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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,139 3,468 6,464
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.63% 26.83% 20.84%
As % of the General category 32.63% 37.35% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,041 2,530 4,911
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £50,000 £45,772
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -9.19%

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 9,620 9,285 19,109
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.10% 71.84% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 6,364 14,949
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,445 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 29 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 72 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.21%) Confluence
3 30 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.57%) SAS
5 13 (0.41%) JBoss
5 13 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.35%) Apache
7 11 (0.35%) CMS
8 9 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.096%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.096%) WordPress
13 2 (0.064%) IIS
13 2 (0.064%) nginx
13 2 (0.064%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 234 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.064%) Trello
10 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 61 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 57 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
3 51 (1.62%) Oracle Financials
4 46 (1.47%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
6 40 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 34 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
8 29 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
9 28 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
10 24 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
11 16 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.51%) SAP FI
12 15 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (0.48%) SAP CO
12 15 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
13 13 (0.41%) Elite 3E
14 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.38%) SAP ERP
15 10 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
15 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 730 (23.26%) Azure
2 452 (14.40%) AWS
3 306 (9.75%) SaaS
4 252 (8.03%) Power Platform
5 185 (5.89%) GCP
6 178 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
7 159 (5.07%) GitHub
8 131 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.50%) Snowflake
10 108 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 93 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 89 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
13 71 (2.26%) Entra ID
14 70 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
14 70 (2.23%) GitHub Copilot
15 57 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
16 52 (1.66%) dbt
17 50 (1.59%) Azure Machine Learning
18 41 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
19 40 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (1.91%) Firewall
2 49 (1.56%) VPN
3 48 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 43 (1.37%) WAN
5 34 (1.08%) DNS
6 32 (1.02%) DHCP
7 28 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 25 (0.80%) Network Security
9 24 (0.76%) CHAP
10 19 (0.61%) HTTP
11 18 (0.57%) Wireless
12 17 (0.54%) BGP
12 17 (0.54%) LAN
13 15 (0.48%) VLAN
14 13 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (0.38%) Internet
16 11 (0.35%) MPLS
16 11 (0.35%) SSL
17 10 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
18 9 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (6.18%) Power BI
2 155 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 88 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 73 (2.33%) Tableau
5 56 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 56 (1.78%) Data Lake
6 51 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 48 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (0.92%) Big Data
10 24 (0.76%) Metadata
11 22 (0.70%) MySQL
11 22 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 20 (0.64%) NoSQL
13 19 (0.61%) DB2
14 15 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 15 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
15 14 (0.45%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.41%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 122 (3.89%) JIRA
2 71 (2.26%) Git
3 47 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
4 44 (1.40%) TeamCity
5 33 (1.05%) Selenium
6 22 (0.70%) Postman
7 18 (0.57%) SoapUI
7 18 (0.57%) WebDriver
8 16 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
9 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.38%) GitLab
11 11 (0.35%) ERwin
12 9 (0.29%) ER Studio
12 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.29%) Storybook
12 9 (0.29%) Subversion
13 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,038 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 526 (16.76%) Banking
3 515 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (9.46%) Retail
5 296 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 244 (7.77%) Public Sector
7 231 (7.36%) Law
8 230 (7.33%) Marketing
9 218 (6.94%) Legal
10 193 (6.15%) Financial Institution
11 139 (4.43%) Back Office
12 119 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
13 97 (3.09%) Manufacturing
14 90 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
15 88 (2.80%) Front Office
15 88 (2.80%) Telecoms
16 80 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
17 44 (1.40%) Billing
17 44 (1.40%) Electronics
18 39 (1.24%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 563 (17.94%) Senior
2 391 (12.46%) Analyst
3 261 (8.31%) Lead
4 258 (8.22%) Developer
5 211 (6.72%) Software Engineer
6 166 (5.29%) Architect
7 157 (5.00%) Consultant
8 110 (3.50%) Finance Manager
9 101 (3.22%) Business Analyst
10 91 (2.90%) Project Manager
10 91 (2.90%) Senior Manager
11 87 (2.77%) Data Engineer
12 85 (2.71%) Accountant
13 78 (2.48%) Senior Software Engineer
14 74 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
14 74 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
15 68 (2.17%) C# Developer
15 68 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
16 63 (2.01%) IT Manager
17 62 (1.98%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (4.05%) .NET
2 118 (3.76%) React
3 108 (3.44%) REST
4 77 (2.45%) RESTful
5 71 (2.26%) SOAP
6 70 (2.23%) Kafka
6 70 (2.23%) Node.js
7 58 (1.85%) GraphQL
8 52 (1.66%) JSON
9 45 (1.43%) OAuth
10 43 (1.37%) Redux
11 40 (1.27%) Spring
12 38 (1.21%) CSS
13 35 (1.12%) Middleware
14 32 (1.02%) HTML
15 28 (0.89%) XML
16 27 (0.86%) jQuery
17 26 (0.83%) AngularJS
18 25 (0.80%) .NET Core
19 23 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.91%) Cloud Native
2 188 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 123 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 122 (3.89%) Onboarding
5 94 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 68 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 63 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 61 (1.94%) Fixed Income
9 60 (1.91%) Blog
10 58 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 48 (1.53%) Security Posture
13 45 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
14 44 (1.40%) Virtual Team
15 43 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (1.34%) Data Structures
16 42 (1.34%) Public Cloud
17 38 (1.21%) Low-Code
18 33 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 31 (0.99%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 121 (3.85%) Windows
2 102 (3.25%) Linux
3 38 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 28 (0.89%) Unix
5 27 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.61%) Android
7 15 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.064%) CentOS
10 2 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (25.65%) Agile
2 518 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 514 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
4 440 (14.02%) AI
5 396 (12.62%) DevOps
6 395 (12.58%) CI/CD
6 395 (12.58%) Roadmaps
7 390 (12.42%) Analytics
8 375 (11.95%) Decision-Making
9 372 (11.85%) Coaching
10 362 (11.53%) Mentoring
11 344 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 324 (10.32%) Software Engineering
13 289 (9.21%) ERP
14 280 (8.92%) Project Management
15 267 (8.51%) Risk Management
16 259 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
17 253 (8.06%) Asset Management
18 244 (7.77%) Test Automation
19 219 (6.98%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 540 (17.20%) SQL
2 357 (11.37%) Python
3 323 (10.29%) Java
4 188 (5.99%) C#
5 118 (3.76%) JavaScript
6 114 (3.63%) TypeScript
7 87 (2.77%) Go
8 86 (2.74%) PowerShell
9 73 (2.33%) C++
10 66 (2.10%) PHP
11 44 (1.40%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 27 (0.86%) C
14 25 (0.80%) Apex Code
15 23 (0.73%) Bicep
16 21 (0.67%) Bash
16 21 (0.67%) Shell Script
17 17 (0.54%) Rust
18 15 (0.48%) Kotlin
19 13 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 391 (12.46%) Degree
2 244 (7.77%) ACCA
3 201 (6.40%) CIMA
4 174 (5.54%) Security Cleared
5 149 (4.75%) CISSP
6 101 (3.22%) SC Cleared
7 94 (2.99%) CISA
8 76 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 70 (2.23%) CISM
10 65 (2.07%) CRISC
11 55 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.56%) PMI Certification
13 44 (1.40%) DBS Check
14 39 (1.24%) Azure Certification
15 35 (1.12%) AAT
16 34 (1.08%) SANS
17 26 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (0.83%) PMP
18 24 (0.76%) CGEIT
18 24 (0.76%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (4.33%) NIST
2 119 (3.79%) Data Quality
3 117 (3.73%) QA
4 111 (3.54%) GDPR
5 108 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.45%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.23%) GRC
8 66 (2.10%) IFRS
9 56 (1.78%) Accessibility
10 44 (1.40%) PMO
11 38 (1.21%) GAAP
12 36 (1.15%) SLA
13 30 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.92%) COBIT
14 29 (0.92%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.54%) P3O
17 11 (0.35%) SEPA
18 10 (0.32%) EMIR
18 10 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 91 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.36%) Docker
3 52 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (0.67%) Firmware
6 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.41%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
11 1 (0.032%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 214 (6.82%) Terraform
2 137 (4.36%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.78%) Grafana
4 40 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.15%) Ansible
6 35 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.38%) Argo
7 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Istio
9 6 (0.19%) SCCM
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 (0.096%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.096%) Puppet
13 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 511 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 179 (5.70%) Oracle
3 128 (4.08%) SAP
4 120 (3.82%) Databricks
5 87 (2.77%) Salesforce
6 64 (2.04%) Google
7 55 (1.75%) Sage
8 47 (1.50%) Cisco
9 43 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 43 (1.37%) VMware
10 26 (0.83%) IBM
10 26 (0.83%) Workday
11 24 (0.76%) Okta
12 21 (0.67%) Adobe
12 21 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 16 (0.51%) CheckPoint
14 15 (0.48%) Ab Initio
14 15 (0.48%) Red Hat
14 15 (0.48%) Xero
15 14 (0.45%) Atlassian