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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 245 285 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.99% 17.28% 19.71%
As % of the General category 21.93% 26.22% 31.48%
Number of salaries quoted 166 132 250
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,285 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,125 £32,500 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +44.10%
75th Percentile £57,450 £61,650 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +4.00%

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 1,117 1,087 1,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 54.65% 65.92% 62.61%
Number of salaries quoted 763 514 757
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -7.37% +13.77%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £71,300 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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
South Wales -6 195 £45,000 -3.23% 78
North Wales +15 16 £45,000 +87.50% 5
West Wales -3 9 £49,608 +24.02% 7
Mid Wales +1 7 £60,000 - 3
Dyfed +1 5 - -
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 9 (3.67%) Apache
1 9 (3.67%) Confluence
1 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.86%) SAS
3 5 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.63%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.63%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 60 (24.49%) Azure
2 38 (15.51%) AWS
3 22 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.57%) GCP
5 16 (6.53%) Entra ID
6 15 (6.12%) SaaS
7 14 (5.71%) OneDrive
8 12 (4.90%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.27%) WhatsApp
11 7 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.86%) iPaaS
11 7 (2.86%) PaaS
12 6 (2.45%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.45%) PowerApps
13 5 (2.04%) Amazon S3
14 3 (1.22%) DigitalOcean
14 3 (1.22%) OpenShift
15 2 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
15 2 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.31%) Firewall
1 13 (5.31%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (2.45%) VPN
3 5 (2.04%) Internet
3 5 (2.04%) IPsec
3 5 (2.04%) SNMP
4 4 (1.63%) DHCP
4 4 (1.63%) DNS
4 4 (1.63%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.63%) SSL
4 4 (1.63%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.63%) Wireless
5 3 (1.22%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.82%) Intranet
7 1 (0.41%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.76%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.49%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.49%) MySQL
5 10 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.45%) Power BI
7 4 (1.63%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.63%) Tableau
8 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.22%) QlikView
9 2 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.41%) Big Data
10 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (5.71%) Git
2 13 (5.31%) Selenium
3 11 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.49%) JIRA
4 5 (2.04%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.63%) Vagrant
6 3 (1.22%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.82%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) PHPUnit
General
1 113 (46.12%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (11.02%) Banking
3 19 (7.76%) Games
4 17 (6.94%) Marketing
5 13 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (5.31%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.90%) Legal
7 10 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.27%) Law
9 8 (3.27%) Welsh Language
10 7 (2.86%) Advertising
10 7 (2.86%) Retail
11 6 (2.45%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.04%) Local Government
12 5 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.04%) Police
13 2 (0.82%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 55 (22.45%) Senior
2 47 (19.18%) Developer
3 26 (10.61%) Analyst
4 22 (8.98%) Lead
5 20 (8.16%) Consultant
6 18 (7.35%) Senior Developer
7 16 (6.53%) Project Manager
7 16 (6.53%) Support Engineer
8 13 (5.31%) Desktop Engineer
8 13 (5.31%) Desktop Support
8 13 (5.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 12 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 10 (4.08%) Administrator
12 8 (3.27%) Architect
12 8 (3.27%) Financial Analyst
12 8 (3.27%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.27%) Senior Financial Analyst
13 7 (2.86%) .NET Developer
13 7 (2.86%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.39%) React
2 17 (6.94%) .NET
3 16 (6.53%) AngularJS
4 12 (4.90%) REST
5 11 (4.49%) .NET Core
5 11 (4.49%) ASP.NET
5 11 (4.49%) Spring
5 11 (4.49%) Spring Boot
6 10 (4.08%) CSS
6 10 (4.08%) HTML
7 9 (3.67%) Laravel
7 9 (3.67%) Node.js
8 8 (3.27%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.45%) Apache Camel
9 6 (2.45%) Vue
10 5 (2.04%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (2.04%) Entity Framework
10 5 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.49%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.27%) Housing Association
4 8 (3.27%) Social Media
5 5 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.04%) Replication
5 5 (2.04%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.63%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.63%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.63%) EPoS
6 4 (1.63%) Photovoltaics
6 4 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.82%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.65%) Windows
2 16 (6.53%) Linux
3 5 (2.04%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (2.04%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.63%) CentOS
4 4 (1.63%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.82%) VMS
5 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (24.49%) Agile
2 53 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (14.69%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (13.88%) Roadmaps
5 33 (13.47%) Asset Management
6 30 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (11.84%) Fintech
8 27 (11.02%) Project Management
9 26 (10.61%) Containerisation
10 25 (10.20%) Mentoring
10 25 (10.20%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.16%) Scrum
12 18 (7.35%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (6.94%) Integration Testing
14 16 (6.53%) Decision-Making
14 16 (6.53%) Mathematics
14 16 (6.53%) Service Delivery
15 15 (6.12%) Coaching
15 15 (6.12%) Line Management
16 14 (5.71%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.33%) SQL
2 25 (10.20%) Java
3 24 (9.80%) C#
4 20 (8.16%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.76%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.76%) Python
6 12 (4.90%) PHP
7 7 (2.86%) R
8 6 (2.45%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.22%) Groovy
11 2 (0.82%) VBA
12 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (12.65%) Degree
2 21 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.27%) ACCA
4 8 (3.27%) CIMA
5 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.82%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.41%) CISM
7 1 (0.41%) CISSP
7 1 (0.41%) MBA
7 1 (0.41%) MCP
7 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.31%) QA
2 12 (4.90%) IFRS
3 10 (4.08%) GDPR
4 4 (1.63%) CRD IV
4 4 (1.63%) IFRS 9
4 4 (1.63%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.22%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.82%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (12.65%) Docker
2 21 (8.57%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.90%) Ansible
3 7 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.86%) Terraform
4 5 (2.04%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.04%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.82%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 51 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.02%) Oracle
3 8 (3.27%) Hyperion
3 8 (3.27%) PeopleSoft
4 6 (2.45%) Veeam
4 6 (2.45%) VMware
5 5 (2.04%) Google
5 5 (2.04%) NetApp
5 5 (2.04%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.04%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.04%) SolidFire
5 5 (2.04%) Sophos
6 4 (1.63%) Apple
6 4 (1.63%) Asigra
6 4 (1.63%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.63%) Autodesk
6 4 (1.63%) Datto
6 4 (1.63%) IBM
6 4 (1.63%) Sage
7 3 (1.22%) WooCommerce