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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Finance 7,331 10,082 16,871
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.34% 25.35% 23.02%
As % of the General category 34.93% 38.53% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,888 6,662 9,187
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,278 £38,750
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 £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,250 £102,500
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 20,988 26,164 46,919
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.09% 65.78% 64.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,136 17,428 24,959
10th Percentile £31,800 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,254 £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 £82,548 £79,600
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 28 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
1 428 (5.84%) Apache
2 418 (5.70%) Apache Airflow
3 347 (4.73%) SAS
4 125 (1.71%) SharePoint
5 120 (1.64%) Confluence
6 96 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 87 (1.19%) IIS
8 30 (0.41%) Apache Spark
9 29 (0.40%) nginx
10 28 (0.38%) Tomcat
11 24 (0.33%) CMS
12 20 (0.27%) WordPress
13 5 (0.068%) 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%) Exchange Server 2013
16 2 (0.027%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 810 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 288 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 31 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.19%) Trello
8 10 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.14%) SPSS
9 6 (0.082%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.068%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.068%) Sketch
11 4 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.055%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.041%) InVision
12 3 (0.041%) S-PLUS
13 1 (0.014%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.014%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 303 (4.13%) SAP ERP
2 61 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 60 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 49 (0.67%) NEC Housing
5 41 (0.56%) SAP FI
6 39 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 39 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 33 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
8 27 (0.37%) NetSuite
9 25 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
10 23 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
10 23 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
11 22 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
12 15 (0.20%) Elite 3E
13 14 (0.19%) PlanetPress Connect
14 12 (0.16%) iTrent
15 10 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
15 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
16 8 (0.11%) Misys Midas
16 8 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,298 (17.71%) Azure
2 1,149 (15.67%) AWS
3 575 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 513 (7.00%) GCP
5 388 (5.29%) dbt
6 368 (5.02%) Snowflake
7 330 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
8 195 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
9 183 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 176 (2.40%) SaaS
11 139 (1.90%) GitHub
12 138 (1.88%) Entra ID
13 100 (1.36%) Serverless
14 90 (1.23%) PowerApps
15 80 (1.09%) Power Automate
16 74 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
17 73 (1.00%) IaaS
18 72 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
19 71 (0.97%) Amazon S3
20 69 (0.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 778 (10.61%) Broadband
2 194 (2.65%) Firewall
3 110 (1.50%) Internet
4 98 (1.34%) DNS
5 94 (1.28%) WAN
6 83 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 83 (1.13%) VPN
7 66 (0.90%) LAN
8 64 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (0.83%) Network Security
10 59 (0.80%) IPsec
11 56 (0.76%) SNMP
12 51 (0.70%) Wireless
13 50 (0.68%) DHCP
14 38 (0.52%) SAN
15 35 (0.48%) SD-WAN
16 19 (0.26%) iSCSI
17 16 (0.22%) HTTP
18 15 (0.20%) BGP
18 15 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 504 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 482 (6.57%) Power BI
3 436 (5.95%) Data Lake
4 369 (5.03%) Dremio
5 361 (4.92%) Amazon Athena
6 360 (4.91%) Apache Arrow
7 309 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
8 307 (4.19%) Apache Ignite
9 170 (2.32%) MongoDB
10 148 (2.02%) Tableau
11 138 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 132 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
13 124 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
14 106 (1.45%) Big Data
15 79 (1.08%) Relational Database
16 63 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 60 (0.82%) NoSQL
18 51 (0.70%) DB2
19 50 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
20 49 (0.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 239 (3.26%) JIRA
2 220 (3.00%) Git
3 128 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 80 (1.09%) Visual Studio
5 62 (0.85%) GitLab
6 44 (0.60%) Maven
7 30 (0.41%) Selenium
7 30 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 29 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
9 28 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 23 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 23 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
11 21 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
12 19 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
13 17 (0.23%) Cypress.io
14 15 (0.20%) JUnit
15 14 (0.19%) Subversion
16 13 (0.18%) NUnit
17 12 (0.16%) Eclipse
17 12 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 2,758 (37.62%) Social Skills
2 1,235 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1,022 (13.94%) Banking
4 611 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 605 (8.25%) Retail
6 603 (8.23%) Front Office
7 503 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 502 (6.85%) Public Sector
9 484 (6.60%) Marketing
10 442 (6.03%) Legal
11 323 (4.41%) Investment Banking
12 226 (3.08%) Law
13 215 (2.93%) Manufacturing
13 215 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
14 159 (2.17%) Back Office
15 155 (2.11%) Telecoms
16 118 (1.61%) Financial Institution
17 100 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
18 99 (1.35%) Electronics
19 98 (1.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,412 (19.26%) Analyst
2 1,390 (18.96%) Senior
3 1,023 (13.95%) Developer
4 721 (9.83%) Lead
5 688 (9.38%) Architect
6 497 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
7 465 (6.34%) Consultant
8 437 (5.96%) Software Engineer
9 411 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
10 373 (5.09%) Financial Analyst
11 328 (4.47%) Project Manager
12 275 (3.75%) Senior Developer
13 235 (3.21%) .NET Developer
14 197 (2.69%) Senior Software Engineer
15 193 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
16 184 (2.51%) Python Engineer
17 173 (2.36%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 157 (2.14%) Software Developer
19 155 (2.11%) IT Manager
20 154 (2.10%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 484 (6.60%) .NET
2 425 (5.80%) gRPC
3 383 (5.22%) Protocol Buffers
4 377 (5.14%) React
5 344 (4.69%) Pandas
6 310 (4.23%) AngularJS
7 304 (4.15%) NumPy
8 295 (4.02%) SciPy
9 271 (3.70%) HTML
10 216 (2.95%) ASP.NET
11 192 (2.62%) Vue
12 179 (2.44%) Node.js
13 166 (2.26%) .NET Core
13 166 (2.26%) CSS
14 142 (1.94%) Kafka
15 130 (1.77%) .NET Framework
16 129 (1.76%) Spring
17 128 (1.75%) Redux
18 127 (1.73%) Web Services
19 124 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 532 (7.26%) Hedge funds
2 471 (6.42%) Derivative
3 469 (6.40%) Fixed Income
4 434 (5.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 429 (5.85%) Equities
6 330 (4.50%) Management Information System
7 231 (3.15%) Product Ownership
8 174 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 144 (1.96%) Public Cloud
10 137 (1.87%) Data Centre
11 134 (1.83%) PMI
12 115 (1.57%) Onboarding
13 103 (1.40%) Cloud Native
13 103 (1.40%) Clustering
14 100 (1.36%) Social Media
15 88 (1.20%) Virtual Team
16 87 (1.19%) Mobile App
17 84 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
18 64 (0.87%) Data Structures
19 62 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 586 (7.99%) Windows
2 411 (5.61%) Linux
3 180 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 139 (1.90%) Unix
5 69 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 54 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 54 (0.74%) Data ONTAP
7 50 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (0.67%) Solaris
9 46 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 38 (0.52%) Android
11 34 (0.46%) CentOS
12 25 (0.34%) Ubuntu
13 24 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
13 24 (0.33%) zOS
14 15 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
15 14 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
16 13 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (0.16%) Windows 7
17 12 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,789 (38.04%) Agile
2 1,218 (16.61%) Mentoring
3 1,094 (14.92%) Roadmaps
4 993 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
5 897 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 845 (11.53%) Software Engineering
7 752 (10.26%) Asset Management
8 713 (9.73%) Project Management
9 692 (9.44%) Actionable Insight
10 632 (8.62%) DevOps
11 627 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
12 585 (7.98%) ERP
13 582 (7.94%) Change Management
14 573 (7.82%) Business Case
15 569 (7.76%) Coaching
16 563 (7.68%) Analytics
17 542 (7.39%) Investment Management
18 508 (6.93%) Budgeting
19 506 (6.90%) Data Management
20 504 (6.87%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 1,282 (17.49%) Python
2 1,195 (16.30%) SQL
3 834 (11.38%) JavaScript
4 666 (9.08%) Java
5 606 (8.27%) TypeScript
6 585 (7.98%) C#
7 249 (3.40%) PowerShell
8 137 (1.87%) Go
9 109 (1.49%) T-SQL
10 96 (1.31%) R
11 76 (1.04%) C++
12 73 (1.00%) Bash
13 64 (0.87%) PHP
14 55 (0.75%) C
14 55 (0.75%) Shell Script
15 41 (0.56%) VBA
16 36 (0.49%) Groovy
17 35 (0.48%) Perl
18 32 (0.44%) Scala
19 25 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 950 (12.96%) Degree
2 559 (7.63%) ACCA
3 513 (7.00%) CIMA
4 308 (4.20%) Security Cleared
5 187 (2.55%) PMI Certification
6 163 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 136 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 114 (1.56%) CISSP
9 96 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 96 (1.31%) PMP
10 90 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 79 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 64 (0.87%) DV Cleared
13 53 (0.72%) CISM
14 50 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 47 (0.64%) DBS Check
16 45 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
17 35 (0.48%) CEH
18 34 (0.46%) APMP
18 34 (0.46%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (3.07%) Data Quality
2 218 (2.97%) QA
3 102 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 102 (1.39%) NIST
4 99 (1.35%) SLA
5 91 (1.24%) PMO
6 71 (0.97%) GDPR
7 67 (0.91%) Accessibility
8 35 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 31 (0.42%) IFRS
10 30 (0.41%) GRC
11 27 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (0.37%) NCSC
12 19 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 16 (0.22%) ITGC
13 16 (0.22%) NIST 800
14 14 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
15 13 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 11 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 327 (4.46%) Docker
2 306 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 179 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 50 (0.68%) RACF
5 44 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 33 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 32 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (0.44%) vSphere
8 27 (0.37%) XenApp
9 21 (0.29%) Firmware
10 20 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
11 15 (0.20%) XenDesktop
12 12 (0.16%) OpenSSH
13 11 (0.15%) IAG
13 11 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
14 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
15 5 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
16 3 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
17 2 (0.027%) NFS
18 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 351 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 301 (4.11%) Terraform
3 149 (2.03%) Ansible
4 121 (1.65%) Prometheus
5 73 (1.00%) vCenter Server
6 67 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 43 (0.59%) SCCM
8 29 (0.40%) Grafana
9 23 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 15 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (0.20%) Nmap
11 12 (0.16%) IBM BigFix
11 12 (0.16%) Opsgenie
11 12 (0.16%) PowerCLI
11 12 (0.16%) VxRail
11 12 (0.16%) ZABBIX
12 11 (0.15%) Nagios
12 11 (0.15%) Puppet
12 11 (0.15%) SCOM
13 10 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,714 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 623 (8.50%) SAP
3 601 (8.20%) Oracle
4 309 (4.21%) Anaplan
5 306 (4.17%) Hyperion
6 210 (2.86%) VMware
7 197 (2.69%) Google
8 98 (1.34%) Cisco
9 84 (1.15%) IBM
10 80 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 80 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 78 (1.06%) Citrix
12 75 (1.02%) Databricks
13 72 (0.98%) NetApp
14 68 (0.93%) ServiceNow
15 63 (0.86%) Salesforce
16 57 (0.78%) Splunk
17 55 (0.75%) Atlassian
18 54 (0.74%) SolidFire
19 52 (0.71%) NEC