Finance Jobs in Wales

Financial
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 120 234 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.38% 10.57% 19.08%
As % of the General category 9.87% 21.31% 28.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59 149 140
10th Percentile £32,851 £28,290 £24,437
25th Percentile £37,170 £36,514 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,500 £66,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £63,358 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.54% -6.14% +1.50%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,216 1,098 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 74.78% 49.62% 66.42%
Number of salaries quoted 769 782 513
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,016 £24,498
25th Percentile - £31,250 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% -4.85% -10.67%
75th Percentile £53,762 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £73,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Wales

Finance
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in Wales.

Salary trend for Finance in Wales

Finance
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Wales over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in Wales

Finance
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales -4 89 £60,000 +33.33% 192
North Wales +10 17 £32,901 -26.89% 11
West Wales +19 10 £70,000 +37.11% 11
Finance
UK

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.50%) IIS
2 2 (1.67%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.67%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Infor LN
1 2 (1.67%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.50%) Azure
2 9 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (7.50%) PaaS
2 9 (7.50%) SaaS
3 8 (6.67%) IaaS
4 4 (3.33%) AWS
4 4 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.67%) GitHub
5 2 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.67%) DNS
2 5 (4.17%) IP Telephony
2 5 (4.17%) Network Security
3 1 (0.83%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.83%) MySQL
2 5 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.67%) Tableau
4 1 (0.83%) Metadata
4 1 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.50%) Octopus Deploy
1 3 (2.50%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.67%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.83%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.83%) Git
General
1 58 (48.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.50%) Retail
3 12 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.33%) Marketing
5 8 (6.67%) Welsh Language
6 7 (5.83%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.17%) Local Government
9 3 (2.50%) Legal
10 2 (1.67%) Electronics
10 2 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.67%) Police
11 1 (0.83%) Advertising
11 1 (0.83%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (30.00%) Senior
2 35 (29.17%) Project Manager
3 29 (24.17%) Senior Manager
4 27 (22.50%) Senior Project Manager
5 13 (10.83%) Lead
6 11 (9.17%) IT Manager
7 9 (7.50%) Design Engineer
7 9 (7.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 9 (7.50%) FPGA Engineer
8 8 (6.67%) Server Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Business Development Manager
9 6 (5.00%) Business Manager
9 6 (5.00%) Development Manager
10 5 (4.17%) IT Development Manager
10 5 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (4.17%) Telecoms Manager
11 4 (3.33%) Development Engineer
11 4 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (3.33%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.67%) Django
1 8 (6.67%) React
2 7 (5.83%) CSS
2 7 (5.83%) HTML
2 7 (5.83%) HTML5
3 5 (4.17%) .NET
4 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.83%) MSMQ
4 1 (0.83%) PySpark
4 1 (0.83%) Redux
4 1 (0.83%) REST
4 1 (0.83%) Spring
4 1 (0.83%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (22.50%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.50%) e-Learning
2 9 (7.50%) FPGA
3 8 (6.67%) IoT
4 7 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.17%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.33%) NHS
7 2 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.67%) CUDA
7 2 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.83%) Blog
8 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.33%) Windows
1 10 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (38.33%) Project Management
2 33 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (26.67%) Risk Management
4 27 (22.50%) Balanced Scorecard
4 27 (22.50%) Scorecard
5 20 (16.67%) Coaching
6 18 (15.00%) Customer Experience
6 18 (15.00%) Customer Service
7 16 (13.33%) Agile
7 16 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (13.33%) ITIL
8 15 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 14 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (10.83%) Project Delivery
11 12 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (9.17%) Business Development
13 10 (8.33%) Service Management
13 10 (8.33%) Software Testing
14 9 (7.50%) Performance Monitoring
14 9 (7.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.33%) Python
2 9 (7.50%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.67%) SQL
4 4 (3.33%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.50%) Java
6 2 (1.67%) C++
7 1 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.83%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (10.00%) Degree
2 11 (9.17%) DBS Check
2 11 (9.17%) SC Cleared
2 11 (9.17%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 8 (6.67%) MCSA
3 8 (6.67%) MCSE
3 8 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.67%) ACCA
5 2 (1.67%) CIMA
5 2 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.67%) PMP
6 1 (0.83%) GCIH
6 1 (0.83%) GIAC
6 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.83%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.67%) SLA
2 7 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.33%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.50%) PMO
5 2 (1.67%) GAAP
5 2 (1.67%) IFRS
5 2 (1.67%) QA
6 1 (0.83%) GDPR
6 1 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.67%) Docker
3 2 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.17%) Terraform
3 2 (1.67%) Ansible
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (14.17%) BT
2 12 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.17%) HubSpot
4 4 (3.33%) SAP
5 2 (1.67%) Cognos
5 2 (1.67%) Infor
5 2 (1.67%) Oracle
5 2 (1.67%) Pega
5 2 (1.67%) VMware
6 1 (0.83%) Databricks
6 1 (0.83%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.83%) Instagram
6 1 (0.83%) Sage
6 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.83%) Twitter
6 1 (0.83%) Veritas