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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 3,311 5,437 8,384
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 22.17% 21.59% 18.93%
As % of the General category 37.72% 36.91% 34.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,192 3,881 6,302
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
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 £582 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 56 67
10th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £18.61
25th Percentile £23.63 £24.82 £32.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -24.16% +30.88%
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% +56.53%

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 8,778 14,730 24,115
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.77% 58.48% 54.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,759 10,368 17,530
10th Percentile £325 £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 467 333 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.95 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +52.58% +39.45%
75th Percentile £53.38 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.20 £65.42
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.82 £22.00
% change year-on-year -10.82% +53.73% -2.22%

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 13 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 13 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
1 123 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
2 100 (3.02%) Apache
3 64 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 40 (1.21%) Confluence
5 26 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.54%) IIS
8 16 (0.48%) SAS
9 13 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 12 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 12 (0.36%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.21%) CMS
11 7 (0.21%) JBoss
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
13 5 (0.15%) nginx
13 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
14 3 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 122 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 53 (1.60%) MS Visio
4 34 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.091%) SPSS
9 2 (0.060%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.060%) InDesign
9 2 (0.060%) Revit
10 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.030%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.030%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 90 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
3 33 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
4 31 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 31 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 29 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
5 29 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
6 28 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
7 22 (0.66%) SAP FI
8 21 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 19 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
9 19 (0.57%) SAP CO
10 18 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
11 16 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
11 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
12 15 (0.45%) NetSuite
13 14 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.36%) Loan IQ
14 12 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 412 (12.44%) Azure
2 348 (10.51%) AWS
3 175 (5.29%) Power Platform
4 155 (4.68%) GCP
5 142 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
6 116 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 108 (3.26%) dbt
8 93 (2.81%) Snowflake
9 66 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
10 56 (1.69%) SaaS
11 50 (1.51%) Power Automate
12 49 (1.48%) PowerApps
13 48 (1.45%) OCI
14 43 (1.30%) WhatsApp
15 40 (1.21%) GitHub
16 37 (1.12%) Entra ID
17 33 (1.00%) PaaS
18 31 (0.94%) IaaS
19 28 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
20 26 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 74 (2.23%) Firewall
2 41 (1.24%) DNS
3 29 (0.88%) VPN
4 25 (0.76%) Intranet
5 24 (0.72%) WAN
6 23 (0.69%) Network Security
7 22 (0.66%) BGP
8 21 (0.63%) OSPF
9 18 (0.54%) SAN
10 17 (0.51%) LAN
11 14 (0.42%) HTTP
12 13 (0.39%) DHCP
12 13 (0.39%) TCP/IP
13 12 (0.36%) NX-OS
14 11 (0.33%) VLAN
15 10 (0.30%) NAS
16 9 (0.27%) 4G
16 9 (0.27%) SD-WAN
17 8 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
17 8 (0.24%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (4.65%) Power BI
2 138 (4.17%) Data Lake
3 133 (4.02%) SQL Server
4 105 (3.17%) Amazon Athena
5 103 (3.11%) Apache Arrow
5 103 (3.11%) Dremio
6 90 (2.72%) Apache Ignite
7 53 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (1.39%) Big Data
9 40 (1.21%) MySQL
9 40 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.06%) NoSQL
10 35 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
11 31 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.88%) Metadata
12 29 (0.88%) Oracle Database
13 27 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
14 25 (0.76%) Tableau
15 20 (0.60%) Relational Database
16 19 (0.57%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 133 (4.02%) JIRA
2 65 (1.96%) Git
3 56 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.18%) GitLab
5 23 (0.69%) Cucumber
6 18 (0.54%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.51%) JUnit
8 16 (0.48%) ERwin
9 13 (0.39%) Mockito
10 12 (0.36%) JMeter
10 12 (0.36%) Selenium
11 11 (0.33%) Maven
12 10 (0.30%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (0.21%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.21%) Gradle
14 7 (0.21%) LoadRunner
14 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 889 (26.85%) Banking
2 792 (23.92%) Social Skills
3 337 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 318 (9.60%) Front Office
5 278 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 163 (4.92%) Investment Banking
7 162 (4.89%) Telecoms
8 152 (4.59%) Manufacturing
9 148 (4.47%) Marketing
10 124 (3.75%) Retail
11 110 (3.32%) Financial Institution
12 102 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 95 (2.87%) Electronics
14 94 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
15 90 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
16 80 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
17 68 (2.05%) Back Office
18 51 (1.54%) Legal
19 48 (1.45%) General Ledger
20 39 (1.18%) Billing
Job Titles
1 493 (14.89%) Analyst
2 492 (14.86%) Developer
3 389 (11.75%) Architect
4 316 (9.54%) Senior
5 288 (8.70%) Consultant
6 280 (8.46%) Project Manager
7 253 (7.64%) Lead
8 242 (7.31%) Business Analyst
9 132 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
10 117 (3.53%) Software Engineer
11 115 (3.47%) Financial Analyst
12 95 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 82 (2.48%) Banking Analyst
14 78 (2.36%) C# Developer
14 78 (2.36%) Senior Developer
15 76 (2.30%) Java Developer
16 68 (2.05%) AWS Engineer
17 67 (2.02%) IT Manager
18 62 (1.87%) Finance Manager
18 62 (1.87%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (3.53%) gRPC
2 115 (3.47%) .NET
2 115 (3.47%) Protocol Buffers
3 110 (3.32%) React
4 92 (2.78%) Pandas
5 85 (2.57%) NumPy
5 85 (2.57%) SciPy
6 81 (2.45%) AngularJS
7 73 (2.20%) HTML
8 60 (1.81%) CSS
9 57 (1.72%) Web Services
10 56 (1.69%) XML
11 47 (1.42%) Middleware
12 45 (1.36%) Node.js
13 41 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
14 40 (1.21%) REST
15 34 (1.03%) Kafka
16 33 (1.00%) LDAP
17 30 (0.91%) Spring Boot
18 29 (0.88%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 221 (6.67%) Derivative
2 192 (5.80%) Hedge funds
3 174 (5.26%) Fixed Income
4 142 (4.29%) Equities
5 133 (4.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 87 (2.63%) Product Ownership
7 72 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 63 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 50 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 40 (1.21%) Data Centre
11 37 (1.12%) Public Cloud
12 33 (1.00%) Clustering
12 33 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 32 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 31 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
15 28 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
16 25 (0.76%) Mainframe
17 24 (0.72%) Virtual Team
18 19 (0.57%) Equity Derivative
18 19 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 174 (5.26%) Windows
2 118 (3.56%) Linux
3 74 (2.23%) Unix
4 57 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 29 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (0.45%) MVS
7 15 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (0.39%) VMS
9 12 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.33%) Android
10 11 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 10 (0.30%) AIX
12 9 (0.27%) Solaris
13 8 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.18%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.12%) zOS
17 2 (0.060%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (20.45%) Agile
2 402 (12.14%) Change Management
3 342 (10.33%) DevOps
4 341 (10.30%) Project Management
5 325 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 303 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
7 289 (8.73%) Migration
8 279 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
9 258 (7.79%) Asset Management
10 246 (7.43%) Software Engineering
11 210 (6.34%) ERP
12 203 (6.13%) Analytics
13 202 (6.10%) Investment Management
14 170 (5.13%) CI/CD
15 157 (4.74%) Project Delivery
16 146 (4.41%) Data Modelling
17 137 (4.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 135 (4.08%) Mentoring
19 132 (3.99%) Programme Management
20 131 (3.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 442 (13.35%) Python
2 434 (13.11%) SQL
3 312 (9.42%) Java
4 246 (7.43%) JavaScript
5 227 (6.86%) C#
6 162 (4.89%) TypeScript
7 73 (2.20%) PowerShell
8 46 (1.39%) C++
9 40 (1.21%) R
10 39 (1.18%) PL/SQL
11 34 (1.03%) Go
12 31 (0.94%) Perl
13 27 (0.82%) Shell Script
14 26 (0.79%) Scala
15 24 (0.72%) T-SQL
16 21 (0.63%) Bash
17 16 (0.48%) PHP
17 16 (0.48%) Ruby
18 14 (0.42%) Kotlin
19 12 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 287 (8.67%) Degree
2 175 (5.29%) Security Cleared
3 140 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 57 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 55 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (1.21%) DV Cleared
7 38 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (0.97%) CISSP
10 29 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 26 (0.79%) PMP
12 25 (0.76%) CISM
13 22 (0.66%) CCNP
13 22 (0.66%) PhD
14 21 (0.63%) AWS Certification
15 20 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
16 19 (0.57%) CCNA
17 17 (0.51%) Azure Certification
18 16 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 14 (0.42%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (3.38%) Data Quality
2 108 (3.26%) QA
3 97 (2.93%) PMO
4 58 (1.75%) SLA
5 47 (1.42%) GDPR
6 32 (0.97%) NIST
7 26 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 24 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 20 (0.60%) IFRS
11 17 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 17 (0.51%) MiFID
12 13 (0.39%) GAAP
12 13 (0.39%) GRC
13 12 (0.36%) SEPA
14 10 (0.30%) EMIR
15 6 (0.18%) COBIT
15 6 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
15 6 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
16 5 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 110 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.57%) Docker
3 29 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.45%) IAG
5 14 (0.42%) ACF2
5 14 (0.42%) RACF
6 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) vSphere
8 7 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.18%) Firmware
9 6 (0.18%) Hyper-V
10 5 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.060%) Time Sharing Option
12 2 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.060%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.030%) KVM
13 1 (0.030%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.030%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 76 (2.30%) Terraform
2 70 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.72%) Ansible
4 34 (1.03%) SCCM
5 24 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.51%) Puppet
7 13 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.27%) Data Guard
9 9 (0.27%) Grafana
9 9 (0.27%) Tivoli
10 7 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
10 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.21%) Netcool
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 7 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (0.15%) AirWatch
11 5 (0.15%) Kibana
11 5 (0.15%) logstash
12 4 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 333 (10.06%) Microsoft
2 297 (8.97%) SAP
3 261 (7.88%) Oracle
4 113 (3.41%) ServiceNow
5 84 (2.54%) Cisco
6 52 (1.57%) IBM
7 47 (1.42%) Databricks
8 45 (1.36%) VMware
9 39 (1.18%) Google
10 35 (1.06%) Qualys
11 33 (1.00%) Splunk
12 32 (0.97%) F5
13 28 (0.85%) Salesforce
14 24 (0.72%) Workday
15 23 (0.69%) Bloomberg
15 23 (0.69%) Informatica
16 21 (0.63%) Adobe
17 20 (0.60%) Dell
17 20 (0.60%) EMC
17 20 (0.60%) HP