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 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 11 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,211 1,455 1,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.92% 21.77% 20.81%
As % of the General category 24.07% 34.23% 34.16%
Number of salaries quoted 609 816 1,071
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,723 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,444 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,043 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £72,647 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £85,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,378 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +2.78% +3.85%

All General Skills
South 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 5,031 4,251 4,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.69% 63.62% 60.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,426 2,335 3,059
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £64,106
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 18 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 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
Bristol -8 404 £64,387 +8.17% 169
Dorset +24 378 £57,500 +12.20% 35
Gloucestershire -17 169 £55,000 - 45
Somerset -1 95 £42,500 -22.73% 61
Wiltshire -34 57 £49,751 -0.50% 48
Devon -16 48 £44,881 -0.26% 58
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 (3.63%) Confluence
2 39 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.82%) SAS
5 13 (1.07%) IIS
6 10 (0.83%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.58%) Apache
9 4 (0.33%) Moodle
9 4 (0.33%) Site Server
10 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.17%) Captiva
11 2 (0.17%) FileNet
11 2 (0.17%) nginx
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
12 1 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.083%) Umbraco
Applications
1 98 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (7.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.07%) AutoCAD
6 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.25%) S-PLUS
8 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) Gliffy
9 2 (0.17%) Trello
10 1 (0.083%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.58%) HFM
2 7 (0.58%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.083%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.083%) iTrent
5 1 (0.083%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.083%) Primavera
5 1 (0.083%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 126 (10.40%) Azure
2 95 (7.84%) AWS
3 80 (6.61%) Power Platform
4 57 (4.71%) GCP
5 36 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (2.73%) SaaS
7 21 (1.73%) Power Automate
8 17 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (1.32%) npm
10 13 (1.07%) Entra ID
10 13 (1.07%) GitHub
11 11 (0.91%) OCI
12 8 (0.66%) PaaS
13 6 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.41%) Azure Stack
14 5 (0.41%) Collibra
14 5 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.41%) IaaS
15 4 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.57%) Internet
2 15 (1.24%) Wireless
3 13 (1.07%) SAN
4 11 (0.91%) VoIP
5 10 (0.83%) Broadband
6 9 (0.74%) Network Security
7 7 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (0.58%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.50%) Firewall
8 6 (0.50%) IPsec
9 5 (0.41%) DNS
10 4 (0.33%) LAN
10 4 (0.33%) PBX
10 4 (0.33%) SMS
10 4 (0.33%) SNMP
10 4 (0.33%) VPN
10 4 (0.33%) WLAN
11 3 (0.25%) Intranet
11 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 59 (4.87%) Power BI
3 51 (4.21%) MongoDB
4 50 (4.13%) Tableau
5 45 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.73%) Data Lake
7 20 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (1.24%) Big Data
9 15 (1.24%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
10 14 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.16%) QlikView
11 13 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.91%) Essbase
12 11 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (0.74%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.66%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.58%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 44 (3.63%) JIRA
2 38 (3.14%) Git
3 28 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.82%) Selenium
5 16 (1.32%) Cucumber
5 16 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
6 13 (1.07%) Storybook
7 12 (0.99%) Eclipse
7 12 (0.99%) Maven
7 12 (0.99%) Subversion
7 12 (0.99%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.66%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.50%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.41%) GitLab
10 5 (0.41%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.41%) JUnit
11 4 (0.33%) ERwin
11 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 399 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 359 (29.64%) Banking
3 341 (28.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 294 (24.28%) Law
5 246 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
6 225 (18.58%) Investment Banking
7 116 (9.58%) Marketing
8 110 (9.08%) Legal
9 93 (7.68%) Retail
10 77 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
11 60 (4.95%) Public Sector
12 56 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
13 54 (4.46%) Manufacturing
14 47 (3.88%) Telecoms
15 43 (3.55%) Financial Institution
16 42 (3.47%) Games
17 40 (3.30%) Electronics
18 37 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
19 36 (2.97%) Aerospace
20 29 (2.39%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 215 (17.75%) Analyst
2 178 (14.70%) Senior
3 139 (11.48%) Project Manager
4 115 (9.50%) Lead
5 106 (8.75%) Developer
6 79 (6.52%) Consultant
7 77 (6.36%) Architect
8 60 (4.95%) Administrator
9 54 (4.46%) Software Engineer
10 50 (4.13%) Senior Manager
11 40 (3.30%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.14%) Service Analyst
12 38 (3.14%) Software Developer
13 36 (2.97%) Senior Project Manager
14 34 (2.81%) DBA
14 34 (2.81%) Product Manager
15 29 (2.39%) DV Cleared DBA
16 26 (2.15%) Data Engineer
17 25 (2.06%) C# Developer
17 25 (2.06%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.28%) .NET
2 52 (4.29%) React
3 44 (3.63%) AngularJS
4 36 (2.97%) HTML
4 36 (2.97%) REST
5 34 (2.81%) Node.js
6 28 (2.31%) CSS
6 28 (2.31%) Spring
7 21 (1.73%) ASP.NET
8 19 (1.57%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.57%) Kafka
9 17 (1.40%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.40%) Vue
10 16 (1.32%) RESTful
10 16 (1.32%) Web Services
11 15 (1.24%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.24%) Pandas
12 13 (1.07%) Gherkin
12 13 (1.07%) Sass
13 11 (0.91%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
2 55 (4.54%) Management Information System
3 51 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.81%) Mobile App
5 32 (2.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 25 (2.06%) Credit Risk
6 25 (2.06%) Data Centre
7 24 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.90%) Algorithms
9 22 (1.82%) Derivative
10 21 (1.73%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.65%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.49%) OTC Derivatives
13 17 (1.40%) Cloud Native
13 17 (1.40%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.16%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.16%) Hedge funds
14 14 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
15 13 (1.07%) iPhone
16 12 (0.99%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.75%) Windows
2 66 (5.45%) Linux
3 36 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 34 (2.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 33 (2.73%) CentOS
6 32 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (1.90%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.57%) Android
9 18 (1.49%) Windows 10
10 16 (1.32%) AIX
11 8 (0.66%) Unix
12 6 (0.50%) Windows Server
13 5 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
15 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.083%) CoreOS
16 1 (0.083%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.083%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (25.43%) Agile
2 299 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (16.52%) Project Management
4 125 (10.32%) Roadmaps
5 121 (9.99%) Mentoring
6 117 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 116 (9.58%) Analytics
8 114 (9.41%) Decision-Making
9 112 (9.25%) Software Engineering
10 104 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
11 100 (8.26%) Coaching
12 99 (8.18%) Time Management
13 94 (7.76%) Project Delivery
14 91 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (7.35%) Risk Management
15 89 (7.35%) User Experience
16 88 (7.27%) Machine Learning
17 85 (7.02%) Customer Service
18 75 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence
19 73 (6.03%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 192 (15.85%) SQL
2 113 (9.33%) Java
3 104 (8.59%) Python
4 90 (7.43%) JavaScript
5 71 (5.86%) C#
6 60 (4.95%) TypeScript
7 50 (4.13%) Bash
7 50 (4.13%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.82%) C
9 19 (1.57%) PHP
10 18 (1.49%) Scala
11 16 (1.32%) R
12 15 (1.24%) C++
12 15 (1.24%) Go
13 11 (0.91%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.66%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.58%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 267 (22.05%) Degree
2 164 (13.54%) Security Cleared
3 91 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 61 (5.04%) DV Cleared
5 30 (2.48%) CISSP
6 26 (2.15%) CISM
7 22 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (1.73%) CRISC
9 20 (1.65%) CISA
10 14 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.99%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (0.83%) CISMP
13 10 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.83%) IISP
13 10 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 10 (0.83%) MCP
13 10 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.22%) GDPR
2 33 (2.73%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (2.23%) NIST
5 25 (2.06%) QA
6 22 (1.82%) SLA
7 20 (1.65%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.91%) PMO
9 10 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (0.83%) JSP 440
9 10 (0.83%) NEBOSH
9 10 (0.83%) NIST 800
9 10 (0.83%) RMADS
10 6 (0.50%) 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 50 (4.13%) Docker
2 40 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.58%) 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 (0.17%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.17%) XenApp
7 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.083%) RACF
8 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.40%) Terraform
3 14 (1.16%) SCCM
4 12 (0.99%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.99%) NetBackup
5 11 (0.91%) Ansible
6 6 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.50%) 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 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.083%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.083%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 277 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.09%) Oracle
3 37 (3.06%) Red Hat
4 36 (2.97%) Alteryx
5 34 (2.81%) Google
6 30 (2.48%) SAP
7 28 (2.31%) IBM
8 24 (1.98%) VMware
9 16 (1.32%) NetApp
9 16 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.24%) Pega
10 15 (1.24%) Xamarin
11 13 (1.07%) Dell
12 12 (0.99%) Hitachi
12 12 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.99%) Snow
12 12 (0.99%) Teradata
12 12 (0.99%) Veritas
13 10 (0.83%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.74%) HP