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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,317 3,510 7,105
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.48% 26.30% 21.87%
As % of the General category 32.92% 36.67% 35.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,163 2,601 4,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,256 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -7.41%

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 10,076 9,572 20,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.15% 71.73% 61.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6,692 6,517 15,168
10th Percentile £31,138 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,419 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%

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 24 April 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 80 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.18%) Confluence
3 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.42%) SAS
5 11 (0.33%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
6 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.18%) Apache
8 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.12%) IIS
11 2 (0.060%) nginx
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.030%) Camunda
12 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.030%) WordPress
Applications
1 226 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
6 9 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.030%) SPSS
10 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 65 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
2 59 (1.78%) NetSuite
3 52 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
4 48 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
5 42 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
6 38 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 34 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
8 31 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
10 27 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.39%) SAP ERP
13 13 (0.39%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.36%) SAP CO
14 12 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
15 10 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 750 (22.61%) Azure
2 449 (13.54%) AWS
3 305 (9.20%) SaaS
4 240 (7.24%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.40%) GCP
6 156 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
7 141 (4.25%) GitHub
8 127 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
9 115 (3.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 114 (3.44%) Snowflake
11 103 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 101 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
13 74 (2.23%) Entra ID
14 68 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
14 68 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
15 62 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
16 58 (1.75%) Azure AI
17 48 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
18 46 (1.39%) dbt
19 37 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.75%) Firewall
2 51 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.39%) VPN
4 44 (1.33%) WAN
5 40 (1.21%) DNS
6 38 (1.15%) DHCP
7 33 (0.99%) HTTP
8 28 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 26 (0.78%) CHAP
10 24 (0.72%) Network Security
11 19 (0.57%) BGP
12 17 (0.51%) Wireless
13 16 (0.48%) LAN
13 16 (0.48%) MPLS
14 15 (0.45%) Broadband
15 14 (0.42%) VLAN
16 13 (0.39%) Internet
17 11 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
18 9 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
18 9 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (5.64%) Power BI
2 182 (5.49%) SQL Server
3 73 (2.20%) Tableau
4 72 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 60 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 56 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 49 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 42 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 28 (0.84%) Big Data
11 23 (0.69%) Metadata
12 22 (0.66%) MySQL
12 22 (0.66%) Relational Database
13 19 (0.57%) NoSQL
14 17 (0.51%) DB2
15 16 (0.48%) SAP BW
16 15 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 13 (0.39%) Delta Lake
17 13 (0.39%) MongoDB
17 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 120 (3.62%) JIRA
2 72 (2.17%) Git
3 37 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
4 36 (1.09%) TeamCity
5 34 (1.03%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.87%) Selenium
7 19 (0.57%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.33%) GitLab
13 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Storybook
13 8 (0.24%) Subversion
14 7 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.12%) ERwin
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,079 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 579 (17.46%) Banking
3 506 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 302 (9.10%) Retail
6 255 (7.69%) Legal
7 247 (7.45%) Public Sector
8 241 (7.27%) Law
9 237 (7.15%) Marketing
10 174 (5.25%) Financial Institution
11 129 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
12 123 (3.71%) Back Office
13 108 (3.26%) Manufacturing
14 103 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
15 93 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
16 85 (2.56%) Front Office
17 75 (2.26%) Telecoms
18 44 (1.33%) Billing
19 38 (1.15%) Advertising
20 37 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 586 (17.67%) Senior
2 406 (12.24%) Analyst
3 267 (8.05%) Developer
4 259 (7.81%) Lead
5 223 (6.72%) Software Engineer
6 173 (5.22%) Architect
7 171 (5.16%) Consultant
8 123 (3.71%) Finance Manager
9 109 (3.29%) Business Analyst
10 104 (3.14%) Senior Manager
11 103 (3.11%) Accountant
12 91 (2.74%) Project Manager
13 88 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 84 (2.53%) Data Engineer
15 83 (2.50%) C# Developer
16 79 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
17 77 (2.32%) Financial Analyst
18 76 (2.29%) Software Developer
19 73 (2.20%) Graduate
20 71 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (3.77%) React
2 123 (3.71%) .NET
3 116 (3.50%) REST
4 69 (2.08%) Node.js
5 67 (2.02%) Kafka
6 61 (1.84%) SOAP
7 58 (1.75%) RESTful
8 55 (1.66%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.48%) JSON
10 45 (1.36%) Spring
11 44 (1.33%) CSS
12 43 (1.30%) Redux
13 41 (1.24%) OAuth
14 32 (0.96%) HTML
14 32 (0.96%) Middleware
15 30 (0.90%) jQuery
15 30 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
15 30 (0.90%) XML
16 25 (0.75%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 212 (6.39%) Cloud Native
2 211 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 131 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 128 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 95 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 75 (2.26%) Virtual Team
7 70 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 62 (1.87%) Fixed Income
9 60 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
10 59 (1.78%) Public Cloud
11 58 (1.75%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 53 (1.60%) Blog
13 53 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
14 42 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
14 42 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 38 (1.15%) Low-Code
16 34 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
17 33 (0.99%) Driving Licence
18 29 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (3.50%) Windows
2 94 (2.83%) Linux
3 42 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 27 (0.81%) Unix
5 19 (0.57%) Android
6 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.060%) CentOS
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.030%) AIX
10 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.030%) VMS
10 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 819 (24.69%) Agile
2 530 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 528 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
4 452 (13.63%) Roadmaps
5 440 (13.26%) AI
6 396 (11.94%) Decision-Making
7 381 (11.49%) DevOps
8 378 (11.40%) Analytics
9 370 (11.15%) CI/CD
10 355 (10.70%) Mentoring
11 351 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 343 (10.34%) ERP
13 341 (10.28%) Software Engineering
14 336 (10.13%) Coaching
15 285 (8.59%) Risk Management
16 284 (8.56%) Project Management
17 248 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
18 235 (7.08%) Test Automation
19 214 (6.45%) Fintech
20 210 (6.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 555 (16.73%) SQL
2 343 (10.34%) Python
3 327 (9.86%) Java
4 202 (6.09%) C#
5 125 (3.77%) TypeScript
6 111 (3.35%) JavaScript
7 84 (2.53%) PowerShell
8 83 (2.50%) C++
8 83 (2.50%) Go
9 72 (2.17%) PHP
10 38 (1.15%) PL/SQL
11 30 (0.90%) C
12 28 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 23 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.66%) Bicep
15 18 (0.54%) Rust
15 18 (0.54%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.48%) Bash
17 15 (0.45%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 384 (11.58%) Degree
2 270 (8.14%) ACCA
3 223 (6.72%) CIMA
4 190 (5.73%) Security Cleared
5 152 (4.58%) CISSP
6 109 (3.29%) SC Cleared
7 98 (2.95%) CISA
8 78 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 70 (2.11%) CISM
10 66 (1.99%) CRISC
11 56 (1.69%) DV Cleared
12 48 (1.45%) PMI Certification
13 39 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 38 (1.15%) SANS
15 37 (1.12%) DBS Check
16 29 (0.87%) Azure Certification
17 27 (0.81%) AAT
17 27 (0.81%) PMP
18 26 (0.78%) CGEIT
18 26 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (3.83%) NIST
2 123 (3.71%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.47%) QA
4 112 (3.38%) GDPR
5 91 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 73 (2.20%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.11%) IFRS
8 62 (1.87%) GRC
9 59 (1.78%) Accessibility
10 48 (1.45%) PMO
11 40 (1.21%) GAAP
12 34 (1.03%) SLA
13 32 (0.96%) COBIT
14 27 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.69%) SOC 2
16 18 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.45%) MiFID
17 15 (0.45%) P3O
18 13 (0.39%) EMIR
19 12 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 98 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.23%) Docker
3 71 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
4 48 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.45%) Firmware
6 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 191 (5.76%) Terraform
2 137 (4.13%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.48%) Grafana
4 40 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (0.93%) Ansible
6 29 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.33%) Argo
7 11 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.15%) Endace
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.090%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.090%) Puppet
12 3 (0.090%) QRadar
13 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 529 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 215 (6.48%) Oracle
3 143 (4.31%) SAP
4 135 (4.07%) Databricks
5 86 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 63 (1.90%) Sage
7 62 (1.87%) Google
8 51 (1.54%) VMware
9 45 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 37 (1.12%) Cisco
11 31 (0.93%) Workday
12 28 (0.84%) Xero
13 25 (0.75%) Okta
14 21 (0.63%) Adobe
14 21 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.63%) IBM
15 17 (0.51%) Red Hat
16 16 (0.48%) Aderant
16 16 (0.48%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.39%) Ab Initio