Finance Contracts with Work from Home Options

Financial
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 3,307 5,179 8,509
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 22.48% 21.62% 19.16%
As % of the General category 38.37% 36.85% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,179 3,709 6,392
10th Percentile £400 £400 £391
25th Percentile £485 £479 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £730 £675
90th Percentile £850 £825 £753
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 55 66
10th Percentile £13.31 £21.58 £19.43
25th Percentile £20.75 £25.71 £33.08
Median hourly rate £38.12 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.29% -26.97% +30.88%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £54.00 £75.00 £60.63
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £30.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year -10.00% -19.85% +80.39%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,619 14,055 24,462
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.58% 58.67% 55.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,650 9,923 17,874
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £776 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 318 338
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.59 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.69 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +47.98% +48.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.23 £65.27
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +42.22% +4.65%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Finance daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Finance over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Finance daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Finance hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Finance over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Finance hourly rate 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
1 164 (4.96%) Apache Airflow
2 147 (4.45%) Apache
3 63 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 46 (1.39%) Confluence
5 26 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 20 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.51%) IIS
8 16 (0.48%) SAS
9 13 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 12 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
11 11 (0.33%) WebSphere
12 7 (0.21%) JBoss
12 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 6 (0.18%) CMS
13 6 (0.18%) nginx
13 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
14 5 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
14 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
14 5 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
15 3 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 116 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.091%) SPSS
10 2 (0.060%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.060%) Gliffy
10 2 (0.060%) InDesign
10 2 (0.060%) Revit
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.030%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 75 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
3 29 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 29 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 28 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 26 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
6 24 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
7 20 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 19 (0.57%) SAP FI
9 17 (0.51%) SAP CO
10 16 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
10 16 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
11 15 (0.45%) NetSuite
11 15 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
13 13 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
14 12 (0.36%) Workday HCM
15 9 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
Cloud Services
1 425 (12.85%) Azure
2 396 (11.97%) AWS
3 170 (5.14%) GCP
4 169 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 153 (4.63%) dbt
6 146 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
7 129 (3.90%) Snowflake
8 120 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
9 68 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
10 52 (1.57%) SaaS
11 49 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 48 (1.45%) PowerApps
13 40 (1.21%) OCI
14 38 (1.15%) Entra ID
14 38 (1.15%) GitHub
14 38 (1.15%) WhatsApp
15 29 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
16 28 (0.85%) PaaS
17 24 (0.73%) Serverless
18 23 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 89 (2.69%) Firewall
2 38 (1.15%) DNS
3 30 (0.91%) VPN
4 26 (0.79%) WAN
5 25 (0.76%) Network Security
6 24 (0.73%) Intranet
7 22 (0.67%) BGP
7 22 (0.67%) OSPF
8 20 (0.60%) LAN
9 18 (0.54%) SAN
10 15 (0.45%) NX-OS
11 14 (0.42%) HTTP
11 14 (0.42%) TCP/IP
12 10 (0.30%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.30%) VLAN
13 9 (0.27%) 4G
13 9 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (0.24%) ATM
14 8 (0.24%) DHCP
14 8 (0.24%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (5.59%) Data Lake
2 150 (4.54%) Dremio
3 148 (4.48%) Apache Arrow
3 148 (4.48%) Power BI
4 144 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
5 128 (3.87%) Apache Ignite
5 128 (3.87%) SQL Server
6 56 (1.69%) Big Data
7 51 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 38 (1.15%) MySQL
10 37 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 32 (0.97%) Oracle Database
11 32 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 30 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
12 30 (0.91%) Tableau
13 27 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
14 25 (0.76%) Relational Database
15 18 (0.54%) Metadata
16 17 (0.51%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 131 (3.96%) JIRA
2 61 (1.84%) Git
3 52 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 32 (0.97%) GitLab
5 21 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 17 (0.51%) JUnit
6 17 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.48%) JMeter
8 12 (0.36%) Mockito
8 12 (0.36%) Selenium
9 11 (0.33%) ERwin
9 11 (0.33%) LoadRunner
10 9 (0.27%) Artifactory
10 9 (0.27%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.27%) Maven
11 8 (0.24%) Postman
11 8 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.18%) MLflow
General
1 913 (27.61%) Banking
2 751 (22.71%) Social Skills
3 350 (10.58%) Front Office
4 332 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 243 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 193 (5.84%) Investment Banking
7 138 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 133 (4.02%) Manufacturing
9 128 (3.87%) Marketing
10 114 (3.45%) Retail
11 107 (3.24%) Financial Institution
12 103 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 98 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
14 85 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
15 79 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
16 77 (2.33%) Electronics
17 54 (1.63%) Back Office
18 49 (1.48%) General Ledger
18 49 (1.48%) Legal
19 31 (0.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 503 (15.21%) Developer
2 472 (14.27%) Analyst
3 392 (11.85%) Architect
4 346 (10.46%) Senior
5 280 (8.47%) Consultant
6 275 (8.32%) Project Manager
7 251 (7.59%) Lead
8 239 (7.23%) Business Analyst
9 144 (4.35%) Software Engineer
10 143 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
11 118 (3.57%) Financial Analyst
12 86 (2.60%) AWS Engineer
13 83 (2.51%) Data Analyst
14 81 (2.45%) Senior Developer
15 78 (2.36%) Java Developer
16 76 (2.30%) C# Developer
16 76 (2.30%) Python Engineer
17 71 (2.15%) Senior Manager
18 70 (2.12%) Python Developer
19 67 (2.03%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (4.75%) gRPC
2 155 (4.69%) Protocol Buffers
3 129 (3.90%) Pandas
4 123 (3.72%) NumPy
5 122 (3.69%) .NET
5 122 (3.69%) SciPy
6 113 (3.42%) React
7 89 (2.69%) AngularJS
8 73 (2.21%) HTML
9 59 (1.78%) CSS
10 55 (1.66%) Web Services
11 54 (1.63%) Middleware
11 54 (1.63%) XML
12 47 (1.42%) Node.js
13 41 (1.24%) Kafka
13 41 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
14 38 (1.15%) REST
15 33 (1.00%) Redux
16 31 (0.94%) Spring Boot
17 28 (0.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 248 (7.50%) Derivative
2 225 (6.80%) Hedge funds
3 213 (6.44%) Fixed Income
4 182 (5.50%) Equities
5 180 (5.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 95 (2.87%) Product Ownership
7 68 (2.06%) Management Information System
8 62 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 52 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 37 (1.12%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.06%) Public Cloud
12 34 (1.03%) Mainframe
13 33 (1.00%) Clustering
14 32 (0.97%) Data Structures
15 31 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
15 31 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 26 (0.79%) Virtual Team
17 19 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
17 19 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 167 (5.05%) Windows
2 119 (3.60%) Linux
3 74 (2.24%) Unix
4 53 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 26 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 18 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (0.45%) MVS
9 14 (0.42%) Android
9 14 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.39%) VMS
11 10 (0.30%) AIX
12 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.24%) zOS
14 7 (0.21%) Solaris
15 5 (0.15%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
16 4 (0.12%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.060%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (21.62%) Agile
2 398 (12.04%) Change Management
3 348 (10.52%) DevOps
4 323 (9.77%) Project Management
5 306 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 299 (9.04%) Problem-Solving
7 287 (8.68%) Asset Management
8 281 (8.50%) Software Engineering
9 265 (8.01%) Migration
10 253 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
11 226 (6.83%) Investment Management
12 211 (6.38%) Analytics
13 183 (5.53%) ERP
14 167 (5.05%) CI/CD
15 157 (4.75%) Project Delivery
16 127 (3.84%) Roadmaps
17 126 (3.81%) Continuous Improvement
18 125 (3.78%) Data Modelling
19 121 (3.66%) Mentoring
20 118 (3.57%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 471 (14.24%) Python
2 421 (12.73%) SQL
3 343 (10.37%) Java
4 279 (8.44%) JavaScript
5 215 (6.50%) C#
6 186 (5.62%) TypeScript
7 70 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 48 (1.45%) C++
9 38 (1.15%) Go
10 35 (1.06%) PL/SQL
11 34 (1.03%) R
12 28 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 24 (0.73%) Perl
13 24 (0.73%) Scala
14 23 (0.70%) Bash
15 20 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 16 (0.48%) VBA
17 14 (0.42%) PHP
18 13 (0.39%) Ruby
19 11 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 273 (8.26%) Degree
2 167 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 127 (3.84%) SC Cleared
4 59 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 46 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (1.30%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (0.97%) CISSP
10 30 (0.91%) CCNP
11 24 (0.73%) CISM
12 23 (0.70%) PMP
13 21 (0.64%) CCNA
14 20 (0.60%) AWS Certification
14 20 (0.60%) PMI Certification
15 19 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 17 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
17 16 (0.48%) PhD
18 15 (0.45%) ACCA
18 15 (0.45%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (3.54%) Data Quality
2 100 (3.02%) QA
3 91 (2.75%) PMO
4 49 (1.48%) SLA
5 39 (1.18%) GDPR
6 36 (1.09%) NIST
7 28 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 20 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 18 (0.54%) IFRS
11 16 (0.48%) MiFID
12 13 (0.39%) GRC
13 12 (0.36%) SEPA
14 11 (0.33%) EMIR
14 11 (0.33%) GAAP
15 8 (0.24%) COBIT
16 6 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
16 6 (0.18%) P3O
17 5 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 102 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 62 (1.87%) Docker
3 26 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.45%) IAG
5 14 (0.42%) ACF2
5 14 (0.42%) RACF
6 9 (0.27%) vSphere
7 7 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.091%) Firmware
10 3 (0.091%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 2 (0.060%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.060%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.060%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.030%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 80 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 72 (2.18%) Terraform
3 57 (1.72%) Ansible
4 36 (1.09%) SCCM
5 25 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.48%) Puppet
7 13 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.27%) Data Guard
8 9 (0.27%) Grafana
8 9 (0.27%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 7 (0.21%) Tivoli
10 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.18%) Nessus
11 5 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (0.15%) Kibana
11 5 (0.15%) logstash
11 5 (0.15%) Netcool
11 5 (0.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.12%) Control-M
Vendors
1 338 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 258 (7.80%) SAP
3 254 (7.68%) Oracle
4 127 (3.84%) ServiceNow
5 88 (2.66%) Cisco
6 49 (1.48%) IBM
7 47 (1.42%) Databricks
7 47 (1.42%) Google
8 44 (1.33%) VMware
9 43 (1.30%) F5
10 40 (1.21%) Salesforce
11 38 (1.15%) Splunk
12 30 (0.91%) Qualys
13 25 (0.76%) CheckPoint
13 25 (0.76%) Workday
14 24 (0.73%) Fortinet
15 23 (0.70%) Adobe
15 23 (0.70%) Bloomberg
15 23 (0.70%) Informatica
16 20 (0.60%) Sybase