Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 24 July 2021

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 24 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Financial
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
24 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 8 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,265 746 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.69% 13.70% 14.66%
As % of the General category 35.89% 29.86% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,288 615 956
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,469 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.98% +12.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £85,000 £91,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%

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.

All General Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,885 2,498 4,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 52.07% 45.86% 50.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,798 2,090 3,358
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,488 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £43,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 24 July 2021.

Finance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 24 July 2021, Finance job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Finance.

1 1,664 (39.02%) Agile Software Development
2 964 (22.60%) Social Skills
3 946 (22.18%) JavaScript
4 835 (19.58%) AWS
5 806 (18.90%) SQL
6 755 (17.70%) Software Engineering
7 752 (17.63%) Azure
8 718 (16.83%) Python
9 715 (16.76%) React
10 666 (15.62%) DevOps
11 584 (13.69%) .NET
12 583 (13.67%) Docker
12 583 (13.67%) Fintech
13 566 (13.27%) Java
14 558 (13.08%) Microsoft
15 517 (12.12%) C#
16 494 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
17 470 (11.02%) Kubernetes
18 445 (10.43%) Banking
19 435 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
20 434 (10.18%) Scrum
21 419 (9.82%) Degree
22 403 (9.45%) Marketing
23 397 (9.31%) Project Management
24 389 (9.12%) Microservices
25 388 (9.10%) Web Services
26 384 (9.00%) GCP
27 380 (8.91%) CSS
28 370 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
29 359 (8.42%) Analytics

Finance
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 127 (2.98%) CMS
2 102 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 94 (2.20%) Confluence
4 65 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
5 64 (1.50%) Apache
6 50 (1.17%) SAS
7 49 (1.15%) nginx
8 42 (0.98%) Apache Solr
9 36 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
10 31 (0.73%) Apache Spark
11 27 (0.63%) WordPress
12 25 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
13 16 (0.38%) Tomcat
14 15 (0.35%) IIS
14 15 (0.35%) Umbraco
15 14 (0.33%) Kentico
16 13 (0.30%) MS Exchange
17 12 (0.28%) Drupal
17 12 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
18 8 (0.19%) JBoss
Applications
1 204 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 138 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 38 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
6 22 (0.52%) Sketch
7 15 (0.35%) InVision
8 14 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
9 10 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 10 (0.23%) Figma
10 6 (0.14%) Adobe XD
11 5 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
12 4 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.094%) Photoshop
13 3 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.070%) InfoPath
14 2 (0.047%) SPSS
15 1 (0.023%) Acrobat
15 1 (0.023%) InDesign
15 1 (0.023%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 57 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
1 57 (1.34%) Payment Gateway
2 52 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 50 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 48 (1.13%) Dynamics AX
5 46 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
6 34 (0.80%) Shopify
7 32 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
8 31 (0.73%) Oracle Clinical
8 31 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
9 27 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
10 23 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
10 23 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
11 20 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
11 20 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
12 19 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
13 18 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
13 18 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 16 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
15 14 (0.33%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 835 (19.58%) AWS
2 752 (17.63%) Azure
3 384 (9.00%) GCP
4 300 (7.03%) SaaS
4 300 (7.03%) Serverless
5 154 (3.61%) Amazon S3
6 151 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 147 (3.45%) Power Platform
8 130 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
9 116 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
10 83 (1.95%) GitHub
11 80 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
12 77 (1.81%) PaaS
13 71 (1.66%) Amazon SQS
14 70 (1.64%) IaaS
15 68 (1.59%) Google Analytics
16 58 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
17 44 (1.03%) Heroku
18 35 (0.82%) Azure Active Directory
19 32 (0.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.31%) Broadband
2 42 (0.98%) Firewall
3 34 (0.80%) DNS
4 31 (0.73%) VPN
5 22 (0.52%) Internet
5 22 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 20 (0.47%) LAN
6 20 (0.47%) WAN
7 19 (0.45%) HTTP
8 17 (0.40%) DHCP
9 15 (0.35%) SMS
10 13 (0.30%) Network Security
10 13 (0.30%) RIP
11 11 (0.26%) SAN
12 10 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 8 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.16%) SSH
15 6 (0.14%) SCCP
15 6 (0.14%) SSL
15 6 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 326 (7.64%) SQL Server
2 219 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
3 176 (4.13%) MySQL
4 146 (3.42%) Relational Database
5 139 (3.26%) Amazon DynamoDB
6 131 (3.07%) Big Data
7 124 (2.91%) NoSQL
7 124 (2.91%) Power BI
8 114 (2.67%) MongoDB
9 111 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
10 102 (2.39%) Redis
11 92 (2.16%) Tableau
12 77 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 69 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 65 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
15 60 (1.41%) RDBMS
16 57 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 54 (1.27%) Blockchain
18 47 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
19 46 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 356 (8.35%) Git (software)
2 203 (4.76%) JIRA
3 121 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 74 (1.74%) webpack
5 69 (1.62%) Selenium
6 58 (1.36%) Cypress.io
7 46 (1.08%) Maven
8 43 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
9 40 (0.94%) Babel
10 38 (0.89%) Visual Studio
11 34 (0.80%) gulp
12 32 (0.75%) CircleCI
12 32 (0.75%) GitLab
13 31 (0.73%) Bitbucket
13 31 (0.73%) Cucumber
14 23 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
15 22 (0.52%) JUnit
16 21 (0.49%) IntelliJ
17 19 (0.45%) RSpec
18 18 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 964 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 445 (10.43%) Banking
3 403 (9.45%) Marketing
4 370 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 328 (7.69%) Retail
6 291 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 246 (5.77%) Telecoms
8 201 (4.71%) Games
9 200 (4.69%) Manufacturing
10 183 (4.29%) Front Office
11 173 (4.06%) Electronics
12 138 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
13 114 (2.67%) Law
14 110 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
15 107 (2.51%) Legal
16 89 (2.09%) Financial Institution
17 63 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
18 60 (1.41%) Back Office
19 58 (1.36%) Billing
20 43 (1.01%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,426 (33.43%) Developer
2 435 (10.20%) Analyst
3 415 (9.73%) Software Engineer
4 273 (6.40%) React Developer
5 262 (6.14%) Consultant
6 239 (5.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 215 (5.04%) Senior Developer
8 201 (4.71%) Project Manager
9 179 (4.20%) Architect
10 164 (3.85%) C# Developer
11 159 (3.73%) Java Developer
12 153 (3.59%) Business Analyst
13 147 (3.45%) .NET Developer
14 123 (2.88%) Senior Manager
14 123 (2.88%) Software Developer
15 108 (2.53%) Full Stack Developer
15 108 (2.53%) PHP Developer
16 101 (2.37%) Python Developer
17 98 (2.30%) Senior Software Engineer
18 89 (2.09%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 715 (16.76%) React
2 584 (13.69%) .NET
3 388 (9.10%) Web Services
4 380 (8.91%) CSS
5 356 (8.35%) HTML
6 326 (7.64%) AngularJS
7 315 (7.39%) Node.js
8 265 (6.21%) React Native
9 240 (5.63%) Vue.js
10 223 (5.23%) REST
11 213 (4.99%) .NET Core
12 183 (4.29%) Material-UI
13 157 (3.68%) Kafka
14 144 (3.38%) RESTful
15 135 (3.17%) XML
16 132 (3.09%) ASP.NET
17 129 (3.02%) GraphQL
18 113 (2.65%) Spring
19 107 (2.51%) jQuery
20 106 (2.49%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 351 (8.23%) User Experience
2 207 (4.85%) Greenfield Project
3 163 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
4 153 (3.59%) Mobile App
5 132 (3.09%) Hedge funds
6 129 (3.02%) Virtual Team
7 111 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 95 (2.23%) Fixed Income
9 92 (2.16%) Derivative
10 86 (2.02%) Algorithms
11 79 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 69 (1.62%) Social Media
13 66 (1.55%) Equities
14 58 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
14 58 (1.36%) Public Cloud
15 51 (1.20%) iPad
16 50 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
17 41 (0.96%) Cloud Native
18 39 (0.91%) Data Structures
19 38 (0.89%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 221 (5.18%) Linux
2 200 (4.69%) Windows
3 65 (1.52%) Unix
4 56 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 55 (1.29%) Android
6 47 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 47 (1.10%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (0.33%) Mac OS X
9 13 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (0.16%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.094%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.094%) VMS
11 4 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.070%) CentOS
12 3 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.047%) AIX
13 2 (0.047%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.047%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,664 (39.02%) Agile Software Development
2 755 (17.70%) Software Engineering
3 666 (15.62%) DevOps
4 583 (13.67%) Fintech
5 494 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
6 435 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
7 434 (10.18%) Scrum
8 397 (9.31%) Project Management
9 389 (9.12%) Microservices
10 359 (8.42%) Analytics
11 335 (7.85%) Mentoring
12 319 (7.48%) Asset Management
13 279 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 253 (5.93%) SDLC
14 253 (5.93%) TDD
15 236 (5.53%) ERP
16 228 (5.35%) Machine Learning
17 223 (5.23%) Digital Marketing
18 216 (5.06%) Test Automation
19 210 (4.92%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 946 (22.18%) JavaScript
2 806 (18.90%) SQL
3 718 (16.83%) Python
4 566 (13.27%) Java
5 517 (12.12%) C#
6 326 (7.64%) TypeScript
7 159 (3.73%) PHP
8 158 (3.70%) T-SQL
9 152 (3.56%) C++
10 140 (3.28%) Go
11 111 (2.60%) Kotlin
12 108 (2.53%) Scala
13 106 (2.49%) C
14 104 (2.44%) PowerShell
15 79 (1.85%) Ruby
16 70 (1.64%) Clojure
17 61 (1.43%) R
18 48 (1.13%) Java 8
19 36 (0.84%) PHP 7
19 36 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 419 (9.82%) Degree
2 76 (1.78%) Security Cleared
3 73 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 54 (1.27%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
6 40 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (0.87%) PhD
8 34 (0.80%) CISM
8 34 (0.80%) CISSP
9 27 (0.63%) PMP
10 26 (0.61%) PMI Certification
10 26 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 23 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
12 20 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (0.45%) MCSD
14 16 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 15 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (0.33%) ACCA
16 14 (0.33%) CIMA
17 11 (0.26%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (4.36%) QA
2 90 (2.11%) GDPR
3 68 (1.59%) SLA
4 62 (1.45%) PMO
5 57 (1.34%) Accessibility
6 56 (1.31%) NIST
7 54 (1.27%) Good Clinical Practice
8 51 (1.20%) Data Quality
9 39 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 26 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 20 (0.47%) COBIT
11 20 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.42%) Solvency II
13 16 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 14 (0.33%) GRC
15 12 (0.28%) MiFID
16 7 (0.16%) EMIR
16 7 (0.16%) IFRS
17 6 (0.14%) CDISC
17 6 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 583 (13.67%) Docker
2 110 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 38 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.23%) vSphere
7 9 (0.21%) ISA Server
8 8 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.16%) Firmware
9 7 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.094%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 4 (0.094%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.094%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.070%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.070%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.047%) Varnish
13 1 (0.023%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.023%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 470 (11.02%) Kubernetes
2 326 (7.64%) Terraform
3 135 (3.17%) Ansible
4 40 (0.94%) SCCM
5 21 (0.49%) Puppet
6 18 (0.42%) SCOM
7 16 (0.38%) Opscode Chef
8 13 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 12 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.23%) OpenView
10 10 (0.23%) OVSD
11 9 (0.21%) Grafana
11 9 (0.21%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.19%) QRadar
13 7 (0.16%) WSUS
14 6 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.14%) AirWatch
14 6 (0.14%) Argo
15 5 (0.12%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 558 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 302 (7.08%) Oracle
3 290 (6.80%) SAP
4 170 (3.99%) Google
5 85 (1.99%) Salesforce.com
6 72 (1.69%) VMware
7 55 (1.29%) Cisco
8 48 (1.13%) Adobe
8 48 (1.13%) JD Edwards
9 42 (0.98%) ServiceNow
10 40 (0.94%) Yahoo!
11 33 (0.77%) IBM
12 29 (0.68%) Zend
13 28 (0.66%) Atlassian
13 28 (0.66%) Elastic Path
14 25 (0.59%) Citrix
14 25 (0.59%) Sitecore
15 24 (0.56%) HP
16 20 (0.47%) Databricks
16 20 (0.47%) Sage