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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,272 3,930 5,216
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.17% 24.37% 22.23%
As % of the General category 30.16% 34.03% 35.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,591 2,332 3,149
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £74,425
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -6.16% +6.32%
75th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -

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 14,165 11,547 14,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.26% 71.59% 61.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,865 6,392 8,878
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,525 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 September 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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.22%) Confluence
3 25 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.40%) Apache
4 17 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.26%) nginx
6 10 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 9 (0.21%) CMS
7 9 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (0.16%) SAS
9 6 (0.14%) IIS
10 4 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.094%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.023%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.023%) CICS
11 1 (0.023%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.023%) WordPress
Applications
1 254 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
5 17 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
8 6 (0.14%) Trello
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.094%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.094%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.094%) Sketch
11 3 (0.070%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.070%) Productboard
12 2 (0.047%) InDesign
12 2 (0.047%) SPSS
12 2 (0.047%) Weka
13 1 (0.023%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 64 (1.50%) NetSuite
2 48 (1.12%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 28 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 27 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 27 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 26 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
7 20 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
8 18 (0.42%) Elite 3E
9 17 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
11 15 (0.35%) Primavera
11 15 (0.35%) Workday HCM
12 14 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.33%) Sage 50
13 12 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
13 12 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
14 9 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 862 (20.18%) Azure
2 595 (13.93%) AWS
3 360 (8.43%) SaaS
4 321 (7.51%) Power Platform
5 216 (5.06%) GCP
6 151 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 115 (2.69%) Snowflake
9 109 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (2.01%) PaaS
11 77 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
12 73 (1.71%) Entra ID
13 70 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 68 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 67 (1.57%) Azure AI
15 67 (1.57%) GitHub
16 59 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
17 57 (1.33%) Azure Machine Learning
18 56 (1.31%) Serverless
19 53 (1.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.85%) LAN
2 78 (1.83%) WAN
3 58 (1.36%) Firewall
4 40 (0.94%) HTTP
4 40 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 38 (0.89%) Network Security
6 36 (0.84%) DNS
7 29 (0.68%) VPN
8 27 (0.63%) DHCP
9 21 (0.49%) Broadband
10 15 (0.35%) VLAN
10 15 (0.35%) Wireless
11 13 (0.30%) MPLS
12 11 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.23%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.21%) BGP
14 9 (0.21%) NGFW
15 8 (0.19%) Internet
16 7 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (5.03%) Power BI
2 173 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (1.26%) Tableau
7 52 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 40 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 40 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (0.91%) Metadata
10 35 (0.82%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.61%) Big Data
12 20 (0.47%) MySQL
12 20 (0.47%) NoSQL
12 20 (0.47%) Power Query
13 19 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 16 (0.37%) DynamoDB
15 15 (0.35%) Looker
15 15 (0.35%) SAP BW
15 15 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 133 (3.11%) JIRA
2 92 (2.15%) Git
3 47 (1.10%) TeamCity
4 28 (0.66%) Claude Code
4 28 (0.66%) JUnit
5 22 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.51%) Maven
5 22 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.42%) Mockito
7 13 (0.30%) Selenium
8 8 (0.19%) GitLab
9 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.16%) Postman
9 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.14%) Gatling
10 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.094%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.094%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,436 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 692 (16.20%) Banking
3 622 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
4 505 (11.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 427 (10.00%) Legal
6 329 (7.70%) Retail
7 326 (7.63%) Law
8 272 (6.37%) Marketing
9 262 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
10 240 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
11 216 (5.06%) Public Sector
12 156 (3.65%) Manufacturing
13 146 (3.42%) Aerospace
13 146 (3.42%) Financial Institution
14 127 (2.97%) Back Office
14 127 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
15 83 (1.94%) Billing
16 76 (1.78%) Telecoms
17 52 (1.22%) Investment Banking
18 50 (1.17%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 586 (13.72%) Senior
2 466 (10.91%) Lead
3 428 (10.02%) Analyst
4 372 (8.71%) Architect
5 314 (7.35%) Developer
6 259 (6.06%) Software Engineer
7 213 (4.99%) Consultant
8 161 (3.77%) Finance Manager
9 155 (3.63%) Senior Manager
10 138 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
11 125 (2.93%) Accountant
12 112 (2.62%) IT Manager
13 109 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
14 107 (2.50%) Project Manager
15 104 (2.43%) Azure Engineer
16 98 (2.29%) Engineering Manager
17 93 (2.18%) Business Analyst
18 84 (1.97%) Data Analyst
19 80 (1.87%) Support Analyst
20 74 (1.73%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (4.10%) Terraform
2 152 (3.56%) .NET
3 138 (3.23%) React
4 117 (2.74%) REST
5 71 (1.66%) Node.js
6 65 (1.52%) .NET Core
6 65 (1.52%) Spring
7 60 (1.40%) ASP.NET
7 60 (1.40%) CSS
8 54 (1.26%) ASP.NET Core
9 50 (1.17%) .NET Framework
9 50 (1.17%) LangChain
10 43 (1.01%) LangGraph
10 43 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
11 41 (0.96%) AngularJS
12 38 (0.89%) PyTorch
12 38 (0.89%) TensorFlow
12 38 (0.89%) XML
13 33 (0.77%) HTML
13 33 (0.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 295 (6.91%) Product Ownership
2 217 (5.08%) Cloud Native
3 204 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 178 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 161 (3.77%) Virtual Team
6 155 (3.63%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.42%) Podcast
8 125 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
9 94 (2.20%) Blog
10 93 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 64 (1.50%) AI Agents
11 64 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
12 63 (1.47%) Data Centre
13 57 (1.33%) Data Structures
14 54 (1.26%) Credit Risk
15 51 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
16 50 (1.17%) Hedge funds
17 45 (1.05%) Driving Licence
18 44 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
18 44 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 129 (3.02%) Windows
2 108 (2.53%) Linux
3 45 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.44%) Android
5 16 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.35%) Unix
7 10 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.070%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.023%) AIX
12 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (19.76%) Agile
2 765 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 728 (17.04%) Roadmaps
4 687 (16.08%) AI
5 670 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
6 597 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 588 (13.76%) Decision-Making
8 495 (11.59%) Software Engineering
9 434 (10.16%) Mentoring
10 422 (9.88%) ERP
11 419 (9.81%) Analytics
12 393 (9.20%) CI/CD
13 363 (8.50%) Risk Management
14 351 (8.22%) DevOps
15 345 (8.08%) Project Delivery
16 324 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 303 (7.09%) Project Management
18 302 (7.07%) Process Improvement
19 294 (6.88%) Customer Service
20 286 (6.69%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 629 (14.72%) SQL
2 407 (9.53%) Python
3 288 (6.74%) Java
4 237 (5.55%) C#
5 150 (3.51%) JavaScript
6 123 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 101 (2.36%) C++
8 84 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 56 (1.31%) PHP
10 31 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.68%) C
12 27 (0.63%) Bash
13 25 (0.59%) Go
14 24 (0.56%) Bicep
14 24 (0.56%) R
15 22 (0.51%) MATLAB
16 17 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.40%) Rust
17 16 (0.37%) VBA
18 15 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 414 (9.69%) Degree
2 344 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 263 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 250 (5.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 243 (5.69%) ACCA
6 215 (5.03%) CIMA
7 134 (3.14%) DV Cleared
8 82 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 70 (1.64%) CISSP
10 54 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 52 (1.22%) CISM
12 49 (1.15%) PMP
13 46 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 36 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (0.75%) CISA
16 29 (0.68%) CRISC
16 29 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 28 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.56%) ICAEW
19 22 (0.51%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (4.12%) Data Quality
2 174 (4.07%) Accessibility
3 158 (3.70%) QA
4 141 (3.30%) GDPR
5 90 (2.11%) GRC
6 89 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 78 (1.83%) SLA
8 70 (1.64%) PMO
9 65 (1.52%) NIST
10 57 (1.33%) IFRS
11 46 (1.08%) GAAP
12 30 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 28 (0.66%) COBIT
14 22 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.35%) MiFID
18 14 (0.33%) Def Stans
19 13 (0.30%) NCSC
19 13 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (2.55%) Docker
2 95 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 65 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 51 (1.19%) Firmware
5 40 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.023%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.023%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 178 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 72 (1.69%) Grafana
3 43 (1.01%) Ansible
4 33 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.14%) Istio
7 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.12%) SCCM
7 5 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.094%) QRadar
8 4 (0.094%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.070%) Argo
9 3 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.070%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.047%) CASB
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.047%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.047%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.047%) Puppet
Vendors
1 731 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 218 (5.10%) Oracle
3 139 (3.25%) SAP
4 135 (3.16%) Databricks
5 91 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.54%) Sage
7 62 (1.45%) Google
8 58 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.17%) Workday
10 48 (1.12%) VMware
11 41 (0.96%) Xero
12 37 (0.87%) Cisco
13 32 (0.75%) Aderant
14 31 (0.73%) HubSpot
15 25 (0.59%) BMC
16 24 (0.56%) IBM
17 21 (0.49%) Splunk
18 20 (0.47%) Adobe
18 20 (0.47%) Remedy
19 19 (0.44%) Veeam