
14 12 (0.53%) VBA
15 10 (0.44%) R
16 9 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 421 (18.62%) Degree
2 258 (11.41%) ACCA
3 236 (10.44%) CIMA
4 76 (3.36%) PMI Certification
5 55 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 52 (2.30%) Security Cleared
7 51 (2.26%) DBS Check
8 49 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (1.64%) CISSP
10 36 (1.59%) MBA
11 28 (1.24%) SC Cleared
12 27 (1.19%) PMP
13 19 (0.84%) PhD
14 14 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 14 (0.62%) CISM
15 13 (0.57%) CRISC
16 12 (0.53%) CFA
17 11 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.49%) GIAC
18 10 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (4.11%) GDPR
2 75 (3.32%) SLA
3 74 (3.27%) QA
4 50 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 39 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.33%) IFRS
7 23 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 22 (0.97%) PMO
9 21 (0.93%) NIST
10 16 (0.71%) GRC
11 15 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 10 (0.44%) Good Clinical Practice
14 10 (0.44%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.40%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.35%) GMP
17 7 (0.31%) COBIT
18 6 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 75 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 63 (2.79%) Docker
2 63 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.84%) vSphere
5 16 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.53%) Firmware
7 12 (0.53%) OpenSSH
7 12 (0.53%) XenApp
8 10 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.088%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.15%) Terraform
3 17 (0.75%) vCenter Server
4 13 (0.57%) IBM BigFix
4 13 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.53%) PowerCLI
5 12 (0.53%) SCCM
6 8 (0.35%) Ansible
7 7 (0.31%) MIIS
8 6 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.27%) Nessus
8 6 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.22%) Endace
10 4 (0.18%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.13%) NetCrunch
12 2 (0.088%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.088%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.088%) WSUS
Vendors
1 624 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 210 (9.29%) SAP
3 127 (5.62%) Oracle
4 80 (3.54%) Anaplan
5 77 (3.41%) Hyperion
6 71 (3.14%) Salesforce
7 70 (3.10%) VMware
8 33 (1.46%) Sage
9 30 (1.33%) Databricks
9 30 (1.33%) ServiceNow
10 26 (1.15%) CA
10 26 (1.15%) Cisco
11 19 (0.84%) NEC
12 18 (0.80%) IBM
12 18 (0.80%) Virgin Media
13 17 (0.75%) BT
14 16 (0.71%) Citrix
14 16 (0.71%) Google
15 15 (0.66%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.49%) HP