Financial Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Finance Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Finance Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 233 328
Rank change year-on-year -19 +95 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 52 112 150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.73% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.78% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 86 118
10th Percentile £351 £378 £231
25th Percentile £412 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £722 £750 £592
90th Percentile £803 £850 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £13.40 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £14.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +303.23% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £16.50 -
90th Percentile - £16.80 -
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £19.22 -
% change year-on-year +15.90% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Financial Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Financial Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Financial Analyst.

Financial Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Financial Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Financial Analyst.

Financial Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Financial Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Finance
2 19 (36.54%) Agile
3 15 (28.85%) Fixed Income
4 14 (26.92%) Front Office
4 14 (26.92%) Derivative
4 14 (26.92%) Investment Management
4 14 (26.92%) Hedge funds
5 11 (21.15%) User Acceptance Testing
5 11 (21.15%) Migration
5 11 (21.15%) Roadmaps
6 10 (19.23%) SQL
6 10 (19.23%) Data Governance
7 9 (17.31%) Business Analysis
7 9 (17.31%) Oracle
7 9 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (17.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (17.31%) Equities
7 9 (17.31%) Regulatory Compliance
8 8 (15.38%) Data Lake
8 8 (15.38%) Product Ownership
8 8 (15.38%) Analytics
9 7 (13.46%) Asset Management
9 7 (13.46%) Python
9 7 (13.46%) Quantitative Research
10 6 (11.54%) Performance Attribution
10 6 (11.54%) Aladdin
10 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
10 6 (11.54%) BISAM
10 6 (11.54%) Portfolio Management
11 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.92%) EViews
Business Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Aladdin
2 5 (9.62%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (5.77%) SAP CO
3 3 (5.77%) SAP FI
3 3 (5.77%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.85%) NetSuite
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (3.85%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.92%) Loan IQ
5 1 (1.92%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (1.92%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (1.92%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.85%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.92%) dbt
4 1 (1.92%) OCI
4 1 (1.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Data Lake
2 4 (7.69%) Power BI
3 2 (3.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 52 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (26.92%) Front Office
3 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Banking
5 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.77%) Law
6 3 (5.77%) Legal
7 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.85%) Retail
8 1 (1.92%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.92%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.92%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 15 (28.85%) Fixed Income
2 14 (26.92%) Derivative
2 14 (26.92%) Hedge funds
3 9 (17.31%) Equities
3 9 (17.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (15.38%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Agile
2 14 (26.92%) Investment Management
3 11 (21.15%) Migration
3 11 (21.15%) Roadmaps
3 11 (21.15%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (19.23%) Data Governance
5 9 (17.31%) Business Analysis
5 9 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (17.31%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (15.38%) Analytics
7 7 (13.46%) Asset Management
7 7 (13.46%) Quantitative Research
8 6 (11.54%) Performance Attribution
8 6 (11.54%) Portfolio Management
9 4 (7.69%) ERP
9 4 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (5.77%) Change Management
10 3 (5.77%) DevOps
10 3 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.23%) SQL
2 7 (13.46%) Python
3 1 (1.92%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.92%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (7.69%) ACCA
2 2 (3.85%) AAT
2 2 (3.85%) CIMA
3 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) GAAP
2 1 (1.92%) IFRS
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Oracle
2 6 (11.54%) BISAM
3 5 (9.62%) SAP
4 2 (3.85%) IFS
5 1 (1.92%) Cognos
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.92%) Workday