Finance Jobs with Work from Home Options

Financial
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 7,272 10,232 16,056
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.48% 25.32% 22.83%
As % of the General category 34.88% 38.42% 35.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,881 6,824 8,972
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £38,798
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,447 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +6.84% +8.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £116,250 £103,675
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +4.00%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,851 26,630 44,635
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.58% 65.90% 63.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15,097 17,776 24,517
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,484 £79,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Finance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Finance trend for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Finance.

Finance salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Finance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Finance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 377 (5.18%) Apache
2 356 (4.90%) Apache Airflow
3 353 (4.85%) SAS
4 126 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 125 (1.72%) Confluence
6 101 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 86 (1.18%) IIS
8 38 (0.52%) Apache Spark
9 31 (0.43%) nginx
10 28 (0.39%) Tomcat
11 25 (0.34%) CMS
12 19 (0.26%) WordPress
13 5 (0.069%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 4 (0.055%) BizTalk Server
14 4 (0.055%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.055%) Moodle
14 4 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
14 4 (0.055%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.041%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.041%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 815 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 288 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 111 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 32 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.19%) Trello
8 12 (0.17%) SPSS
9 10 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.083%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.069%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.069%) Sketch
12 4 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.055%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
13 3 (0.041%) InVision
13 3 (0.041%) S-PLUS
14 2 (0.028%) EViews
15 1 (0.014%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 303 (4.17%) SAP ERP
2 64 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 63 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 45 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 45 (0.62%) SAP FI
5 43 (0.59%) SAP CO
5 43 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
6 33 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
7 27 (0.37%) NetSuite
8 24 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
9 22 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
10 20 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
10 20 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
11 16 (0.22%) PlanetPress Connect
12 15 (0.21%) Elite 3E
13 12 (0.17%) iTrent
14 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
15 9 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
15 9 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
15 9 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,291 (17.75%) Azure
2 1,102 (15.15%) AWS
3 569 (7.82%) Power Platform
4 519 (7.14%) GCP
5 335 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
6 327 (4.50%) dbt
7 321 (4.41%) Snowflake
8 193 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
9 188 (2.59%) SaaS
10 177 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
11 155 (2.13%) GitHub
12 104 (1.43%) Serverless
13 93 (1.28%) Entra ID
14 91 (1.25%) PowerApps
15 82 (1.13%) Power Automate
16 77 (1.06%) IaaS
17 76 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
18 73 (1.00%) PaaS
19 72 (0.99%) Amazon S3
20 69 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 778 (10.70%) Broadband
2 191 (2.63%) Firewall
3 108 (1.49%) Internet
4 97 (1.33%) DNS
5 93 (1.28%) WAN
6 84 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 82 (1.13%) VPN
8 65 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 64 (0.88%) LAN
10 59 (0.81%) IPsec
11 56 (0.77%) SNMP
12 55 (0.76%) Network Security
13 49 (0.67%) DHCP
13 49 (0.67%) Wireless
14 39 (0.54%) SAN
15 36 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 19 (0.26%) iSCSI
17 16 (0.22%) HTTP
18 14 (0.19%) HTTPS
18 14 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 506 (6.96%) SQL Server
2 475 (6.53%) Power BI
3 378 (5.20%) Data Lake
4 308 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
5 307 (4.22%) Dremio
6 304 (4.18%) Apache Arrow
7 303 (4.17%) Amazon Athena
8 257 (3.53%) Apache Ignite
9 170 (2.34%) MongoDB
10 143 (1.97%) Tableau
11 141 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 135 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
13 124 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
14 101 (1.39%) Big Data
15 80 (1.10%) Relational Database
16 65 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 64 (0.88%) NoSQL
18 54 (0.74%) Oracle Database
19 51 (0.70%) MySQL
20 50 (0.69%) DB2
Development Applications
1 250 (3.44%) JIRA
2 230 (3.16%) Git
3 140 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 78 (1.07%) Visual Studio
5 62 (0.85%) GitLab
6 51 (0.70%) Maven
7 34 (0.47%) Selenium
8 32 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 30 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
10 29 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
11 28 (0.39%) TeamCity
12 27 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
13 26 (0.36%) Cucumber
14 18 (0.25%) Cypress.io
15 17 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
16 15 (0.21%) JUnit
16 15 (0.21%) Subversion
17 13 (0.18%) NUnit
18 12 (0.17%) Eclipse
18 12 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 2,775 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 1,273 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
3 988 (13.59%) Banking
4 617 (8.48%) Retail
5 616 (8.47%) Influencing Skills
6 557 (7.66%) Front Office
7 507 (6.97%) Public Sector
8 487 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 486 (6.68%) Marketing
10 396 (5.45%) Legal
11 279 (3.84%) Investment Banking
12 229 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
13 222 (3.05%) Law
14 212 (2.92%) Manufacturing
15 161 (2.21%) Back Office
16 158 (2.17%) Telecoms
17 116 (1.60%) Financial Institution
18 105 (1.44%) Electronics
19 99 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
20 93 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,389 (19.10%) Analyst
2 1,329 (18.28%) Senior
3 1,011 (13.90%) Developer
4 699 (9.61%) Lead
5 686 (9.43%) Architect
6 498 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
7 464 (6.38%) Consultant
8 409 (5.62%) Software Engineer
9 371 (5.10%) Senior Analyst
10 362 (4.98%) Financial Analyst
11 326 (4.48%) Project Manager
12 271 (3.73%) Senior Developer
13 230 (3.16%) .NET Developer
14 184 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
15 170 (2.34%) AWS Engineer
16 163 (2.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 163 (2.24%) Python Engineer
17 157 (2.16%) IT Manager
18 152 (2.09%) Python Developer
19 151 (2.08%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 483 (6.64%) .NET
2 376 (5.17%) React
3 369 (5.07%) gRPC
4 327 (4.50%) Protocol Buffers
5 305 (4.19%) AngularJS
6 292 (4.02%) Pandas
7 278 (3.82%) HTML
8 252 (3.47%) NumPy
9 243 (3.34%) SciPy
10 218 (3.00%) ASP.NET
11 184 (2.53%) Vue
12 174 (2.39%) Node.js
13 168 (2.31%) CSS
14 165 (2.27%) .NET Core
15 147 (2.02%) Kafka
16 140 (1.93%) Spring
17 129 (1.77%) .NET Framework
18 125 (1.72%) Redux
19 123 (1.69%) REST
20 122 (1.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 491 (6.75%) Hedge funds
2 433 (5.95%) Derivative
3 427 (5.87%) Fixed Income
4 388 (5.34%) Equities
5 386 (5.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 287 (3.95%) Management Information System
7 232 (3.19%) Product Ownership
8 172 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 154 (2.12%) Public Cloud
10 144 (1.98%) PMI
11 138 (1.90%) Data Centre
12 116 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 106 (1.46%) Cloud Native
14 100 (1.38%) Social Media
15 95 (1.31%) Clustering
16 91 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
17 90 (1.24%) Mobile App
18 88 (1.21%) Virtual Team
19 64 (0.88%) Data Structures
20 59 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 590 (8.11%) Windows
2 418 (5.75%) Linux
3 179 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 139 (1.91%) Unix
5 72 (0.99%) Windows 10
6 55 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 54 (0.74%) Data ONTAP
8 49 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 49 (0.67%) Solaris
9 47 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 40 (0.55%) Android
11 35 (0.48%) CentOS
12 25 (0.34%) Ubuntu
13 24 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
13 24 (0.33%) zOS
14 14 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
15 13 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
16 12 (0.17%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,731 (37.56%) Agile
2 1,216 (16.72%) Mentoring
3 1,057 (14.54%) Roadmaps
4 1,008 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
5 902 (12.40%) Decision-Making
6 801 (11.01%) Software Engineering
7 712 (9.79%) Project Management
8 705 (9.69%) Asset Management
9 699 (9.61%) Actionable Insight
10 646 (8.88%) DevOps
11 638 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
12 584 (8.03%) Change Management
13 578 (7.95%) ERP
14 572 (7.87%) Business Case
15 570 (7.84%) Analytics
16 527 (7.25%) Coaching
17 518 (7.12%) Data Management
18 504 (6.93%) Budgeting
18 504 (6.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 504 (6.93%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1,256 (17.27%) Python
2 1,162 (15.98%) SQL
3 788 (10.84%) JavaScript
4 636 (8.75%) Java
5 581 (7.99%) C#
6 563 (7.74%) TypeScript
7 203 (2.79%) PowerShell
8 132 (1.82%) Go
9 109 (1.50%) R
9 109 (1.50%) T-SQL
10 82 (1.13%) Bash
11 77 (1.06%) C++
12 65 (0.89%) PHP
13 58 (0.80%) C
14 55 (0.76%) Shell Script
15 40 (0.55%) VBA
16 36 (0.50%) Perl
17 35 (0.48%) Groovy
18 34 (0.47%) Scala
19 29 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 964 (13.26%) Degree
2 556 (7.65%) ACCA
3 512 (7.04%) CIMA
4 289 (3.97%) Security Cleared
5 196 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 153 (2.10%) SC Cleared
7 130 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 113 (1.55%) CISSP
9 97 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 95 (1.31%) PMP
11 88 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 79 (1.09%) AWS Certification
13 55 (0.76%) DV Cleared
14 53 (0.73%) CISM
15 48 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
16 43 (0.59%) DBS Check
17 42 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
18 35 (0.48%) APMP
18 35 (0.48%) CEH
18 35 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (3.11%) QA
2 205 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 102 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 100 (1.38%) NIST
5 98 (1.35%) SLA
6 94 (1.29%) PMO
7 74 (1.02%) GDPR
8 65 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 35 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 33 (0.45%) IFRS
11 31 (0.43%) GRC
12 27 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 27 (0.37%) NCSC
13 19 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 19 (0.26%) ISO 9001
13 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.23%) ITGC
15 16 (0.22%) NIST 800
16 13 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 11 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 342 (4.70%) Docker
2 266 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 182 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 33 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 30 (0.41%) vSphere
7 27 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (0.32%) XenApp
9 22 (0.30%) Firmware
10 18 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
11 13 (0.18%) XenDesktop
12 11 (0.15%) IAG
12 11 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 10 (0.14%) OpenSSH
13 10 (0.14%) RACF
14 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
15 6 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
16 3 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
17 2 (0.028%) Apache Flume
17 2 (0.028%) NFS
Systems Management
1 366 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 298 (4.10%) Terraform
3 151 (2.08%) Ansible
4 114 (1.57%) Prometheus
5 71 (0.98%) vCenter Server
6 67 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 45 (0.62%) SCCM
8 31 (0.43%) Grafana
9 25 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 16 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (0.21%) Nmap
11 15 (0.21%) Puppet
12 12 (0.17%) Opsgenie
12 12 (0.17%) VxRail
12 12 (0.17%) ZABBIX
13 11 (0.15%) SCOM
14 10 (0.14%) IBM BigFix
14 10 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
14 10 (0.14%) Nagios
14 10 (0.14%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,662 (22.85%) Microsoft
2 634 (8.72%) SAP
3 603 (8.29%) Oracle
4 309 (4.25%) Anaplan
5 304 (4.18%) Hyperion
6 215 (2.96%) VMware
7 214 (2.94%) Google
8 96 (1.32%) Cisco
9 87 (1.20%) IBM
10 81 (1.11%) Red Hat
11 80 (1.10%) Databricks
12 79 (1.09%) Citrix
13 78 (1.07%) Palo Alto
14 73 (1.00%) NetApp
15 70 (0.96%) ServiceNow
16 64 (0.88%) Salesforce
17 62 (0.85%) Splunk
18 58 (0.80%) Atlassian
19 54 (0.74%) SolidFire
20 48 (0.66%) NEC