Finance Job Trends in St Albans

Financial
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in St Albans. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 12 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in St Albans 15.00% 11.90% 10.64%
As % of the General category 26.67% 16.13% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £95,000 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% +143.06% -44.16%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £86,250
90th Percentile - - £105,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% -13.04%

All General Skills
St Albans

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 St Albans.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 45 31 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Albans 56.25% 73.81% 68.09%
Number of salaries quoted 37 7 32
10th Percentile £31,250 £47,080 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,734 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,500 £50,967 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.92% -2.92% -4.55%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

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

Finance job vacancy trend in St Albans

Finance
Salary Trend in St Albans

Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in St Albans

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in St Albans over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in St Albans

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
General
1 4 (33.33%) Marketing
1 4 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Senior
1 11 (91.67%) Senior Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Business Development Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Business Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Development Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Business Development Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Business Manager
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Development Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Commercial Finance Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Commercial Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Finance Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Commercial Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Development
1 7 (58.33%) Logistics
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) AI
2 4 (33.33%) Analytics
2 4 (33.33%) Business Case
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 4 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 4 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
2 4 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Personalization
2 4 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (8.33%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ACCA
1 4 (33.33%) CIMA