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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,073 3,794 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 20.49% 23.00% 24.00%
As % of the General category 33.92% 33.45% 38.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,870 2,414 4,077
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,066 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,323 £97,500 £91,934
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £71,991 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.79% +2.84% -

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 9,059 11,342 13,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.42% 68.74% 62.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,735 6,437 10,519
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,207 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.69% -4.07%

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 11 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 65 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 62 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
3 48 (1.56%) Confluence
4 41 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 39 (1.27%) Apache
6 17 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 15 (0.49%) SAS
7 15 (0.49%) WebSphere
8 11 (0.36%) CMS
9 10 (0.33%) JBoss
10 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
10 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
13 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
14 3 (0.098%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.098%) WordPress
15 2 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 290 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 5 (0.16%) Trello
9 4 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.065%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.033%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.033%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 62 (2.02%) Oracle ERP
2 56 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
3 47 (1.53%) NetSuite
4 45 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
6 42 (1.37%) Unit4 Business World
7 38 (1.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 37 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
9 28 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
10 27 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
11 22 (0.72%) SAP FI
12 19 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
13 18 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
14 17 (0.55%) SAP CO
14 17 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
15 16 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
16 14 (0.46%) Hyperion Planning
17 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
17 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
17 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 742 (24.15%) Azure
2 392 (12.76%) AWS
3 331 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 243 (7.91%) SaaS
5 237 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
6 204 (6.64%) GitHub
7 166 (5.40%) GCP
8 141 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
9 129 (4.20%) Snowflake
10 112 (3.64%) dbt
11 106 (3.45%) Entra ID
12 102 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 88 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (2.67%) GitHub Copilot
15 70 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
16 56 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 56 (1.82%) OCI
17 43 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
18 42 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
19 41 (1.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (2.44%) Firewall
2 55 (1.79%) WAN
3 47 (1.53%) Wireless
4 45 (1.46%) LAN
4 45 (1.46%) SD-WAN
5 43 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 42 (1.37%) VPN
7 35 (1.14%) Wireshark
8 32 (1.04%) Network Security
9 28 (0.91%) DNS
10 23 (0.75%) DHCP
11 17 (0.55%) Internet
12 14 (0.46%) CHAP
13 11 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
14 10 (0.33%) HTTP
14 10 (0.33%) VLAN
15 9 (0.29%) SSL
16 8 (0.26%) Telnet
17 6 (0.20%) BGP
17 6 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (7.68%) Power BI
2 123 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 106 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
4 93 (3.03%) Tableau
5 90 (2.93%) Data Lake
6 58 (1.89%) Apache Iceberg
7 55 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
7 55 (1.79%) Apache Arrow
7 55 (1.79%) Dremio
7 55 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
8 53 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 34 (1.11%) Metadata
11 32 (1.04%) Apache Ignite
12 30 (0.98%) MySQL
13 29 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 28 (0.91%) Big Data
15 27 (0.88%) MongoDB
16 20 (0.65%) NoSQL
16 20 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 158 (5.14%) JIRA
2 70 (2.28%) Oracle Forms
3 68 (2.21%) Git
4 61 (1.99%) Jenkins
5 41 (1.33%) Selenium
6 38 (1.24%) Postman
7 30 (0.98%) SoapUI
8 27 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
9 25 (0.81%) WebDriver
10 19 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 18 (0.59%) ERwin
12 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
13 15 (0.49%) Cypress.io
13 15 (0.49%) GitLab
14 11 (0.36%) Storybook
15 9 (0.29%) Subversion
16 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.20%) Cucumber
18 5 (0.16%) JMeter
19 4 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,041 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 553 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
3 400 (13.02%) Banking
4 264 (8.59%) Marketing
5 203 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 193 (6.28%) Retail
7 186 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 152 (4.95%) Legal
9 144 (4.69%) Financial Institution
10 121 (3.94%) Law
11 117 (3.81%) Telecoms
12 114 (3.71%) Manufacturing
13 110 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
14 98 (3.19%) Front Office
14 98 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
15 80 (2.60%) Back Office
16 74 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
17 68 (2.21%) Electronics
18 56 (1.82%) Investment Banking
19 52 (1.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 548 (17.83%) Senior
2 443 (14.42%) Analyst
3 260 (8.46%) Developer
4 194 (6.31%) Lead
5 174 (5.66%) Consultant
6 173 (5.63%) Software Engineer
7 123 (4.00%) Architect
8 102 (3.32%) Business Analyst
9 92 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
10 82 (2.67%) Data Engineer
10 82 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
11 76 (2.47%) Accountant
11 76 (2.47%) Python Engineer
12 72 (2.34%) Finance Manager
12 72 (2.34%) Project Manager
13 71 (2.31%) AWS Engineer
14 69 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
15 64 (2.08%) Software Developer
16 62 (2.02%) IT Manager
17 61 (1.99%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (5.14%) .NET
2 98 (3.19%) SOAP
3 97 (3.16%) REST
4 95 (3.09%) React
4 95 (3.09%) RESTful
5 67 (2.18%) Pandas
6 60 (1.95%) NumPy
7 59 (1.92%) Node.js
8 56 (1.82%) JSON
9 55 (1.79%) SciPy
10 50 (1.63%) AngularJS
11 49 (1.59%) OAuth
12 47 (1.53%) HTML
13 45 (1.46%) Spring
14 38 (1.24%) CSS
15 35 (1.14%) gRPC
16 33 (1.07%) Kafka
17 32 (1.04%) OAuth2
17 32 (1.04%) Vue
17 32 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 180 (5.86%) Product Ownership
2 155 (5.04%) Cloud Native
3 145 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 123 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 116 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 89 (2.90%) e-Learning
7 84 (2.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 76 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 73 (2.38%) Fixed Income
10 71 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
10 71 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
11 67 (2.18%) Data Centre
12 65 (2.12%) Equities
13 50 (1.63%) Hedge funds
14 39 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 38 (1.24%) Blog
16 37 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
17 36 (1.17%) Derivative
17 36 (1.17%) Virtual Team
18 34 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 137 (4.46%) Linux
2 107 (3.48%) Windows
3 49 (1.59%) Unix
4 38 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 22 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (0.59%) Android
8 11 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.20%) VMS
12 2 (0.065%) CentOS
12 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.033%) AIX
13 1 (0.033%) MVS
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 858 (27.92%) Agile
2 533 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
3 513 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 462 (15.03%) Asset Management
5 454 (14.77%) AI
6 434 (14.12%) Coaching
7 419 (13.63%) DevOps
8 397 (12.92%) Analytics
9 393 (12.79%) Roadmaps
10 374 (12.17%) CI/CD
11 356 (11.58%) Decision-Making
12 321 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
13 319 (10.38%) Mentoring
14 313 (10.19%) ERP
15 309 (10.06%) Software Engineering
16 307 (9.99%) Stakeholder Management
17 268 (8.72%) Project Management
18 266 (8.66%) Risk Management
19 219 (7.13%) Test Automation
20 189 (6.15%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 578 (18.81%) SQL
2 408 (13.28%) Python
3 284 (9.24%) Java
4 164 (5.34%) JavaScript
5 153 (4.98%) C#
6 146 (4.75%) TypeScript
7 123 (4.00%) PowerShell
8 69 (2.25%) C++
9 55 (1.79%) PHP
10 50 (1.63%) PL/SQL
11 39 (1.27%) Bash
11 39 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 39 (1.27%) Shell Script
12 38 (1.24%) C
13 33 (1.07%) Go
14 29 (0.94%) Bicep
15 26 (0.85%) Apex Code
16 21 (0.68%) T-SQL
17 20 (0.65%) Scala
18 19 (0.62%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 407 (13.24%) Degree
2 228 (7.42%) ACCA
3 192 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 180 (5.86%) CIMA
5 148 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 125 (4.07%) CISSP
7 81 (2.64%) CISA
8 68 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (2.12%) CISM
10 63 (2.05%) DV Cleared
11 61 (1.99%) CRISC
12 58 (1.89%) DBS Check
13 44 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 42 (1.37%) ISTQB
15 39 (1.27%) AAT
16 34 (1.11%) CCNP
17 32 (1.04%) Azure Certification
18 30 (0.98%) PMI Certification
19 28 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
20 27 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (4.98%) NIST
2 124 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 113 (3.68%) QA
4 108 (3.51%) GDPR
4 108 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 81 (2.64%) PCI DSS
6 77 (2.51%) Accessibility
7 61 (1.99%) GRC
8 51 (1.66%) PMO
9 49 (1.59%) IFRS
10 36 (1.17%) GAAP
11 33 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 30 (0.98%) SLA
13 29 (0.94%) COBIT
14 21 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 19 (0.62%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.36%) SEPA
16 11 (0.36%) WCAG
17 9 (0.29%) ISO 9001
18 8 (0.26%) EMIR
System Software
1 104 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 60 (1.95%) Docker
3 38 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 29 (0.94%) Firmware
6 17 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.20%) NFS
8 6 (0.20%) vSphere
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.033%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 209 (6.80%) Terraform
2 100 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
4 51 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (1.53%) Ansible
6 33 (1.07%) Grafana
7 16 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.39%) SCCM
9 10 (0.33%) Argo
9 10 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.13%) Cilium
11 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.098%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.098%) QRadar
12 3 (0.098%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.065%) Kibana
13 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 2 (0.065%) Suricata
Vendors
1 536 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 160 (5.21%) Oracle
3 150 (4.88%) SAP
4 88 (2.86%) Cisco
5 85 (2.77%) Databricks
6 83 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 55 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 53 (1.72%) Google
9 48 (1.56%) VMware
10 45 (1.46%) Blue Prism
10 45 (1.46%) Sage
11 39 (1.27%) Red Hat
12 38 (1.24%) Workday
13 29 (0.94%) CheckPoint
14 27 (0.88%) SolarWinds
15 26 (0.85%) Palo Alto
16 25 (0.81%) IBM
16 25 (0.81%) Meraki
17 22 (0.72%) Okta
18 20 (0.65%) Xero