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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,318 3,464 7,160
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.72% 26.21% 22.02%
As % of the General category 33.19% 36.50% 35.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,151 2,570 4,955
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,476 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -7.41%

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 9,997 9,490 20,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.42% 71.80% 62.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,638 6,480 15,195
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -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 18 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 75 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.18%) Confluence
3 29 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.45%) SAS
5 12 (0.36%) JBoss
6 10 (0.30%) CMS
6 10 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.18%) Apache
8 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.090%) IIS
12 2 (0.060%) nginx
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.060%) WordPress
13 1 (0.030%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.030%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 223 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
5 11 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.15%) Sketch
7 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.030%) SPSS
9 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (2.02%) Oracle Financials
2 62 (1.87%) NetSuite
3 57 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
4 50 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
6 42 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 37 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 30 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
10 28 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
13 15 (0.45%) SAP FI
14 14 (0.42%) SAP CO
14 14 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
15 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.36%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.30%) Hyperion Planning
16 10 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 761 (22.94%) Azure
2 463 (13.95%) AWS
3 327 (9.86%) SaaS
4 241 (7.26%) Power Platform
5 197 (5.94%) GCP
6 165 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
7 154 (4.64%) GitHub
8 127 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
9 117 (3.53%) Snowflake
10 116 (3.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 108 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 99 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
13 74 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
14 73 (2.20%) Entra ID
15 72 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
16 70 (2.11%) Azure Machine Learning
17 57 (1.72%) Azure AI
18 56 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
19 48 (1.45%) dbt
20 39 (1.18%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 60 (1.81%) Firewall
2 53 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 47 (1.42%) VPN
4 42 (1.27%) WAN
5 40 (1.21%) DNS
6 38 (1.15%) DHCP
7 31 (0.93%) HTTP
8 26 (0.78%) Network Security
8 26 (0.78%) SD-WAN
9 25 (0.75%) CHAP
10 21 (0.63%) BGP
11 17 (0.51%) Wireless
12 16 (0.48%) VLAN
13 14 (0.42%) LAN
13 14 (0.42%) MPLS
14 13 (0.39%) Internet
15 11 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
16 9 (0.27%) Broadband
16 9 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (5.67%) Power BI
2 181 (5.46%) SQL Server
3 75 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 69 (2.08%) Tableau
5 61 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 53 (1.60%) Data Lake
7 49 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 44 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
9 32 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 28 (0.84%) Big Data
11 25 (0.75%) Metadata
12 24 (0.72%) MySQL
13 23 (0.69%) Relational Database
14 20 (0.60%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.51%) DB2
16 15 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 14 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
18 13 (0.39%) Delta Lake
19 12 (0.36%) MongoDB
20 11 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 121 (3.65%) JIRA
2 74 (2.23%) Git
3 48 (1.45%) TeamCity
4 40 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
5 38 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.87%) Selenium
7 19 (0.57%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 12 (0.36%) GitLab
13 9 (0.27%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.27%) Storybook
13 9 (0.27%) Subversion
14 7 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
14 7 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 6 (0.18%) ERwin
16 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
16 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,078 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 588 (17.72%) Banking
3 516 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (9.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 317 (9.55%) Retail
6 263 (7.93%) Law
7 252 (7.59%) Public Sector
8 248 (7.47%) Legal
9 240 (7.23%) Marketing
10 198 (5.97%) Financial Institution
11 144 (4.34%) Back Office
12 125 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
13 105 (3.16%) Manufacturing
14 95 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
14 95 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
15 86 (2.59%) Front Office
16 79 (2.38%) Telecoms
17 46 (1.39%) Billing
18 39 (1.18%) Advertising
18 39 (1.18%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 587 (17.69%) Senior
2 396 (11.93%) Analyst
3 263 (7.93%) Developer
4 260 (7.84%) Lead
5 219 (6.60%) Software Engineer
6 180 (5.42%) Architect
7 167 (5.03%) Consultant
8 123 (3.71%) Finance Manager
9 108 (3.25%) Business Analyst
10 102 (3.07%) Senior Manager
11 101 (3.04%) Accountant
12 91 (2.74%) Project Manager
13 85 (2.56%) Data Engineer
14 84 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
15 81 (2.44%) C# Developer
16 79 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
16 79 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
17 73 (2.20%) Software Developer
18 72 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
19 71 (2.14%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (3.68%) .NET
2 121 (3.65%) React
3 117 (3.53%) REST
4 69 (2.08%) Kafka
4 69 (2.08%) Node.js
5 63 (1.90%) SOAP
6 62 (1.87%) RESTful
7 57 (1.72%) GraphQL
8 51 (1.54%) JSON
9 46 (1.39%) Spring
10 44 (1.33%) CSS
11 43 (1.30%) OAuth
11 43 (1.30%) Redux
12 35 (1.05%) Middleware
13 31 (0.93%) HTML
14 30 (0.90%) jQuery
14 30 (0.90%) XML
15 25 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
16 24 (0.72%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 228 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 216 (6.51%) Product Ownership
3 132 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 124 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 96 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 71 (2.14%) Data Centre
7 66 (1.99%) Virtual Team
8 63 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 62 (1.87%) Fixed Income
10 59 (1.78%) Blog
11 58 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 58 (1.75%) Public Cloud
12 57 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
13 52 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 48 (1.45%) Security Posture
15 40 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
15 40 (1.21%) Low-Code
16 34 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
17 31 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 30 (0.90%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 123 (3.71%) Windows
2 102 (3.07%) Linux
3 43 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 28 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 28 (0.84%) Unix
5 20 (0.60%) Android
6 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.060%) CentOS
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.030%) AIX
10 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.030%) VMS
10 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 826 (24.89%) Agile
2 542 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 531 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 452 (13.62%) AI
5 437 (13.17%) Roadmaps
6 397 (11.97%) CI/CD
6 397 (11.97%) Decision-Making
7 393 (11.84%) DevOps
8 379 (11.42%) Analytics
9 358 (10.79%) Mentoring
10 352 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 349 (10.52%) Coaching
12 346 (10.43%) Software Engineering
13 325 (9.80%) ERP
14 289 (8.71%) Risk Management
15 280 (8.44%) Project Management
16 251 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
17 247 (7.44%) Test Automation
18 224 (6.75%) Asset Management
19 222 (6.69%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 555 (16.73%) SQL
2 345 (10.40%) Python
3 336 (10.13%) Java
4 198 (5.97%) C#
5 120 (3.62%) TypeScript
6 113 (3.41%) JavaScript
7 90 (2.71%) Go
7 90 (2.71%) PowerShell
8 79 (2.38%) C++
9 74 (2.23%) PHP
10 40 (1.21%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 28 (0.84%) C
13 24 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 24 (0.72%) Bicep
14 21 (0.63%) Bash
15 18 (0.54%) Rust
15 18 (0.54%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.48%) T-SQL
17 15 (0.45%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 397 (11.97%) Degree
2 270 (8.14%) ACCA
3 221 (6.66%) CIMA
4 194 (5.85%) Security Cleared
5 152 (4.58%) CISSP
6 112 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 97 (2.92%) CISA
8 80 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.08%) CISM
10 66 (1.99%) CRISC
11 58 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.51%) PMI Certification
13 38 (1.15%) DBS Check
14 37 (1.12%) SANS
15 36 (1.08%) Azure Certification
16 31 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
17 29 (0.87%) AAT
18 27 (0.81%) PMP
19 26 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
20 25 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (3.98%) NIST
2 129 (3.89%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.47%) GDPR
3 115 (3.47%) QA
4 106 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 71 (2.14%) IFRS
7 66 (1.99%) GRC
8 61 (1.84%) Accessibility
9 49 (1.48%) PMO
10 39 (1.18%) GAAP
11 37 (1.12%) SLA
12 31 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 30 (0.90%) COBIT
13 30 (0.90%) SOC 2
14 20 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.48%) MiFID
15 16 (0.48%) P3O
16 15 (0.45%) EMIR
17 11 (0.33%) COREP
System Software
1 98 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.23%) Docker
3 72 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 46 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.48%) Firmware
6 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) vSphere
11 1 (0.030%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 215 (6.48%) Terraform
2 151 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 61 (1.84%) Grafana
4 40 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (1.05%) Ansible
6 30 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.36%) Argo
9 8 (0.24%) Istio
10 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 6 (0.18%) QRadar
12 5 (0.15%) Endace
12 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
12 5 (0.15%) SCCM
13 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.12%) Cilium
13 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.090%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.090%) Puppet
Vendors
1 539 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 215 (6.48%) Oracle
3 139 (4.19%) SAP
4 136 (4.10%) Databricks
5 88 (2.65%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.87%) Google
6 62 (1.87%) Sage
7 49 (1.48%) VMware
8 44 (1.33%) ServiceNow
9 36 (1.08%) Cisco
10 29 (0.87%) Workday
11 26 (0.78%) Xero
12 25 (0.75%) Okta
13 21 (0.63%) Adobe
13 21 (0.63%) HubSpot
13 21 (0.63%) IBM
14 16 (0.48%) Aderant
14 16 (0.48%) Atlassian
14 16 (0.48%) Red Hat
14 16 (0.48%) Splunk