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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,414 4,068 5,659
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.53% 20.49% 25.89%
As % of the General category 31.71% 32.88% 39.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,183 2,560 4,461
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,439
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,313 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £140,000 £113,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +2.84%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,765 12,373 14,417
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 67.90% 62.33% 65.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6,324 7,022 11,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +2.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,010 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 6 November 2025.

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
1 136 (3.98%) Apache Airflow
2 97 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 72 (2.11%) Apache
4 63 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 51 (1.49%) Confluence
6 12 (0.35%) CMS
7 11 (0.32%) IIS
7 11 (0.32%) SAS
8 10 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 9 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.23%) Appian
11 7 (0.21%) WordPress
12 6 (0.18%) Ethereum
12 6 (0.18%) HCL Notes
12 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.15%) JBoss
14 4 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.088%) HCL Domino
15 3 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 366 (10.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.18%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
8 5 (0.15%) Trello
9 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.088%) Sketch
11 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.059%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.059%) Elementor
12 1 (0.029%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 64 (1.87%) NetSuite
2 61 (1.79%) Unit4 Business World
3 45 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 43 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 40 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
6 35 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
7 33 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
8 28 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
8 28 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
9 23 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
10 20 (0.59%) SAP FI
11 19 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
11 19 (0.56%) Sage 200
12 18 (0.53%) Oracle EBS R12
13 17 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
14 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
14 16 (0.47%) Sage CRM
14 16 (0.47%) SAP CO
14 16 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
15 13 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 693 (20.30%) Azure
2 503 (14.73%) AWS
3 386 (11.31%) Power Platform
4 240 (7.03%) SaaS
5 199 (5.83%) GCP
6 170 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 164 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
8 157 (4.60%) dbt
9 136 (3.98%) Snowflake
10 123 (3.60%) GitHub
11 85 (2.49%) Entra ID
12 83 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
13 72 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 55 (1.61%) Power Automate
15 49 (1.44%) PowerApps
16 47 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
17 43 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 40 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
18 40 (1.17%) OCI
19 33 (0.97%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 75 (2.20%) Firewall
2 72 (2.11%) Wireless
3 58 (1.70%) LAN
4 56 (1.64%) WAN
5 50 (1.46%) Network Security
6 44 (1.29%) VPN
7 39 (1.14%) Wireshark
8 38 (1.11%) SD-WAN
9 36 (1.05%) Software-Defined Radio
10 28 (0.82%) TCP/IP
11 18 (0.53%) Internet
12 15 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.35%) DNS
14 10 (0.29%) VLAN
15 9 (0.26%) BGP
15 9 (0.26%) Junos
15 9 (0.26%) WLAN
16 8 (0.23%) DHCP
16 8 (0.23%) Intranet
16 8 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (8.44%) Power BI
2 190 (5.57%) SQL Server
3 133 (3.90%) Apache Iceberg
4 130 (3.81%) Amazon Athena
4 130 (3.81%) Apache Arrow
4 130 (3.81%) Dremio
5 110 (3.22%) Data Lake
6 103 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
7 102 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
8 78 (2.28%) Tableau
9 68 (1.99%) Apache Ignite
10 55 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 45 (1.32%) MySQL
13 34 (1.00%) Metadata
13 34 (1.00%) MongoDB
13 34 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 26 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
15 21 (0.62%) Power Query
16 20 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 165 (4.83%) JIRA
2 69 (2.02%) Git
3 61 (1.79%) Selenium
4 52 (1.52%) GitLab
5 47 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 41 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 40 (1.17%) Bitbucket
7 40 (1.17%) SonarQube
7 40 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
8 39 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
9 37 (1.08%) Maven
10 21 (0.62%) Postman
11 20 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
12 17 (0.50%) SoapUI
13 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
14 15 (0.44%) ER Studio
14 15 (0.44%) TeamCity
15 14 (0.41%) ERwin
16 12 (0.35%) Cypress.io
17 8 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 1,173 (34.36%) Social Skills
2 521 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
3 445 (13.03%) Banking
4 279 (8.17%) Marketing
5 241 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 233 (6.82%) Retail
7 212 (6.21%) Front Office
8 203 (5.95%) Legal
9 175 (5.13%) Public Sector
10 143 (4.19%) Manufacturing
11 134 (3.93%) Investment Banking
12 119 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
13 118 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
13 118 (3.46%) Telecoms
14 115 (3.37%) Financial Institution
15 105 (3.08%) Law
16 90 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
17 84 (2.46%) Back Office
18 62 (1.82%) Electronics
19 46 (1.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 541 (15.85%) Senior
2 477 (13.97%) Analyst
3 387 (11.34%) Developer
4 310 (9.08%) Software Engineer
5 235 (6.88%) Lead
6 209 (6.12%) Consultant
7 138 (4.04%) AWS Engineer
8 136 (3.98%) Python Engineer
9 134 (3.93%) Architect
10 130 (3.81%) AWS Software Engineer
11 124 (3.63%) Python Software Engineer
12 114 (3.34%) Financial Analyst
13 110 (3.22%) Business Analyst
13 110 (3.22%) Java Engineer
14 101 (2.96%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 100 (2.93%) Java Software Engineer
16 95 (2.78%) Administrator
17 93 (2.72%) Accountant
18 90 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
19 84 (2.46%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (6.15%) React
2 166 (4.86%) .NET
3 149 (4.36%) Pandas
4 137 (4.01%) NumPy
5 130 (3.81%) SciPy
6 122 (3.57%) Node.js
7 118 (3.46%) AngularJS
8 113 (3.31%) REST
8 113 (3.31%) RESTful
9 109 (3.19%) CSS
10 99 (2.90%) HTML
11 89 (2.61%) Vue
12 85 (2.49%) Kafka
13 82 (2.40%) Spring
14 78 (2.28%) Redux
15 74 (2.17%) Spring Boot
16 68 (1.99%) gRPC
17 65 (1.90%) Protocol Buffers
18 59 (1.73%) SOAP
19 57 (1.67%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 188 (5.51%) Fixed Income
2 185 (5.42%) e-Learning
3 177 (5.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 162 (4.75%) Management Information System
4 162 (4.75%) Product Ownership
5 154 (4.51%) Equities
6 148 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 111 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 98 (2.87%) Cloud Native
8 98 (2.87%) Derivative
9 95 (2.78%) Hedge funds
10 89 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
11 82 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 70 (2.05%) Pricing Data
13 64 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
14 59 (1.73%) Data Centre
15 38 (1.11%) Social Media
16 37 (1.08%) Embedded Systems
16 37 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
16 37 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 200 (5.86%) Linux
2 114 (3.34%) Windows
3 51 (1.49%) Unix
4 36 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
5 35 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 20 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 11 (0.32%) Android
9 10 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.21%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.15%) VMS
12 2 (0.059%) CentOS
12 2 (0.059%) Solaris
12 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.029%) AIX
13 1 (0.029%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.029%) MVS
13 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,032 (30.23%) Agile
2 591 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
3 525 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 435 (12.74%) Software Engineering
5 428 (12.54%) Asset Management
6 387 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 385 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
8 382 (11.19%) AI
9 376 (11.01%) DevOps
10 372 (10.90%) Analytics
11 367 (10.75%) Decision-Making
12 354 (10.37%) Mentoring
13 353 (10.34%) Project Management
14 338 (9.90%) ERP
15 320 (9.37%) Roadmaps
16 302 (8.85%) CI/CD
17 286 (8.38%) Risk Management
18 281 (8.23%) Coaching
19 242 (7.09%) Fintech
20 210 (6.15%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 594 (17.40%) SQL
2 487 (14.26%) Python
3 353 (10.34%) Java
4 321 (9.40%) JavaScript
5 282 (8.26%) TypeScript
6 154 (4.51%) C#
7 101 (2.96%) C++
8 94 (2.75%) PowerShell
9 62 (1.82%) C
10 58 (1.70%) PHP
11 48 (1.41%) Bash
12 46 (1.35%) Go
13 45 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 38 (1.11%) PL/SQL
15 28 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 22 (0.64%) Shell Script
17 21 (0.62%) R
18 17 (0.50%) Scala
19 16 (0.47%) Bicep
20 15 (0.44%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 440 (12.89%) Degree
2 289 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 242 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 232 (6.80%) ACCA
5 183 (5.36%) CIMA
6 89 (2.61%) DV Cleared
7 86 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 75 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 68 (1.99%) CCNP
10 67 (1.96%) CISSP
11 52 (1.52%) DBS Check
12 48 (1.41%) Master's Degree
13 45 (1.32%) AAT
14 40 (1.17%) CISM
15 37 (1.08%) CCNA
15 37 (1.08%) CEH
15 37 (1.08%) PMI Certification
16 36 (1.05%) Azure Certification
17 33 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
18 32 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (5.10%) Accessibility
2 170 (4.98%) QA
3 118 (3.46%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.22%) NIST
5 108 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 91 (2.67%) GDPR
7 71 (2.08%) PMO
8 46 (1.35%) PCI DSS
9 39 (1.14%) IFRS
9 39 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 38 (1.11%) GRC
11 31 (0.91%) GAAP
12 29 (0.85%) SLA
13 20 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (0.56%) COBIT
14 19 (0.56%) SOC 2
15 12 (0.35%) ITGC
16 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
17 10 (0.29%) ISO 9001
18 9 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 87 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.49%) Docker
3 48 (1.41%) Firmware
4 38 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
5 35 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.18%) NFS
8 6 (0.18%) vSphere
9 3 (0.088%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.029%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 140 (4.10%) Terraform
2 111 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.61%) Ansible
4 54 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (0.73%) Grafana
7 13 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.38%) SCCM
8 12 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
9 8 (0.23%) RSA Archer
10 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.088%) Argo
13 3 (0.088%) Cilium
13 3 (0.088%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.088%) Control-M
13 3 (0.088%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.088%) QRadar
14 2 (0.059%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 584 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 185 (5.42%) SAP
3 158 (4.63%) Oracle
4 133 (3.90%) Cisco
5 73 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 68 (1.99%) Databricks
7 61 (1.79%) Google
8 58 (1.70%) Sage
8 58 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 56 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 52 (1.52%) VMware
11 49 (1.44%) Workday
12 45 (1.32%) Blue Prism
12 45 (1.32%) Sparx
13 40 (1.17%) Solace
14 36 (1.05%) Xero
15 30 (0.88%) Palo Alto
15 30 (0.88%) SolarWinds
16 29 (0.85%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.85%) Meraki