Finance and accounting in Wales
Finance manager jobs in Cardiff
The 2021 census counted 4,896 residents working as functional managers and directors living in Cardiff.
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Published figures for Cardiff
What the official data says about Cardiff
When the 2021 census counted occupations, 4,896 people living in Cardiff were in work as functional managers and directors. It was 3.05% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Cardiff 1st of 22 areas in Wales, where the middle area recorded 1,163. Swansea was the next area down.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Cardiff, every occupation counted together, had a median of £38,225. That is 3rd of 22 in Wales, against a regional middle of £35,578. Work of this kind pays £52,760 across the region, which is £14,535 more than the typical Cardiff job, about 38% above it.
Where the finance work itself is based is a separate question: Cardiff had 17,500 employee jobs in financial services, insurance and related activities in 2024, out of 227,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 7.71% of every job here, that ranks 1st of 22 in Wales, where the middle area sits at 1%.
- Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
- 4,896
- Median full-time pay for functional directors across Wales
- £52,760
- Employee jobs in the area in financial services, insurance and related activities
- 17,500
- Financial services, insurance and related activities, share of all employee jobs in the area
- 7.71%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,225
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 160,442
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 227,000
The finance manager role
A finance manager owns the monthly cycle and the people who produce it: the close, the management accounts, the budget, the forecast and the explanation of why the numbers moved.
Finance manager jobs in Cardiff: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Cardiff?
4,896 residents of Cardiff were in work as functional directors at the 2021 census, which was 3.05% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Cardiff?
Across Wales, £52,760 is the median for functional directors. In Cardiff itself the median across all occupations together is £38,225. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Cardiff?
17,500 of the 227,000 employee jobs in Cardiff are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.