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 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Financial UK / Wales
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	3	5	3
Rank change year-on-year	+2	-2
Permanent jobs citing Finance	224	273	333
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales	22.44%	20.84%	23.77%
As % of the General category	58.95%	55.83%	59.36%
Number of salaries quoted	193	234	296
Median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£28,650
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£58,500	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£46,000	£45,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+2.22%	-

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	380	489	561
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales	38.08%	37.33%	40.04%
Number of salaries quoted	327	405	468
Median salary	£43,000	£40,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+7.50%	+6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£29,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£58,000	£57,500	£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 27 June 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 27 June 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	175	£45,000	-	13
West Wales	-	22	£43,000	-	2
North Wales	-2	11	£25,000	-25.37%	3
Mid Wales	-	4	£43,000	-
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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales

For the 6 months to 27 June 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	155 (32.63%)	SQL
2	148 (31.16%)	Agile Software Development
3	89 (18.74%)	Degree
4	80 (16.84%)	Oracle
5	78 (16.42%)	Analytical Skills
6	68 (14.32%)	Project Management
7	66 (13.89%)	Microsoft
8	62 (13.05%)	Advertising
9	58 (12.21%)	Java
10	52 (10.95%)	Web Services
11	50 (10.53%)	Stakeholder Management
11	50 (10.53%)	Scrum
12	48 (10.11%)	Oracle Reports
12	48 (10.11%)	PL/SQL
12	48 (10.11%)	SQL Server

13	46 (9.68%)	ETL
14	43 (9.05%)	.NET
15	42 (8.84%)	Software Engineering
16	40 (8.42%)	C#
16	40 (8.42%)	Oracle Forms
16	40 (8.42%)	Spring
17	38 (8.00%)	SDLC
18	37 (7.79%)	Waterfall
19	35 (7.37%)	Windows
20	34 (7.16%)	JavaScript
20	34 (7.16%)	ISEB
21	33 (6.95%)	HTML
22	32 (6.74%)	XML
22	32 (6.74%)	Business Intelligence
23	31 (6.53%)	SOAP

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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	8 (1.68%)	SAS
2	7 (1.47%)	IBM Notes
3	6 (1.26%)	Apache
3	6 (1.26%)	SharePoint
4	5 (1.05%)	IIS
5	4 (0.84%)	Apache Spark
6	3 (0.63%)	Documentum
6	3 (0.63%)	FileNet
6	3 (0.63%)	JBoss
7	2 (0.42%)	Adobe Experience Manager
7	2 (0.42%)	Alfresco
7	2 (0.42%)	BizTalk Server
7	2 (0.42%)	Drupal
7	2 (0.42%)	Liferay
7	2 (0.42%)	LiveCycle
7	2 (0.42%)	LiveLink
7	2 (0.42%)	Tomcat
7	2 (0.42%)	WordPress
8	1 (0.21%)	SharePoint 2010
8	1 (0.21%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	23 (4.84%)	Microsoft Office
2	12 (2.53%)	Microsoft Excel
3	8 (1.68%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	6 (1.26%)	Microsoft Project
5	3 (0.63%)	MS Visio
6	1 (0.21%)	Mingle

Business Applications
1	13 (2.74%)	Oracle Receivables
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle 11i
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle Applications
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle Assets
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle EBS
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle EBS R12
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle Financials
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle General Ledger
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle Manufacturing
2	7 (1.47%)	Oracle Payables
2	7 (1.47%)	Unit4 Business World
3	6 (1.26%)	Sage 200
3	6 (1.26%)	Sage 50
4	5 (1.05%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	4 (0.84%)	Dynamics NAV
6	3 (0.63%)	Dynamics CRM
7	2 (0.42%)	Dynamics AX
8	1 (0.21%)	Compiere
8	1 (0.21%)	SAP ERP
8	1 (0.21%)	SAP SRM

Cloud Services
1	12 (2.53%)	Amazon AWS
2	10 (2.11%)	Microsoft Azure
3	8 (1.68%)	SaaS
4	6 (1.26%)	Office 365
5	4 (0.84%)	Cloud Computing
6	3 (0.63%)	Google Analytics
7	2 (0.42%)	AdWords
7	2 (0.42%)	GitHub
8	1 (0.21%)	Dynamics 365
8	1 (0.21%)	Google Cloud Platform

Communications & Networking
1	16 (3.37%)	Firewall
2	10 (2.11%)	Internet
2	10 (2.11%)	TCP/IP
3	7 (1.47%)	HTTP
4	5 (1.05%)	DNS
5	4 (0.84%)	Network Security
6	3 (0.63%)	Cisco IOS
6	3 (0.63%)	SAN
7	2 (0.42%)	LAN
7	2 (0.42%)	LDAP
7	2 (0.42%)	NAS
7	2 (0.42%)	WAN
8	1 (0.21%)	Broadband
8	1 (0.21%)	Ethernet
8	1 (0.21%)	FTP
8	1 (0.21%)	Intranet
8	1 (0.21%)	Skype
8	1 (0.21%)	VPN
8	1 (0.21%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	48 (10.11%)	Oracle Reports
1	48 (10.11%)	SQL Server
2	24 (5.05%)	Oracle Database
3	22 (4.63%)	MySQL
3	22 (4.63%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	14 (2.95%)	Oracle Database 11g
5	13 (2.74%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	12 (2.53%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	9 (1.89%)	Relational Database
8	8 (1.68%)	Data Warehouse
8	8 (1.68%)	MongoDB
8	8 (1.68%)	SQL Server 2012
9	7 (1.47%)	Oracle BI Publisher
9	7 (1.47%)	Oracle Discoverer
10	5 (1.05%)	Big Data
10	5 (1.05%)	Hadoop
10	5 (1.05%)	SQL Server 2014
11	4 (0.84%)	Apache Hive
11	4 (0.84%)	Pentaho
11	4 (0.84%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	40 (8.42%)	Oracle Forms
2	22 (4.63%)	Visual Studio
3	21 (4.42%)	Maven
4	15 (3.16%)	Team Foundation Server
5	9 (1.89%)	Selenium
6	8 (1.68%)	Git (software)
7	6 (1.26%)	Jenkins
8	5 (1.05%)	SpecFlow
8	5 (1.05%)	Subversion
8	5 (1.05%)	WebDriver
9	4 (0.84%)	NUnit
9	4 (0.84%)	SoapUI
10	3 (0.63%)	JIRA
10	3 (0.63%)	TeamCity
11	2 (0.42%)	Ant
11	2 (0.42%)	JMeter
11	2 (0.42%)	JUnit
11	2 (0.42%)	Sonatype Nexus
11	2 (0.42%)	VSS/SourceSafe
11	2 (0.42%)	Xcode

General
1	62 (13.05%)	Advertising
2	27 (5.68%)	Banking
2	27 (5.68%)	Manufacturing
3	25 (5.26%)	Financial Institution
4	21 (4.42%)	Marketing
5	19 (4.00%)	Telecoms
6	8 (1.68%)	Retail
7	6 (1.26%)	Legal
8	5 (1.05%)	Electronics
8	5 (1.05%)	Welsh Language
9	3 (0.63%)	Pharmaceutical
9	3 (0.63%)	Publishing
10	2 (0.42%)	Games
11	1 (0.21%)	Aerospace
11	1 (0.21%)	Billing
11	1 (0.21%)	Investment Banking
11	1 (0.21%)	Multimedia

Job Titles
1	141 (29.68%)	Developer
2	86 (18.11%)	Analyst
3	42 (8.84%)	Java Developer
4	41 (8.63%)	Oracle Developer
5	38 (8.00%)	Business Analyst
6	37 (7.79%)	Consultant
7	33 (6.95%)	Architect
8	29 (6.11%)	Project Manager
9	28 (5.89%)	Senior Developer
10	24 (5.05%)	.NET Developer
11	16 (3.37%)	SQL Developer
12	15 (3.16%)	Auditor
12	15 (3.16%)	BPM Consultant
12	15 (3.16%)	Graduate
12	15 (3.16%)	IT Auditor
12	15 (3.16%)	IT Manager
13	14 (2.95%)	IT Graduate
13	14 (2.95%)	Senior Oracle Developer
14	13 (2.74%)	Business Process Consultant
14	13 (2.74%)	Security Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	52 (10.95%)	Web Services
2	43 (9.05%)	.NET
3	40 (8.42%)	Spring
4	33 (6.95%)	HTML
5	32 (6.74%)	XML
6	31 (6.53%)	SOAP
7	27 (5.68%)	CSS
8	26 (5.47%)	Hibernate
9	21 (4.42%)	AngularJS
9	21 (4.42%)	ASP.NET
10	16 (3.37%)	CSS3
10	16 (3.37%)	HTML5
11	13 (2.74%)	RESTful
12	12 (2.53%)	J2EE
12	12 (2.53%)	REST
13	9 (1.89%)	ASP.NET MVC
13	9 (1.89%)	WCF
14	8 (1.68%)	jQuery
14	8 (1.68%)	KnockoutJS
15	7 (1.47%)	Java EE

Miscellaneous
1	78 (16.42%)	Analytical Skills
2	19 (4.00%)	Fintech
3	16 (3.37%)	Management Information System
4	12 (2.53%)	Data Centre
5	11 (2.32%)	Computer Science
6	7 (1.47%)	Cyber Attack
6	7 (1.47%)	Online Banking
7	6 (1.26%)	Social Media
8	5 (1.05%)	CMDB
8	5 (1.05%)	Mobile Banking
8	5 (1.05%)	User Experience
9	4 (0.84%)	Credit Risk
9	4 (0.84%)	EPoS
9	4 (0.84%)	iSeries
10	3 (0.63%)	Clustering
10	3 (0.63%)	Data Structures
10	3 (0.63%)	Greenfield Project
10	3 (0.63%)	Life Science
10	3 (0.63%)	Mainframe
10	3 (0.63%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	35 (7.37%)	Windows
2	19 (4.00%)	Linux
3	11 (2.32%)	Windows Server
4	8 (1.68%)	Windows 7
5	7 (1.47%)	Windows Server 2012
6	5 (1.05%)	Android
6	5 (1.05%)	Windows 8
7	3 (0.63%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	3 (0.63%)	Unix
7	3 (0.63%)	Windows 10
8	2 (0.42%)	AIX
8	2 (0.42%)	Apple iOS
8	2 (0.42%)	CentOS
8	2 (0.42%)	Solaris
8	2 (0.42%)	Windows Server 2003
8	2 (0.42%)	Windows Server 2008
9	1 (0.21%)	Mac OS X
9	1 (0.21%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	148 (31.16%)	Agile Software Development
2	68 (14.32%)	Project Management
3	50 (10.53%)	Scrum
3	50 (10.53%)	Stakeholder Management
4	46 (9.68%)	ETL
5	42 (8.84%)	Software Engineering
6	38 (8.00%)	SDLC
7	37 (7.79%)	Waterfall
8	32 (6.74%)	Business Intelligence
9	31 (6.53%)	Business Analysis
9	31 (6.53%)	Change Management
10	28 (5.89%)	Process Management
10	28 (5.89%)	Test Automation
11	27 (5.68%)	PRINCE2
11	27 (5.68%)	Risk Management
12	26 (5.47%)	ITIL
13	25 (5.26%)	Web Development
14	24 (5.05%)	Service Management
15	23 (4.84%)	DevOps
16	22 (4.63%)	MVC

Programming Languages
1	155 (32.63%)	SQL
2	58 (12.21%)	Java
3	48 (10.11%)	PL/SQL
4	40 (8.42%)	C#
5	34 (7.16%)	JavaScript
6	24 (5.05%)	T-SQL
7	22 (4.63%)	C
8	15 (3.16%)	Python
9	7 (1.47%)	PHP
10	5 (1.05%)	PowerShell
11	3 (0.63%)	ABAP
11	3 (0.63%)	Shell Script
11	3 (0.63%)	TypeScript
12	2 (0.42%)	C++
12	2 (0.42%)	Objective-C
12	2 (0.42%)	Perl
12	2 (0.42%)	R
12	2 (0.42%)	Ruby
12	2 (0.42%)	VB
13	1 (0.21%)	Bash Shell

Qualifications
1	89 (18.74%)	Degree
2	34 (7.16%)	ISEB
3	14 (2.95%)	HND
4	13 (2.74%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
5	12 (2.53%)	CBAP
5	12 (2.53%)	IIBA
6	10 (2.11%)	PMI Certification
6	10 (2.11%)	PMP
7	8 (1.68%)	ISTQB
7	8 (1.68%)	PRINCE2 Certification
8	6 (1.26%)	Computer Science Degree
9	5 (1.05%)	Security Cleared
10	3 (0.63%)	CISSP
10	3 (0.63%)	ITIL Certification
10	3 (0.63%)	Master's Degree
11	1 (0.21%)	APMP
11	1 (0.21%)	Cisco Certification
11	1 (0.21%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
11	1 (0.21%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
11	1 (0.21%)	Numerate Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	28 (5.89%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	22 (4.63%)	QA
3	16 (3.37%)	ISO 9001
4	11 (2.32%)	SLA
5	10 (2.11%)	PMO
6	4 (0.84%)	ISO/IEC 20000
7	3 (0.63%)	Data Quality
7	3 (0.63%)	ISO/IEC 19770
8	2 (0.42%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
9	1 (0.21%)	GDPR
9	1 (0.21%)	ISO 22301
9	1 (0.21%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	12 (2.53%)	Hyper-V
2	11 (2.32%)	Active Directory
3	9 (1.89%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	3 (0.63%)	pfSense
4	3 (0.63%)	Snort
5	2 (0.42%)	vSphere
6	1 (0.21%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	3 (0.63%)	ServiceCenter
2	2 (0.42%)	Ansible
2	2 (0.42%)	HAProxy
2	2 (0.42%)	NetBackup
2	2 (0.42%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
3	1 (0.21%)	Microsoft Clustering
3	1 (0.21%)	Opscode Chef
3	1 (0.21%)	Oracle Identity Management
3	1 (0.21%)	Puppet
3	1 (0.21%)	SCCM
3	1 (0.21%)	Tivoli

Vendors
1	80 (16.84%)	Oracle
2	66 (13.89%)	Microsoft
3	17 (3.58%)	VMware
4	12 (2.53%)	SAP
5	10 (2.11%)	IBM
6	9 (1.89%)	Google
7	8 (1.68%)	Cisco
8	7 (1.47%)	Lotus
8	7 (1.47%)	Sage
8	7 (1.47%)	Tableau
9	5 (1.05%)	HP
9	5 (1.05%)	ICL
9	5 (1.05%)	Red Hat
10	4 (0.84%)	Twitter
11	3 (0.63%)	Adobe
11	3 (0.63%)	BMC
11	3 (0.63%)	OpenText
11	3 (0.63%)	ServiceNow
11	3 (0.63%)	Snow
11	3 (0.63%)	Sybase