Finance Job Trends in Cardiff

Financial
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 16
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 101 50 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 10.29% 17.18% 7.82%
As % of the General category 26.79% 29.76% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 42 31 34
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -11.04%
75th Percentile £72,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £60,000 £63,408
South Wales median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £46,154
% change year-on-year +40.00% +8.33% +2.56%

All General Skills
Cardiff

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 377 168 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 38.39% 57.73% 46.43%
Number of salaries quoted 219 112 195
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,566 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £69,800
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Finance
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Cardiff over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Cardiff

Finance
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.99%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) iTrent
2 2 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.99%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.84%) Azure
2 11 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (10.89%) GCP
3 10 (9.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 7 (6.93%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.97%) Azure Databricks
6 3 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (2.97%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.98%) AWS
7 2 (1.98%) GitHub
7 2 (1.98%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.98%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.98%) SaaS
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.99%) dbt
8 1 (0.99%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.95%) Power BI
2 3 (2.97%) Delta Lake
2 3 (2.97%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.99%) Looker
4 1 (0.99%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.93%) JIRA
2 4 (3.96%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.99%) Git
General
1 34 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.82%) Retail
3 13 (12.87%) Banking
3 13 (12.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (12.87%) Law
4 12 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.88%) Legal
5 10 (9.90%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.92%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.95%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.99%) Billing
8 1 (0.99%) Electronics
8 1 (0.99%) German Language
8 1 (0.99%) Police
8 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (20.79%) Senior
2 15 (14.85%) Lead
3 10 (9.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (9.90%) DevOps Platform Engineer
3 10 (9.90%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (9.90%) Senior DevOps
3 10 (9.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 10 (9.90%) Senior Platform Engineer
4 9 (8.91%) Accountant
5 8 (7.92%) Analyst
5 8 (7.92%) Financial Accountant
5 8 (7.92%) Team Leader
6 7 (6.93%) Architect
7 6 (5.94%) Business Development Manager
7 6 (5.94%) Business Manager
7 6 (5.94%) Development Manager
8 5 (4.95%) Release Manager
8 5 (4.95%) Security Architect
8 5 (4.95%) Senior Architect
8 5 (4.95%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) Terraform
2 3 (2.97%) PySpark
2 3 (2.97%) React
3 2 (1.98%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (1.98%) Spring
3 2 (1.98%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.99%) .NET
4 1 (0.99%) EDI
4 1 (0.99%) Middleware
4 1 (0.99%) NestJS
4 1 (0.99%) OAuth
4 1 (0.99%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.99%) OpenID
4 1 (0.99%) RESTful
4 1 (0.99%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.89%) Social Media
2 8 (7.92%) Virtual Team
3 6 (5.94%) Podcast
3 6 (5.94%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (1.98%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.98%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.75%) Customer Service
2 18 (17.82%) DevOps
3 17 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (15.84%) CI/CD
4 16 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (14.85%) Coaching
6 13 (12.87%) Customer Experience
7 12 (11.88%) Mentoring
7 12 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.89%) Agile
8 11 (10.89%) Risk Management
9 10 (9.90%) Platform Engineering
10 9 (8.91%) Fintech
11 8 (7.92%) AI
11 8 (7.92%) Analytics
11 8 (7.92%) Business Development
11 8 (7.92%) Cyber Resilience
11 8 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (7.92%) ITIL
11 8 (7.92%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.90%) SQL
2 5 (4.95%) Python
3 4 (3.96%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.97%) C#
4 3 (2.97%) C++
5 2 (1.98%) Java
5 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.99%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 6 (5.94%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (5.94%) Degree
2 3 (2.97%) PMI Certification
2 3 (2.97%) PMP
3 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.99%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) Data Quality
1 5 (4.95%) GRC
2 1 (0.99%) GDPR
2 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (9.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Grafana
2 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (12.87%) Google
2 4 (3.96%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.97%) Databricks
3 3 (2.97%) ForgeRock
3 3 (2.97%) Okta
3 3 (2.97%) Ping Identity
4 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.98%) Unisys
5 1 (0.99%) Intapp
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle