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 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,874 4,166 5,873
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 23.74% 20.62% 25.63%
As % of the General category 33.62% 33.21% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,175 2,633 4,649
10th Percentile £35,950 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £76,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +9.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £93,750 £108,750 £91,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £142,500 £113,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +3.70%

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 11,523 12,544 15,127
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 70.62% 62.10% 66.03%
Number of salaries quoted 6,168 7,214 11,866
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,123 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% -

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 23 October 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
1 210 (5.42%) Confluence
2 153 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
3 96 (2.48%) SharePoint
4 79 (2.04%) Apache
5 67 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.36%) CMS
7 13 (0.34%) IIS
8 11 (0.28%) SAS
9 9 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.21%) Appian
10 8 (0.21%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 6 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
11 6 (0.15%) WordPress
12 4 (0.10%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.077%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.077%) JBoss
13 3 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 352 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 145 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 20 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.15%) Civil 3D
8 5 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.10%) Trello
10 2 (0.052%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.052%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.052%) Elementor
11 1 (0.026%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.026%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.026%) Simulink
11 1 (0.026%) TeamGantt
Business Applications
1 61 (1.57%) Unit4 Business World
2 59 (1.52%) NetSuite
3 46 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 45 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 38 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
6 34 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
7 31 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
8 26 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
9 25 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
10 24 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
11 20 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
12 19 (0.49%) Sage 200
13 17 (0.44%) SAP FI
14 16 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
14 16 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
14 16 (0.41%) Sage CRM
15 15 (0.39%) Aladdin
15 15 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
15 15 (0.39%) thinkFolio
16 13 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 870 (22.46%) Azure
2 724 (18.69%) AWS
3 367 (9.47%) Power Platform
4 366 (9.45%) GCP
5 226 (5.83%) SaaS
6 171 (4.41%) dbt
7 170 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
8 160 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
9 142 (3.67%) Snowflake
10 109 (2.81%) GitHub
11 85 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
12 82 (2.12%) Entra ID
13 55 (1.42%) Power Automate
14 50 (1.29%) PowerApps
15 47 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
16 42 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
17 38 (0.98%) OCI
18 31 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
18 31 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
18 31 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 80 (2.07%) Firewall
2 75 (1.94%) Wireless
3 59 (1.52%) LAN
4 55 (1.42%) WAN
5 52 (1.34%) Network Security
6 42 (1.08%) VPN
7 38 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
8 36 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 36 (0.93%) Wireshark
9 29 (0.75%) TCP/IP
10 18 (0.46%) Internet
11 13 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.31%) DNS
13 10 (0.26%) VLAN
14 9 (0.23%) BGP
14 9 (0.23%) Junos
14 9 (0.23%) WLAN
15 8 (0.21%) DHCP
15 8 (0.21%) Intranet
15 8 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 264 (6.81%) Power BI
3 151 (3.90%) Apache Iceberg
4 148 (3.82%) Amazon Athena
4 148 (3.82%) Apache Arrow
4 148 (3.82%) Dremio
5 116 (2.99%) Data Lake
6 113 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
7 106 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
8 76 (1.96%) Apache Ignite
8 76 (1.96%) Tableau
9 46 (1.19%) MySQL
10 37 (0.96%) Metadata
11 33 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 31 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 31 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 26 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
14 24 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
15 21 (0.54%) Power Query
16 19 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 379 (9.78%) JIRA
2 270 (6.97%) Selenium
3 264 (6.81%) GitLab
4 253 (6.53%) Cucumber
5 252 (6.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 251 (6.48%) SonarQube
7 250 (6.45%) Bitbucket
8 249 (6.43%) Maven
9 72 (1.86%) Git
10 49 (1.26%) Jenkins
11 37 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
12 21 (0.54%) Postman
13 20 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
14 17 (0.44%) ER Studio
14 17 (0.44%) SoapUI
15 16 (0.41%) WebDriver
16 15 (0.39%) TeamCity
17 14 (0.36%) ERwin
18 11 (0.28%) Cypress.io
19 9 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 1,399 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 700 (18.07%) Banking
3 536 (13.84%) Marketing
4 476 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
5 439 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 421 (10.87%) Public Sector
7 275 (7.10%) Retail
8 238 (6.14%) Front Office
9 195 (5.03%) Investment Banking
10 194 (5.01%) Legal
11 136 (3.51%) Manufacturing
12 125 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 117 (3.02%) Financial Institution
14 114 (2.94%) Telecoms
15 104 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
16 97 (2.50%) Law
17 94 (2.43%) Corporate Banking
18 90 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
19 88 (2.27%) Back Office
20 60 (1.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 576 (14.87%) Senior
2 532 (13.73%) Software Engineer
3 469 (12.11%) Analyst
4 399 (10.30%) Developer
5 318 (8.21%) Business Manager
6 302 (7.80%) Development Manager
7 293 (7.56%) Business Development Manager
8 236 (6.09%) Lead
9 201 (5.19%) Consultant
10 156 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
11 148 (3.82%) AWS Software Engineer
11 148 (3.82%) Python Engineer
12 137 (3.54%) Python Software Engineer
13 121 (3.12%) Architect
14 117 (3.02%) Java Engineer
15 116 (2.99%) Business Analyst
16 113 (2.92%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 113 (2.92%) Financial Analyst
17 110 (2.84%) Java Software Engineer
18 97 (2.50%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 428 (11.05%) React
2 316 (8.16%) CSS
3 312 (8.05%) HTML
4 292 (7.54%) Kafka
5 291 (7.51%) Redux
6 283 (7.31%) Spring
7 279 (7.20%) Spring Boot
8 247 (6.38%) JPA
9 169 (4.36%) .NET
10 168 (4.34%) Pandas
10 168 (4.34%) RESTful
11 162 (4.18%) REST
12 161 (4.16%) Hibernate
13 155 (4.00%) NumPy
14 148 (3.82%) SciPy
15 128 (3.30%) AngularJS
15 128 (3.30%) Node.js
16 111 (2.87%) HTML5
17 106 (2.74%) CSS3
18 102 (2.63%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 363 (9.37%) Product Ownership
2 295 (7.61%) Enterprise Software
3 214 (5.52%) Fixed Income
4 200 (5.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 188 (4.85%) e-Learning
6 174 (4.49%) Equities
7 167 (4.31%) Management Information System
8 127 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
9 120 (3.10%) Derivative
10 109 (2.81%) Hedge funds
11 108 (2.79%) Onboarding
12 96 (2.48%) Cloud Native
13 78 (2.01%) Pricing Data
14 58 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
14 58 (1.50%) Data Centre
15 57 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
16 38 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
16 38 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
16 38 (0.98%) MicroBlaze
16 38 (0.98%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 204 (5.27%) Linux
2 116 (2.99%) Windows
3 51 (1.32%) Unix
4 38 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
4 38 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 22 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.15%) Android
9 5 (0.13%) VMS
10 3 (0.077%) CentOS
10 3 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.052%) Solaris
11 2 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.026%) AIX
12 1 (0.026%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.026%) MVS
12 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,300 (33.56%) Agile
2 643 (16.60%) Software Engineering
3 640 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 575 (14.84%) DevOps
5 558 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
6 492 (12.70%) CI/CD
7 438 (11.31%) Asset Management
8 435 (11.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 405 (10.45%) Collaborative Culture
9 405 (10.45%) Mentoring
10 392 (10.12%) Project Management
11 374 (9.65%) Test Automation
12 373 (9.63%) Business Development
13 370 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
14 362 (9.34%) Collaborative Working
15 349 (9.01%) Microservices
16 336 (8.67%) Full-Stack Development
17 332 (8.57%) ERP
18 331 (8.54%) AI
18 331 (8.54%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 782 (20.19%) SQL
2 562 (14.51%) Java
3 556 (14.35%) JavaScript
4 504 (13.01%) Python
5 347 (8.96%) TypeScript
6 151 (3.90%) C#
7 101 (2.61%) C++
8 86 (2.22%) PowerShell
9 64 (1.65%) C
10 51 (1.32%) PHP
11 47 (1.21%) Bash
12 43 (1.11%) Go
13 37 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 27 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 24 (0.62%) R
16 22 (0.57%) Shell Script
17 21 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 17 (0.44%) Scala
19 15 (0.39%) Bicep
19 15 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 417 (10.76%) Degree
2 293 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 246 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 223 (5.76%) ACCA
5 175 (4.52%) CIMA
6 87 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 79 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 74 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
9 69 (1.78%) CCNP
10 68 (1.76%) CISSP
11 52 (1.34%) DBS Check
12 51 (1.32%) Master's Degree
13 43 (1.11%) AAT
14 41 (1.06%) CISM
15 38 (0.98%) CCNA
15 38 (0.98%) PMI Certification
16 34 (0.88%) CEH
17 33 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
17 33 (0.85%) PMP
18 32 (0.83%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 384 (9.91%) QA
2 266 (6.87%) Accessibility
3 110 (2.84%) NIST
4 109 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 105 (2.71%) Data Quality
6 94 (2.43%) GDPR
7 76 (1.96%) PMO
8 47 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 40 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 38 (0.98%) GRC
11 37 (0.96%) IFRS
12 33 (0.85%) GAAP
13 32 (0.83%) SLA
14 21 (0.54%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.52%) COBIT
16 13 (0.34%) ITGC
17 11 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
18 10 (0.26%) ISO 9001
18 10 (0.26%) NIST 800
18 10 (0.26%) SOC 1
System Software
1 296 (7.64%) Docker
2 82 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.21%) Firmware
4 43 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 39 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
6 27 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.18%) vSphere
9 6 (0.15%) NFS
10 3 (0.077%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.026%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.026%) vCloud
11 1 (0.026%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 317 (8.18%) Kubernetes
2 135 (3.48%) Terraform
3 58 (1.50%) Ansible
4 55 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (0.67%) Grafana
7 13 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
7 13 (0.34%) SCCM
8 10 (0.26%) RSA Archer
9 7 (0.18%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.077%) Cilium
12 3 (0.077%) Control-M
12 3 (0.077%) Kibana
13 2 (0.052%) Nagios
13 2 (0.052%) Suricata
13 2 (0.052%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 594 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 251 (6.48%) Solace
3 182 (4.70%) SAP
4 161 (4.16%) Oracle
5 131 (3.38%) Cisco
6 74 (1.91%) Salesforce
7 65 (1.68%) Databricks
8 61 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 59 (1.52%) Red Hat
9 59 (1.52%) VMware
10 56 (1.45%) Sage
11 55 (1.42%) Google
12 49 (1.26%) Workday
13 45 (1.16%) Blue Prism
13 45 (1.16%) Sparx
14 36 (0.93%) Xero
15 31 (0.80%) SolarWinds
16 30 (0.77%) Palo Alto
17 29 (0.75%) CheckPoint
17 29 (0.75%) Meraki