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 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,143 3,884 6,103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.40% 24.73% 21.99%
As % of the General category 32.79% 35.46% 35.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,940 2,500 4,790
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,463
25th Percentile £46,104 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,750 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +11.81% -3.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -6.40%

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 9,585 10,953 17,242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.17% 69.74% 62.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,102 6,236 13,729
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £32,493
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £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 £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,211 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.31% +9.09% -10.57%

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 15 February 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 76 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.46%) Confluence
3 42 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.64%) Apache
5 20 (0.64%) SAS
6 16 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 15 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 13 (0.41%) JBoss
9 12 (0.38%) CMS
10 8 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 4 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
14 3 (0.095%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.095%) WordPress
15 2 (0.064%) IIS
15 2 (0.064%) nginx
Applications
1 257 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 131 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
6 13 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.13%) Trello
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 61 (1.94%) Oracle ERP
2 58 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
3 46 (1.46%) NetSuite
4 45 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 41 (1.30%) Oracle Financials
6 41 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
7 38 (1.21%) Oracle General Ledger
8 29 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
9 22 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
11 18 (0.57%) SAP FI
12 17 (0.54%) SAP CO
12 17 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
13 14 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
14 13 (0.41%) Hyperion Planning
14 13 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
15 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
16 11 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 767 (24.40%) Azure
2 429 (13.65%) AWS
3 326 (10.37%) Power Platform
4 302 (9.61%) SaaS
5 228 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
6 193 (6.14%) GCP
6 193 (6.14%) GitHub
7 158 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
8 112 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 106 (3.37%) Entra ID
10 103 (3.28%) Snowflake
11 82 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
12 81 (2.58%) GitHub Copilot
13 79 (2.51%) dbt
14 64 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
14 64 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
15 59 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 54 (1.72%) OCI
17 50 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
18 45 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.58%) Firewall
2 62 (1.97%) WAN
3 55 (1.75%) VPN
4 48 (1.53%) SD-WAN
4 48 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 39 (1.24%) LAN
6 36 (1.15%) Wireless
7 34 (1.08%) DNS
8 29 (0.92%) DHCP
8 29 (0.92%) Wireshark
9 22 (0.70%) Network Security
10 19 (0.60%) CHAP
11 16 (0.51%) VLAN
12 15 (0.48%) Internet
13 14 (0.45%) BGP
13 14 (0.45%) HTTP
14 8 (0.25%) MPLS
14 8 (0.25%) SSL
14 8 (0.25%) Telnet
14 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (7.25%) Power BI
2 112 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
3 109 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 94 (2.99%) Tableau
5 70 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 57 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 54 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 52 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 36 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 31 (0.99%) Metadata
11 29 (0.92%) Big Data
12 27 (0.86%) Apache Iceberg
13 24 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
13 24 (0.76%) Apache Arrow
13 24 (0.76%) Dremio
13 24 (0.76%) MongoDB
14 23 (0.73%) MySQL
15 20 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 20 (0.64%) Relational Database
16 17 (0.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 141 (4.49%) JIRA
2 66 (2.10%) Oracle Forms
3 63 (2.00%) Git
4 62 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 41 (1.30%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.08%) Selenium
7 28 (0.89%) Postman
8 23 (0.73%) SoapUI
9 21 (0.67%) WebDriver
10 20 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
11 17 (0.54%) ERwin
12 16 (0.51%) GitLab
13 15 (0.48%) ER Studio
14 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.32%) Storybook
16 9 (0.29%) Subversion
17 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
18 7 (0.22%) SpecFlow
19 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
19 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,083 (34.46%) Social Skills
2 529 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
3 459 (14.60%) Banking
4 274 (8.72%) Retail
5 258 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 240 (7.64%) Marketing
7 239 (7.60%) Public Sector
8 209 (6.65%) Financial Institution
9 194 (6.17%) Law
10 183 (5.82%) Legal
11 130 (4.14%) Back Office
12 110 (3.50%) Telecoms
13 109 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
14 98 (3.12%) Manufacturing
15 90 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
16 87 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
17 86 (2.74%) Front Office
18 53 (1.69%) Electronics
19 45 (1.43%) Advertising
19 45 (1.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 561 (17.85%) Senior
2 429 (13.65%) Analyst
3 284 (9.04%) Developer
4 237 (7.54%) Lead
5 189 (6.01%) Software Engineer
6 170 (5.41%) Consultant
7 146 (4.65%) Architect
8 99 (3.15%) Business Analyst
9 91 (2.90%) Data Engineer
10 80 (2.55%) Project Manager
11 78 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
12 71 (2.26%) Financial Analyst
12 71 (2.26%) Senior Manager
13 70 (2.23%) Finance Manager
13 70 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
14 69 (2.20%) Accountant
15 68 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
16 64 (2.04%) Software Developer
17 55 (1.75%) IT Manager
18 54 (1.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (5.03%) .NET
2 108 (3.44%) REST
3 101 (3.21%) React
4 94 (2.99%) RESTful
4 94 (2.99%) SOAP
5 65 (2.07%) Node.js
6 59 (1.88%) JSON
7 52 (1.65%) Kafka
8 51 (1.62%) OAuth
9 48 (1.53%) Spring
10 45 (1.43%) GraphQL
11 38 (1.21%) AngularJS
12 37 (1.18%) Middleware
13 36 (1.15%) HTML
14 33 (1.05%) XML
15 31 (0.99%) OAuth2
16 29 (0.92%) Pandas
16 29 (0.92%) SAML
17 28 (0.89%) CSS
17 28 (0.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 211 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 210 (6.68%) Cloud Native
3 141 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 121 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 112 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
6 82 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
7 78 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
8 77 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 62 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 61 (1.94%) Fixed Income
11 60 (1.91%) Blog
12 54 (1.72%) Security Posture
13 53 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
14 47 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 38 (1.21%) Equities
16 35 (1.11%) Low-Code
17 34 (1.08%) Public Cloud
17 34 (1.08%) Virtual Team
18 33 (1.05%) Data Structures
19 32 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 111 (3.53%) Windows
2 110 (3.50%) Linux
3 41 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.05%) Unix
5 27 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.64%) Android
7 14 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.41%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 2 (0.064%) AIX
11 2 (0.064%) CentOS
11 2 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (26.73%) Agile
2 559 (17.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 520 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 478 (15.21%) Coaching
5 472 (15.02%) AI
6 436 (13.87%) Roadmaps
7 429 (13.65%) DevOps
8 421 (13.39%) Analytics
9 415 (13.20%) CI/CD
10 396 (12.60%) Asset Management
11 369 (11.74%) Mentoring
12 368 (11.71%) Decision-Making
13 338 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 324 (10.31%) Software Engineering
15 312 (9.93%) ERP
16 299 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
17 281 (8.94%) Project Management
18 270 (8.59%) Risk Management
19 254 (8.08%) Test Automation
20 216 (6.87%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 572 (18.20%) SQL
2 394 (12.54%) Python
3 316 (10.05%) Java
4 157 (5.00%) C#
4 157 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 132 (4.20%) TypeScript
6 118 (3.75%) PowerShell
7 61 (1.94%) C++
8 58 (1.85%) Go
9 55 (1.75%) PL/SQL
10 48 (1.53%) PHP
11 37 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 35 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 34 (1.08%) Bash
14 30 (0.95%) Bicep
15 28 (0.89%) Apex Code
16 27 (0.86%) C
17 20 (0.64%) T-SQL
18 19 (0.60%) Kotlin
19 15 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 376 (11.96%) Degree
2 196 (6.24%) ACCA
3 172 (5.47%) Security Cleared
4 159 (5.06%) CIMA
5 146 (4.65%) CISSP
6 109 (3.47%) SC Cleared
7 92 (2.93%) CISA
8 74 (2.35%) CISM
9 64 (2.04%) CRISC
10 62 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 57 (1.81%) DV Cleared
12 48 (1.53%) DBS Check
13 45 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 40 (1.27%) Azure Certification
15 34 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
16 33 (1.05%) AAT
17 28 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 28 (0.89%) ISTQB
18 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
19 26 (0.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (4.68%) NIST
2 124 (3.95%) Data Quality
2 124 (3.95%) QA
3 117 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 115 (3.66%) GDPR
5 78 (2.48%) PCI DSS
6 73 (2.32%) GRC
7 65 (2.07%) Accessibility
8 56 (1.78%) IFRS
9 45 (1.43%) PMO
10 33 (1.05%) SLA
11 31 (0.99%) COBIT
12 29 (0.92%) GAAP
12 29 (0.92%) SOC 2
13 27 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
14 21 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 18 (0.57%) P3O
16 13 (0.41%) SEPA
17 10 (0.32%) WCAG
18 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 107 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 67 (2.13%) Docker
3 38 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (0.64%) Firmware
6 16 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.064%) NFS
10 2 (0.064%) vSphere
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 239 (7.60%) Terraform
2 128 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.81%) Grafana
4 55 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
5 54 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 40 (1.27%) Ansible
7 15 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.35%) SCCM
9 10 (0.32%) Argo
10 6 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.13%) Endace
12 4 (0.13%) QRadar
13 3 (0.095%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.064%) Kibana
14 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 533 (16.96%) Microsoft
2 173 (5.50%) Oracle
3 129 (4.10%) SAP
4 90 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 88 (2.80%) Databricks
6 73 (2.32%) Cisco
7 58 (1.85%) Google
8 53 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 47 (1.50%) Sage
10 46 (1.46%) VMware
11 45 (1.43%) Blue Prism
12 32 (1.02%) Workday
13 31 (0.99%) CheckPoint
14 28 (0.89%) Okta
15 27 (0.86%) Meraki
16 26 (0.83%) Red Hat
17 25 (0.80%) SolarWinds
18 23 (0.73%) Palo Alto
19 21 (0.67%) IBM
20 19 (0.60%) Adobe