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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 143 245 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 13.68% 11.99% 17.28%
As % of the General category 17.38% 21.93% 26.22%
Number of salaries quoted 41 166 132
10th Percentile £32,851 £28,290 £26,285
25th Percentile £37,170 £36,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,393 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,450 £61,650
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 823 1,117 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.76% 54.65% 65.92%
Number of salaries quoted 483 763 514
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,600 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -1.14% -7.37%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,920 £67,250 £71,300
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 11 May 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 11 May 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 0 105 £50,393 +11.98% 154
West Wales +18 22 £70,000 +41.11% 7
North Wales +5 12 £47,500 +5.56% 9
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 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.70%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.70%) IIS
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Infor LN
1 2 (1.40%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.69%) Azure
1 11 (7.69%) SaaS
2 10 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.29%) PaaS
4 8 (5.59%) IaaS
5 2 (1.40%) AWS
5 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.70%) GitHub
6 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.59%) DNS
2 6 (4.20%) Network Security
3 4 (2.80%) IP Telephony
4 3 (2.10%) Wireless
5 2 (1.40%) Firewall
5 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.70%) 802.11
6 1 (0.70%) Extranet
6 1 (0.70%) Internet
6 1 (0.70%) VLAN
6 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) Tableau
2 1 (0.70%) Looker
2 1 (0.70%) Metadata
2 1 (0.70%) Mixpanel
2 1 (0.70%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Appium
1 2 (1.40%) Cucumber
1 2 (1.40%) JMeter
1 2 (1.40%) Maven
1 2 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (1.40%) Postman
1 2 (1.40%) Selenium
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.29%) Retail
3 10 (6.99%) Welsh Language
4 8 (5.59%) Marketing
5 6 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.20%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.80%) Legal
7 4 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Local Government
8 3 (2.10%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.40%) Banking
9 2 (1.40%) Electronics
9 2 (1.40%) Police
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (53.85%) Senior
2 71 (49.65%) Project Manager
3 70 (48.95%) Senior Manager
4 66 (46.15%) Senior Project Manager
5 8 (5.59%) Server Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Database Manager
6 6 (4.20%) Design Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) FPGA Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) IT Manager
6 6 (4.20%) Lead
7 5 (3.50%) Analyst
7 5 (3.50%) Architect
8 4 (2.80%) Business Development Manager
8 4 (2.80%) Business Manager
8 4 (2.80%) Development Manager
8 4 (2.80%) IT Development Manager
8 4 (2.80%) Security Manager
8 4 (2.80%) Telecoms Manager
9 3 (2.10%) Product Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) Gherkin
1 2 (1.40%) Web Services
2 1 (0.70%) .NET
2 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.70%) Django
2 1 (0.70%) PySpark
2 1 (0.70%) React
2 1 (0.70%) Redux
2 1 (0.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (46.15%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.29%) IoT
3 7 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.20%) e-Learning
4 6 (4.20%) FPGA
4 6 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.50%) NHS
6 4 (2.80%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.10%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.40%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.40%) CUDA
8 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.40%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.70%) SCADA
9 1 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.29%) Windows
1 9 (6.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (53.85%) Project Management
2 71 (49.65%) Risk Management
3 66 (46.15%) Balanced Scorecard
3 66 (46.15%) Scorecard
4 18 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (7.69%) Coaching
6 11 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (7.69%) ITIL
7 10 (6.99%) Customer Experience
7 10 (6.99%) Customer Service
7 10 (6.99%) Project Delivery
8 9 (6.29%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.29%) Service Management
9 8 (5.59%) Business Development
9 8 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (5.59%) Data Collection
9 8 (5.59%) Incident Management
9 8 (5.59%) Performance Monitoring
9 8 (5.59%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.90%) SQL
2 4 (2.80%) Java
3 3 (2.10%) Python
4 2 (1.40%) C++
4 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.70%) R
5 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (13.29%) Degree
2 8 (5.59%) Azure Certification
2 8 (5.59%) DBS Check
2 8 (5.59%) MCSA
2 8 (5.59%) MCSE
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (5.59%) SC Cleared
2 8 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.50%) CISSP
4 3 (2.10%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.10%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.40%) ACCA
5 2 (1.40%) CIMA
5 2 (1.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.40%) PhD
5 2 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.70%) CCIE
6 1 (0.70%) CRISC
6 1 (0.70%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.59%) SLA
2 4 (2.80%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.80%) QA
3 3 (2.10%) PMO
4 2 (1.40%) GAAP
4 2 (1.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.40%) IFRS
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.40%) Terraform
2 1 (0.70%) Ansible
2 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.29%) BT
3 4 (2.80%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.80%) SAP
3 4 (2.80%) VMware
4 3 (2.10%) Cisco
5 2 (1.40%) Cognos
5 2 (1.40%) Infor
5 2 (1.40%) Mitel
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle
6 1 (0.70%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.70%) Databricks
6 1 (0.70%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.70%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.70%) Instagram
6 1 (0.70%) Pega
6 1 (0.70%) Sage
6 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.70%) Twitter