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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Finance 7,232 10,970 15,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.43% 25.42% 22.50%
As % of the General category 34.94% 38.34% 36.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,909 7,342 8,941
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,893 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,378 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +6.74% +8.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% +4.62% +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 20,699 28,610 41,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 66.31% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,087 18,942 24,253
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £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 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,000 £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 27 April 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
1 356 (4.92%) SAS
2 289 (4.00%) Apache
3 257 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
4 141 (1.95%) SharePoint
5 134 (1.85%) Confluence
6 106 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 68 (0.94%) IIS
8 50 (0.69%) Apache Spark
9 30 (0.41%) nginx
10 26 (0.36%) CMS
11 19 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 19 (0.26%) WordPress
12 6 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.069%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 4 (0.055%) BizTalk Server
14 4 (0.055%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.055%) Moodle
14 4 (0.055%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.041%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.041%) MQSeries
Applications
1 816 (11.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 300 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 118 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.19%) Trello
8 12 (0.17%) Adobe XD
8 12 (0.17%) SPSS
9 6 (0.083%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.069%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.069%) 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
13 2 (0.028%) EViews
13 2 (0.028%) S-PLUS
14 1 (0.014%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 308 (4.26%) SAP ERP
2 71 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 48 (0.66%) SAP FI
5 46 (0.64%) SAP CO
5 46 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
6 35 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
7 27 (0.37%) NetSuite
8 26 (0.36%) NEC Housing
9 24 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
9 24 (0.33%) PlanetPress Connect
10 21 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 21 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
12 15 (0.21%) Elite 3E
13 13 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
14 12 (0.17%) iTrent
15 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
15 10 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
16 9 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1,267 (17.52%) Azure
2 995 (13.76%) AWS
3 579 (8.01%) Power Platform
4 534 (7.38%) GCP
5 342 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
6 228 (3.15%) Snowflake
7 227 (3.14%) dbt
8 201 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
9 190 (2.63%) SaaS
10 181 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 179 (2.48%) GitHub
12 106 (1.47%) Serverless
13 98 (1.36%) PowerApps
14 85 (1.18%) IaaS
15 84 (1.16%) PaaS
15 84 (1.16%) Power Automate
16 81 (1.12%) Entra ID
17 77 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
18 71 (0.98%) Amazon S3
19 62 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 782 (10.81%) Broadband
2 190 (2.63%) Firewall
3 108 (1.49%) Internet
4 103 (1.42%) DNS
5 95 (1.31%) WAN
6 89 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 82 (1.13%) VPN
8 66 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 65 (0.90%) LAN
10 59 (0.82%) IPsec
11 56 (0.77%) Network Security
11 56 (0.77%) SNMP
12 51 (0.71%) DHCP
13 49 (0.68%) Wireless
14 39 (0.54%) SAN
15 38 (0.53%) SD-WAN
16 17 (0.24%) HTTP
16 17 (0.24%) iSCSI
17 15 (0.21%) VoIP
18 14 (0.19%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 514 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 479 (6.62%) Power BI
3 293 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
4 260 (3.60%) Data Lake
5 208 (2.88%) Amazon Athena
5 208 (2.88%) Dremio
6 207 (2.86%) Apache Arrow
7 178 (2.46%) Apache Ignite
7 178 (2.46%) MongoDB
8 149 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
9 145 (2.00%) Tableau
10 144 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 124 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
12 95 (1.31%) Big Data
13 83 (1.15%) Relational Database
14 74 (1.02%) MySQL
15 68 (0.94%) NoSQL
16 64 (0.88%) BigQuery
17 61 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 48 (0.66%) DB2
Development Applications
1 273 (3.77%) JIRA
2 242 (3.35%) Git
3 158 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 75 (1.04%) Visual Studio
5 67 (0.93%) GitLab
6 56 (0.77%) Maven
7 40 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 32 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
8 32 (0.44%) Selenium
8 32 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
9 31 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 27 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
11 26 (0.36%) TeamCity
12 18 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 18 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
13 17 (0.24%) Spinnaker
14 16 (0.22%) Subversion
15 14 (0.19%) JUnit
16 13 (0.18%) NUnit
16 13 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 2,757 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 1,321 (18.27%) Analytical Skills
3 1,018 (14.08%) Banking
4 631 (8.73%) Influencing Skills
5 630 (8.71%) Retail
6 493 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 485 (6.71%) Front Office
7 485 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 441 (6.10%) Marketing
9 403 (5.57%) Legal
10 230 (3.18%) Law
11 219 (3.03%) Investment Banking
12 211 (2.92%) Manufacturing
12 211 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
13 158 (2.18%) Telecoms
14 155 (2.14%) Back Office
15 116 (1.60%) Financial Institution
16 106 (1.47%) Electronics
17 105 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
18 88 (1.22%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,403 (19.40%) Analyst
2 1,286 (17.78%) Senior
3 1,030 (14.24%) Developer
4 706 (9.76%) Architect
5 691 (9.55%) Lead
6 513 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
7 423 (5.85%) Consultant
8 390 (5.39%) Software Engineer
9 364 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
10 350 (4.84%) Financial Analyst
11 325 (4.49%) Project Manager
12 287 (3.97%) Senior Developer
13 227 (3.14%) .NET Developer
14 163 (2.25%) IT Manager
15 156 (2.16%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 153 (2.12%) Python Developer
16 153 (2.12%) Senior Software Engineer
17 147 (2.03%) Business Analyst
18 141 (1.95%) Commercial Analyst
19 139 (1.92%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 484 (6.69%) .NET
2 388 (5.37%) React
3 322 (4.45%) AngularJS
4 313 (4.33%) HTML
5 268 (3.71%) gRPC
6 232 (3.21%) Protocol Buffers
7 216 (2.99%) Pandas
8 213 (2.95%) ASP.NET
9 186 (2.57%) CSS
10 182 (2.52%) Node.js
11 181 (2.50%) Vue
12 176 (2.43%) NumPy
13 173 (2.39%) Kafka
14 168 (2.32%) SciPy
15 165 (2.28%) .NET Core
16 157 (2.17%) Spring
17 128 (1.77%) Spring Boot
18 125 (1.73%) .NET Framework
19 123 (1.70%) RESTful
20 119 (1.65%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 387 (5.35%) Hedge funds
2 355 (4.91%) Derivative
3 343 (4.74%) Fixed Income
4 304 (4.20%) Equities
5 303 (4.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 269 (3.72%) Management Information System
7 237 (3.28%) Product Ownership
8 167 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 157 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 143 (1.98%) PMI
11 140 (1.94%) Data Centre
12 117 (1.62%) Onboarding
13 107 (1.48%) Cloud Native
14 99 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
14 99 (1.37%) Social Media
15 94 (1.30%) Mobile App
16 87 (1.20%) Virtual Team
17 72 (1.00%) Clustering
18 66 (0.91%) Data Structures
19 60 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 594 (8.21%) Windows
2 423 (5.85%) Linux
3 180 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 126 (1.74%) Unix
5 71 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 59 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 54 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
8 53 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 45 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 43 (0.59%) Android
11 35 (0.48%) Solaris
12 34 (0.47%) CentOS
13 26 (0.36%) Ubuntu
14 24 (0.33%) zOS
15 20 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
16 14 (0.19%) Windows 7
17 12 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
17 12 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
18 11 (0.15%) Windows 8
18 11 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,762 (38.19%) Agile
2 1,245 (17.22%) Mentoring
3 1,025 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
4 1,004 (13.88%) Roadmaps
5 917 (12.68%) Decision-Making
6 764 (10.56%) Software Engineering
7 721 (9.97%) Project Management
8 714 (9.87%) Actionable Insight
9 654 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
9 654 (9.04%) DevOps
10 611 (8.45%) Analytics
11 610 (8.43%) Asset Management
12 602 (8.32%) ERP
13 584 (8.08%) Change Management
14 569 (7.87%) Business Case
15 518 (7.16%) Coaching
15 518 (7.16%) Data Management
16 502 (6.94%) Budgeting
17 497 (6.87%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 478 (6.61%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,173 (16.22%) Python
2 1,126 (15.57%) SQL
3 710 (9.82%) JavaScript
4 600 (8.30%) Java
5 573 (7.92%) C#
6 493 (6.82%) TypeScript
7 187 (2.59%) PowerShell
8 115 (1.59%) R
9 109 (1.51%) Go
9 109 (1.51%) T-SQL
10 101 (1.40%) Bash
11 78 (1.08%) C++
12 65 (0.90%) PHP
13 59 (0.82%) C
14 44 (0.61%) Perl
15 41 (0.57%) Shell Script
16 38 (0.53%) Scala
17 37 (0.51%) Ruby
18 34 (0.47%) Groovy
18 34 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 951 (13.15%) Degree
2 547 (7.56%) ACCA
3 509 (7.04%) CIMA
4 289 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 187 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 158 (2.18%) SC Cleared
7 121 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 111 (1.53%) CISSP
9 88 (1.22%) PMP
10 86 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 75 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 61 (0.84%) DV Cleared
13 57 (0.79%) AWS Certification
14 52 (0.72%) CISM
15 47 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
16 40 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
17 37 (0.51%) DBS Check
18 35 (0.48%) CRISC
18 35 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
19 34 (0.47%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (3.25%) QA
2 173 (2.39%) Data Quality
3 102 (1.41%) PMO
4 96 (1.33%) NIST
5 93 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 93 (1.29%) SLA
6 77 (1.06%) GDPR
7 51 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 36 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 34 (0.47%) IFRS
9 34 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 31 (0.43%) GRC
11 26 (0.36%) NCSC
12 22 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 22 (0.30%) ITGC
13 18 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 17 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.22%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.17%) IFRS 9
16 12 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 369 (5.10%) Docker
2 262 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 186 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 34 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 28 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (0.36%) vSphere
8 22 (0.30%) Firmware
9 19 (0.26%) XenApp
10 14 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.15%) IAG
11 11 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 10 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
13 9 (0.12%) OpenSSH
14 7 (0.097%) Embedded Firmware
15 3 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.028%) Apache Flume
17 1 (0.014%) Ceph
17 1 (0.014%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 376 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 301 (4.16%) Terraform
3 157 (2.17%) Ansible
4 93 (1.29%) Prometheus
5 67 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 67 (0.93%) vCenter Server
6 47 (0.65%) SCCM
7 31 (0.43%) Grafana
8 25 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 24 (0.33%) Puppet
10 16 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (0.21%) Nmap
12 13 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
13 12 (0.17%) Opsgenie
13 12 (0.17%) VxRail
13 12 (0.17%) ZABBIX
14 10 (0.14%) SCOM
15 9 (0.12%) Kibana
15 9 (0.12%) Nagios
15 9 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,655 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 642 (8.88%) SAP
3 593 (8.20%) Oracle
4 312 (4.31%) Anaplan
5 305 (4.22%) Hyperion
6 233 (3.22%) Google
7 219 (3.03%) VMware
8 96 (1.33%) IBM
9 95 (1.31%) Cisco
10 83 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 82 (1.13%) Citrix
12 81 (1.12%) Databricks
13 80 (1.11%) Palo Alto
14 78 (1.08%) ServiceNow
15 75 (1.04%) NetApp
16 66 (0.91%) Splunk
17 65 (0.90%) Atlassian
18 63 (0.87%) Salesforce
19 61 (0.84%) Dell
20 54 (0.75%) SolidFire