Finance Jobs in Wales

Financial
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 248 292 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.30% 17.54% 20.14%
As % of the General category 22.22% 26.14% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 171 142 251
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,690 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,125 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +42.99%
75th Percentile £58,100 £64,688 £69,375
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% +4.62% +4.00%

All General Skills
Wales

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,116 1,117 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 55.33% 67.09% 61.89%
Number of salaries quoted 765 536 750
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,666 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -5.97% +12.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Wales

Finance
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in Wales.

Salary trend for Finance in Wales

Finance
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in Wales

Finance
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales -7 193 £45,000 -10.00% 74
North Wales +15 16 £45,000 -4.26% 5
West Wales -7 13 £40,000 -3.03% 5
Mid Wales -1 7 £60,000 - 2
Dyfed +1 5 - -
Finance
UK

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.44%) Confluence
2 9 (3.63%) Apache
2 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.82%) SAS
4 5 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.61%) ArcGIS
6 3 (1.21%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.21%) WordPress
7 2 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (8.87%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (6.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.61%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 61 (24.60%) Azure
2 37 (14.92%) AWS
3 23 (9.27%) GCP
4 22 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (6.85%) SaaS
6 16 (6.45%) Entra ID
7 14 (5.65%) OneDrive
8 13 (5.24%) Power Platform
9 11 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.23%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.42%) iPaaS
11 6 (2.42%) PaaS
11 6 (2.42%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.42%) PowerApps
12 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.21%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (1.21%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.24%) Firewall
1 13 (5.24%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (2.42%) DNS
2 6 (2.42%) SSL
2 6 (2.42%) VPN
3 5 (2.02%) Internet
3 5 (2.02%) IPsec
3 5 (2.02%) SNMP
4 4 (1.61%) DHCP
4 4 (1.61%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.61%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.61%) Wireless
5 3 (1.21%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.81%) Intranet
6 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.29%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (6.45%) MySQL
4 12 (4.84%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (3.23%) Power BI
8 4 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.61%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.61%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.61%) Tableau
9 3 (1.21%) QlikView
10 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.40%) Big Data
11 1 (0.40%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (6.05%) Git
1 15 (6.05%) Selenium
2 13 (5.24%) JIRA
3 11 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.02%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.61%) Vagrant
6 3 (1.21%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.81%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.40%) PHPUnit
General
1 111 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (12.50%) Banking
3 20 (8.06%) Games
4 15 (6.05%) Marketing
5 14 (5.65%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.84%) Legal
6 12 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.23%) Retail
9 8 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.23%) Welsh Language
10 7 (2.82%) Advertising
10 7 (2.82%) Law
11 6 (2.42%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.02%) Local Government
12 5 (2.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.02%) Police
13 2 (0.81%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 53 (21.37%) Senior
2 47 (18.95%) Developer
3 24 (9.68%) Analyst
4 22 (8.87%) Lead
5 18 (7.26%) Project Manager
5 18 (7.26%) Senior Developer
5 18 (7.26%) Support Engineer
6 17 (6.85%) Consultant
7 13 (5.24%) Desktop Engineer
7 13 (5.24%) Desktop Support
7 13 (5.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 11 (4.44%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.03%) Administrator
9 10 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (3.63%) Architect
10 9 (3.63%) Security Architect
11 8 (3.23%) Full Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.82%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.82%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.82%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.68%) React
2 17 (6.85%) .NET
2 17 (6.85%) AngularJS
3 12 (4.84%) HTML
3 12 (4.84%) REST
4 11 (4.44%) .NET Core
4 11 (4.44%) ASP.NET
4 11 (4.44%) CSS
4 11 (4.44%) Spring
4 11 (4.44%) Spring Boot
5 10 (4.03%) Node.js
6 9 (3.63%) Laravel
7 8 (3.23%) .NET Framework
8 6 (2.42%) Apache Camel
8 6 (2.42%) RESTful
8 6 (2.42%) Vue
9 5 (2.02%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (2.02%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (2.02%) Entity Framework
9 5 (2.02%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.65%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (5.24%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.23%) Housing Association
4 8 (3.23%) Social Media
5 7 (2.82%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.02%) Replication
6 5 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.61%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.61%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.61%) EPoS
7 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.61%) Photovoltaics
7 4 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.21%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.50%) Windows
2 18 (7.26%) Linux
3 5 (2.02%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (2.02%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.61%) CentOS
4 4 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.81%) Unix
5 2 (0.81%) VMS
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (27.82%) Agile
2 56 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (14.52%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (13.71%) Asset Management
5 32 (12.90%) Roadmaps
6 30 (12.10%) Fintech
7 28 (11.29%) Containerisation
7 28 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (11.29%) Project Management
8 27 (10.89%) Mentoring
8 27 (10.89%) Test Automation
9 20 (8.06%) Scrum
10 18 (7.26%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (7.26%) DevOps
11 17 (6.85%) Integration Testing
12 16 (6.45%) Decision-Making
12 16 (6.45%) Line Management
12 16 (6.45%) Mathematics
12 16 (6.45%) SDLC
13 15 (6.05%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.13%) SQL
2 28 (11.29%) Java
3 26 (10.48%) C#
4 20 (8.06%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.66%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.66%) Python
6 12 (4.84%) PHP
7 7 (2.82%) R
8 6 (2.42%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.21%) Groovy
11 2 (0.81%) VBA
12 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (12.50%) Degree
2 22 (8.87%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.24%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.42%) ACCA
4 6 (2.42%) CIMA
5 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.40%) MBA
8 1 (0.40%) MCP
8 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.40%) PMP
8 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.05%) QA
2 10 (4.03%) GDPR
2 10 (4.03%) IFRS
3 4 (1.61%) CRD IV
3 4 (1.61%) IFRS 9
3 4 (1.61%) NEBOSH
4 3 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.81%) PMO
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 32 (12.90%) Docker
2 21 (8.47%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.84%) Ansible
3 7 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.82%) Terraform
4 5 (2.02%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.02%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.21%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.81%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 49 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.08%) Oracle
3 6 (2.42%) Atlassian
3 6 (2.42%) Hyperion
3 6 (2.42%) PeopleSoft
3 6 (2.42%) Veeam
3 6 (2.42%) VMware
4 5 (2.02%) Google
4 5 (2.02%) NetApp
4 5 (2.02%) Palo Alto
4 5 (2.02%) Red Hat
4 5 (2.02%) SolidFire
4 5 (2.02%) Sophos
5 4 (1.61%) Apple
5 4 (1.61%) Asigra
5 4 (1.61%) Autodesk
5 4 (1.61%) Datto
5 4 (1.61%) IBM
5 4 (1.61%) Sage
6 3 (1.21%) WooCommerce