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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,237 2,487 4,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.25% 17.41% 20.43%
As % of the General category 23.38% 27.39% 34.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 1,196 2,085
10th Percentile £29,875 £35,213 £36,850
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,300 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,378 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +2.78% +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 9,568 9,081 11,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.65% 63.56% 59.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,037 4,401 6,491
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -4 652 £47,500 -13.64% 271
Surrey -3 482 £52,500 -16.00% 112
Hampshire +7 452 £55,000 -0.45% 149
Berkshire -5 317 £54,750 -8.75% 125
Kent 0 269 £50,000 -9.09% 71
East Sussex +9 175 £52,500 -4.55% 58
Buckinghamshire -11 173 £50,000 -9.09% 92
Oxfordshire +12 162 £43,468 +15.91% 54
Middlesex +11 88 £77,500 -1.59% 9
West Sussex -7 85 £54,835 -8.61% 30
Sussex -21 5 £105,000 -
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 (3.53%) SAS
2 29 (1.30%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.58%) Apache
5 11 (0.49%) Confluence
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
6 8 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.27%) CMS
8 5 (0.22%) JBoss
9 4 (0.18%) IIS
9 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.13%) WordPress
11 2 (0.089%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.045%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.045%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 369 (16.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.31%) 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 (0.045%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.045%) Simulink
10 1 (0.045%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 76 (3.40%) SAP ERP
2 28 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.89%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.49%) 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 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
8 7 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.27%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 362 (16.18%) Azure
2 138 (6.17%) Power Platform
3 118 (5.27%) AWS
4 116 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (2.55%) SaaS
6 55 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (1.48%) GitHub
9 27 (1.21%) Snowflake
10 23 (1.03%) Serverless
11 22 (0.98%) IaaS
12 19 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (0.85%) Matillion
13 16 (0.72%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.67%) GCP
14 15 (0.67%) Nutanix
15 14 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (0.63%) PaaS
16 13 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 291 (13.01%) Broadband
2 36 (1.61%) Firewall
3 29 (1.30%) Internet
4 26 (1.16%) DNS
5 25 (1.12%) Network Security
6 23 (1.03%) VPN
6 23 (1.03%) Wireless
7 21 (0.94%) WAN
8 20 (0.89%) 5G
9 16 (0.72%) LAN
10 11 (0.49%) SNMP
11 10 (0.45%) HTTP
12 9 (0.40%) Intranet
13 8 (0.36%) SAN
13 8 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.31%) Modbus
14 7 (0.31%) VoIP
15 6 (0.27%) 3G
15 6 (0.27%) SSL
15 6 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 119 (5.32%) Power BI
3 66 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (1.88%) Data Lake
5 42 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 41 (1.83%) Power Query
7 27 (1.21%) Tableau
8 25 (1.12%) MongoDB
9 24 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (0.85%) Metadata
11 15 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.58%) MySQL
13 12 (0.54%) DB2
13 12 (0.54%) Redis
14 10 (0.45%) GIS
15 9 (0.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.36%) MS Access
16 8 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 83 (3.71%) Git
2 51 (2.28%) Visual Studio
3 49 (2.19%) JIRA
4 27 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
5 17 (0.76%) Selenium
6 13 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.40%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.36%) 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 (0.089%) Hudson
13 2 (0.089%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.089%) RStudio
General
1 962 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 540 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 242 (10.82%) Influencing Skills
4 189 (8.45%) Legal
5 188 (8.40%) Marketing
5 188 (8.40%) Retail
6 161 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 141 (6.30%) Public Sector
8 126 (5.63%) Telecoms
9 109 (4.87%) Manufacturing
10 87 (3.89%) Banking
11 72 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
12 63 (2.82%) Electronics
13 49 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (2.15%) Law
15 39 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.16%) Billing
17 25 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
18 24 (1.07%) Local Government
19 23 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 503 (22.49%) Analyst
2 377 (16.85%) Senior
3 243 (10.86%) Developer
4 189 (8.45%) Lead
5 185 (8.27%) Architect
6 171 (7.64%) Senior Analyst
7 124 (5.54%) Project Manager
8 117 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
9 96 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
10 94 (4.20%) Consultant
11 78 (3.49%) .NET Developer
12 67 (3.00%) Senior Developer
13 65 (2.91%) Commercial Analyst
13 65 (2.91%) IT Manager
14 56 (2.50%) Support Analyst
15 54 (2.41%) Administrator
16 48 (2.15%) C# Developer
17 43 (1.92%) Data Analyst
18 41 (1.83%) Development Manager
18 41 (1.83%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (7.47%) .NET
2 97 (4.34%) React
3 92 (4.11%) HTML
4 68 (3.04%) CSS
5 65 (2.91%) ASP.NET
6 59 (2.64%) AngularJS
7 58 (2.59%) .NET Core
7 58 (2.59%) HTML5
8 57 (2.55%) .NET Framework
9 45 (2.01%) Kafka
10 42 (1.88%) ASP.NET Web API
11 41 (1.83%) Entity Framework
12 40 (1.79%) REST
13 38 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
14 37 (1.65%) Web Services
15 36 (1.61%) GraphQL
16 31 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
16 31 (1.39%) Blazor
16 31 (1.39%) Vue
17 30 (1.34%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 54 (2.41%) PMI
4 41 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 37 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 32 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 29 (1.30%) IoT
8 27 (1.21%) Driving Licence
9 21 (0.94%) Mobile App
10 19 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (0.80%) Credit Risk
11 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (0.80%) Life Science
12 17 (0.76%) Biopharmaceutical
12 17 (0.76%) Data Centre
12 17 (0.76%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (0.67%) Clustering
15 14 (0.63%) Digital Media
15 14 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 155 (6.93%) Windows
2 67 (3.00%) Linux
3 49 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.03%) Android
5 22 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (0.36%) VMS
8 7 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.31%) Unix
9 5 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.13%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.089%) AIX
11 2 (0.089%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.089%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.089%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (29.50%) Agile
2 378 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
3 355 (15.87%) Decision-Making
4 327 (14.62%) Mentoring
5 262 (11.71%) Business Case
6 251 (11.22%) Project Management
7 238 (10.64%) Actionable Insight
8 235 (10.51%) Budgeting
9 225 (10.06%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 212 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 202 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
12 196 (8.76%) Roadmaps
13 184 (8.23%) Data Management
14 182 (8.14%) ERP
15 164 (7.33%) Change Management
16 157 (7.02%) Customer Service
17 135 (6.03%) DevOps
18 132 (5.90%) Risk Management
18 132 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
19 128 (5.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 255 (11.40%) SQL
2 163 (7.29%) C#
3 137 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 91 (4.07%) Python
5 78 (3.49%) Java
6 47 (2.10%) T-SQL
7 46 (2.06%) Go
8 39 (1.74%) PowerShell
9 38 (1.70%) C++
9 38 (1.70%) TypeScript
10 34 (1.52%) C
11 14 (0.63%) Bash
11 14 (0.63%) Perl
11 14 (0.63%) PHP
11 14 (0.63%) VB
12 12 (0.54%) Bicep
12 12 (0.54%) VBA
13 11 (0.49%) ActionScript
14 10 (0.45%) R
15 9 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 417 (18.64%) Degree
2 256 (11.44%) ACCA
3 235 (10.51%) CIMA
4 74 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 55 (2.46%) Master's Degree
6 50 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 48 (2.15%) Security Cleared
8 36 (1.61%) CISSP
8 36 (1.61%) MBA
9 25 (1.12%) PMP
10 24 (1.07%) SC Cleared
11 19 (0.85%) PhD
12 15 (0.67%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.63%) CISM
14 13 (0.58%) CRISC
15 12 (0.54%) CFA
15 12 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (0.49%) GIAC
16 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (4.20%) GDPR
2 76 (3.40%) SLA
3 75 (3.35%) QA
4 49 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 39 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.30%) IFRS
7 23 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 21 (0.94%) NIST
8 21 (0.94%) PMO
9 16 (0.72%) GRC
10 15 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (0.45%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.40%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.36%) GMP
15 8 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
16 7 (0.31%) COBIT
17 6 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 72 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 63 (2.82%) Docker
3 61 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.80%) vSphere
6 16 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.54%) Firmware
7 12 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.49%) OpenSSH
8 11 (0.49%) XenApp
9 10 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.089%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.045%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (1.21%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.16%) Terraform
3 16 (0.72%) vCenter Server
4 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.54%) IBM BigFix
6 11 (0.49%) PowerCLI
7 9 (0.40%) SCCM
8 8 (0.36%) Ansible
9 7 (0.31%) MIIS
10 6 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.27%) Nessus
10 6 (0.27%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.22%) Endace
12 4 (0.18%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.13%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.13%) NetCrunch
14 2 (0.089%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Clustering
15 1 (0.045%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 608 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 214 (9.57%) SAP
3 128 (5.72%) Oracle
4 79 (3.53%) Anaplan
5 77 (3.44%) Hyperion
6 71 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 68 (3.04%) VMware
8 33 (1.48%) Sage
9 30 (1.34%) Databricks
10 29 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.16%) Cisco
12 25 (1.12%) CA
13 18 (0.80%) NEC
13 18 (0.80%) Virgin Media
14 17 (0.76%) BT
14 17 (0.76%) IBM
15 16 (0.72%) Citrix
15 16 (0.72%) Google
16 15 (0.67%) Palo Alto
17 11 (0.49%) EMC