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 8 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,086 3,741 6,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.55% 25.88% 21.15%
As % of the General category 31.99% 36.49% 34.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 2,505 4,847
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,163 £51,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -4.51%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +13.28% -7.84%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,648 10,253 18,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.00% 70.94% 61.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 6,295 14,627
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,504 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +11.11% -11.48%

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 8 March 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 78 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (1.23%) Confluence
4 20 (0.65%) SAS
5 17 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.49%) Apache
7 14 (0.45%) WebSphere
8 13 (0.42%) JBoss
8 13 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 12 (0.39%) CMS
10 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.097%) WebSphere Application Server
12 3 (0.097%) WordPress
13 2 (0.065%) nginx
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 243 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 122 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
9 4 (0.13%) Trello
10 3 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 55 (1.78%) Oracle Payables
2 50 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 50 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
3 42 (1.36%) Oracle Assets
4 40 (1.30%) Oracle Financials
4 40 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 33 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
6 32 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
7 28 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
8 21 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
8 21 (0.68%) SAP FI
9 20 (0.65%) SAP CO
9 20 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
10 15 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
12 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
13 11 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
13 11 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
14 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
15 8 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 725 (23.49%) Azure
2 435 (14.10%) AWS
3 295 (9.56%) Power Platform
4 280 (9.07%) SaaS
5 211 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
6 178 (5.77%) GCP
7 177 (5.74%) GitHub
8 143 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
9 112 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 95 (3.08%) Entra ID
11 94 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (2.88%) Snowflake
13 76 (2.46%) GitHub Copilot
14 64 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
15 63 (2.04%) dbt
16 62 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
17 59 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 48 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
19 45 (1.46%) OCI
20 43 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 72 (2.33%) Firewall
2 55 (1.78%) WAN
3 51 (1.65%) VPN
4 47 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 34 (1.10%) DNS
7 32 (1.04%) DHCP
8 29 (0.94%) LAN
8 29 (0.94%) Wireless
9 23 (0.75%) Network Security
10 21 (0.68%) CHAP
11 20 (0.65%) Wireshark
12 16 (0.52%) BGP
13 15 (0.49%) HTTP
13 15 (0.49%) Internet
13 15 (0.49%) VLAN
14 10 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
14 10 (0.32%) MPLS
15 9 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (6.71%) Power BI
2 110 (3.56%) SQL Server
3 100 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
4 82 (2.66%) Tableau
5 59 (1.91%) Data Lake
6 54 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 52 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 51 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 30 (0.97%) Big Data
11 28 (0.91%) Metadata
12 23 (0.75%) MySQL
13 20 (0.65%) MongoDB
14 19 (0.62%) Relational Database
15 18 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
16 17 (0.55%) DB2
16 17 (0.55%) NoSQL
16 17 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 14 (0.45%) Apache Iceberg
17 14 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 124 (4.02%) JIRA
2 62 (2.01%) Git
3 58 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 54 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
5 41 (1.33%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.10%) Selenium
7 26 (0.84%) Postman
8 21 (0.68%) SoapUI
8 21 (0.68%) WebDriver
9 19 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (0.49%) GitLab
11 14 (0.45%) ERwin
12 13 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.39%) ER Studio
14 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.29%) Storybook
14 9 (0.29%) Subversion
15 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
16 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 1,038 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 511 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
3 469 (15.20%) Banking
4 276 (8.94%) Retail
5 268 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 244 (7.91%) Public Sector
7 212 (6.87%) Marketing
8 211 (6.84%) Legal
9 203 (6.58%) Law
10 199 (6.45%) Financial Institution
11 127 (4.12%) Back Office
12 112 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
13 109 (3.53%) Telecoms
14 98 (3.18%) Manufacturing
15 94 (3.05%) Front Office
16 89 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
17 80 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
18 48 (1.56%) Electronics
19 42 (1.36%) Billing
20 37 (1.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 565 (18.31%) Senior
2 408 (13.22%) Analyst
3 276 (8.94%) Developer
4 259 (8.39%) Lead
5 202 (6.55%) Software Engineer
6 157 (5.09%) Architect
7 153 (4.96%) Consultant
8 99 (3.21%) Business Analyst
9 90 (2.92%) Data Engineer
10 84 (2.72%) Project Manager
11 81 (2.62%) Senior Manager
12 75 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
13 74 (2.40%) Finance Manager
14 72 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
15 71 (2.30%) Financial Analyst
16 70 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
17 68 (2.20%) Accountant
18 62 (2.01%) IT Manager
18 62 (2.01%) Software Developer
19 54 (1.75%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (4.41%) .NET
2 114 (3.69%) React
3 107 (3.47%) REST
4 89 (2.88%) RESTful
5 87 (2.82%) SOAP
6 74 (2.40%) Node.js
7 68 (2.20%) Kafka
8 60 (1.94%) GraphQL
8 60 (1.94%) JSON
9 49 (1.59%) OAuth
10 46 (1.49%) Spring
11 43 (1.39%) Redux
12 36 (1.17%) HTML
13 35 (1.13%) Middleware
14 34 (1.10%) XML
15 31 (1.00%) CSS
16 30 (0.97%) AngularJS
17 28 (0.91%) OAuth2
18 27 (0.87%) Spring Boot
19 26 (0.84%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 211 (6.84%) Cloud Native
2 188 (6.09%) Product Ownership
3 128 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 117 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 106 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
6 81 (2.62%) Data Centre
7 74 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
8 68 (2.20%) Fixed Income
9 66 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
10 59 (1.91%) Blog
11 56 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
12 55 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 49 (1.59%) Security Posture
14 40 (1.30%) Data Structures
15 37 (1.20%) Low-Code
16 35 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 35 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.13%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.10%) Public Cloud
18 30 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 114 (3.69%) Windows
2 105 (3.40%) Linux
3 40 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.00%) Unix
5 25 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.58%) Android
7 14 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.065%) CentOS
10 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 803 (26.02%) Agile
2 534 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 498 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
4 431 (13.97%) AI
5 419 (13.58%) Coaching
6 411 (13.32%) DevOps
7 408 (13.22%) Analytics
8 402 (13.03%) CI/CD
9 381 (12.35%) Roadmaps
10 366 (11.86%) Decision-Making
10 366 (11.86%) Mentoring
11 334 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 324 (10.50%) Asset Management
13 310 (10.05%) Software Engineering
14 278 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
15 276 (8.94%) Project Management
16 274 (8.88%) Risk Management
17 269 (8.72%) ERP
18 249 (8.07%) Test Automation
19 210 (6.80%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 538 (17.43%) SQL
2 361 (11.70%) Python
3 322 (10.43%) Java
4 170 (5.51%) C#
5 139 (4.50%) JavaScript
6 123 (3.99%) TypeScript
7 103 (3.34%) PowerShell
8 76 (2.46%) Go
9 62 (2.01%) C++
10 56 (1.81%) PHP
11 53 (1.72%) PL/SQL
12 34 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 31 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 28 (0.91%) Apex Code
15 26 (0.84%) Bash
15 26 (0.84%) Bicep
15 26 (0.84%) C
16 16 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.49%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 374 (12.12%) Degree
2 207 (6.71%) ACCA
3 187 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 166 (5.38%) CIMA
5 148 (4.80%) CISSP
6 117 (3.79%) SC Cleared
7 92 (2.98%) CISA
8 71 (2.30%) CISM
9 63 (2.04%) CRISC
10 59 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 56 (1.81%) DV Cleared
12 46 (1.49%) PMI Certification
13 45 (1.46%) DBS Check
14 37 (1.20%) AAT
15 36 (1.17%) Azure Certification
16 30 (0.97%) SANS
17 28 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 26 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
19 25 (0.81%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (4.57%) NIST
2 122 (3.95%) QA
3 117 (3.79%) GDPR
4 115 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 111 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 78 (2.53%) PCI DSS
7 71 (2.30%) GRC
8 62 (2.01%) Accessibility
8 62 (2.01%) IFRS
9 47 (1.52%) PMO
10 32 (1.04%) GAAP
10 32 (1.04%) SLA
11 29 (0.94%) COBIT
11 29 (0.94%) SOC 2
12 27 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
13 20 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 18 (0.58%) P3O
15 12 (0.39%) SEPA
16 9 (0.29%) WCAG
17 8 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 102 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 64 (2.07%) Docker
3 37 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (0.62%) Firmware
6 15 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 220 (7.13%) Terraform
2 123 (3.99%) Kubernetes
3 53 (1.72%) Grafana
4 51 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 36 (1.17%) Ansible
7 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.32%) Argo
8 10 (0.32%) SCCM
9 6 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.16%) Endace
10 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.13%) Cilium
11 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.13%) QRadar
12 3 (0.097%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.065%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 512 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.83%) Oracle
3 132 (4.28%) SAP
4 92 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 88 (2.85%) Databricks
6 66 (2.14%) Cisco
7 61 (1.98%) Google
8 49 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 44 (1.43%) VMware
10 41 (1.33%) Sage
11 34 (1.10%) Workday
12 33 (1.07%) Blue Prism
13 27 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 27 (0.87%) Okta
14 24 (0.78%) IBM
15 23 (0.75%) Meraki
16 21 (0.68%) HubSpot
17 20 (0.65%) Palo Alto
18 19 (0.62%) SolarWinds
19 18 (0.58%) Ab Initio