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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,222 1,457 1,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.21% 21.49% 20.62%
As % of the General category 24.48% 33.92% 34.02%
Number of salaries quoted 608 842 1,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,370 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £72,647 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £87,177 £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 4,991 4,295 4,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.96% 63.35% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,390 2,394 3,056
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £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 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £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 13 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 13 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 -8 403 £65,000 +9.20% 168
Dorset +27 376 £57,500 +9.52% 30
Gloucestershire -12 182 £55,000 - 40
Somerset +1 95 £42,500 -22.73% 65
Wiltshire -32 59 £49,500 -1.00% 48
Devon -19 49 £44,881 -0.26% 59
Cornwall -2 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 (3.60%) Confluence
2 39 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.80%) SAS
5 13 (1.06%) IIS
6 10 (0.82%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.57%) Apache
9 4 (0.33%) Moodle
9 4 (0.33%) Site Server
10 3 (0.25%) Captiva
10 3 (0.25%) FileNet
10 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.25%) 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 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 97 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (7.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.06%) AutoCAD
5 13 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.57%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.16%) S-PLUS
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.082%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.57%) HFM
2 7 (0.57%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.33%) 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 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.082%) iTrent
5 1 (0.082%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.082%) Primavera
5 1 (0.082%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.082%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 128 (10.47%) Azure
2 112 (9.17%) AWS
3 78 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 60 (4.91%) GCP
5 36 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (2.54%) SaaS
7 21 (1.72%) Power Automate
8 18 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (1.31%) npm
11 14 (1.15%) GitHub
12 13 (1.06%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.90%) OCI
14 9 (0.74%) PaaS
15 6 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.49%) IaaS
16 5 (0.41%) Azure Stack
16 5 (0.41%) Collibra
16 5 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.72%) DNS
2 19 (1.55%) Internet
2 19 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.47%) DHCP
4 16 (1.31%) HTTP
5 15 (1.23%) Wireless
6 13 (1.06%) SAN
7 11 (0.90%) VoIP
8 10 (0.82%) Broadband
9 9 (0.74%) Network Security
10 7 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
10 7 (0.57%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.49%) Firewall
11 6 (0.49%) IPsec
12 4 (0.33%) LAN
12 4 (0.33%) PBX
12 4 (0.33%) SMS
12 4 (0.33%) SNMP
12 4 (0.33%) VPN
12 4 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 57 (4.66%) Power BI
3 49 (4.01%) MongoDB
3 49 (4.01%) Tableau
4 47 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.31%) Big Data
9 15 (1.23%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
10 14 (1.15%) QlikView
11 13 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.90%) Essbase
12 11 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (0.82%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.65%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.57%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 45 (3.68%) JIRA
2 39 (3.19%) Git
3 29 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.80%) Selenium
5 17 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.31%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.06%) Storybook
8 12 (0.98%) Eclipse
8 12 (0.98%) Maven
8 12 (0.98%) Subversion
8 12 (0.98%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.49%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.41%) GitLab
11 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.41%) JUnit
12 4 (0.33%) ERwin
12 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 412 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 361 (29.54%) Banking
3 357 (29.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 294 (24.06%) Law
5 245 (20.05%) Analytical Skills
6 225 (18.41%) Investment Banking
7 118 (9.66%) Marketing
8 110 (9.00%) Legal
9 93 (7.61%) Retail
10 75 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
11 61 (4.99%) Public Sector
12 56 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (4.17%) Manufacturing
14 47 (3.85%) Telecoms
15 43 (3.52%) Financial Institution
16 41 (3.36%) Electronics
16 41 (3.36%) Games
17 37 (3.03%) Aerospace
17 37 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
18 29 (2.37%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 214 (17.51%) Analyst
2 192 (15.71%) Senior
3 141 (11.54%) Project Manager
4 114 (9.33%) Lead
5 107 (8.76%) Developer
6 86 (7.04%) Architect
7 80 (6.55%) Consultant
8 60 (4.91%) Administrator
9 52 (4.26%) Software Engineer
10 51 (4.17%) Senior Manager
11 41 (3.36%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.11%) Service Analyst
12 38 (3.11%) Software Developer
13 36 (2.95%) Senior Project Manager
14 34 (2.78%) Product Manager
15 33 (2.70%) DBA
16 27 (2.21%) DV Cleared DBA
17 26 (2.13%) Data Engineer
17 26 (2.13%) Senior Developer
18 24 (1.96%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.24%) .NET
2 52 (4.26%) HTML
3 51 (4.17%) React
4 44 (3.60%) AngularJS
5 34 (2.78%) REST
6 32 (2.62%) Node.js
7 28 (2.29%) CSS
7 28 (2.29%) Spring
8 23 (1.88%) OpenID
9 21 (1.72%) ASP.NET
10 20 (1.64%) Kafka
11 18 (1.47%) .NET Framework
11 18 (1.47%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.31%) SAML
12 16 (1.31%) Web Services
13 15 (1.23%) .NET Core
13 15 (1.23%) Pandas
13 15 (1.23%) RESTful
13 15 (1.23%) Vue
14 13 (1.06%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (4.42%) Management Information System
3 52 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 33 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 32 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 25 (2.05%) Credit Risk
7 25 (2.05%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.88%) Algorithms
8 23 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.80%) Derivative
10 21 (1.72%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.64%) Cyberattack
11 20 (1.64%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.47%) OTC Derivatives
13 17 (1.39%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
15 13 (1.06%) Hedge funds
15 13 (1.06%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.59%) Windows
2 65 (5.32%) Linux
3 34 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 32 (2.62%) Windows Server 2012
5 31 (2.54%) CentOS
6 30 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (1.88%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.55%) Android
9 18 (1.47%) Windows 10
10 16 (1.31%) AIX
11 11 (0.90%) Unix
12 6 (0.49%) Windows Server
13 5 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.082%) CoreOS
16 1 (0.082%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.082%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (26.68%) Agile
2 298 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (16.37%) Project Management
4 143 (11.70%) Roadmaps
5 119 (9.74%) Mentoring
6 117 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (9.49%) Analytics
8 114 (9.33%) Decision-Making
9 112 (9.17%) Software Engineering
10 106 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
11 100 (8.18%) Coaching
12 99 (8.10%) Time Management
13 94 (7.69%) Project Delivery
14 90 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (7.28%) Machine Learning
15 89 (7.28%) Risk Management
16 87 (7.12%) User Experience
17 86 (7.04%) Customer Service
18 76 (6.22%) Artificial Intelligence
19 74 (6.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 191 (15.63%) SQL
2 116 (9.49%) Java
3 104 (8.51%) Python
4 91 (7.45%) JavaScript
5 69 (5.65%) C#
6 58 (4.75%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.93%) Bash
8 47 (3.85%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.72%) C
10 19 (1.55%) PHP
11 18 (1.47%) Scala
12 16 (1.31%) R
13 15 (1.23%) Go
14 14 (1.15%) C++
15 10 (0.82%) 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 (21.93%) Degree
2 177 (14.48%) Security Cleared
3 91 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 74 (6.06%) DV Cleared
5 30 (2.45%) AWS Certification
5 30 (2.45%) CISSP
6 26 (2.13%) CISM
7 22 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (1.72%) CRISC
9 20 (1.64%) CISA
10 16 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 11 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 11 (0.90%) PMP
14 10 (0.82%) IISP
14 10 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (0.82%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.27%) GDPR
2 33 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (2.21%) NIST
5 25 (2.05%) QA
6 22 (1.80%) SLA
7 20 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.06%) PMO
9 10 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (0.82%) JSP 440
9 10 (0.82%) NEBOSH
9 10 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 10 (0.82%) RMADS
10 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.41%) SEPA
11 5 (0.41%) TARGET2
12 4 (0.33%) IFRS
12 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (4.17%) Docker
2 40 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.57%) Firmware
5 4 (0.33%) vSphere
6 3 (0.25%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.16%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.082%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 33 (2.70%) Terraform
3 14 (1.15%) SCCM
4 12 (0.98%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.98%) NetBackup
5 11 (0.90%) Ansible
6 6 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.49%) Puppet
7 5 (0.41%) Argo
7 5 (0.41%) Graphite
7 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.25%) SCOM
9 3 (0.25%) WSUS
10 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.082%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.082%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 274 (22.42%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.94%) Oracle
3 36 (2.95%) Alteryx
4 35 (2.86%) Google
4 35 (2.86%) Red Hat
5 33 (2.70%) SAP
6 29 (2.37%) IBM
7 25 (2.05%) VMware
8 17 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.31%) NetApp
9 16 (1.31%) Pega
10 15 (1.23%) Xamarin
11 13 (1.06%) Dell
12 12 (0.98%) Hitachi
12 12 (0.98%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.98%) Snow
12 12 (0.98%) Teradata
12 12 (0.98%) Veritas
13 10 (0.82%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.74%) HP