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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 3,294 5,316 8,411
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 22.47% 21.76% 19.07%
As % of the General category 38.12% 37.09% 34.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,175 3,801 6,325
10th Percentile £400 £400 £399
25th Percentile £488 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £675
90th Percentile £850 £823 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 58 66
10th Percentile £13.25 £21.79 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.75 £25.71 £28.88
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -21.35% +30.40%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £53.80 £75.00 £53.19
UK median hourly rate £26.97 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.10% -14.29% +62.79%

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 8,642 14,333 24,128
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.96% 58.67% 54.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,682 10,117 17,546
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 325 339
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +53.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £52.50 £66.69 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.01 £65.26
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% +2.27%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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
1 141 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
2 121 (3.67%) Apache
3 65 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 41 (1.24%) Confluence
5 22 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.52%) IIS
8 16 (0.49%) SAS
9 13 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 13 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 11 (0.33%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.21%) CMS
11 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.18%) JBoss
12 6 (0.18%) nginx
12 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
13 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
14 3 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 118 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 29 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.091%) SPSS
10 2 (0.061%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.061%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.061%) Gliffy
10 2 (0.061%) InDesign
10 2 (0.061%) Revit
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.030%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 81 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
3 31 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
5 29 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
5 29 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
6 26 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
7 22 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 19 (0.58%) SAP FI
9 17 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
9 17 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
10 16 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
11 15 (0.46%) NetSuite
11 15 (0.46%) SAP CO
12 13 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
12 13 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
13 12 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
13 12 (0.36%) Workday HCM
14 10 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 406 (12.33%) Azure
2 357 (10.84%) AWS
3 174 (5.28%) Power Platform
4 161 (4.89%) GCP
5 143 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
6 128 (3.89%) dbt
7 115 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
8 107 (3.25%) Snowflake
9 67 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
10 56 (1.70%) SaaS
11 50 (1.52%) Power Automate
12 48 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 42 (1.28%) OCI
14 41 (1.24%) WhatsApp
15 38 (1.15%) Entra ID
15 38 (1.15%) GitHub
16 30 (0.91%) PaaS
17 29 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
18 25 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
19 24 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 75 (2.28%) Firewall
2 39 (1.18%) DNS
3 28 (0.85%) VPN
4 25 (0.76%) WAN
5 24 (0.73%) Intranet
6 23 (0.70%) Network Security
7 22 (0.67%) BGP
8 21 (0.64%) OSPF
9 19 (0.58%) LAN
10 17 (0.52%) SAN
11 14 (0.43%) HTTP
12 12 (0.36%) NX-OS
12 12 (0.36%) TCP/IP
13 10 (0.30%) DHCP
13 10 (0.30%) VLAN
14 9 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (0.27%) NAS
14 9 (0.27%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.24%) 4G
15 8 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (4.83%) Data Lake
2 154 (4.68%) Power BI
3 130 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 125 (3.79%) Dremio
5 124 (3.76%) Apache Arrow
6 123 (3.73%) Amazon Athena
7 107 (3.25%) Apache Ignite
8 51 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 50 (1.52%) Big Data
10 40 (1.21%) MySQL
11 39 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 37 (1.12%) NoSQL
13 32 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
13 32 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 30 (0.91%) Oracle Database
15 29 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
16 26 (0.79%) Tableau
17 23 (0.70%) Relational Database
18 20 (0.61%) Metadata
19 18 (0.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 131 (3.98%) JIRA
2 66 (2.00%) Git
3 52 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 35 (1.06%) GitLab
5 21 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 18 (0.55%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.52%) JUnit
8 12 (0.36%) JMeter
8 12 (0.36%) Mockito
8 12 (0.36%) Selenium
9 11 (0.33%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.30%) ERwin
10 10 (0.30%) Maven
11 9 (0.27%) Artifactory
11 9 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.21%) LoadRunner
12 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.18%) Gradle
13 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 903 (27.41%) Banking
2 758 (23.01%) Social Skills
3 334 (10.14%) Front Office
4 325 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
5 251 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 174 (5.28%) Investment Banking
7 147 (4.46%) Telecoms
8 138 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 129 (3.92%) Marketing
10 118 (3.58%) Retail
11 108 (3.28%) Financial Institution
12 103 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 96 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
14 90 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
15 80 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
16 79 (2.40%) Electronics
17 62 (1.88%) Back Office
18 48 (1.46%) Legal
19 47 (1.43%) General Ledger
20 32 (0.97%) Billing
Job Titles
1 498 (15.12%) Developer
2 483 (14.66%) Analyst
3 384 (11.66%) Architect
4 334 (10.14%) Senior
5 284 (8.62%) Project Manager
6 280 (8.50%) Consultant
7 245 (7.44%) Lead
8 238 (7.23%) Business Analyst
9 137 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
10 130 (3.95%) Software Engineer
11 120 (3.64%) Financial Analyst
12 90 (2.73%) Data Analyst
13 79 (2.40%) AWS Engineer
14 78 (2.37%) C# Developer
15 77 (2.34%) Java Developer
15 77 (2.34%) Senior Developer
16 74 (2.25%) Banking Analyst
17 72 (2.19%) IT Manager
18 69 (2.09%) Senior Manager
19 66 (2.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (4.13%) gRPC
2 134 (4.07%) Protocol Buffers
3 114 (3.46%) .NET
3 114 (3.46%) React
4 108 (3.28%) Pandas
5 102 (3.10%) NumPy
6 101 (3.07%) SciPy
7 83 (2.52%) AngularJS
8 73 (2.22%) HTML
9 61 (1.85%) CSS
10 56 (1.70%) Web Services
11 55 (1.67%) XML
12 50 (1.52%) Middleware
13 47 (1.43%) Node.js
14 39 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
15 38 (1.15%) Kafka
15 38 (1.15%) REST
16 31 (0.94%) Redux
16 31 (0.94%) Spring Boot
17 30 (0.91%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 233 (7.07%) Derivative
2 206 (6.25%) Hedge funds
3 189 (5.74%) Fixed Income
4 158 (4.80%) Equities
5 151 (4.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 93 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 70 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 59 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
9 49 (1.49%) Onboarding
10 38 (1.15%) Data Centre
11 34 (1.03%) Clustering
12 33 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 32 (0.97%) Data Structures
13 32 (0.97%) Public Cloud
14 30 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (0.76%) Mainframe
16 23 (0.70%) Virtual Team
17 21 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
18 20 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
19 19 (0.58%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 166 (5.04%) Windows
2 117 (3.55%) Linux
3 76 (2.31%) Unix
4 53 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 29 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (0.46%) MVS
7 15 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (0.43%) Android
8 14 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.39%) VMS
10 12 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.30%) AIX
12 8 (0.24%) Solaris
12 8 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
13 6 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.12%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.12%) zOS
15 2 (0.061%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 699 (21.22%) Agile
2 401 (12.17%) Change Management
3 345 (10.47%) DevOps
4 331 (10.05%) Project Management
5 317 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 294 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
7 274 (8.32%) Migration
8 269 (8.17%) Asset Management
9 260 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
10 259 (7.86%) Software Engineering
11 215 (6.53%) Investment Management
12 203 (6.16%) Analytics
13 193 (5.86%) ERP
14 172 (5.22%) CI/CD
15 157 (4.77%) Project Delivery
16 133 (4.04%) Mentoring
17 131 (3.98%) Data Modelling
18 130 (3.95%) Continuous Improvement
19 129 (3.92%) Roadmaps
20 123 (3.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 460 (13.96%) Python
2 432 (13.11%) SQL
3 327 (9.93%) Java
4 265 (8.04%) JavaScript
5 221 (6.71%) C#
6 172 (5.22%) TypeScript
7 70 (2.13%) PowerShell
8 48 (1.46%) C++
9 38 (1.15%) Go
9 38 (1.15%) PL/SQL
9 38 (1.15%) R
10 29 (0.88%) Perl
11 28 (0.85%) Shell Script
12 24 (0.73%) Scala
13 23 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 21 (0.64%) Bash
15 15 (0.46%) PHP
16 14 (0.43%) VBA
17 13 (0.39%) Ruby
18 12 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 269 (8.17%) Degree
2 170 (5.16%) Security Cleared
3 129 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 56 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 42 (1.28%) DV Cleared
7 38 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (0.88%) CISSP
10 25 (0.76%) PMI Certification
10 25 (0.76%) PMP
11 24 (0.73%) CCNP
12 23 (0.70%) CISM
13 19 (0.58%) CCNA
13 19 (0.58%) PhD
14 18 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
15 17 (0.52%) AWS Certification
15 17 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 16 (0.49%) Azure Certification
17 14 (0.43%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (3.37%) Data Quality
2 102 (3.10%) PMO
3 101 (3.07%) QA
4 54 (1.64%) SLA
5 41 (1.24%) GDPR
6 33 (1.00%) NIST
7 26 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 18 (0.55%) IFRS
10 17 (0.52%) MiFID
11 12 (0.36%) GAAP
11 12 (0.36%) GRC
11 12 (0.36%) SEPA
12 11 (0.33%) EMIR
13 7 (0.21%) COBIT
14 6 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
14 6 (0.18%) P3O
15 5 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 101 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 57 (1.73%) Docker
3 25 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.46%) IAG
5 14 (0.43%) ACF2
5 14 (0.43%) RACF
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.24%) vSphere
7 7 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.12%) Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.061%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.061%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 81 (2.46%) Kubernetes
2 71 (2.16%) Terraform
3 56 (1.70%) Ansible
4 35 (1.06%) SCCM
5 26 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 15 (0.46%) Puppet
7 12 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.30%) Grafana
9 9 (0.27%) Data Guard
9 9 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.24%) Tivoli
11 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.18%) Netcool
12 6 (0.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 5 (0.15%) Kibana
13 5 (0.15%) logstash
14 4 (0.12%) AirWatch
15 3 (0.091%) Salt
Vendors
1 329 (9.99%) Microsoft
2 261 (7.92%) SAP
3 252 (7.65%) Oracle
4 118 (3.58%) ServiceNow
5 84 (2.55%) Cisco
6 51 (1.55%) IBM
7 46 (1.40%) Databricks
7 46 (1.40%) Google
8 41 (1.24%) VMware
9 37 (1.12%) F5
10 33 (1.00%) Splunk
11 32 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 31 (0.94%) Qualys
13 23 (0.70%) Informatica
14 22 (0.67%) Adobe
14 22 (0.67%) Workday
15 21 (0.64%) Bloomberg
16 20 (0.61%) Sybase
17 19 (0.58%) EMC
17 19 (0.58%) Fortinet