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 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,104 3,854 5,852
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.84% 23.56% 23.05%
As % of the General category 33.30% 34.09% 36.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,872 2,469 4,620
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £66,878
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +12.14% -0.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £117,375 £125,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -7.14%

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 9,321 11,306 15,839
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 69.11% 62.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,876 6,393 12,535
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,375 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 January 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 67 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.61%) Confluence
3 46 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
4 41 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (0.93%) Apache
6 18 (0.58%) SAS
7 17 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 17 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.39%) JBoss
9 10 (0.32%) CMS
10 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
10 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
14 3 (0.097%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.097%) WordPress
15 2 (0.064%) nginx
Applications
1 263 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 142 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.064%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 58 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
3 47 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
4 45 (1.45%) NetSuite
5 43 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 41 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
7 40 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
7 40 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
11 18 (0.58%) SAP FI
12 16 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
12 16 (0.52%) SAP CO
12 16 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
13 14 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
14 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 769 (24.77%) Azure
2 413 (13.31%) AWS
3 331 (10.66%) Power Platform
4 276 (8.89%) SaaS
5 242 (7.80%) Azure DevOps
6 205 (6.60%) GitHub
7 181 (5.83%) GCP
8 148 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
9 120 (3.87%) Snowflake
10 108 (3.48%) Entra ID
11 106 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
12 100 (3.22%) dbt
13 86 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
15 72 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 58 (1.87%) OCI
18 53 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
19 46 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
19 46 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.61%) Firewall
2 61 (1.97%) WAN
3 51 (1.64%) VPN
4 48 (1.55%) SD-WAN
5 47 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 44 (1.42%) LAN
7 41 (1.32%) Wireless
8 36 (1.16%) Wireshark
9 33 (1.06%) DNS
10 28 (0.90%) DHCP
11 21 (0.68%) Network Security
12 18 (0.58%) Internet
13 16 (0.52%) CHAP
14 14 (0.45%) VLAN
15 10 (0.32%) BGP
15 10 (0.32%) HTTP
16 9 (0.29%) SSL
17 8 (0.26%) Telnet
17 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
18 7 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (7.57%) Power BI
2 124 (3.99%) SQL Server
3 112 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (3.16%) Tableau
5 81 (2.61%) Data Lake
6 57 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
7 54 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 48 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (1.35%) Apache Iceberg
10 39 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
10 39 (1.26%) Apache Arrow
10 39 (1.26%) Dremio
11 34 (1.10%) Metadata
12 31 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (0.97%) MySQL
14 27 (0.87%) Big Data
15 25 (0.81%) MongoDB
16 22 (0.71%) Apache Ignite
17 21 (0.68%) Relational Database
18 20 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 157 (5.06%) JIRA
2 70 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
3 69 (2.22%) Git
4 63 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 38 (1.22%) Selenium
6 35 (1.13%) Postman
7 30 (0.97%) TeamCity
8 27 (0.87%) SoapUI
9 24 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (0.71%) WebDriver
11 18 (0.58%) ERwin
12 17 (0.55%) Cypress.io
12 17 (0.55%) GitLab
13 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
14 11 (0.35%) Storybook
15 9 (0.29%) Subversion
16 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.19%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.16%) JMeter
18 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,081 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 540 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
3 436 (14.05%) Banking
4 252 (8.12%) Marketing
5 223 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 222 (7.15%) Retail
7 221 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 177 (5.70%) Financial Institution
9 163 (5.25%) Legal
10 157 (5.06%) Law
11 106 (3.41%) Telecoms
12 104 (3.35%) Back Office
12 104 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
13 98 (3.16%) Manufacturing
14 94 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
15 81 (2.61%) Front Office
16 75 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
17 56 (1.80%) Electronics
18 52 (1.68%) Billing
19 47 (1.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 550 (17.72%) Senior
2 442 (14.24%) Analyst
3 259 (8.34%) Developer
4 216 (6.96%) Lead
5 174 (5.61%) Software Engineer
6 154 (4.96%) Consultant
7 139 (4.48%) Architect
8 102 (3.29%) Business Analyst
9 93 (3.00%) Data Engineer
10 82 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
11 80 (2.58%) Financial Analyst
12 75 (2.42%) Project Manager
13 71 (2.29%) Finance Manager
14 70 (2.26%) Senior Software Engineer
15 65 (2.09%) Senior Manager
16 64 (2.06%) Software Developer
16 64 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
17 63 (2.03%) Accountant
18 60 (1.93%) AWS Engineer
19 59 (1.90%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (5.22%) .NET
2 101 (3.25%) REST
3 97 (3.13%) SOAP
4 95 (3.06%) RESTful
5 88 (2.84%) React
6 56 (1.80%) JSON
7 52 (1.68%) Node.js
8 51 (1.64%) OAuth
9 48 (1.55%) Pandas
10 47 (1.51%) Spring
11 44 (1.42%) AngularJS
11 44 (1.42%) NumPy
12 41 (1.32%) HTML
13 39 (1.26%) SciPy
14 37 (1.19%) Middleware
15 36 (1.16%) CSS
15 36 (1.16%) Kafka
16 32 (1.03%) OAuth2
16 32 (1.03%) XML
17 29 (0.93%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 200 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 185 (5.96%) Cloud Native
3 150 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 124 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
5 123 (3.96%) Onboarding
6 76 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 72 (2.32%) Data Centre
7 72 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
8 65 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 63 (2.03%) e-Learning
9 63 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 56 (1.80%) Fixed Income
11 55 (1.77%) Security Posture
12 51 (1.64%) Blog
13 49 (1.58%) Equities
14 46 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
15 40 (1.29%) Hedge funds
16 38 (1.22%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.10%) Public Cloud
18 32 (1.03%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.25%) Linux
2 108 (3.48%) Windows
3 44 (1.42%) Unix
4 39 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.58%) Android
6 18 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.19%) VMS
10 5 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.064%) CentOS
11 2 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.032%) AIX
12 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 846 (27.26%) Agile
2 545 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 535 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 470 (15.14%) Coaching
5 464 (14.95%) AI
6 443 (14.27%) DevOps
7 442 (14.24%) Asset Management
8 416 (13.40%) Roadmaps
9 412 (13.27%) Analytics
10 409 (13.18%) CI/CD
11 365 (11.76%) Decision-Making
12 337 (10.86%) Mentoring
13 328 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 314 (10.12%) Software Engineering
15 308 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
15 308 (9.92%) ERP
16 277 (8.92%) Project Management
17 275 (8.86%) Risk Management
18 241 (7.76%) Test Automation
19 195 (6.28%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 586 (18.88%) SQL
2 411 (13.24%) Python
3 300 (9.66%) Java
4 159 (5.12%) C#
5 149 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 128 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 123 (3.96%) PowerShell
8 70 (2.26%) C++
9 55 (1.77%) PHP
10 53 (1.71%) PL/SQL
11 40 (1.29%) Bash
12 39 (1.26%) Go
12 39 (1.26%) Shell Script
13 38 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 32 (1.03%) Bicep
14 32 (1.03%) C
15 28 (0.90%) Apex Code
16 20 (0.64%) Scala
16 20 (0.64%) T-SQL
17 19 (0.61%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 400 (12.89%) Degree
2 203 (6.54%) ACCA
3 181 (5.83%) Security Cleared
4 162 (5.22%) CIMA
5 140 (4.51%) CISSP
6 128 (4.12%) SC Cleared
7 89 (2.87%) CISA
8 72 (2.32%) CISM
9 69 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 68 (2.19%) DV Cleared
11 63 (2.03%) CRISC
12 59 (1.90%) DBS Check
13 42 (1.35%) PMI Certification
14 41 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
15 37 (1.19%) ISTQB
16 35 (1.13%) AAT
16 35 (1.13%) Azure Certification
17 28 (0.90%) CCNP
17 28 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 23 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (4.80%) NIST
2 131 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 128 (4.12%) QA
4 119 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 113 (3.64%) GDPR
6 77 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 73 (2.35%) Accessibility
8 68 (2.19%) GRC
9 51 (1.64%) PMO
10 50 (1.61%) IFRS
11 31 (1.00%) COBIT
11 31 (1.00%) GAAP
11 31 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 30 (0.97%) SLA
13 25 (0.81%) SOC 2
14 21 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (0.58%) P3O
16 11 (0.35%) SEPA
16 11 (0.35%) WCAG
17 9 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 109 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.13%) Docker
3 39 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (0.81%) Firmware
6 17 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.13%) NFS
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.13%) vSphere
10 1 (0.032%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 235 (7.57%) Terraform
2 116 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
4 54 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.45%) Ansible
6 44 (1.42%) Grafana
7 16 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.35%) SCCM
9 10 (0.32%) Argo
10 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.13%) Cilium
13 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.13%) QRadar
14 2 (0.064%) Dell DRAC
14 2 (0.064%) Kibana
14 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 533 (17.17%) Microsoft
2 165 (5.32%) Oracle
3 130 (4.19%) SAP
4 92 (2.96%) Salesforce
5 87 (2.80%) Databricks
6 83 (2.67%) Cisco
7 58 (1.87%) Google
8 52 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.58%) VMware
10 45 (1.45%) Blue Prism
11 44 (1.42%) Sage
12 36 (1.16%) Red Hat
13 34 (1.10%) Workday
14 32 (1.03%) CheckPoint
15 28 (0.90%) Meraki
15 28 (0.90%) SolarWinds
16 27 (0.87%) Okta
16 27 (0.87%) Palo Alto
17 23 (0.74%) IBM
18 18 (0.58%) Ab Initio