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 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,203 3,993 5,378
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.36% 24.21% 21.72%
As % of the General category 30.48% 33.74% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,368 3,372
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,436 £98,474 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -1.88%

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 13,791 11,833 15,151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.24% 71.76% 61.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,701 6,558 10,031
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,869 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,266 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -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 19 August 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
1 112 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.28%) Confluence
3 28 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.40%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.21%) CMS
9 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.095%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) JBoss
13 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 255 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
6 16 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.095%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.095%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.095%) Sketch
12 3 (0.071%) Productboard
13 2 (0.048%) InDesign
13 2 (0.048%) SPSS
14 1 (0.024%) Notion
14 1 (0.024%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.024%) Weka
Business Applications
1 67 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 52 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 28 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
5 27 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 24 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
7 21 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 18 (0.43%) Elite 3E
10 16 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
10 16 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (0.36%) Primavera
12 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
12 14 (0.33%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
14 11 (0.26%) SAP ERP
15 10 (0.24%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 875 (20.82%) Azure
2 606 (14.42%) AWS
3 341 (8.11%) SaaS
4 317 (7.54%) Power Platform
5 215 (5.12%) GCP
6 157 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
7 145 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
8 112 (2.66%) Snowflake
9 106 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
10 81 (1.93%) PaaS
11 75 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
12 71 (1.69%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 67 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 64 (1.52%) GitHub
16 62 (1.48%) PowerApps
17 57 (1.36%) Azure Machine Learning
18 56 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
18 56 (1.33%) Serverless
19 48 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.90%) LAN
1 80 (1.90%) WAN
2 62 (1.48%) Firewall
3 42 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 41 (0.98%) Network Security
5 39 (0.93%) HTTP
6 38 (0.90%) DNS
7 30 (0.71%) VPN
8 29 (0.69%) DHCP
9 21 (0.50%) Broadband
10 15 (0.36%) MPLS
10 15 (0.36%) VLAN
10 15 (0.36%) Wireless
11 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.26%) BGP
12 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
12 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.24%) Internet
13 10 (0.24%) NGFW
14 8 (0.19%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (4.90%) Power BI
2 177 (4.21%) SQL Server
3 69 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 57 (1.36%) Tableau
7 45 (1.07%) Data Lake
8 44 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 38 (0.90%) Metadata
11 33 (0.79%) Relational Database
12 28 (0.67%) Big Data
13 22 (0.52%) MySQL
14 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
15 20 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 19 (0.45%) Power Query
17 17 (0.40%) Oracle Database
17 17 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 16 (0.38%) Looker
18 16 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 138 (3.28%) JIRA
2 86 (2.05%) Git
3 43 (1.02%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.59%) JUnit
5 22 (0.52%) Claude Code
5 22 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
6 19 (0.45%) Maven
7 17 (0.40%) Mockito
8 16 (0.38%) Selenium
9 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.17%) GitLab
9 7 (0.17%) Postman
9 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.14%) Gatling
10 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.095%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.095%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.095%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,384 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 674 (16.04%) Banking
3 581 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 468 (11.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 435 (10.35%) Legal
6 312 (7.42%) Retail
7 306 (7.28%) Law
8 265 (6.31%) Marketing
9 248 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
10 226 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
11 209 (4.97%) Public Sector
12 149 (3.55%) Manufacturing
13 145 (3.45%) Aerospace
14 140 (3.33%) Financial Institution
15 118 (2.81%) Back Office
16 114 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
17 83 (1.97%) Billing
18 80 (1.90%) Telecoms
19 65 (1.55%) Front Office
20 53 (1.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 596 (14.18%) Senior
2 462 (10.99%) Lead
3 438 (10.42%) Analyst
4 345 (8.21%) Architect
5 340 (8.09%) Developer
6 272 (6.47%) Software Engineer
7 221 (5.26%) Consultant
8 162 (3.85%) Finance Manager
9 150 (3.57%) Senior Manager
10 122 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
11 120 (2.86%) Accountant
12 112 (2.66%) Project Manager
13 110 (2.62%) IT Manager
13 110 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
14 104 (2.47%) Business Analyst
15 101 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
16 95 (2.26%) Engineering Manager
17 81 (1.93%) Data Analyst
18 80 (1.90%) Graduate
18 80 (1.90%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (3.85%) React
2 156 (3.71%) .NET
3 116 (2.76%) REST
4 90 (2.14%) Node.js
5 67 (1.59%) .NET Core
6 65 (1.55%) CSS
7 61 (1.45%) Spring
8 60 (1.43%) ASP.NET
9 54 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
10 50 (1.19%) .NET Framework
11 45 (1.07%) LangChain
12 44 (1.05%) AngularJS
13 41 (0.98%) Kafka
14 38 (0.90%) LangGraph
14 38 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (0.86%) HTML
15 36 (0.86%) PyTorch
15 36 (0.86%) TensorFlow
16 35 (0.83%) jQuery
17 33 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 274 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 211 (5.02%) Cloud Native
3 185 (4.40%) Onboarding
4 169 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 162 (3.85%) Virtual Team
6 155 (3.69%) Web Conferencing
7 145 (3.45%) Podcast
8 117 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 94 (2.24%) Blog
10 91 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 71 (1.69%) Data Centre
12 64 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 61 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
14 57 (1.36%) AI Agents
15 55 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
16 54 (1.28%) Credit Risk
17 53 (1.26%) Fixed Income
18 50 (1.19%) Driving Licence
19 48 (1.14%) Hedge funds
20 42 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 136 (3.24%) Windows
2 120 (2.86%) Linux
3 45 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.45%) Unix
5 17 (0.40%) Android
6 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.071%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.024%) AIX
12 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (21.08%) Agile
2 735 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 699 (16.63%) Roadmaps
4 654 (15.56%) AI
5 648 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
6 542 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 538 (12.80%) Decision-Making
8 501 (11.92%) Software Engineering
9 428 (10.18%) Mentoring
10 426 (10.14%) Analytics
11 403 (9.59%) ERP
12 383 (9.11%) CI/CD
13 355 (8.45%) DevOps
14 352 (8.37%) Risk Management
15 339 (8.07%) Project Delivery
16 320 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 307 (7.30%) Project Management
18 296 (7.04%) Process Improvement
19 276 (6.57%) Machine Learning
20 270 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 634 (15.08%) SQL
2 425 (10.11%) Python
3 296 (7.04%) Java
4 249 (5.92%) C#
5 171 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 145 (3.45%) TypeScript
7 109 (2.59%) C++
8 85 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 68 (1.62%) PHP
10 43 (1.02%) Go
11 31 (0.74%) C
12 28 (0.67%) Bash
13 27 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.59%) R
15 24 (0.57%) Bicep
16 22 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 19 (0.45%) VBA
18 18 (0.43%) Rust
19 14 (0.33%) Kotlin
19 14 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 423 (10.06%) Degree
2 354 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 271 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 250 (5.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 248 (5.90%) ACCA
6 215 (5.12%) CIMA
7 135 (3.21%) DV Cleared
8 84 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 73 (1.74%) CISSP
10 51 (1.21%) CISM
10 51 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.17%) PMP
12 45 (1.07%) Azure Certification
13 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 32 (0.76%) CISA
15 29 (0.69%) DBS Check
16 28 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 28 (0.67%) CRISC
17 24 (0.57%) ICAEW
18 23 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (4.16%) Accessibility
2 167 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 166 (3.95%) QA
4 145 (3.45%) GDPR
5 91 (2.17%) GRC
6 89 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 75 (1.78%) PMO
8 74 (1.76%) SLA
9 71 (1.69%) NIST
10 62 (1.48%) IFRS
11 49 (1.17%) GAAP
12 30 (0.71%) COBIT
12 30 (0.71%) PCI DSS
13 23 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 21 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.40%) MiFID
16 16 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.36%) FINREP
18 14 (0.33%) COREP
18 14 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 107 (2.55%) Docker
2 99 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.17%) Firmware
5 43 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 173 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 170 (4.04%) Terraform
3 63 (1.50%) Grafana
4 44 (1.05%) Ansible
5 39 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) SCCM
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.095%) QRadar
9 4 (0.095%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.071%) Argo
10 3 (0.071%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.048%) CASB
11 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.048%) Salt
Vendors
1 730 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 222 (5.28%) Oracle
3 143 (3.40%) SAP
4 133 (3.16%) Databricks
5 91 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 65 (1.55%) Google
6 65 (1.55%) Sage
7 57 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 49 (1.17%) VMware
8 49 (1.17%) Workday
9 43 (1.02%) Cisco
10 38 (0.90%) Xero
11 34 (0.81%) HubSpot
12 30 (0.71%) Aderant
12 30 (0.71%) IBM
13 25 (0.59%) BMC
14 21 (0.50%) Splunk
15 20 (0.48%) Adobe
15 20 (0.48%) Remedy
16 19 (0.45%) Veeam