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 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 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 3,280 5,330 8,382
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 22.22% 21.63% 19.02%
As % of the General category 37.74% 37.00% 34.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,175 3,803 6,280
10th Percentile £400 £400 £398
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 £581 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 56 67
10th Percentile £13.28 £21.28 £16.50
25th Percentile £23.41 £24.92 £30.09
Median hourly rate £38.12 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -24.16% +29.93%
75th Percentile - £59.06 £49.25
90th Percentile £54.00 £75.00 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £26.97 £25.71 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.90% -26.54% +57.52%

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 8,690 14,404 24,087
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.87% 58.46% 54.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,713 10,150 17,491
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
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 457 323 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.80 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +42.86% +52.17%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

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 18 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 18 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
1 129 (3.93%) Apache Airflow
2 109 (3.32%) Apache
3 64 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 42 (1.28%) Confluence
5 24 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 18 (0.55%) IIS
7 17 (0.52%) SAS
8 13 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 12 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 12 (0.37%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.21%) CMS
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.18%) JBoss
11 6 (0.18%) nginx
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
12 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
13 3 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 122 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 51 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.55%) 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%) InDesign
10 2 (0.061%) Revit
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.030%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.030%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 87 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 33 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 32 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
5 31 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
6 29 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
6 29 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
7 28 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
8 21 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 20 (0.61%) SAP FI
10 19 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
11 17 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
12 16 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
12 16 (0.49%) SAP CO
13 15 (0.46%) NetSuite
14 14 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
14 14 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
14 14 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
15 12 (0.37%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 411 (12.53%) Azure
2 348 (10.61%) AWS
3 180 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 159 (4.85%) GCP
5 142 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
6 118 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 115 (3.51%) dbt
8 97 (2.96%) Snowflake
9 65 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
10 55 (1.68%) SaaS
11 50 (1.52%) Power Automate
12 49 (1.49%) PowerApps
13 46 (1.40%) OCI
14 43 (1.31%) WhatsApp
15 38 (1.16%) Entra ID
15 38 (1.16%) GitHub
16 31 (0.95%) PaaS
17 29 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
18 26 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
18 26 (0.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (2.20%) Firewall
2 39 (1.19%) DNS
3 29 (0.88%) VPN
4 24 (0.73%) Intranet
5 23 (0.70%) Network Security
5 23 (0.70%) WAN
6 22 (0.67%) BGP
7 21 (0.64%) OSPF
8 18 (0.55%) SAN
9 17 (0.52%) LAN
10 14 (0.43%) HTTP
11 12 (0.37%) NX-OS
11 12 (0.37%) TCP/IP
12 10 (0.30%) DHCP
12 10 (0.30%) VLAN
13 9 (0.27%) NAS
13 9 (0.27%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.24%) 4G
14 8 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (4.82%) Power BI
2 145 (4.42%) Data Lake
3 132 (4.02%) SQL Server
4 111 (3.38%) Amazon Athena
4 111 (3.38%) Apache Arrow
4 111 (3.38%) Dremio
5 97 (2.96%) Apache Ignite
6 51 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (1.49%) Big Data
8 40 (1.22%) MySQL
9 39 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 37 (1.13%) NoSQL
11 35 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
12 31 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 30 (0.91%) Oracle Database
14 27 (0.82%) Tableau
15 26 (0.79%) Metadata
15 26 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
16 21 (0.64%) Relational Database
17 19 (0.58%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 135 (4.12%) JIRA
2 65 (1.98%) Git
3 55 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.10%) GitLab
5 21 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 17 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.49%) JUnit
8 14 (0.43%) ERwin
9 12 (0.37%) JMeter
9 12 (0.37%) Mockito
10 11 (0.34%) Selenium
11 10 (0.30%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.30%) Maven
12 9 (0.27%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (0.21%) LoadRunner
14 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.18%) MLflow
15 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 891 (27.16%) Banking
2 769 (23.45%) Social Skills
3 329 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 326 (9.94%) Front Office
5 263 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 168 (5.12%) Investment Banking
7 153 (4.66%) Telecoms
8 145 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 140 (4.27%) Marketing
10 124 (3.78%) Retail
11 106 (3.23%) Financial Institution
12 101 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 94 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
14 88 (2.68%) Electronics
14 88 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
15 77 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
16 66 (2.01%) Back Office
17 48 (1.46%) Legal
18 47 (1.43%) General Ledger
19 34 (1.04%) Billing
Job Titles
1 498 (15.18%) Developer
2 487 (14.85%) Analyst
3 384 (11.71%) Architect
4 325 (9.91%) Senior
5 283 (8.63%) Consultant
6 278 (8.48%) Project Manager
7 249 (7.59%) Lead
8 236 (7.20%) Business Analyst
9 135 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
10 121 (3.69%) Software Engineer
11 116 (3.54%) Financial Analyst
12 94 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 79 (2.41%) Banking Analyst
13 79 (2.41%) Senior Developer
14 78 (2.38%) C# Developer
15 76 (2.32%) Java Developer
16 72 (2.20%) AWS Engineer
17 67 (2.04%) IT Manager
18 64 (1.95%) Python Developer
18 64 (1.95%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (3.78%) gRPC
2 122 (3.72%) Protocol Buffers
3 115 (3.51%) .NET
4 112 (3.41%) React
5 98 (2.99%) Pandas
6 92 (2.80%) NumPy
7 91 (2.77%) SciPy
8 81 (2.47%) AngularJS
9 73 (2.23%) HTML
10 61 (1.86%) CSS
11 58 (1.77%) Web Services
12 56 (1.71%) XML
13 47 (1.43%) Middleware
13 47 (1.43%) Node.js
14 40 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
15 39 (1.19%) REST
16 35 (1.07%) Kafka
17 32 (0.98%) LDAP
18 31 (0.95%) Spring Boot
19 30 (0.91%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 228 (6.95%) Derivative
2 198 (6.04%) Hedge funds
3 181 (5.52%) Fixed Income
4 149 (4.54%) Equities
5 141 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 91 (2.77%) Product Ownership
7 71 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 60 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 48 (1.46%) Onboarding
10 38 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 33 (1.01%) Data Structures
11 33 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 32 (0.98%) Clustering
12 32 (0.98%) Public Cloud
13 30 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
14 25 (0.76%) Mainframe
15 23 (0.70%) Virtual Team
16 20 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
17 19 (0.58%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 167 (5.09%) Windows
2 114 (3.48%) Linux
3 74 (2.26%) Unix
4 55 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 29 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.46%) MVS
9 13 (0.40%) VMS
9 13 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.37%) Android
10 12 (0.37%) Apple iOS
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 5 (0.15%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.12%) zOS
16 2 (0.061%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 680 (20.73%) Agile
2 393 (11.98%) Change Management
3 342 (10.43%) DevOps
4 332 (10.12%) Project Management
5 320 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 294 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
7 278 (8.48%) Migration
8 272 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
9 262 (7.99%) Asset Management
10 250 (7.62%) Software Engineering
11 208 (6.34%) Investment Management
12 204 (6.22%) Analytics
13 197 (6.01%) ERP
14 168 (5.12%) CI/CD
15 155 (4.73%) Project Delivery
16 137 (4.18%) Data Modelling
17 135 (4.12%) Mentoring
18 129 (3.93%) Continuous Improvement
18 129 (3.93%) Roadmaps
19 126 (3.84%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 451 (13.75%) Python
2 436 (13.29%) SQL
3 316 (9.63%) Java
4 253 (7.71%) JavaScript
5 227 (6.92%) C#
6 166 (5.06%) TypeScript
7 70 (2.13%) PowerShell
8 47 (1.43%) C++
9 39 (1.19%) PL/SQL
9 39 (1.19%) R
10 36 (1.10%) Go
11 29 (0.88%) Perl
12 28 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 25 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 24 (0.73%) Scala
15 20 (0.61%) Bash
16 16 (0.49%) PHP
17 14 (0.43%) Ruby
18 13 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 277 (8.45%) Degree
2 171 (5.21%) Security Cleared
3 136 (4.15%) SC Cleared
4 56 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 53 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (1.25%) DV Cleared
7 37 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (0.95%) CISSP
10 28 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 27 (0.82%) PMP
12 24 (0.73%) CISM
13 23 (0.70%) CCNP
14 21 (0.64%) PhD
15 19 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
16 18 (0.55%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.55%) CCNA
17 17 (0.52%) Azure Certification
17 17 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 14 (0.43%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (3.38%) Data Quality
2 106 (3.23%) QA
3 96 (2.93%) PMO
4 54 (1.65%) SLA
5 44 (1.34%) GDPR
6 31 (0.95%) NIST
7 25 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 24 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 19 (0.58%) IFRS
11 17 (0.52%) MiFID
12 16 (0.49%) Accessibility
13 13 (0.40%) GRC
14 12 (0.37%) GAAP
14 12 (0.37%) SEPA
15 10 (0.30%) EMIR
16 6 (0.18%) COBIT
16 6 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
17 5 (0.15%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 105 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 56 (1.71%) 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 74 (2.26%) Kubernetes
1 74 (2.26%) Terraform
2 56 (1.71%) Ansible
3 36 (1.10%) SCCM
4 24 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.49%) Puppet
6 12 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 12 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.30%) Grafana
8 9 (0.27%) Data Guard
9 8 (0.24%) Tivoli
10 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 6 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.18%) Netcool
11 6 (0.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 5 (0.15%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.15%) Kibana
12 5 (0.15%) logstash
13 4 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 330 (10.06%) Microsoft
2 278 (8.48%) SAP
3 257 (7.84%) Oracle
4 117 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 84 (2.56%) Cisco
6 46 (1.40%) IBM
7 45 (1.37%) Databricks
7 45 (1.37%) Google
8 41 (1.25%) VMware
9 35 (1.07%) Qualys
10 33 (1.01%) F5
10 33 (1.01%) Splunk
11 30 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 23 (0.70%) Informatica
13 22 (0.67%) Adobe
13 22 (0.67%) Bloomberg
13 22 (0.67%) Workday
14 20 (0.61%) EMC
14 20 (0.61%) HP
14 20 (0.61%) Sybase