Finance Contracts in Cardiff

Financial
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 14 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -11 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 14 37 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.48% 10.82% 18.74%
As % of the General category 18.92% 22.98% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 29 83
10th Percentile £350 £405 £363
25th Percentile £363 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +13.77%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £575
90th Percentile £640 £625 £675
South Wales median daily rate £538 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +13.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.03 - -
Median hourly rate £11.64 - -
75th Percentile £12.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £87.80 - -

All General Skills
Cardiff

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 161 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 34.26% 47.08% 56.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 118 238
10th Percentile £143 £160 £202
25th Percentile £211 £366 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £526 £575 £537
90th Percentile £588 £616 £638
South Wales median daily rate £420 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% +14.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £11.32 £12.43 £14.01
25th Percentile £11.75 £12.64 £16.65
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 £20.63
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -36.97% +42.09%
75th Percentile £53.75 £15.55 £24.25
90th Percentile £60.50 £17.07 £25.15
South Wales median hourly rate £23.93 £11.56 £23.75
% change year-on-year +107.01% -51.33% +33.80%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Cardiff

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Cardiff

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Cardiff over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Cardiff

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Cardiff

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) GitHub
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Database
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle ODI
2 3 (21.43%) PowerCenter
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) DBA
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Mortgage Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Change Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Change Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) AIX
2 5 (35.71%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Windows
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) DevOps
1 5 (35.71%) E-business
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) High Availability
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (14.29%) BDD
4 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 2 (14.29%) Database Security
4 2 (14.29%) ETL
4 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (14.29%) KYC
4 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
2 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Data Guard
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) Informatica
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Citrix
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft