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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,332 4,180 5,222
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.74% 21.91% 25.49%
As % of the General category 34.49% 33.35% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,106 2,709 4,173
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,439
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £113,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +0.80%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,662 12,532 13,351
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.04% 65.69% 65.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,193 7,303 10,497
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,920 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 5 December 2025.

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
1 101 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
2 80 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 58 (1.74%) Apache
4 50 (1.50%) Confluence
5 48 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 13 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.36%) CMS
8 12 (0.36%) SAS
9 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 8 (0.24%) JBoss
11 6 (0.18%) IIS
11 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.090%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.090%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.090%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.090%) WordPress
Applications
1 350 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 157 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 9 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.15%) Trello
9 4 (0.12%) Sketch
10 3 (0.090%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.090%) Civil 3D
11 2 (0.060%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.060%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.030%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.030%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.030%) TeamGantt
Business Applications
1 61 (1.83%) Unit4 Business World
2 52 (1.56%) NetSuite
3 50 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
4 49 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
5 40 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 38 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
7 37 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
8 32 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
9 28 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
9 28 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
10 26 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 21 (0.63%) SAP FI
12 19 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
13 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
14 16 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
14 16 (0.48%) SAP CO
14 16 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
15 14 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
16 13 (0.39%) Workday HCM
17 12 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 745 (22.36%) Azure
2 460 (13.81%) AWS
3 373 (11.19%) Power Platform
4 257 (7.71%) SaaS
5 215 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
6 197 (5.91%) GCP
7 177 (5.31%) GitHub
8 164 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
9 141 (4.23%) dbt
9 141 (4.23%) Snowflake
10 101 (3.03%) Entra ID
11 94 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
12 86 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 67 (2.01%) GitHub Copilot
14 60 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
15 56 (1.68%) Power Automate
16 51 (1.53%) OCI
17 48 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 45 (1.35%) PowerApps
19 44 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.34%) Firewall
2 57 (1.71%) WAN
3 56 (1.68%) Wireless
4 54 (1.62%) LAN
5 44 (1.32%) Network Security
5 44 (1.32%) VPN
6 42 (1.26%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.17%) Wireshark
8 38 (1.14%) TCP/IP
9 22 (0.66%) DNS
10 20 (0.60%) Internet
11 17 (0.51%) DHCP
11 17 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
12 9 (0.27%) SSL
12 9 (0.27%) VLAN
12 9 (0.27%) WLAN
13 8 (0.24%) BGP
13 8 (0.24%) HTTP
13 8 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.21%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (8.28%) Power BI
2 146 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 110 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 100 (3.00%) Data Lake
5 97 (2.91%) Apache Iceberg
6 94 (2.82%) Amazon Athena
6 94 (2.82%) Apache Arrow
6 94 (2.82%) Dremio
7 86 (2.58%) Tableau
8 76 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
9 53 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 52 (1.56%) Apache Ignite
11 50 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 39 (1.17%) MySQL
13 35 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 32 (0.96%) Metadata
15 31 (0.93%) MongoDB
16 27 (0.81%) Big Data
17 23 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
17 23 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 144 (4.32%) JIRA
2 72 (2.16%) Git
3 59 (1.77%) Oracle Forms
4 56 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 29 (0.87%) Selenium
6 25 (0.75%) Postman
7 22 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
8 21 (0.63%) SoapUI
9 20 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 18 (0.54%) GitLab
11 17 (0.51%) WebDriver
12 15 (0.45%) ERwin
13 14 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 14 (0.42%) ER Studio
14 9 (0.27%) Storybook
15 8 (0.24%) Subversion
16 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.18%) webpack
18 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,155 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 571 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
3 416 (12.48%) Banking
4 293 (8.79%) Marketing
5 206 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 205 (6.15%) Retail
7 194 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 169 (5.07%) Legal
9 164 (4.92%) Front Office
10 131 (3.93%) Manufacturing
11 130 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
11 130 (3.90%) Telecoms
12 129 (3.87%) Financial Institution
13 119 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
14 112 (3.36%) Law
15 87 (2.61%) Back Office
16 80 (2.40%) Investment Banking
17 78 (2.34%) Electronics
18 77 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
19 51 (1.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 539 (16.18%) Senior
2 462 (13.87%) Analyst
3 347 (10.41%) Developer
4 226 (6.78%) Software Engineer
5 223 (6.69%) Lead
6 213 (6.39%) Consultant
7 141 (4.23%) Architect
8 126 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
9 110 (3.30%) Python Engineer
10 106 (3.18%) AWS Engineer
11 99 (2.97%) Accountant
12 98 (2.94%) Business Analyst
13 96 (2.88%) Python Software Engineer
14 94 (2.82%) AWS Software Engineer
15 86 (2.58%) Java Engineer
16 84 (2.52%) Senior Software Engineer
17 80 (2.40%) Project Manager
18 76 (2.28%) Java Software Engineer
19 75 (2.25%) Finance Manager
19 75 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (4.92%) .NET
2 140 (4.20%) React
3 110 (3.30%) Pandas
4 101 (3.03%) Node.js
5 98 (2.94%) NumPy
6 94 (2.82%) REST
6 94 (2.82%) SciPy
7 93 (2.79%) RESTful
8 86 (2.58%) AngularJS
9 82 (2.46%) SOAP
10 61 (1.83%) Vue
11 59 (1.77%) CSS
12 55 (1.65%) Kafka
13 54 (1.62%) gRPC
14 51 (1.53%) GraphQL
15 50 (1.50%) Protocol Buffers
16 47 (1.41%) HTML
16 47 (1.41%) JSON
17 44 (1.32%) Spring
18 41 (1.23%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 149 (4.47%) Management Information System
2 146 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 139 (4.17%) Fixed Income
4 136 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 134 (4.02%) Cloud Native
6 130 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 115 (3.45%) e-Learning
8 111 (3.33%) Equities
8 111 (3.33%) Onboarding
9 86 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 71 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
11 70 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
12 67 (2.01%) Data Centre
13 66 (1.98%) Hedge funds
14 62 (1.86%) Derivative
15 49 (1.47%) Pricing Data
16 39 (1.17%) Virtual Team
17 38 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
18 37 (1.11%) Security Posture
19 33 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 162 (4.86%) Linux
2 120 (3.60%) Windows
3 50 (1.50%) Unix
4 38 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 25 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
7 15 (0.45%) Android
8 11 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.18%) VMS
11 4 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.030%) AIX
13 1 (0.030%) MVS
13 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 932 (27.97%) Agile
2 589 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
3 521 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 451 (13.54%) Asset Management
5 444 (13.33%) AI
6 399 (11.97%) DevOps
7 391 (11.73%) Analytics
8 380 (11.40%) Roadmaps
9 375 (11.25%) Business Intelligence
10 370 (11.10%) Decision-Making
11 368 (11.04%) Coaching
12 366 (10.98%) Software Engineering
13 363 (10.89%) ERP
14 341 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
15 336 (10.08%) CI/CD
16 317 (9.51%) Mentoring
17 302 (9.06%) Risk Management
18 287 (8.61%) Project Management
19 211 (6.33%) Fintech
20 210 (6.30%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 579 (17.38%) SQL
2 457 (13.72%) Python
3 320 (9.60%) Java
4 231 (6.93%) JavaScript
5 208 (6.24%) TypeScript
6 167 (5.01%) C#
7 113 (3.39%) PowerShell
8 84 (2.52%) C++
9 69 (2.07%) PHP
10 50 (1.50%) Bash
10 50 (1.50%) Go
11 47 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 45 (1.35%) C
12 45 (1.35%) PL/SQL
13 31 (0.93%) Shell Script
14 23 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 22 (0.66%) Bicep
16 19 (0.57%) Apex Code
17 18 (0.54%) Scala
17 18 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 426 (12.79%) Degree
2 273 (8.19%) ACCA
3 227 (6.81%) Security Cleared
4 217 (6.51%) CIMA
5 176 (5.28%) SC Cleared
6 128 (3.84%) CISSP
7 85 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 71 (2.13%) DV Cleared
9 67 (2.01%) CISA
10 61 (1.83%) CRISC
11 57 (1.71%) CISM
12 55 (1.65%) DBS Check
13 51 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
14 50 (1.50%) AAT
15 44 (1.32%) CCNP
16 38 (1.14%) CEH
17 37 (1.11%) Azure Certification
17 37 (1.11%) Master's Degree
18 33 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
19 32 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (4.89%) NIST
2 120 (3.60%) QA
3 117 (3.51%) Data Quality
4 114 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 106 (3.18%) GDPR
6 93 (2.79%) PCI DSS
7 91 (2.73%) Accessibility
8 57 (1.71%) PMO
9 51 (1.53%) GRC
10 48 (1.44%) IFRS
11 43 (1.29%) GAAP
12 38 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 33 (0.99%) SLA
14 21 (0.63%) COBIT
15 20 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.57%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.36%) SEPA
18 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
19 10 (0.30%) WCAG
20 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 102 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.56%) Docker
3 37 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (0.96%) Firmware
5 28 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
7 15 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.18%) NFS
9 6 (0.18%) vSphere
10 3 (0.090%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (0.090%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.030%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.030%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 179 (5.37%) Terraform
2 86 (2.58%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.77%) Ansible
4 52 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 51 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
6 32 (0.96%) Grafana
7 15 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
8 13 (0.39%) SCCM
9 6 (0.18%) Argo
9 6 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 4 (0.12%) Cilium
10 4 (0.12%) Control-M
10 4 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.090%) QRadar
12 2 (0.060%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 2 (0.060%) Suricata
Vendors
1 593 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 177 (5.31%) SAP
3 171 (5.13%) Oracle
4 107 (3.21%) Cisco
5 81 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 76 (2.28%) Databricks
7 61 (1.83%) Google
8 57 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.50%) VMware
10 49 (1.47%) Red Hat
11 47 (1.41%) Workday
12 45 (1.35%) Blue Prism
13 42 (1.26%) Sage
14 35 (1.05%) Xero
15 30 (0.90%) Palo Alto
16 29 (0.87%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.87%) Meraki
16 29 (0.87%) SolarWinds
17 26 (0.78%) Sparx
18 25 (0.75%) IBM