Finance Contracts in South Wales

Financial
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 21 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -11
Contract jobs citing Finance 15 15 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 6.15% 4.84% 9.22%
As % of the General category 11.36% 11.63% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 34
10th Percentile £299 £425 £406
25th Percentile £331 £500 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £584
90th Percentile £635 £680 £625
Wales median daily rate £388 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -29.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 £87.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.78% - -
Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £87.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year -81.78% +170.15% -

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 132 129 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 54.10% 41.61% 47.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 66 171
10th Percentile £164 £143 £183
25th Percentile £266 £167 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £423 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% -11.05% -2.06%
75th Percentile £475 £600 £586
90th Percentile £625 £638 £638
Wales median daily rate £390 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 12
10th Percentile £14.44 £11.02 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.27 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% +131.41% -51.47%
75th Percentile £43.13 £70.00 £14.27
90th Percentile £46.75 £87.80 £48.11
Wales median hourly rate £23.00 £23.84 £10.92
% change year-on-year -3.52% +118.32% -56.32%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +4 9 £406 -26.14% 68
Gwent - 3 - - 18
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 1 - -
Glamorgan - 1 £288 - 63
Bridgend - 1 - - 5
Finance
Wales

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.67%) SAP CO
1 1 (6.67%) SAP FI
1 1 (6.67%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Google Docs
1 3 (20.00%) Google Sheets
1 3 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (6.67%) Amazon EventBridge
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Serverless
2 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
1 1 (6.67%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
1 1 (6.67%) Postman
1 1 (6.67%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Billing
4 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
4 1 (6.67%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Test Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP CO Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) JSON
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) SOAP
1 1 (6.67%) XML
1 1 (6.67%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.67%) Social Media
1 1 (6.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (20.00%) Accounts Receivable
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Document Management
3 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (13.33%) Business Case
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) ACCA
2 1 (6.67%) CCAB
2 1 (6.67%) CIMA
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) ISEB
2 1 (6.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Google
2 3 (20.00%) Xero
3 2 (13.33%) SAP