Finance Job Trends in Newport

Financial
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Newport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 7 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 4.49% 13.11% 8.45%
As % of the General category 7.69% 24.24% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,625 £48,751
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,313 £50,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £52,101
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.48% +15.78%
75th Percentile £55,054 £72,563 £52,422
90th Percentile £65,355 £83,025 £52,718
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £51,264
% change year-on-year -5.26% -7.34% +0.52%

All General Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 91 33 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 58.33% 54.10% 49.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43 26 30
10th Percentile £28,050 £31,250 £34,726
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,594 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,107 £47,250 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -3.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76,944 £66,313 £58,234
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,625 £60,000
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,307 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.88% -5.39% +9.90%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Newport

Finance
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Newport over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in Newport

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Tableau
2 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Trainee
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) CMDB
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (28.57%) AI
1 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) Cost Management
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (28.57%) Data Science
1 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
1 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
1 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
1 2 (28.57%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Use Case
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow