Finance Contracts in Wales

Financial
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 18 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Finance 18 50 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.92% 8.21% 14.90%
As % of the General category 11.18% 17.30% 26.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 37 114
10th Percentile £346 £385 £316
25th Percentile £500 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.60% +9.44%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £575
90th Percentile £620 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £583 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.83% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £40.62 - -
25th Percentile £85.00 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £87.80 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +170.15% - -
75th Percentile - £33.75 -
90th Percentile £87.92 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.97 £25.71 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.90% -26.54% +56.53%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 161 289 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.99% 47.45% 55.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 206 406
10th Percentile £143 £180 £193
25th Percentile £200 £314 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £635 £628 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 20
10th Percentile £11.25 - £17.94
25th Percentile £11.75 - £20.18
Median hourly rate £23.84 £10.92 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.32% -56.32% +35.14%
75th Percentile £52.25 £18.09 £28.38
90th Percentile £86.96 £47.91 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Wales

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Wales

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Wales

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Wales

Finance
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South Wales -6 16 £538 +2.38% 94
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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Acrobat
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
1 1 (5.56%) IP Telephony
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (16.67%) PowerCenter
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
2 4 (22.22%) Local Government
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) DBA
1 5 (27.78%) Oracle DBA
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) Bid Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Bid Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Change Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) AIX
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
3 1 (5.56%) Windows
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (27.78%) E-business
2 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Project Management
3 4 (22.22%) Bill of Materials
3 4 (22.22%) Budget Management
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Value Proposition
3 4 (22.22%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) High Availability
4 3 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (16.67%) Psychology
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (11.11%) KYC
5 2 (11.11%) Migration
5 2 (11.11%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 4 (22.22%) PMP
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) NEBOSH
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Data Guard
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle
3 4 (22.22%) Adobe
4 3 (16.67%) Informatica
5 2 (11.11%) Ariba
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco
5 2 (11.11%) SAP
6 1 (5.56%) Citrix
6 1 (5.56%) Meraki