Finance Contract Job Trends in Gwent

Financial
South Wales > Gwent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Gwent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Finance 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gwent 66.67% - -
As % of the General category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £458 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £450 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.69 - -
Median hourly rate £17.80 - -
75th Percentile £18.90 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.08 £18.89 £33.00
% change year-on-year -30.76% -42.76% -

All General Skills
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3 31 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gwent 100.00% 86.11% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £302 - -
25th Percentile £328 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile £455 - -
South Wales median daily rate £411 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +2.81% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.69 - £22.06
Median hourly rate £17.80 - £23.92
75th Percentile £18.90 - £90.88
90th Percentile - - £129.95
South Wales median hourly rate £15.31 £24.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -36.23% -19.55% +49.16%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Gwent

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Gwent

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Gwent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Finance

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Gwent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Finance

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories