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 7 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,252 3,467 6,540
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.94% 26.87% 20.83%
As % of the General category 33.24% 37.44% 33.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,125 2,547 4,909
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,996 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -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 9,784 9,259 19,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.98% 71.76% 61.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,534 6,408 15,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £42,070
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +7.38% -8.80%
75th Percentile £79,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 7 April 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 74 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.14%) Confluence
3 28 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.52%) SAS
5 13 (0.40%) JBoss
6 12 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.34%) CMS
8 10 (0.31%) Apache
9 8 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.22%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.092%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.092%) IIS
12 3 (0.092%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.092%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.092%) WordPress
13 2 (0.062%) nginx
13 2 (0.062%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 232 (7.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.15%) Sketch
8 3 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.092%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.062%) Trello
10 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.031%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (2.00%) NetSuite
2 60 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
2 60 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
3 48 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
4 41 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
4 41 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 36 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 30 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
7 29 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
8 26 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
9 16 (0.49%) Elite 3E
9 16 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
9 16 (0.49%) SAP FI
10 15 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
10 15 (0.46%) SAP CO
10 15 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
11 12 (0.37%) SAP ERP
12 10 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
13 9 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 752 (23.12%) Azure
2 471 (14.48%) AWS
3 314 (9.66%) SaaS
4 247 (7.60%) Power Platform
5 193 (5.93%) GCP
6 168 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 153 (4.70%) GitHub
8 129 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
9 126 (3.87%) Snowflake
10 115 (3.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 109 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 97 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
13 71 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
13 71 (2.18%) Azure Machine Learning
14 69 (2.12%) GitHub Copilot
15 68 (2.09%) Entra ID
16 57 (1.75%) Azure AI
17 55 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
18 51 (1.57%) dbt
19 38 (1.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.69%) Firewall
2 51 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 49 (1.51%) VPN
4 40 (1.23%) WAN
5 35 (1.08%) DNS
6 33 (1.01%) DHCP
7 26 (0.80%) Network Security
8 25 (0.77%) CHAP
8 25 (0.77%) HTTP
8 25 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 19 (0.58%) BGP
10 16 (0.49%) VLAN
11 15 (0.46%) Wireless
12 13 (0.40%) LAN
12 13 (0.40%) MPLS
13 12 (0.37%) Internet
14 11 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
15 10 (0.31%) SSL
16 8 (0.25%) Telnet
16 8 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (5.81%) Power BI
2 177 (5.44%) SQL Server
3 80 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (2.12%) Tableau
5 63 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 55 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 51 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 48 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (0.83%) Big Data
11 24 (0.74%) Metadata
11 24 (0.74%) Relational Database
12 23 (0.71%) MySQL
13 20 (0.62%) NoSQL
14 18 (0.55%) DB2
15 15 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.43%) MongoDB
17 12 (0.37%) Delta Lake
17 12 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 120 (3.69%) JIRA
2 70 (2.15%) Git
3 45 (1.38%) TeamCity
4 41 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.26%) Oracle Forms
5 32 (0.98%) Selenium
6 20 (0.62%) Postman
7 17 (0.52%) WebDriver
8 16 (0.49%) SoapUI
9 15 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.43%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.34%) GitLab
12 9 (0.28%) ERwin
12 9 (0.28%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.28%) Storybook
12 9 (0.28%) Subversion
13 8 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
14 7 (0.22%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,054 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 567 (17.44%) Banking
3 523 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
4 311 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 307 (9.44%) Retail
6 248 (7.63%) Law
6 248 (7.63%) Public Sector
7 237 (7.29%) Marketing
8 222 (6.83%) Legal
9 193 (5.93%) Financial Institution
10 139 (4.27%) Back Office
11 123 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
12 99 (3.04%) Manufacturing
13 96 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
14 88 (2.71%) Front Office
15 79 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
15 79 (2.43%) Telecoms
16 46 (1.41%) Billing
17 43 (1.32%) Electronics
18 42 (1.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 567 (17.44%) Senior
2 399 (12.27%) Analyst
3 271 (8.33%) Lead
4 262 (8.06%) Developer
5 221 (6.80%) Software Engineer
6 179 (5.50%) Architect
7 162 (4.98%) Consultant
8 122 (3.75%) Finance Manager
9 104 (3.20%) Business Analyst
10 95 (2.92%) Accountant
11 93 (2.86%) Senior Manager
12 91 (2.80%) Project Manager
13 86 (2.64%) Data Engineer
14 81 (2.49%) Senior Software Engineer
15 79 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
16 78 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
17 73 (2.24%) Financial Analyst
18 69 (2.12%) C# Developer
19 62 (1.91%) IT Manager
19 62 (1.91%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (3.94%) .NET
2 124 (3.81%) React
3 113 (3.47%) REST
4 74 (2.28%) RESTful
5 71 (2.18%) Node.js
6 69 (2.12%) Kafka
7 65 (2.00%) SOAP
8 58 (1.78%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.51%) JSON
10 44 (1.35%) Spring
11 43 (1.32%) OAuth
11 43 (1.32%) Redux
12 39 (1.20%) CSS
13 36 (1.11%) Middleware
14 32 (0.98%) HTML
15 28 (0.86%) AngularJS
15 28 (0.86%) XML
16 27 (0.83%) jQuery
17 25 (0.77%) .NET Core
18 22 (0.68%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.70%) Cloud Native
2 200 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 125 (3.84%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 93 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (1.94%) Fixed Income
7 62 (1.91%) Data Centre
7 62 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 58 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
10 57 (1.75%) Blog
11 51 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 47 (1.45%) Security Posture
12 47 (1.45%) Virtual Team
13 45 (1.38%) Data Structures
14 42 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 40 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
16 39 (1.20%) Low-Code
17 36 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 31 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 126 (3.87%) Windows
2 107 (3.29%) Linux
3 41 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 30 (0.92%) Unix
5 28 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.62%) Android
7 15 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.062%) CentOS
10 2 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.031%) AIX
11 1 (0.031%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.031%) VMS
11 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (25.34%) Agile
2 527 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
3 523 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 467 (14.36%) AI
5 427 (13.13%) Roadmaps
6 399 (12.27%) CI/CD
7 393 (12.08%) Decision-Making
8 390 (11.99%) Analytics
8 390 (11.99%) DevOps
9 356 (10.95%) Mentoring
10 350 (10.76%) Coaching
10 350 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 345 (10.61%) Software Engineering
12 303 (9.32%) ERP
13 279 (8.58%) Project Management
14 270 (8.30%) Risk Management
15 256 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
16 248 (7.63%) Test Automation
17 236 (7.26%) Asset Management
18 221 (6.80%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 553 (17.00%) SQL
2 349 (10.73%) Python
3 338 (10.39%) Java
4 191 (5.87%) C#
5 121 (3.72%) TypeScript
6 119 (3.66%) JavaScript
7 90 (2.77%) Go
8 85 (2.61%) PowerShell
9 75 (2.31%) C++
10 67 (2.06%) PHP
11 41 (1.26%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 29 (0.89%) C
14 24 (0.74%) Apex Code
15 23 (0.71%) Bicep
16 20 (0.62%) Bash
17 19 (0.58%) Rust
18 18 (0.55%) Shell Script
19 16 (0.49%) Kotlin
20 15 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 399 (12.27%) Degree
2 263 (8.09%) ACCA
3 219 (6.73%) CIMA
4 185 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 148 (4.55%) CISSP
6 104 (3.20%) SC Cleared
7 95 (2.92%) CISA
8 78 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.12%) CISM
10 65 (2.00%) CRISC
11 58 (1.78%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.54%) PMI Certification
13 43 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 39 (1.20%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.11%) AAT
16 35 (1.08%) SANS
17 28 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.83%) PMP
19 25 (0.77%) CGEIT
19 25 (0.77%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (4.09%) NIST
2 126 (3.87%) Data Quality
3 121 (3.72%) QA
4 115 (3.54%) GDPR
5 106 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 78 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 69 (2.12%) GRC
8 64 (1.97%) IFRS
9 55 (1.69%) Accessibility
10 47 (1.45%) PMO
11 38 (1.17%) GAAP
12 36 (1.11%) SLA
13 31 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.89%) COBIT
14 29 (0.89%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.52%) P3O
17 12 (0.37%) MiFID
18 11 (0.34%) EMIR
18 11 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 94 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.34%) Docker
3 72 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
4 41 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.58%) Firmware
6 14 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.092%) vSphere
12 1 (0.031%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 210 (6.46%) Terraform
2 142 (4.37%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.75%) Grafana
4 38 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.11%) Ansible
6 31 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.37%) Argo
7 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Istio
9 5 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.15%) Endace
9 5 (0.15%) QRadar
9 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.15%) SCCM
10 4 (0.12%) Cilium
10 4 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.092%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.092%) Puppet
11 3 (0.092%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 534 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 197 (6.06%) Oracle
3 139 (4.27%) Databricks
4 129 (3.97%) SAP
5 89 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 64 (1.97%) Google
7 57 (1.75%) Sage
8 46 (1.41%) VMware
9 45 (1.38%) ServiceNow
10 41 (1.26%) Cisco
11 26 (0.80%) Workday
12 25 (0.77%) IBM
13 23 (0.71%) Okta
14 22 (0.68%) Adobe
15 21 (0.65%) HubSpot
16 18 (0.55%) Xero
17 16 (0.49%) Aderant
17 16 (0.49%) Atlassian
18 15 (0.46%) Red Hat
19 14 (0.43%) Ab Initio