Hybrid/Remote Finance Job Trends

Financial
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,403 3,946 5,231
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.39% 24.32% 22.39%
As % of the General category 30.38% 33.97% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,628 2,335 3,100
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,125 £47,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -6.88% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,634 £98,237 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 14,492 11,615 14,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.53% 71.60% 62.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,041 6,432 8,633
10th Percentile £32,261 £28,750 £34,781
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Finance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Finance
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Finance salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 116 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.23%) Confluence
3 25 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.39%) Apache
6 11 (0.25%) CMS
6 11 (0.25%) nginx
6 11 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
7 10 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.20%) SAS
9 6 (0.14%) IIS
10 4 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.091%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.023%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.023%) CICS
11 1 (0.023%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.023%) WordPress
Applications
1 270 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.39%) Simulink
7 12 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.091%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.091%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.091%) Sketch
12 3 (0.068%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.068%) Productboard
13 2 (0.045%) InDesign
13 2 (0.045%) SPSS
13 2 (0.045%) Weka
14 1 (0.023%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 63 (1.43%) NetSuite
2 48 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 29 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 28 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 27 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
6 27 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
7 20 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
8 18 (0.41%) Elite 3E
8 18 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
9 17 (0.39%) Primavera
9 17 (0.39%) Sage 50
10 16 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
10 16 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 15 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
11 15 (0.34%) Workday HCM
12 13 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
13 12 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
14 9 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 871 (19.78%) Azure
2 614 (13.95%) AWS
3 372 (8.45%) SaaS
4 323 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 221 (5.02%) GCP
6 156 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
8 120 (2.73%) Snowflake
9 109 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (1.95%) PaaS
11 79 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
12 75 (1.70%) Entra ID
13 72 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 71 (1.61%) GitHub
15 68 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 67 (1.52%) Azure AI
17 61 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
18 58 (1.32%) Serverless
19 57 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
20 53 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.79%) LAN
2 78 (1.77%) WAN
3 58 (1.32%) Firewall
4 41 (0.93%) HTTP
5 40 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 39 (0.89%) Network Security
7 36 (0.82%) DNS
8 29 (0.66%) VPN
9 27 (0.61%) DHCP
10 22 (0.50%) Broadband
11 20 (0.45%) 5G
12 16 (0.36%) VLAN
13 14 (0.32%) Wireless
14 13 (0.30%) MPLS
15 11 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.25%) Ethernet
15 11 (0.25%) Internet
16 10 (0.23%) SD-WAN
17 9 (0.20%) BGP
17 9 (0.20%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (4.93%) Power BI
2 173 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.50%) MongoDB
5 60 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (1.25%) Tableau
7 53 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 41 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (0.91%) Metadata
10 37 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.61%) Big Data
12 21 (0.48%) MySQL
12 21 (0.48%) NoSQL
13 20 (0.45%) Power Query
14 18 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.39%) DynamoDB
15 17 (0.39%) Looker
16 15 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
16 15 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 136 (3.09%) JIRA
2 93 (2.11%) Git
3 48 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 31 (0.70%) Claude Code
5 30 (0.68%) JUnit
6 24 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.52%) Maven
8 22 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.43%) Mockito
10 14 (0.32%) Selenium
11 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.18%) GitLab
12 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.16%) Postman
12 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.14%) Gatling
13 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.11%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.11%) IntelliJ
15 4 (0.091%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1,482 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 710 (16.13%) Banking
3 671 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
4 532 (12.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 447 (10.15%) Legal
6 340 (7.72%) Retail
7 337 (7.65%) Law
8 288 (6.54%) Marketing
9 280 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
10 247 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
11 231 (5.25%) Public Sector
12 161 (3.66%) Manufacturing
13 150 (3.41%) Aerospace
14 146 (3.32%) Financial Institution
15 135 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
16 132 (3.00%) Back Office
17 90 (2.04%) Billing
18 88 (2.00%) Telecoms
19 56 (1.27%) General Ledger
20 51 (1.16%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 605 (13.74%) Senior
2 479 (10.88%) Lead
3 427 (9.70%) Analyst
4 384 (8.72%) Architect
5 318 (7.22%) Developer
6 265 (6.02%) Software Engineer
7 221 (5.02%) Consultant
8 164 (3.72%) Senior Manager
9 161 (3.66%) Finance Manager
10 143 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
11 134 (3.04%) Accountant
12 111 (2.52%) IT Manager
13 108 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
14 104 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
14 104 (2.36%) Project Manager
15 101 (2.29%) Engineering Manager
16 94 (2.13%) Business Analyst
17 84 (1.91%) Data Analyst
18 81 (1.84%) Support Analyst
19 78 (1.77%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (4.04%) Terraform
2 152 (3.45%) .NET
3 138 (3.13%) React
4 117 (2.66%) REST
5 72 (1.64%) Node.js
6 69 (1.57%) Spring
7 65 (1.48%) .NET Core
8 61 (1.39%) CSS
9 60 (1.36%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
11 52 (1.18%) LangChain
12 50 (1.14%) .NET Framework
13 45 (1.02%) LangGraph
14 44 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
15 43 (0.98%) AngularJS
16 40 (0.91%) PyTorch
16 40 (0.91%) TensorFlow
16 40 (0.91%) XML
17 35 (0.79%) HTML
17 35 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 306 (6.95%) Product Ownership
2 226 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 212 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 199 (4.52%) Management Information System
5 160 (3.63%) Virtual Team
6 157 (3.57%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.32%) Podcast
8 129 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.16%) Blog
9 95 (2.16%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.64%) AI Agents
11 67 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 63 (1.43%) Data Centre
13 59 (1.34%) Data Structures
14 55 (1.25%) Credit Risk
15 52 (1.18%) Hedge funds
16 50 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
17 45 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
17 45 (1.02%) Social Media
18 43 (0.98%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 128 (2.91%) Windows
2 107 (2.43%) Linux
3 45 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.45%) Android
5 16 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.34%) Unix
7 10 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.068%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.023%) AIX
12 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 847 (19.24%) Agile
2 800 (18.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 749 (17.01%) Roadmaps
4 745 (16.92%) AI
5 693 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
6 636 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 629 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 504 (11.45%) Software Engineering
9 454 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 434 (9.86%) ERP
11 428 (9.72%) Analytics
12 404 (9.18%) CI/CD
13 370 (8.40%) Risk Management
14 356 (8.09%) DevOps
15 349 (7.93%) Project Delivery
16 327 (7.43%) Process Improvement
17 326 (7.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 309 (7.02%) Project Management
19 307 (6.97%) Coaching
19 307 (6.97%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 638 (14.49%) SQL
2 411 (9.33%) Python
3 300 (6.81%) Java
4 238 (5.41%) C#
5 154 (3.50%) JavaScript
6 125 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 101 (2.29%) C++
8 85 (1.93%) PowerShell
9 55 (1.25%) PHP
10 32 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.66%) Bash
11 29 (0.66%) C
12 25 (0.57%) Go
13 24 (0.55%) Bicep
13 24 (0.55%) R
14 22 (0.50%) MATLAB
15 19 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 18 (0.41%) VBA
17 17 (0.39%) Rust
18 15 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 415 (9.43%) Degree
2 371 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 281 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 254 (5.77%) ACCA
5 250 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 227 (5.16%) CIMA
7 135 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 80 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (1.61%) CISSP
10 54 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 53 (1.20%) DBS Check
12 52 (1.18%) CISM
13 49 (1.11%) PMP
14 47 (1.07%) Azure Certification
15 37 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 32 (0.73%) CISA
17 31 (0.70%) CRISC
18 30 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (0.57%) ICAEW
20 22 (0.50%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (4.47%) Accessibility
2 185 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 162 (3.68%) QA
4 143 (3.25%) GDPR
5 91 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 90 (2.04%) GRC
7 80 (1.82%) SLA
8 75 (1.70%) PMO
9 65 (1.48%) NIST
10 57 (1.29%) IFRS
11 45 (1.02%) GAAP
12 30 (0.68%) PCI DSS
13 27 (0.61%) COBIT
14 23 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.34%) MiFID
17 14 (0.32%) Def Stans
17 14 (0.32%) NCSC
17 14 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 110 (2.50%) Docker
2 96 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 65 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 51 (1.16%) Firmware
5 40 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.023%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.023%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 181 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 75 (1.70%) Grafana
3 44 (1.00%) Ansible
4 33 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.14%) Istio
6 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.11%) SCCM
8 4 (0.091%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.091%) QRadar
8 4 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.068%) Argo
9 3 (0.068%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.068%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.045%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.045%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.045%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.045%) Puppet
10 2 (0.045%) Salt
Vendors
1 753 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 224 (5.09%) Oracle
3 144 (3.27%) SAP
4 139 (3.16%) Databricks
5 91 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 78 (1.77%) Sage
7 61 (1.39%) Google
8 59 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 57 (1.29%) Workday
10 48 (1.09%) VMware
11 43 (0.98%) Xero
12 35 (0.79%) Cisco
13 34 (0.77%) Aderant
14 31 (0.70%) HubSpot
15 25 (0.57%) BMC
16 24 (0.55%) IBM
17 21 (0.48%) Adobe
17 21 (0.48%) Splunk
18 20 (0.45%) Remedy
18 20 (0.45%) YouTube