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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 20 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing Finance 19 50 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.67% 8.64% 14.41%
As % of the General category 10.38% 18.45% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 34 110
10th Percentile £295 £374 £350
25th Percentile £500 £431 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £597 £575
90th Percentile £620 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £14.96 - -
25th Percentile £35.42 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £86.40 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +165.85% - -
75th Percentile £87.80 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £87.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £30.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year -10.00% -19.85% +74.91%

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 183 271 523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 44.96% 46.80% 55.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 188 404
10th Percentile £127 £162 £190
25th Percentile £143 £278 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -3.75% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £636
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 17
10th Percentile £11.68 - £14.66
25th Percentile £12.78 £10.92 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.27 £11.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.60% -53.76% +46.41%
75th Percentile £52.50 £21.02 £27.50
90th Percentile £85.28 £46.14 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +42.22% +6.89%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -9 17 £538 +2.38% 83
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 (26.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Acrobat
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) GitHub
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
1 1 (5.26%) IP Telephony
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) Network Security
1 1 (5.26%) VPN
1 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle Database
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (15.79%) PowerCenter
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Local Government
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 4 (21.05%) Marketing
4 3 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Analyst
1 5 (26.32%) DBA
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle DBA
1 5 (26.32%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Bid Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Network Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Bid Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) AIX
2 5 (26.32%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (26.32%) E-business
2 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Bill of Materials
3 4 (21.05%) Budget Management
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Value Proposition
3 4 (21.05%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) High Availability
4 3 (15.79%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (15.79%) Psychology
4 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Database Security
5 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 4 (21.05%) PMP
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) ISEB
3 1 (5.26%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) NEBOSH
2 1 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Data Guard
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle
3 4 (21.05%) Adobe
4 3 (15.79%) Informatica
5 2 (10.53%) Ariba
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) SAP
6 1 (5.26%) Citrix
6 1 (5.26%) Meraki