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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 3,333 5,401 8,298
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 22.16% 21.55% 18.91%
As % of the General category 37.69% 36.81% 34.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,204 3,853 6,227
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £487 £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 £576 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.04% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 55 67
10th Percentile £13.31 £21.27 £18.61
25th Percentile £23.63 £25.71 £32.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -21.35% +29.93%
75th Percentile - £59.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £53.98 £75.00 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £26.97 £25.71 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.90% -26.54% +55.56%

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 8,843 14,671 23,882
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 58.55% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,807 10,332 17,331
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 469 333 346
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.01 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £26.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +49.48% +43.45%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.20 £65.52
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.91 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.06% +54.14% -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 10 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 10 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
1 118 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
2 97 (2.91%) Apache
3 64 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 40 (1.20%) Confluence
5 27 (0.81%) 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 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 125 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.62%) MS Visio
5 34 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.090%) SPSS
10 2 (0.060%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.060%) InDesign
10 2 (0.060%) Revit
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.030%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.030%) Sketch
11 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 92 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
4 32 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
5 31 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
6 29 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
6 29 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
7 28 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
8 22 (0.66%) SAP FI
9 21 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 20 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
11 19 (0.57%) SAP CO
12 18 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
13 16 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
13 16 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
13 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
14 15 (0.45%) NetSuite
14 15 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
15 12 (0.36%) Loan IQ
15 12 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 421 (12.63%) Azure
2 345 (10.35%) AWS
3 175 (5.25%) Power Platform
4 155 (4.65%) GCP
5 143 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
6 118 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
7 103 (3.09%) dbt
8 88 (2.64%) Snowflake
9 67 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
10 56 (1.68%) SaaS
11 50 (1.50%) Power Automate
12 49 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 48 (1.44%) OCI
14 43 (1.29%) WhatsApp
15 40 (1.20%) GitHub
16 37 (1.11%) Entra ID
17 33 (0.99%) PaaS
18 31 (0.93%) IaaS
19 28 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
19 28 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 74 (2.22%) Firewall
2 41 (1.23%) DNS
3 29 (0.87%) VPN
4 25 (0.75%) Intranet
5 24 (0.72%) WAN
6 23 (0.69%) Network Security
7 22 (0.66%) BGP
8 21 (0.63%) OSPF
9 19 (0.57%) 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%) ATM
17 8 (0.24%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (4.62%) Power BI
2 138 (4.14%) SQL Server
3 135 (4.05%) Data Lake
4 100 (3.00%) Amazon Athena
5 98 (2.94%) Apache Arrow
5 98 (2.94%) Dremio
6 87 (2.61%) Apache Ignite
7 54 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (1.35%) Big Data
9 41 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 40 (1.20%) MySQL
11 35 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 35 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
12 32 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 30 (0.90%) Oracle Database
14 29 (0.87%) Metadata
15 28 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
16 25 (0.75%) Tableau
17 20 (0.60%) Relational Database
18 19 (0.57%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 134 (4.02%) JIRA
2 68 (2.04%) Git
3 57 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.17%) 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%) Maven
10 12 (0.36%) Selenium
11 10 (0.30%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (0.21%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.21%) Gradle
13 7 (0.21%) LoadRunner
13 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 892 (26.76%) Banking
2 797 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 339 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 317 (9.51%) Front Office
5 280 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 164 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 162 (4.86%) Investment Banking
8 154 (4.62%) Manufacturing
9 151 (4.53%) Marketing
10 128 (3.84%) Retail
11 110 (3.30%) Financial Institution
12 103 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 97 (2.91%) Electronics
14 94 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
15 90 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
16 80 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
17 68 (2.04%) Back Office
18 51 (1.53%) Legal
19 48 (1.44%) General Ledger
20 39 (1.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 499 (14.97%) Analyst
2 494 (14.82%) Developer
3 389 (11.67%) Architect
4 316 (9.48%) Senior
5 289 (8.67%) Consultant
6 282 (8.46%) Project Manager
7 252 (7.56%) Lead
8 245 (7.35%) Business Analyst
9 131 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
10 116 (3.48%) Financial Analyst
11 115 (3.45%) Software Engineer
12 96 (2.88%) Data Analyst
13 84 (2.52%) Banking Analyst
14 80 (2.40%) C# Developer
15 78 (2.34%) Senior Developer
16 75 (2.25%) Java Developer
17 68 (2.04%) IT Manager
18 66 (1.98%) AWS Engineer
19 63 (1.89%) Finance Manager
20 60 (1.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (3.54%) .NET
2 112 (3.36%) gRPC
3 110 (3.30%) Protocol Buffers
3 110 (3.30%) React
4 90 (2.70%) Pandas
5 83 (2.49%) AngularJS
5 83 (2.49%) NumPy
6 82 (2.46%) SciPy
7 73 (2.19%) HTML
8 60 (1.80%) CSS
9 57 (1.71%) Web Services
10 56 (1.68%) XML
11 47 (1.41%) Middleware
12 46 (1.38%) Node.js
13 41 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
14 40 (1.20%) REST
15 34 (1.02%) Kafka
16 33 (0.99%) LDAP
17 30 (0.90%) Spring Boot
18 29 (0.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 219 (6.57%) Derivative
2 187 (5.61%) Hedge funds
3 172 (5.16%) Fixed Income
4 139 (4.17%) Equities
5 130 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 87 (2.61%) Product Ownership
7 73 (2.19%) Management Information System
8 65 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
9 50 (1.50%) Onboarding
10 40 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 37 (1.11%) Public Cloud
12 33 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 32 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 31 (0.93%) Clustering
15 28 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
16 25 (0.75%) Mainframe
17 24 (0.72%) Virtual Team
18 20 (0.60%) Credit Derivative
18 20 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 176 (5.28%) Windows
2 117 (3.51%) Linux
3 73 (2.19%) Unix
4 57 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 29 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.45%) MVS
9 13 (0.39%) VMS
9 13 (0.39%) 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%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (20.43%) Agile
2 403 (12.09%) Change Management
3 346 (10.38%) Project Management
4 344 (10.32%) DevOps
5 326 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 306 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
7 290 (8.70%) Migration
8 280 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
9 255 (7.65%) Asset Management
10 246 (7.38%) Software Engineering
11 212 (6.36%) ERP
12 204 (6.12%) Analytics
13 201 (6.03%) Investment Management
14 172 (5.16%) CI/CD
15 158 (4.74%) Project Delivery
16 146 (4.38%) Data Modelling
17 139 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
18 135 (4.05%) Mentoring
19 134 (4.02%) Programme Management
20 132 (3.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 437 (13.11%) Python
1 437 (13.11%) SQL
2 307 (9.21%) Java
3 241 (7.23%) JavaScript
4 230 (6.90%) C#
5 159 (4.77%) TypeScript
6 73 (2.19%) PowerShell
7 46 (1.38%) C++
8 41 (1.23%) R
9 40 (1.20%) PL/SQL
10 32 (0.96%) Go
11 31 (0.93%) Perl
12 27 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 26 (0.78%) Scala
14 24 (0.72%) T-SQL
15 21 (0.63%) Bash
16 16 (0.48%) PHP
16 16 (0.48%) Ruby
17 14 (0.42%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 291 (8.73%) Degree
2 176 (5.28%) Security Cleared
3 141 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 59 (1.77%) Master's Degree
5 56 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (1.20%) DV Cleared
7 38 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (0.99%) CISSP
10 30 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 27 (0.81%) PMP
12 26 (0.78%) CISM
13 23 (0.69%) PhD
14 22 (0.66%) CCNP
15 20 (0.60%) 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%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 109 (3.27%) QA
3 102 (3.06%) PMO
4 58 (1.74%) SLA
5 47 (1.41%) GDPR
6 32 (0.96%) NIST
7 26 (0.78%) 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%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 111 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.56%) Docker
3 29 (0.87%) 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 (2.28%) Terraform
2 68 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.68%) Ansible
4 36 (1.08%) SCCM
5 22 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.48%) 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
1 335 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 303 (9.09%) SAP
3 265 (7.95%) Oracle
4 112 (3.36%) ServiceNow
5 85 (2.55%) Cisco
6 52 (1.56%) IBM
7 47 (1.41%) Databricks
8 45 (1.35%) VMware
9 40 (1.20%) Google
10 35 (1.05%) Qualys
11 33 (0.99%) Splunk
12 31 (0.93%) F5
13 29 (0.87%) Salesforce
14 24 (0.72%) Workday
15 23 (0.69%) Bloomberg
15 23 (0.69%) Informatica
16 21 (0.63%) Adobe
16 21 (0.63%) EMC
16 21 (0.63%) HP
17 20 (0.60%) Sybase