Finance Job Trends 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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 2 9
Rank change year-on-year -23 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 89 128 214
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 4.85% 24.38% 10.10%
As % of the General category 9.68% 31.68% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53 39 164
10th Percentile £27,068 £32,831 £28,290
25th Percentile £34,250 £37,170 £36,417
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +12.22% +2.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £57,450
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -7.41%

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 general skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 919 404 1,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 50.05% 76.95% 51.96%
Number of salaries quoted 449 232 815
10th Percentile £27,068 £24,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,154 £42,860
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +7.68% -3.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,188 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,745 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.09% -12.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Wales

Finance
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Wales over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

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 8 June 2026. 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 -16 77 £50,000 -9.09% 44
North Wales -15 7 £30,000 -8.68% 8
West Wales -31 5 £65,000 -7.14% 17
Finance
UK

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.25%) CATIA
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (2.25%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.87%) Azure
1 7 (7.87%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.62%) AWS
3 3 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.37%) Google Sheets
3 3 (3.37%) Power Automate
3 3 (3.37%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.25%) Azure AI
4 2 (2.25%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (2.25%) Datadog
4 2 (2.25%) GCP
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.12%) Intacct
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) Broadband
1 5 (5.62%) DNS
1 5 (5.62%) WAN
2 4 (4.49%) BGP
2 4 (4.49%) DHCP
2 4 (4.49%) MPLS
2 4 (4.49%) VPN
3 1 (1.12%) FTP
3 1 (1.12%) HTTP
3 1 (1.12%) Internet
3 1 (1.12%) LAN
3 1 (1.12%) SMTP
3 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Power BI
2 3 (3.37%) Looker
2 3 (3.37%) Tableau
3 2 (2.25%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.25%) GIS
3 2 (2.25%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.25%) Spatial Data
3 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Git
1 2 (2.25%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 29 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.84%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.48%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (12.36%) Legal
5 9 (10.11%) Marketing
6 8 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.62%) Law
9 4 (4.49%) Banking
9 4 (4.49%) Retail
10 3 (3.37%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.25%) Billing
11 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.25%) General Ledger
11 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.25%) Welsh Language
12 1 (1.12%) Advertising
12 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.12%) Local Government
12 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (7.87%) Senior
2 6 (6.74%) Analyst
2 6 (6.74%) Head of QA
3 5 (5.62%) Project Manager
4 4 (4.49%) Consultant
4 4 (4.49%) Developer
4 4 (4.49%) Finance Manager
4 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
4 4 (4.49%) Release Manager
4 4 (4.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (4.49%) Systems Manager
5 3 (3.37%) Business Development Manager
5 3 (3.37%) Business Manager
5 3 (3.37%) Data Analyst
5 3 (3.37%) Development Manager
5 3 (3.37%) Programme Manager
5 3 (3.37%) Support Technician
5 3 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (2.25%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.37%) .NET
1 3 (3.37%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.37%) ASP.NET Core
1 3 (3.37%) React
1 3 (3.37%) REST
2 2 (2.25%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.25%) CSS
2 2 (2.25%) HTML
2 2 (2.25%) RESTful
2 2 (2.25%) Vue
3 1 (1.12%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.12%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.12%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.12%) Blazor
3 1 (1.12%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.12%) LDAP
3 1 (1.12%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.36%) Virtual Team
2 9 (10.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (10.11%) Podcast
2 9 (10.11%) Web Conferencing
3 4 (4.49%) PKI
4 3 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.25%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (2.25%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.25%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.12%) FPGA
6 1 (1.12%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.62%) Windows
1 5 (5.62%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.49%) Linux
2 4 (4.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (19.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 14 (15.73%) Customer Service
4 13 (14.61%) Change Management
4 13 (14.61%) PRINCE2
4 13 (14.61%) Project Management
5 12 (13.48%) Analytics
5 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (12.36%) Actionable Insight
7 10 (11.24%) Customer Experience
7 10 (11.24%) Decision-Making
7 10 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (10.11%) Agile
9 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.87%) AI
11 6 (6.74%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 6 (6.74%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (6.74%) Impact Assessments
11 6 (6.74%) Quality Management
11 6 (6.74%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.99%) Python
2 6 (6.74%) SQL
3 5 (5.62%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.49%) C#
4 4 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.12%) C++
5 1 (1.12%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (1.12%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.12%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (20.22%) Degree
2 16 (17.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (8.99%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.74%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.74%) IRCA
5 4 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.49%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (4.49%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.25%) CIPD
6 2 (2.25%) CISSP
6 2 (2.25%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.25%) PMP
6 2 (2.25%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.12%) AAT
7 1 (1.12%) ACCA
7 1 (1.12%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.12%) CIMA
7 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.99%) GDPR
1 8 (8.99%) QA
2 6 (6.74%) ISO 9001
3 3 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.37%) PMO
4 2 (2.25%) GRC
4 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.25%) SEPA
4 2 (2.25%) SLA
5 1 (1.12%) GAAP
System Software
1 5 (5.62%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (4.49%) VMware NSX
2 4 (4.49%) vSphere
3 2 (2.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Ansible
1 4 (4.49%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.25%) Grafana
2 2 (2.25%) Opsgenie
3 1 (1.12%) QRadar
3 1 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.62%) BT
2 5 (5.62%) Splunk
2 5 (5.62%) VMware
3 3 (3.37%) Google
4 2 (2.25%) GoldenSource
4 2 (2.25%) IBM
4 2 (2.25%) Intapp
4 2 (2.25%) PagerDuty
5 1 (1.12%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.12%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.12%) Citrix
5 1 (1.12%) Sage
5 1 (1.12%) Xero
5 1 (1.12%) Xilinx