Finance Job Trends in Wakefield

Financial
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Wakefield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2 10 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 2.08% 26.32% 38.27%
As % of the General category 2.86% 29.41% 51.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile - £45,500 £54,600
25th Percentile - £59,375 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +32.81% +31.28%
75th Percentile - £87,500 £69,375
90th Percentile - - £73,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,915 £67,082 £65,066
% change year-on-year -24.10% +3.10% +18.30%

All General Skills
Wakefield

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 common skills in Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 70 34 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 72.92% 89.47% 74.07%
Number of salaries quoted 39 14 31
10th Percentile £40,750 £37,750 £37,500
25th Percentile - £43,438 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £48,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +0.52% +7.78%
75th Percentile £42,250 £55,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £81,875 £73,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year -3.85% -4.15% +2.36%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Finance
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) FMCG
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery