Finance Contracts in South Wales

Financial
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -8
Contract jobs citing Finance 35 57 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 9.41% 14.39% 9.31%
As % of the General category 17.41% 29.84% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 39 44
10th Percentile £339 £225 £425
25th Percentile £400 £393 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £717 £650 £700
Wales median daily rate £413 £456 £500
% change year-on-year -9.59% -8.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £18.89 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% - -
Wales median hourly rate £21.28 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year -35.53% - -

All General Skills
South Wales

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 201 191 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 54.03% 48.23% 53.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 134 258
10th Percentile £123 £181 £213
25th Percentile £162 £220 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £506 £600 £570
90th Percentile £634 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £390 £418 £480
% change year-on-year -6.59% -12.93% +6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 20 12
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.73 £12.51
25th Percentile £20.12 £20.44 £15.05
Median hourly rate £25.36 £29.83 £20.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.99% +48.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.19 £25.00
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.38 -
Wales median hourly rate £24.68 £27.17 £20.12
% change year-on-year -9.15% +35.01% +3.18%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
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 Finance within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -7 24 £500 -2.44% 13
Newport +10 10 £400 -38.46% 3
Caerphilly - 1 - -
Finance
Wales

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 1 (2.86%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.86%) Confluence
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) GitHub
3 1 (2.86%) Asana
3 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Internet
2 1 (2.86%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.86%) LAN
2 1 (2.86%) VPN
2 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle Database
1 3 (8.57%) PowerCenter
2 2 (5.71%) GIS
3 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 21 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Influencing Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.57%) Electronics
4 3 (8.57%) Local Government
4 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.57%) Marketing
4 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Delivery Manager
1 9 (25.71%) Service Delivery Manager
1 9 (25.71%) Service Manager
2 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre Technician
3 3 (8.57%) Data Technician
3 3 (8.57%) DBA
3 3 (8.57%) Hardware Technician
3 3 (8.57%) Network Technician
3 3 (8.57%) Oracle DBA
3 3 (8.57%) Security Consultant
4 2 (5.71%) Administrator
4 2 (5.71%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.71%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Lead
4 2 (5.71%) Senior
4 2 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (5.71%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) CMDB
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) PMI
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) AIX
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (31.43%) ITIL
3 9 (25.71%) Change Management
3 9 (25.71%) Customer Requirements
3 9 (25.71%) Service Delivery
4 8 (22.86%) Decision-Making
5 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.14%) Project Management
6 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (14.29%) DevOps
7 4 (11.43%) Agile
8 3 (8.57%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 3 (8.57%) Data Centre Operations
8 3 (8.57%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (8.57%) E-business
8 3 (8.57%) High Availability
8 3 (8.57%) Information Security
8 3 (8.57%) Programme Management
8 3 (8.57%) Project Planning
8 3 (8.57%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Degree
2 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) CISM
3 3 (8.57%) CISSP
4 1 (2.86%) CIPD
4 1 (2.86%) ISEB
4 1 (2.86%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.57%) SLA
3 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (5.71%) NIST
4 1 (2.86%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Data Guard
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) SAP
3 3 (8.57%) Informatica
3 3 (8.57%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) ESRI
4 1 (2.86%) Meraki