Fintech Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Financial Technology (FinTech)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Fintech skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fintech 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Wales median daily rate £400 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Fintech falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 342 222 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 71.10% 89.52% 80.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 161 139
10th Percentile £305 £190 £142
25th Percentile £375 £266 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £393 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -1.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £550
90th Percentile £748 £638 £638
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +18.75% -3.03% -10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 40
10th Percentile £12.72 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.37 £20.12
Median hourly rate £21.25 £14.81 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +43.53% -41.62% +1.44%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.75 £47.81
90th Percentile £55.00 - £53.88
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year +3.66% -19.16% +3.69%

Fintech
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fintech relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Fintech job vacancy trend in South Wales

Fintech
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Fintech.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Fintech

Fintech
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 Fintech within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 September 2026. 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 - 1 £400 - 7
Fintech
Wales

Fintech
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Regtech
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management