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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 8 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 238 348 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 21.04% 21.32% 20.38%
As % of the General category 30.99% 30.45% 30.09%
Number of salaries quoted 135 238 290
10th Percentile £29,400 £36,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £65,889 £63,750 £51,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,625 £62,600
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% +6.84% -

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 768 1,143 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 67.90% 70.04% 67.73%
Number of salaries quoted 416 697 705
10th Percentile £25,875 £30,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,981 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% +6.62% +5.88%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £72,500 £65,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 -5 182 £50,000 -4.76% 69
West Wales -6 25 £52,500 +5.00% 7
Mid Wales -2 8 £33,500 - 2
North Wales 0 4 £35,000 -50.00% 10
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 12 (5.04%) SAS
2 8 (3.36%) Confluence
2 8 (3.36%) Tomcat
3 4 (1.68%) Apache
3 4 (1.68%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Simulink
3 1 (0.42%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (7.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.78%) Hyperion Planning
3 5 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.26%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.42%) iTrent
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.42%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.42%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (30.25%) Azure
2 43 (18.07%) Power Platform
3 35 (14.71%) Dynamics 365
4 31 (13.03%) SaaS
5 24 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (10.08%) IaaS
6 23 (9.66%) PaaS
7 19 (7.98%) Azure Functions
7 19 (7.98%) Serverless
8 13 (5.46%) AWS
8 13 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (4.20%) GCP
10 5 (2.10%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.68%) Boomi
11 4 (1.68%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.68%) GitHub
11 4 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.56%) DNS
2 13 (5.46%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.78%) SSL
4 7 (2.94%) Firewall
5 6 (2.52%) SAN
6 5 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (1.26%) SMS
8 1 (0.42%) DHCP
8 1 (0.42%) DKIM
8 1 (0.42%) DMARC
8 1 (0.42%) HTTP
8 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.42%) SSH
8 1 (0.42%) VoIP
8 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.40%) MySQL
2 14 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.36%) Power BI
4 5 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.68%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) GIS
7 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (3.78%) Git
1 9 (3.78%) JIRA
2 4 (1.68%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (1.68%) Selenium
3 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 79 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.11%) Banking
3 36 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.82%) Games
5 17 (7.14%) Retail
6 13 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.62%) Law
8 11 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.78%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.36%) Advertising
10 8 (3.36%) Legal
11 7 (2.94%) Marketing
12 4 (1.68%) Local Government
13 3 (1.26%) Back Office
13 3 (1.26%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.26%) Police
13 3 (1.26%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.84%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 68 (28.57%) Architect
2 42 (17.65%) Analyst
3 34 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 27 (11.34%) Senior
5 21 (8.82%) Security Architect
6 19 (7.98%) CRM Architect
6 19 (7.98%) Dynamics CRM Architect
7 16 (6.72%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.88%) IT Analyst
8 14 (5.88%) IT Security Analyst
8 14 (5.88%) Security Analyst
9 12 (5.04%) Consultant
9 12 (5.04%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
9 12 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (4.62%) Oracle Consultant
10 11 (4.62%) Support Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
14 6 (2.52%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.62%) HTML
2 8 (3.36%) CSS
2 8 (3.36%) RESTful
3 6 (2.52%) .NET
4 5 (2.10%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.10%) jQuery
4 5 (2.10%) Laravel
5 3 (1.26%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.26%) Express.js
5 3 (1.26%) MEAN Stack
5 3 (1.26%) MERN Stack
5 3 (1.26%) Node.js
5 3 (1.26%) React
6 2 (0.84%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.42%) JSON
7 1 (0.42%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.42%) SOAP
7 1 (0.42%) Spring
7 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.88%) Public Cloud
1 14 (5.88%) Security Posture
2 10 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.36%) Credit Risk
3 8 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.94%) Legacy Code
5 6 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.10%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.68%) NHS
7 4 (1.68%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.84%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.84%) PMI
10 1 (0.42%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.42%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.42%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.98%) Windows
2 18 (7.56%) Linux
3 8 (3.36%) Unix
3 8 (3.36%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (45.80%) Agile
2 74 (31.09%) Actionable Insight
3 38 (15.97%) DevOps
3 38 (15.97%) Mentoring
3 38 (15.97%) Roadmaps
4 33 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (12.61%) Analytics
5 30 (12.61%) Containerisation
6 28 (11.76%) CRM
7 27 (11.34%) Asset Management
8 24 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (10.08%) IT Asset Management
9 23 (9.66%) SIEM
10 22 (9.24%) Identity Access Management
10 22 (9.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 21 (8.82%) Network Segmentation
11 21 (8.82%) Project Planning
11 21 (8.82%) RBAC
11 21 (8.82%) Strategic Roadmap
12 19 (7.98%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.29%) SQL
2 19 (7.98%) Python
3 10 (4.20%) C#
4 9 (3.78%) Java
5 7 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.94%) R
6 5 (2.10%) Bash
7 2 (0.84%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.42%) C
8 1 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) Groovy
8 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 27 (11.34%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.50%) Degree
3 14 (5.88%) CEH
3 14 (5.88%) GCFA
3 14 (5.88%) GCIA
3 14 (5.88%) GCIH
3 14 (5.88%) GREM
3 14 (5.88%) OSCP
4 7 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.10%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.68%) MCP
7 4 (1.68%) MCSA
7 4 (1.68%) MCSE
7 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.84%) CISSP
9 2 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.36%) GDPR
3 7 (2.94%) QA
4 5 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (1.68%) CRD IV
5 4 (1.68%) IFRS
5 4 (1.68%) IFRS 9
6 3 (1.26%) PMO
7 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.26%) Docker
4 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 7 (2.94%) Terraform
2 5 (2.10%) Ansible
3 4 (1.68%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 52 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.14%) Oracle
3 9 (3.78%) Hyperion
4 8 (3.36%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.36%) SAP
5 5 (2.10%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.68%) Google
6 4 (1.68%) New Relic
7 3 (1.26%) Dell
7 3 (1.26%) Infor
7 3 (1.26%) Teradata
8 2 (0.84%) Cisco
8 2 (0.84%) Citrix
8 2 (0.84%) IBM
8 2 (0.84%) Remedy
8 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.84%) VMware
9 1 (0.42%) Databricks
9 1 (0.42%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.42%) Meraki