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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,547 3,906 4,883
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.35% 23.26% 22.53%
As % of the General category 29.90% 32.93% 35.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,602 2,225 2,789
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,750 £110,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £130,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% -9.29% -

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 15,208 11,863 13,608
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.36% 70.65% 62.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,139 6,216 7,609
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 9 October 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
1 112 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.19%) Confluence
3 29 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 15 (0.33%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 10 (0.22%) SAS
10 5 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.11%) IIS
11 4 (0.088%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.044%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.044%) Hedera
12 2 (0.044%) WordPress
13 1 (0.022%) CICS
13 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
13 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.022%) Moodle
Applications
1 277 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 14 (0.31%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 9 (0.20%) Notion
10 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.13%) Trello
12 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 5 (0.11%) InDesign
13 4 (0.088%) Mathcad
13 4 (0.088%) Sketch
14 3 (0.066%) Acrobat
14 3 (0.066%) Productboard
15 2 (0.044%) Revit
15 2 (0.044%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 51 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 38 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 31 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 30 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
4 30 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 29 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 22 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
7 21 (0.46%) Primavera
8 20 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
11 17 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
11 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
12 16 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (0.35%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.29%) Sage X3
14 12 (0.26%) Actimize
14 12 (0.26%) SAP CO
14 12 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 801 (17.62%) Azure
2 617 (13.57%) AWS
3 409 (8.99%) SaaS
4 355 (7.81%) Power Platform
5 250 (5.50%) GCP
6 163 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
7 153 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
8 114 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (1.96%) GitHub
9 89 (1.96%) PaaS
10 83 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
11 81 (1.78%) Entra ID
12 80 (1.76%) Snowflake
13 79 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
13 79 (1.74%) PowerApps
14 63 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
15 61 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 60 (1.32%) Serverless
17 50 (1.10%) Amazon Bedrock
18 42 (0.92%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 76 (1.67%) LAN
2 75 (1.65%) WAN
3 63 (1.39%) Firewall
4 47 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 42 (0.92%) VPN
6 41 (0.90%) Network Security
7 32 (0.70%) HTTP
8 30 (0.66%) 5G
8 30 (0.66%) DNS
9 26 (0.57%) Broadband
10 21 (0.46%) Internet
10 21 (0.46%) VLAN
11 19 (0.42%) DHCP
12 18 (0.40%) BGP
13 14 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (0.31%) Wireless
14 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
15 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (0.20%) NGFW
16 9 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (5.34%) Power BI
2 101 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 73 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 58 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.25%) Tableau
7 52 (1.14%) Data Lake
8 50 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (0.95%) Metadata
10 39 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
11 37 (0.81%) Relational Database
12 26 (0.57%) Big Data
13 22 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
13 22 (0.48%) Power Query
14 21 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 20 (0.44%) MySQL
15 20 (0.44%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
17 18 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 17 (0.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 133 (2.93%) JIRA
2 86 (1.89%) Git
3 79 (1.74%) TeamCity
4 46 (1.01%) Claude Code
5 37 (0.81%) JUnit
6 25 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.51%) Maven
8 21 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.42%) Mockito
10 11 (0.24%) Selenium
11 9 (0.20%) GitLab
12 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.15%) Postman
13 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.13%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.13%) Gatling
14 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
14 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
15 4 (0.088%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.088%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,635 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 753 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
3 719 (15.81%) Banking
4 602 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 490 (10.78%) Legal
6 404 (8.88%) Retail
7 382 (8.40%) Law
8 332 (7.30%) Marketing
9 318 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
10 271 (5.96%) Public Sector
11 251 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
12 185 (4.07%) Financial Institution
13 182 (4.00%) Manufacturing
14 172 (3.78%) Back Office
15 162 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
16 160 (3.52%) Aerospace
17 112 (2.46%) Telecoms
18 88 (1.94%) Billing
19 68 (1.50%) General Ledger
20 65 (1.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 647 (14.23%) Senior
2 513 (11.28%) Lead
3 441 (9.70%) Analyst
4 414 (9.10%) Architect
5 339 (7.46%) Developer
6 293 (6.44%) Software Engineer
7 224 (4.93%) Consultant
8 179 (3.94%) Senior Manager
9 164 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
10 131 (2.88%) Finance Manager
11 124 (2.73%) Accountant
12 117 (2.57%) IT Manager
13 102 (2.24%) Project Manager
14 98 (2.16%) Azure Engineer
15 97 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
16 91 (2.00%) Business Analyst
16 91 (2.00%) Data Analyst
16 91 (2.00%) Enterprise Architect
17 88 (1.94%) Business Manager
18 78 (1.72%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (4.38%) Terraform
2 164 (3.61%) .NET
3 132 (2.90%) React
4 108 (2.38%) REST
5 73 (1.61%) Spring
6 71 (1.56%) Node.js
7 67 (1.47%) LangChain
8 62 (1.36%) .NET Core
9 59 (1.30%) LangGraph
10 58 (1.28%) ASP.NET
11 52 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
12 51 (1.12%) RESTful
13 50 (1.10%) XML
14 49 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
15 48 (1.06%) .NET Framework
15 48 (1.06%) CSS
16 43 (0.95%) PyTorch
16 43 (0.95%) TensorFlow
17 41 (0.90%) AngularJS
18 36 (0.79%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 310 (6.82%) Product Ownership
2 260 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 255 (5.61%) Cloud Native
4 219 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 177 (3.89%) Web Conferencing
6 171 (3.76%) Podcast
7 163 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
8 140 (3.08%) Virtual Team
9 106 (2.33%) Blog
10 92 (2.02%) AI Agents
11 76 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 76 (1.67%) Social Media
12 74 (1.63%) Hedge funds
13 72 (1.58%) Public Cloud
14 70 (1.54%) Credit Risk
15 62 (1.36%) Data Centre
16 54 (1.19%) Data Structures
17 51 (1.12%) Mobile App
18 47 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
19 43 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 113 (2.49%) Windows
2 89 (1.96%) Linux
3 44 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 26 (0.57%) Android
5 24 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.11%) Unix
10 3 (0.066%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.022%) AIX
11 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 871 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 780 (17.15%) AI
3 764 (16.80%) Agile
4 754 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 745 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 694 (15.26%) Decision-Making
6 694 (15.26%) Roadmaps
7 538 (11.83%) Software Engineering
8 497 (10.93%) Mentoring
9 467 (10.27%) Analytics
10 439 (9.65%) CI/CD
11 433 (9.52%) ERP
12 382 (8.40%) Risk Management
13 374 (8.23%) Coaching
14 361 (7.94%) Process Improvement
15 358 (7.87%) Project Delivery
16 355 (7.81%) DevOps
17 349 (7.68%) Customer Service
18 329 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 319 (7.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 635 (13.97%) SQL
2 454 (9.98%) Python
3 322 (7.08%) Java
4 233 (5.12%) C#
5 152 (3.34%) JavaScript
6 117 (2.57%) TypeScript
7 80 (1.76%) C++
8 77 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 40 (0.88%) PHP
9 40 (0.88%) R
10 38 (0.84%) Go
11 37 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 31 (0.68%) Bash
12 31 (0.68%) Bicep
13 27 (0.59%) Kotlin
14 22 (0.48%) C
14 22 (0.48%) MATLAB
15 18 (0.40%) Rust
16 16 (0.35%) VBA
17 14 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 401 (8.82%) Degree
2 389 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 299 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 269 (5.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 217 (4.77%) ACCA
6 197 (4.33%) CIMA
7 128 (2.82%) DV Cleared
8 79 (1.74%) DBS Check
9 75 (1.65%) CISSP
10 62 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 57 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 56 (1.23%) CISM
13 47 (1.03%) PMI Certification
14 40 (0.88%) PMP
15 39 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (0.73%) CRISC
17 31 (0.68%) CISA
17 31 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
19 26 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (5.12%) Accessibility
2 191 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 169 (3.72%) QA
4 149 (3.28%) GDPR
5 109 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 97 (2.13%) GRC
7 76 (1.67%) PMO
7 76 (1.67%) SLA
8 69 (1.52%) NIST
9 45 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 44 (0.97%) IFRS
11 36 (0.79%) SOC 2
12 34 (0.75%) GAAP
13 28 (0.62%) COBIT
14 23 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
15 17 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 17 (0.37%) NCSC
15 17 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 14 (0.31%) Def Stans
17 12 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 111 (2.44%) Docker
2 86 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.10%) Firmware
4 29 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.13%) Squid
8 6 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.088%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.044%) vSphere
12 1 (0.022%) HDFS
12 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 206 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 113 (2.49%) Grafana
3 37 (0.81%) Ansible
4 30 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.13%) Cilium
8 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.088%) SCCM
10 3 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.066%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.066%) QRadar
10 3 (0.066%) SQL Sentry
11 2 (0.044%) Argo
11 2 (0.044%) CASB
11 2 (0.044%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.044%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.044%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.044%) Norton AntiVirus
12 1 (0.022%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 730 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 224 (4.93%) Oracle
3 144 (3.17%) SAP
4 107 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 91 (2.00%) Google
6 88 (1.94%) Databricks
7 72 (1.58%) Sage
8 66 (1.45%) Workday
9 54 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 38 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 38 (0.84%) VMware
11 33 (0.73%) Cisco
12 32 (0.70%) Xero
13 31 (0.68%) Adobe
13 31 (0.68%) YouTube
14 25 (0.55%) Aderant
15 24 (0.53%) BMC
15 24 (0.53%) Dynatrace
16 21 (0.46%) IFS
17 20 (0.44%) Foundry