Finance Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Financial
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 2,296 3,356 5,563
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.18% 21.87% 21.51%
As % of the General category 37.18% 37.15% 36.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 2,210 3,970
10th Percentile £362 £388 £400
25th Percentile £456 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £587
Median % change year-on-year - +2.26% +6.68%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £719
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
UK median daily rate £572 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 103 60
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.31 £21.00
25th Percentile £20.45 £23.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £54.50 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.97% +8.91% -21.35%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £60.63
90th Percentile £87.05 £53.95 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -11.48% -12.86%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Finance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Finance trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Finance
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Finance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing Finance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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
1 108 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
2 86 (3.75%) Apache
3 66 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 57 (2.48%) Confluence
5 51 (2.22%) Apache Spark
6 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.52%) SAS
8 10 (0.44%) CMS
9 7 (0.30%) CICS
10 6 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.17%) JBoss
11 4 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.17%) WordPress
12 3 (0.13%) IBM Notes
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
13 2 (0.087%) MQSeries
13 2 (0.087%) nginx
Applications
1 91 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.13%) Sketch
8 3 (0.13%) Trello
9 2 (0.087%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.087%) InVision
10 1 (0.044%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.044%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.044%) EViews
10 1 (0.044%) InDesign
10 1 (0.044%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.044%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 76 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (2.05%) Aladdin
3 21 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.74%) SAP FI
5 16 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
5 16 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
6 15 (0.65%) SAP CO
7 14 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
7 14 (0.61%) thinkFolio
8 13 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
9 12 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
10 11 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
10 11 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
10 11 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
11 10 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (0.39%) NetSuite
13 8 (0.35%) iTrent
13 8 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
14 7 (0.30%) PeopleSoft Financials
14 7 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 334 (14.55%) AWS
2 331 (14.42%) Azure
3 150 (6.53%) GCP
4 110 (4.79%) dbt
5 89 (3.88%) Power Platform
6 72 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (3.14%) Snowflake
7 67 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (2.57%) Entra ID
9 57 (2.48%) SaaS
9 57 (2.48%) Serverless
10 55 (2.40%) Amazon ECS
11 45 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 44 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
13 41 (1.79%) OpenShift
14 32 (1.39%) OCI
15 31 (1.35%) GitHub
16 26 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
16 26 (1.13%) Dagster
17 20 (0.87%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.96%) Firewall
2 31 (1.35%) Network Security
3 26 (1.13%) DNS
4 25 (1.09%) VPN
5 21 (0.91%) WAN
6 17 (0.74%) DHCP
7 15 (0.65%) BGP
7 15 (0.65%) LAN
8 14 (0.61%) OSPF
8 14 (0.61%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.48%) Wireless
10 10 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.35%) HTTP
12 7 (0.30%) SSL
13 6 (0.26%) SMTP
14 5 (0.22%) Internet
14 5 (0.22%) SAN
14 5 (0.22%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.17%) Skype
15 4 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (6.01%) Data Lake
2 105 (4.57%) Amazon Athena
3 103 (4.49%) Apache Iceberg
3 103 (4.49%) Dremio
4 92 (4.01%) Apache Arrow
5 71 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
5 71 (3.09%) Power BI
6 68 (2.96%) Apache Ignite
7 60 (2.61%) SQL Server
8 58 (2.53%) Relational Database
9 52 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
10 42 (1.83%) MongoDB
11 30 (1.31%) DB2
12 28 (1.22%) Tableau
13 25 (1.09%) Big Data
13 25 (1.09%) Oracle Database
14 23 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
15 19 (0.83%) NoSQL
16 13 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
17 12 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 115 (5.01%) JIRA
2 52 (2.26%) Git
3 43 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.35%) Artifactory
4 31 (1.35%) JUnit
5 26 (1.13%) GitLab
6 24 (1.05%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.57%) Maven
8 12 (0.52%) Selenium
9 9 (0.39%) Subversion
10 7 (0.30%) JMeter
10 7 (0.30%) Postman
10 7 (0.30%) webpack
11 6 (0.26%) Ant
11 6 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.26%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.22%) ERwin
12 5 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 663 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 562 (24.48%) Banking
3 370 (16.11%) Front Office
4 297 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
5 134 (5.84%) Investment Banking
6 114 (4.97%) Public Sector
7 98 (4.27%) Marketing
8 90 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 63 (2.74%) Retail
10 62 (2.70%) Legal
11 58 (2.53%) Financial Institution
12 56 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 55 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (2.05%) Law
15 46 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 44 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
17 40 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (1.52%) Electronics
18 35 (1.52%) General Ledger
18 35 (1.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 361 (15.72%) Analyst
2 352 (15.33%) Developer
3 200 (8.71%) Senior
4 190 (8.28%) Business Analyst
5 184 (8.01%) Project Manager
6 171 (7.45%) Consultant
7 158 (6.88%) Lead
8 140 (6.10%) Software Engineer
9 139 (6.05%) Architect
10 116 (5.05%) AWS Engineer
11 109 (4.75%) Python Engineer
12 91 (3.96%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 86 (3.75%) Data Engineer
14 64 (2.79%) AWS Software Engineer
15 62 (2.70%) Programme Manager
16 58 (2.53%) Java Developer
17 57 (2.48%) DevOps Engineer
18 54 (2.35%) Data Analyst
19 53 (2.31%) IT Manager
20 52 (2.26%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.83%) Kafka
2 104 (4.53%) React
3 77 (3.35%) .NET
4 75 (3.27%) Pandas
5 74 (3.22%) AngularJS
6 73 (3.18%) Node.js
6 73 (3.18%) NumPy
7 71 (3.09%) PySpark
7 71 (3.09%) Redux
8 65 (2.83%) SciPy
9 52 (2.26%) Spring
10 51 (2.22%) Web Services
11 44 (1.92%) Vue
12 41 (1.79%) gRPC
12 41 (1.79%) Protocol Buffers
13 37 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
14 36 (1.57%) J2EE
15 35 (1.52%) .NET Core
16 29 (1.26%) CSS
16 29 (1.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 279 (12.15%) Fixed Income
2 211 (9.19%) Derivative
3 204 (8.89%) Equities
4 203 (8.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 190 (8.28%) Hedge funds
6 91 (3.96%) Product Ownership
7 76 (3.31%) Onboarding
8 70 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 60 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 46 (2.00%) Data Structures
11 41 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
12 33 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
13 32 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.00%) Mainframe
15 23 (1.00%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
17 21 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
18 16 (0.70%) Algorithms
18 16 (0.70%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 147 (6.40%) Windows
2 118 (5.14%) Linux
3 46 (2.00%) Unix
4 39 (1.70%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.48%) Android
8 10 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.26%) AIX
9 6 (0.26%) zOS
10 4 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.13%) Solaris
11 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.087%) VMS
12 2 (0.087%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.044%) HPUX
13 1 (0.044%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 697 (30.36%) Agile
2 390 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
3 348 (15.16%) Migration
4 274 (11.93%) Project Management
5 264 (11.50%) Investment Management
6 260 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 250 (10.89%) Asset Management
8 227 (9.89%) Analytics
9 226 (9.84%) DevOps
10 223 (9.71%) Software Engineering
11 191 (8.32%) Roadmaps
12 171 (7.45%) Change Management
13 164 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
14 154 (6.71%) CI/CD
15 149 (6.49%) Fintech
16 148 (6.45%) Data Governance
17 131 (5.71%) Risk Management
18 128 (5.57%) Data Management
18 128 (5.57%) Project Delivery
19 123 (5.36%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 415 (18.07%) Python
2 314 (13.68%) SQL
3 219 (9.54%) Java
4 173 (7.53%) JavaScript
5 149 (6.49%) TypeScript
6 87 (3.79%) C#
7 79 (3.44%) PowerShell
8 43 (1.87%) C++
9 37 (1.61%) Go
10 35 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 35 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 30 (1.31%) Bash
12 16 (0.70%) Scala
13 14 (0.61%) Delphi
14 12 (0.52%) Bicep
15 10 (0.44%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.44%) R
16 8 (0.35%) PHP
17 7 (0.30%) C
17 7 (0.30%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 147 (6.40%) Degree
2 130 (5.66%) Security Cleared
3 109 (4.75%) SC Cleared
4 42 (1.83%) PMI Certification
5 39 (1.70%) PMP
6 29 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.18%) CISSP
9 26 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (0.87%) CCNP
12 18 (0.78%) ACCA
12 18 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (0.61%) CIMA
13 14 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.44%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.39%) CISM
15 9 (0.39%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (2.96%) PMO
2 57 (2.48%) QA
3 45 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 39 (1.70%) MiFID
5 35 (1.52%) NIST
6 34 (1.48%) GDPR
7 26 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 25 (1.09%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.65%) SLA
11 13 (0.57%) IFRS
12 11 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 11 (0.48%) GRC
13 9 (0.39%) EMIR
13 9 (0.39%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.35%) GAAP
15 5 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.22%) COBIT
15 5 (0.22%) ISO 20022
16 4 (0.17%) Basel III
System Software
1 83 (3.61%) Docker
2 73 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.39%) vSphere
6 3 (0.13%) HDFS
6 3 (0.13%) RACF
7 2 (0.087%) Firmware
7 2 (0.087%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.044%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.044%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.044%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.044%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.044%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 98 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 95 (4.14%) Terraform
3 40 (1.74%) Ansible
4 21 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.61%) SCCM
6 10 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.26%) Grafana
9 6 (0.26%) Puppet
10 5 (0.22%) Control-M
10 5 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.13%) Istio
11 3 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.13%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.087%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.087%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 216 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 202 (8.80%) Oracle
3 184 (8.01%) SAP
4 62 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 37 (1.61%) BISAM
6 35 (1.52%) IBM
6 35 (1.52%) Sybase
7 33 (1.44%) Databricks
8 30 (1.31%) Cisco
8 30 (1.31%) Google
8 30 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.31%) VMware
9 28 (1.22%) Splunk
10 26 (1.13%) Workday
11 23 (1.00%) CyberArk
12 22 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 21 (0.91%) Ariba
13 21 (0.91%) Red Hat
14 19 (0.83%) Charles River
15 18 (0.78%) Calypso