Finance Jobs in 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 3 months to 30 May 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Financial UK / Wales
Location	3 months to 30 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	5	4	4
Rank change year-on-year	-1	0
Permanent jobs citing Finance	209	274	304
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales	20.96%	21.21%	21.89%
As % of the General category	54.57%	55.47%	56.40%
Number of salaries quoted	172	238	276
Median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£56,800	£55,000	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000

Finance is in the common skills category. The next 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.

General Skills Wales
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	383	494	539
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales	38.42%	38.24%	38.80%
Number of salaries quoted	319	404	452
Median salary	£44,000	£40,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,150	£28,000	£27,800
10% offered a salary of more than	£58,000	£55,000	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Wales citing Finance as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the General category.

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Salary Trend in Wales

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Finance in Wales.

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Salary Histogram in Wales

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Finance in Wales over the 3 months to 30 May 2017.

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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 3 months to 30 May 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
South Wales	0	169	£45,000	+5.88%	10
West Wales	-	19	£45,000	-	1
North Wales	-7	6	£27,923	-16.64%	2
Mid Wales	-	5	£43,000	-
Finance UK

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales

For the 6 months to 30 May 2017, IT jobs citing Finance also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Wales region with a requirement for Finance.

1	156 (35.21%)	SQL
2	133 (30.02%)	Agile Software Development
3	85 (19.19%)	Degree
4	84 (18.96%)	Oracle
5	70 (15.80%)	Analytical Skills
6	68 (15.35%)	Project Management
7	60 (13.54%)	Microsoft
8	54 (12.19%)	Java
8	54 (12.19%)	Advertising
9	50 (11.29%)	PL/SQL
9	50 (11.29%)	Oracle Reports
10	49 (11.06%)	ETL
11	48 (10.84%)	Stakeholder Management
12	47 (10.61%)	SQL Server
13	46 (10.38%)	Scrum

14	45 (10.16%)	Web Services
15	40 (9.03%)	Oracle Forms
16	39 (8.80%)	.NET
17	38 (8.58%)	Software Engineering
18	36 (8.13%)	C#
18	36 (8.13%)	XML
18	36 (8.13%)	SDLC
19	35 (7.90%)	Waterfall
19	35 (7.90%)	Windows
19	35 (7.90%)	Spring
20	33 (7.45%)	SOAP
21	32 (7.22%)	Change Management
22	31 (7.00%)	HTML
23	30 (6.77%)	PRINCE2
24	29 (6.55%)	JavaScript

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	7 (1.58%)	SharePoint
2	6 (1.35%)	IIS
2	6 (1.35%)	SAS
3	4 (0.90%)	Apache
3	4 (0.90%)	Documentum
3	4 (0.90%)	FileNet
3	4 (0.90%)	IBM Notes
4	3 (0.68%)	Apache Spark
4	3 (0.68%)	JBoss
4	3 (0.68%)	Tomcat
5	2 (0.45%)	Adobe Experience Manager
5	2 (0.45%)	Alfresco
5	2 (0.45%)	Drupal
5	2 (0.45%)	Liferay
5	2 (0.45%)	LiveCycle
5	2 (0.45%)	LiveLink
6	1 (0.23%)	MS Exchange
6	1 (0.23%)	SharePoint 2010
6	1 (0.23%)	Umbraco
6	1 (0.23%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	22 (4.97%)	Microsoft Office
2	6 (1.35%)	Microsoft Excel
2	6 (1.35%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	5 (1.13%)	Microsoft Project
4	3 (0.68%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	14 (3.16%)	Oracle Receivables
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle 11i
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Applications
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Assets
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle EBS
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle EBS R12
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Financials
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle General Ledger
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Manufacturing
2	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Payables
3	8 (1.81%)	Unit4 Business World
4	7 (1.58%)	Sage 200
5	6 (1.35%)	Sage 50
6	4 (0.90%)	Dynamics NAV
7	3 (0.68%)	SAP Oil and Gas
8	2 (0.45%)	Dynamics CRM
9	1 (0.23%)	Dynamics AX
9	1 (0.23%)	Maximo
9	1 (0.23%)	SAP ERP
9	1 (0.23%)	SAP S/4HANA

Cloud Services
1	11 (2.48%)	Amazon AWS
2	8 (1.81%)	SaaS
3	7 (1.58%)	Microsoft Azure
4	5 (1.13%)	Office 365
5	3 (0.68%)	Cloud Computing
6	1 (0.23%)	GitHub
6	1 (0.23%)	Google Analytics
6	1 (0.23%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	1 (0.23%)	Google Tag Manager

Communications & Networking
1	17 (3.84%)	Firewall
2	8 (1.81%)	TCP/IP
3	7 (1.58%)	HTTP
4	5 (1.13%)	DNS
4	5 (1.13%)	Internet
5	3 (0.68%)	Network Security
5	3 (0.68%)	SAN
6	2 (0.45%)	Broadband
6	2 (0.45%)	Cisco IOS
6	2 (0.45%)	LAN
6	2 (0.45%)	LDAP
6	2 (0.45%)	NAS
6	2 (0.45%)	WAN
7	1 (0.23%)	Ethernet
7	1 (0.23%)	FTP
7	1 (0.23%)	Intranet
7	1 (0.23%)	Skype
7	1 (0.23%)	VPN
7	1 (0.23%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	50 (11.29%)	Oracle Reports
2	47 (10.61%)	SQL Server
3	27 (6.09%)	Oracle Database
4	23 (5.19%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	22 (4.97%)	MySQL
6	17 (3.84%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	14 (3.16%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	12 (2.71%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	9 (2.03%)	Data Warehouse
9	9 (2.03%)	Oracle BI Publisher
9	9 (2.03%)	Oracle Discoverer
10	8 (1.81%)	SQL Server 2012
11	7 (1.58%)	MongoDB
12	6 (1.35%)	Relational Database
13	5 (1.13%)	SQL Server 2008
13	5 (1.13%)	SQL Server 2014
14	4 (0.90%)	Big Data
14	4 (0.90%)	Hadoop
14	4 (0.90%)	Power BI
15	3 (0.68%)	Pentaho

Development Applications
1	40 (9.03%)	Oracle Forms
2	22 (4.97%)	Maven
3	20 (4.51%)	Visual Studio
4	14 (3.16%)	Team Foundation Server
5	7 (1.58%)	Git (software)
6	6 (1.35%)	Selenium
7	4 (0.90%)	NUnit
7	4 (0.90%)	SoapUI
8	3 (0.68%)	Jenkins
8	3 (0.68%)	JMeter
8	3 (0.68%)	SpecFlow
8	3 (0.68%)	Subversion
8	3 (0.68%)	TeamCity
9	2 (0.45%)	Ant
9	2 (0.45%)	JIRA
9	2 (0.45%)	JUnit
9	2 (0.45%)	Sonatype Nexus
9	2 (0.45%)	VSS/SourceSafe
9	2 (0.45%)	WebDriver
9	2 (0.45%)	Xcode

General
1	54 (12.19%)	Advertising
2	27 (6.09%)	Banking
3	26 (5.87%)	Manufacturing
4	22 (4.97%)	Financial Institution
5	17 (3.84%)	Telecoms
6	15 (3.39%)	Marketing
7	9 (2.03%)	Retail
8	6 (1.35%)	Legal
8	6 (1.35%)	Welsh Language
9	4 (0.90%)	Games
10	3 (0.68%)	Electronics
10	3 (0.68%)	Pharmaceutical
10	3 (0.68%)	Publishing
11	1 (0.23%)	Aerospace
11	1 (0.23%)	Billing
11	1 (0.23%)	Investment Banking
11	1 (0.23%)	Multimedia

Job Titles
1	130 (29.35%)	Developer
2	90 (20.32%)	Analyst
3	41 (9.26%)	Oracle Developer
4	37 (8.35%)	Business Analyst
4	37 (8.35%)	Java Developer
5	33 (7.45%)	Consultant
6	30 (6.77%)	Project Manager
6	30 (6.77%)	Senior Developer
7	27 (6.09%)	Architect
8	22 (4.97%)	.NET Developer
9	17 (3.84%)	IT Manager
9	17 (3.84%)	Senior Oracle Developer
10	16 (3.61%)	Senior Analyst
11	13 (2.93%)	BPM Consultant
11	13 (2.93%)	Security Engineer
11	13 (2.93%)	SQL Developer
11	13 (2.93%)	Test Analyst
12	12 (2.71%)	Senior Manager
12	12 (2.71%)	Systems Analyst
13	11 (2.48%)	Support Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	45 (10.16%)	Web Services
2	39 (8.80%)	.NET
3	36 (8.13%)	XML
4	35 (7.90%)	Spring
5	33 (7.45%)	SOAP
6	31 (7.00%)	HTML
7	25 (5.64%)	CSS
7	25 (5.64%)	Hibernate
8	19 (4.29%)	ASP.NET
9	15 (3.39%)	CSS3
9	15 (3.39%)	HTML5
10	14 (3.16%)	AngularJS
11	12 (2.71%)	J2EE
12	10 (2.26%)	REST
13	9 (2.03%)	ASP.NET MVC
13	9 (2.03%)	jQuery
13	9 (2.03%)	RESTful
13	9 (2.03%)	WCF
14	8 (1.81%)	KnockoutJS
15	5 (1.13%)	React

Miscellaneous
1	70 (15.80%)	Analytical Skills
2	20 (4.51%)	Management Information System
3	17 (3.84%)	Fintech
4	13 (2.93%)	Computer Science
5	11 (2.48%)	Data Centre
6	6 (1.35%)	Cyber Attack
6	6 (1.35%)	iSeries
6	6 (1.35%)	User Experience
7	4 (0.90%)	CMDB
7	4 (0.90%)	EPoS
7	4 (0.90%)	Mainframe
7	4 (0.90%)	Online Banking
8	3 (0.68%)	Credit Risk
8	3 (0.68%)	Data Protection Act
8	3 (0.68%)	Data Structures
8	3 (0.68%)	Life Science
9	2 (0.45%)	Mobile App
9	2 (0.45%)	Mobile Banking
9	2 (0.45%)	Social Media
9	2 (0.45%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	35 (7.90%)	Windows
2	17 (3.84%)	Linux
3	9 (2.03%)	Windows Server
4	7 (1.58%)	Windows 7
4	7 (1.58%)	Windows Server 2012
5	5 (1.13%)	Android
6	4 (0.90%)	Windows 8
7	3 (0.68%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	3 (0.68%)	Windows 10
8	2 (0.45%)	Apple iOS
8	2 (0.45%)	CentOS
8	2 (0.45%)	Unix
8	2 (0.45%)	Windows Server 2003
8	2 (0.45%)	Windows Server 2008
9	1 (0.23%)	Mac OS X
9	1 (0.23%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	133 (30.02%)	Agile Software Development
2	68 (15.35%)	Project Management
3	49 (11.06%)	ETL
4	48 (10.84%)	Stakeholder Management
5	46 (10.38%)	Scrum
6	38 (8.58%)	Software Engineering
7	36 (8.13%)	SDLC
8	35 (7.90%)	Waterfall
9	32 (7.22%)	Change Management
10	30 (6.77%)	PRINCE2
11	29 (6.55%)	Business Analysis
12	27 (6.09%)	Business Intelligence
12	27 (6.09%)	ITIL
13	26 (5.87%)	Process Management
13	26 (5.87%)	Test Automation
14	24 (5.42%)	Web Development
15	22 (4.97%)	DevOps
15	22 (4.97%)	Risk Management
16	21 (4.74%)	MVC
17	20 (4.51%)	Information Security

Programming Languages
1	156 (35.21%)	SQL
2	54 (12.19%)	Java
3	50 (11.29%)	PL/SQL
4	36 (8.13%)	C#
5	29 (6.55%)	JavaScript
6	25 (5.64%)	T-SQL
7	20 (4.51%)	C
8	15 (3.39%)	Python
9	8 (1.81%)	PHP
10	5 (1.13%)	PowerShell
11	3 (0.68%)	C++
11	3 (0.68%)	Shell Script
12	2 (0.45%)	ABAP
12	2 (0.45%)	Objective-C
12	2 (0.45%)	Perl
12	2 (0.45%)	R
12	2 (0.45%)	Ruby
12	2 (0.45%)	VB
13	1 (0.23%)	SOQL
13	1 (0.23%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	85 (19.19%)	Degree
2	27 (6.09%)	ISEB
3	14 (3.16%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
4	12 (2.71%)	HND
4	12 (2.71%)	PMI Certification
4	12 (2.71%)	PMP
5	9 (2.03%)	CBAP
5	9 (2.03%)	IIBA
6	8 (1.81%)	Computer Science Degree
6	8 (1.81%)	PRINCE2 Certification
7	7 (1.58%)	ISTQB
8	3 (0.68%)	CISSP
8	3 (0.68%)	ITIL Certification
8	3 (0.68%)	Master's Degree
9	2 (0.45%)	APMP
9	2 (0.45%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
9	2 (0.45%)	Security Cleared
10	1 (0.23%)	Cisco Certification
10	1 (0.23%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
10	1 (0.23%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (4.97%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	15 (3.39%)	QA
3	12 (2.71%)	ISO 9001
4	11 (2.48%)	SLA
5	10 (2.26%)	PMO
6	3 (0.68%)	ISO/IEC 19770
7	2 (0.45%)	Data Quality
7	2 (0.45%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
8	1 (0.23%)	GDPR
8	1 (0.23%)	ISO 22301
8	1 (0.23%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	11 (2.48%)	Hyper-V
2	10 (2.26%)	Active Directory
3	7 (1.58%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	2 (0.45%)	pfSense
4	2 (0.45%)	Snort
4	2 (0.45%)	vSphere
5	1 (0.23%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	3 (0.68%)	ServiceCenter
2	2 (0.45%)	HAProxy
2	2 (0.45%)	Microsoft Clustering
3	1 (0.23%)	Ansible
3	1 (0.23%)	Oracle Identity Management
3	1 (0.23%)	Tivoli

Vendors
1	84 (18.96%)	Oracle
2	60 (13.54%)	Microsoft
3	14 (3.16%)	VMware
4	13 (2.93%)	IBM
5	7 (1.58%)	Cisco
5	7 (1.58%)	Sage
5	7 (1.58%)	SAP
6	6 (1.35%)	Google
7	5 (1.13%)	HP
7	5 (1.13%)	Tableau
8	4 (0.90%)	ICL
8	4 (0.90%)	Lotus
8	4 (0.90%)	OpenText
9	3 (0.68%)	Adobe
9	3 (0.68%)	BMC
9	3 (0.68%)	Red Hat
9	3 (0.68%)	Snow
9	3 (0.68%)	Sybase
10	2 (0.45%)	Palo Alto
10	2 (0.45%)	Xerox