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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,061 3,807 5,606
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 19.85% 23.30% 23.31%
As % of the General category 33.21% 33.71% 37.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,868 2,423 4,414
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £88,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,351
% change year-on-year -10.34% +10.94% -6.64%

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 9,216 11,292 14,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.76% 69.11% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,831 6,381 11,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.23% -11.15%

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 21 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 51 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (1.60%) Confluence
4 40 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 34 (1.11%) Apache
6 17 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 17 (0.56%) SAS
7 16 (0.52%) WebSphere
8 11 (0.36%) CMS
8 11 (0.36%) JBoss
9 8 (0.26%) Ethereum
9 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.13%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.098%) HCL Domino
13 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.098%) WordPress
14 2 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 268 (8.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.065%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.065%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.065%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.033%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.033%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 62 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 58 (1.89%) Oracle Payables
3 47 (1.54%) Oracle Assets
4 45 (1.47%) NetSuite
5 44 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
6 41 (1.34%) Unit4 Business World
7 39 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 38 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
9 27 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
10 25 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
11 20 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
12 19 (0.62%) SAP FI
13 16 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
13 16 (0.52%) SAP CO
13 16 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
14 14 (0.46%) Hyperion Planning
15 13 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
15 13 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
16 12 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
16 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 756 (24.70%) Azure
2 391 (12.77%) AWS
3 332 (10.85%) Power Platform
4 252 (8.23%) SaaS
5 239 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
6 204 (6.66%) GitHub
7 164 (5.36%) GCP
8 148 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
9 125 (4.08%) Snowflake
10 107 (3.50%) Entra ID
11 106 (3.46%) Azure Data Factory
12 103 (3.36%) dbt
13 86 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
14 82 (2.68%) GitHub Copilot
15 71 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 57 (1.86%) OCI
18 45 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
19 44 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
20 42 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.55%) Firewall
2 57 (1.86%) WAN
3 46 (1.50%) SD-WAN
4 44 (1.44%) LAN
4 44 (1.44%) VPN
5 43 (1.40%) TCP/IP
5 43 (1.40%) Wireless
6 35 (1.14%) Wireshark
7 30 (0.98%) DNS
8 25 (0.82%) DHCP
9 24 (0.78%) Network Security
10 18 (0.59%) Internet
11 14 (0.46%) CHAP
12 11 (0.36%) VLAN
13 10 (0.33%) HTTP
14 9 (0.29%) SSL
15 8 (0.26%) Telnet
16 7 (0.23%) BGP
16 7 (0.23%) Software-Defined Radio
17 6 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (7.78%) Power BI
2 123 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 112 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (3.20%) Tableau
5 86 (2.81%) Data Lake
6 52 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 51 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
8 48 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 47 (1.54%) Apache Iceberg
10 44 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
10 44 (1.44%) Apache Arrow
10 44 (1.44%) Dremio
11 37 (1.21%) Metadata
12 31 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (0.98%) MySQL
14 28 (0.91%) Big Data
15 27 (0.88%) Apache Ignite
16 25 (0.82%) MongoDB
17 21 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
18 19 (0.62%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 159 (5.19%) JIRA
2 70 (2.29%) Oracle Forms
3 69 (2.25%) Git
4 61 (1.99%) Jenkins
5 39 (1.27%) Selenium
6 36 (1.18%) Postman
7 28 (0.91%) SoapUI
8 25 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
9 23 (0.75%) WebDriver
10 21 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 18 (0.59%) ERwin
12 17 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 16 (0.52%) ER Studio
14 15 (0.49%) GitLab
15 11 (0.36%) Storybook
16 9 (0.29%) Subversion
17 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
18 6 (0.20%) Cucumber
19 5 (0.16%) JMeter
19 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,054 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 544 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
3 408 (13.33%) Banking
4 252 (8.23%) Marketing
5 202 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 193 (6.31%) Retail
7 192 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 152 (4.97%) Legal
9 148 (4.84%) Financial Institution
10 129 (4.21%) Law
11 107 (3.50%) Telecoms
12 104 (3.40%) Manufacturing
13 103 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
14 93 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
15 86 (2.81%) Front Office
16 80 (2.61%) Back Office
17 75 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
18 59 (1.93%) Electronics
19 52 (1.70%) Billing
19 52 (1.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 535 (17.48%) Senior
2 444 (14.51%) Analyst
3 261 (8.53%) Developer
4 197 (6.44%) Lead
5 168 (5.49%) Software Engineer
6 155 (5.06%) Consultant
7 128 (4.18%) Architect
8 103 (3.36%) Business Analyst
9 91 (2.97%) Data Engineer
10 85 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
11 82 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
12 74 (2.42%) Project Manager
13 73 (2.38%) Finance Manager
14 69 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
15 65 (2.12%) Accountant
16 64 (2.09%) Python Engineer
16 64 (2.09%) Software Developer
17 61 (1.99%) AWS Engineer
18 59 (1.93%) Applications Engineer
18 59 (1.93%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (5.13%) .NET
2 98 (3.20%) REST
3 97 (3.17%) SOAP
4 92 (3.01%) RESTful
5 90 (2.94%) React
6 56 (1.83%) JSON
7 55 (1.80%) Pandas
8 52 (1.70%) Node.js
9 50 (1.63%) OAuth
10 49 (1.60%) NumPy
11 48 (1.57%) Spring
12 44 (1.44%) AngularJS
12 44 (1.44%) HTML
12 44 (1.44%) SciPy
13 38 (1.24%) CSS
14 35 (1.14%) Middleware
15 34 (1.11%) Kafka
16 32 (1.05%) OAuth2
16 32 (1.05%) XML
17 30 (0.98%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 189 (6.17%) Product Ownership
2 165 (5.39%) Cloud Native
3 144 (4.70%) Management Information System
4 123 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 121 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 74 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 72 (2.35%) e-Learning
7 72 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
8 69 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 69 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 68 (2.22%) Data Centre
10 61 (1.99%) Fixed Income
11 54 (1.76%) Equities
12 53 (1.73%) Security Posture
13 45 (1.47%) Hedge funds
14 40 (1.31%) Blog
15 38 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
16 37 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.11%) Public Cloud
18 33 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 131 (4.28%) Linux
2 107 (3.50%) Windows
3 45 (1.47%) Unix
4 39 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (0.59%) Android
8 11 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.20%) VMS
11 2 (0.065%) CentOS
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.033%) AIX
12 1 (0.033%) MVS
12 1 (0.033%) Solaris
12 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (27.47%) Agile
2 538 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
3 527 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 464 (15.16%) AI
5 448 (14.64%) Asset Management
6 443 (14.47%) Coaching
7 428 (13.98%) DevOps
8 403 (13.17%) Analytics
9 399 (13.03%) Roadmaps
10 387 (12.64%) CI/CD
11 359 (11.73%) Decision-Making
12 317 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
13 316 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 309 (10.09%) ERP
15 306 (10.00%) Mentoring
16 305 (9.96%) Software Engineering
17 274 (8.95%) Risk Management
18 271 (8.85%) Project Management
19 226 (7.38%) Test Automation
20 193 (6.31%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 583 (19.05%) SQL
2 409 (13.36%) Python
3 286 (9.34%) Java
4 155 (5.06%) JavaScript
5 152 (4.97%) C#
6 133 (4.34%) TypeScript
7 125 (4.08%) PowerShell
8 69 (2.25%) C++
9 55 (1.80%) PHP
10 52 (1.70%) PL/SQL
11 39 (1.27%) Bash
11 39 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 39 (1.27%) Shell Script
12 35 (1.14%) Go
13 34 (1.11%) C
14 32 (1.05%) Bicep
15 28 (0.91%) Apex Code
16 21 (0.69%) Scala
17 20 (0.65%) T-SQL
18 19 (0.62%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 398 (13.00%) Degree
2 210 (6.86%) ACCA
3 186 (6.08%) Security Cleared
4 167 (5.46%) CIMA
5 133 (4.34%) CISSP
6 132 (4.31%) SC Cleared
7 84 (2.74%) CISA
8 70 (2.29%) DV Cleared
9 68 (2.22%) CISM
10 67 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 61 (1.99%) CRISC
11 61 (1.99%) DBS Check
12 42 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
13 40 (1.31%) ISTQB
14 36 (1.18%) AAT
15 34 (1.11%) Azure Certification
16 33 (1.08%) PMI Certification
17 30 (0.98%) CCNP
18 28 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 24 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (4.84%) NIST
2 132 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (3.79%) QA
4 109 (3.56%) GDPR
5 75 (2.45%) Accessibility
6 74 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 67 (2.19%) GRC
8 53 (1.73%) PMO
9 50 (1.63%) IFRS
10 32 (1.05%) GAAP
10 32 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 31 (1.01%) SLA
12 29 (0.95%) COBIT
13 20 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (0.59%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.36%) SEPA
15 11 (0.36%) WCAG
16 9 (0.29%) EMIR
16 9 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 106 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 63 (2.06%) Docker
3 38 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (0.82%) Firmware
6 17 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.16%) NFS
9 5 (0.16%) vSphere
10 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.033%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 218 (7.12%) Terraform
2 104 (3.40%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
4 53 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (1.47%) Ansible
6 35 (1.14%) Grafana
7 16 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.36%) SCCM
9 10 (0.33%) Argo
10 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.13%) Cilium
13 4 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.13%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.098%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.098%) QRadar
15 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.065%) Kibana
15 2 (0.065%) Suricata
Vendors
1 531 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 159 (5.19%) Oracle
3 134 (4.38%) SAP
4 93 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 87 (2.84%) Databricks
6 84 (2.74%) Cisco
7 52 (1.70%) Google
7 52 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 48 (1.57%) VMware
9 45 (1.47%) Blue Prism
9 45 (1.47%) Sage
10 37 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 33 (1.08%) Workday
12 30 (0.98%) CheckPoint
13 27 (0.88%) Palo Alto
13 27 (0.88%) SolarWinds
14 26 (0.85%) Meraki
14 26 (0.85%) Okta
15 24 (0.78%) IBM
16 18 (0.59%) Ab Initio