Finance Jobs in South Wales

Financial
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 201 244 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 12.83% 20.93% 20.49%
As % of the General category 24.85% 31.69% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 138 98 187
10th Percentile £28,290 £30,425 £36,069
25th Percentile £36,125 £35,313 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +40.00%
75th Percentile £57,450 £66,553 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £44,034 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.19% -16.13% +42.99%

All General Skills
South 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 South Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 809 770 901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 51.63% 66.04% 58.43%
Number of salaries quoted 562 361 539
10th Percentile £26,168 £26,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £31,833 £33,733 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,180 £44,666 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -10.67% +17.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £78,920
Wales median annual salary £42,860 £44,207 £48,500
% change year-on-year -3.05% -8.85% +16.17%

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
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance in South Wales

Finance
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -1 114 £44,881 -18.40% 53
Bridgend -18 36 £27,398 +14.16%
Newport +5 25 £52,101 +4.16% 13
Gwent +3 15 £28,290 - 4
Glamorgan +7 6 £28,290 -29.28% 26
Caerphilly -4 5 £30,000 -14.29% 2
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 8 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.99%) Confluence
3 5 (2.49%) Apache
4 3 (1.49%) SAS
4 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.49%) WordPress
5 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (13.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 50 (24.88%) Azure
2 28 (13.93%) AWS
3 19 (9.45%) GCP
4 18 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.96%) Entra ID
6 14 (6.97%) OneDrive
7 11 (5.47%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.48%) iPaaS
8 7 (3.48%) PaaS
8 7 (3.48%) WhatsApp
9 6 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.99%) SaaS
10 5 (2.49%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.49%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.49%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.49%) DigitalOcean
12 2 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.00%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.47%) Firewall
1 13 (6.47%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (2.99%) VPN
3 5 (2.49%) Internet
3 5 (2.49%) IPsec
3 5 (2.49%) SNMP
4 4 (1.99%) DHCP
4 4 (1.99%) DNS
4 4 (1.99%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.99%) Wireless
5 3 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (1.00%) Intranet
7 1 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.45%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.46%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.97%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.48%) MySQL
5 7 (3.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.99%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.49%) Power BI
8 4 (1.99%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.99%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.99%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.99%) Tableau
9 3 (1.49%) QlikView
10 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.50%) Big Data
11 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (7.46%) Git
2 12 (5.97%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.47%) Selenium
4 9 (4.48%) JIRA
5 5 (2.49%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.00%) DBeaver
6 2 (1.00%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.50%) PHPUnit
General
1 96 (47.76%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (7.46%) Marketing
4 14 (6.97%) Banking
5 13 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.97%) Legal
7 11 (5.47%) Games
7 11 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.48%) Advertising
9 7 (3.48%) Welsh Language
10 5 (2.49%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.49%) Police
11 4 (1.99%) Local Government
11 4 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.49%) Law
12 3 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (25.37%) Senior
2 44 (21.89%) Developer
3 23 (11.44%) Analyst
3 23 (11.44%) Lead
4 21 (10.45%) Consultant
5 17 (8.46%) Senior Developer
6 15 (7.46%) Support Engineer
7 13 (6.47%) Desktop Engineer
7 13 (6.47%) Desktop Support
7 13 (6.47%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 11 (5.47%) Java Developer
9 9 (4.48%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (4.48%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 8 (3.98%) Lead Developer
11 7 (3.48%) Full Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.48%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.48%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
12 6 (2.99%) Scrum Master
12 6 (2.99%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.96%) React
2 12 (5.97%) REST
3 11 (5.47%) .NET
3 11 (5.47%) AngularJS
3 11 (5.47%) CSS
3 11 (5.47%) HTML
3 11 (5.47%) Spring
3 11 (5.47%) Spring Boot
4 9 (4.48%) Laravel
5 6 (2.99%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.99%) Apache Camel
5 6 (2.99%) ASP.NET
6 5 (2.49%) JSON
6 5 (2.49%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.49%) RESTful
6 5 (2.49%) YAML
7 4 (1.99%) GatsbyJS
7 4 (1.99%) Node.js
7 4 (1.99%) Redux
8 3 (1.49%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (5.47%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.98%) Social Media
4 7 (3.48%) Housing Association
4 7 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.49%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.49%) Replication
6 5 (2.49%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.99%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.99%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.00%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.00%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.50%) Blog
10 1 (0.50%) Clustering
10 1 (0.50%) FMCG
10 1 (0.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.94%) Windows
2 9 (4.48%) Linux
3 5 (2.49%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (1.99%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.00%) VMS
5 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.37%) Agile
2 49 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.91%) Roadmaps
4 34 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (13.93%) Actionable Insight
5 28 (13.93%) Fintech
6 27 (13.43%) Asset Management
7 26 (12.94%) Mentoring
8 24 (11.94%) Test Automation
9 19 (9.45%) Project Management
10 18 (8.96%) Containerisation
10 18 (8.96%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (8.96%) Integration Testing
11 17 (8.46%) Coaching
11 17 (8.46%) Service Delivery
12 16 (7.96%) Decision-Making
12 16 (7.96%) Scrum
12 16 (7.96%) SDLC
13 14 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (6.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.91%) SQL
2 24 (11.94%) Java
3 16 (7.96%) C#
4 15 (7.46%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.46%) Python
4 15 (7.46%) TypeScript
5 12 (5.97%) PHP
6 8 (3.98%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.49%) R
8 2 (1.00%) Groovy
8 2 (1.00%) VBA
9 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (10.45%) Degree
2 15 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.97%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.48%) ACCA
4 9 (4.48%) CIMA
5 4 (1.99%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.99%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.00%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.50%) CISM
7 1 (0.50%) CISSP
7 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.50%) MCP
7 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.97%) QA
2 9 (4.48%) IFRS
3 6 (2.99%) GDPR
4 3 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.00%) PMO
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (13.93%) Docker
2 21 (10.45%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.48%) Ansible
3 5 (2.49%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.49%) Prometheus
3 5 (2.49%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.99%) Terraform
5 2 (1.00%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 42 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.43%) Oracle
3 9 (4.48%) Hyperion
3 9 (4.48%) PeopleSoft
4 6 (2.99%) Veeam
4 6 (2.99%) VMware
5 5 (2.49%) NetApp
5 5 (2.49%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.49%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.49%) SolidFire
5 5 (2.49%) Sophos
6 4 (1.99%) Asigra
6 4 (1.99%) Datto
6 4 (1.99%) Sage
7 3 (1.49%) Google
7 3 (1.49%) IBM
7 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.49%) WooCommerce
8 2 (1.00%) SAP
8 2 (1.00%) UiPath