Economics Job Trends in Cardiff

Economics
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Economics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Economics 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.18% - 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,750 - £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 - £51,528
75th Percentile £77,250 - £52,884
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £76,500 - £51,528

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Economics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 389 152 529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 69.71% 89.41% 78.37%
Number of salaries quoted 265 111 473
10th Percentile £28,200 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,856 £39,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,685
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +8.51% -3.91%
75th Percentile £69,576 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,350 £82,500 £78,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +4.40%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Economics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Economics job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Economics
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Economics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Economics

Economics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation