Finance Contracts in Cardiff

Financial
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 21 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -15 -3
Contract jobs citing Finance 13 11 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.88% 5.12% 15.63%
As % of the General category 16.05% 14.86% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 31
10th Percentile £326 £425 £406
25th Percentile £363 £500 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £594
90th Percentile £635 £680 £625
South Wales median daily rate £439 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -20.23% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.08 £11.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% - -
South Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £86.40 -
% change year-on-year -81.48% - -

All General Skills
Cardiff

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 81 74 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 49.09% 34.42% 47.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 51 96
10th Percentile £188 - £181
25th Percentile £301 £143 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% -11.58% -
75th Percentile £480 £544 £586
90th Percentile £588 £600 £619
South Wales median daily rate £390 £420 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -16.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - £11.25 £14.00
25th Percentile - £11.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £12.21 £13.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% -28.02% -19.73%
75th Percentile £12.65 £27.69 £20.05
90th Percentile £12.91 £50.08 £21.22
South Wales median hourly rate £23.00 £25.36 £10.92
% change year-on-year -9.31% +132.23% -54.02%

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 3 June 2025.

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.69%) SAP CO
1 1 (7.69%) SAP FI
1 1 (7.69%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Amazon EventBridge
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (7.69%) GitHub
1 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (7.69%) Google Docs
1 1 (7.69%) Google Sheets
1 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.69%) Serverless
1 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Postman
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Marketing
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Billing
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Business Test Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) JSON
1 3 (23.08%) REST
1 3 (23.08%) SOAP
1 3 (23.08%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (23.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Data Protection
1 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Scrum
2 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
2 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Coaching
4 1 (7.69%) SDLC
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (23.08%) ISEB
2 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
3 1 (7.69%) CCAB
3 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SEPA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) SAP