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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,400 3,969 5,256
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.35% 24.43% 22.41%
As % of the General category 30.32% 34.09% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,622 2,332 3,117
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £40,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,688 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -6.88% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,600 £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 14,512 11,643 14,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.52% 71.68% 62.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,045 6,429 8,676
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £34,953
25th Percentile £42,250 £39,000 £45,000
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 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 11 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
1 115 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.23%) Confluence
3 25 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.39%) Apache
6 12 (0.27%) CMS
6 12 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 11 (0.25%) nginx
8 10 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.20%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.091%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.045%) WordPress
13 1 (0.023%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.023%) CICS
13 1 (0.023%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 272 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 136 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.39%) Simulink
7 12 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.091%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.091%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.091%) Sketch
12 3 (0.068%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.068%) Productboard
13 2 (0.045%) InDesign
13 2 (0.045%) SPSS
13 2 (0.045%) Weka
14 1 (0.023%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 63 (1.43%) NetSuite
2 48 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
3 34 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
4 30 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 29 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
6 28 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
7 27 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
9 18 (0.41%) Elite 3E
9 18 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
10 17 (0.39%) Primavera
11 16 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
11 16 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 16 (0.36%) Sage 50
12 15 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
12 15 (0.34%) Workday HCM
13 14 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
14 13 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
15 12 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
16 10 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 869 (19.75%) Azure
2 613 (13.93%) AWS
3 372 (8.45%) SaaS
4 323 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 223 (5.07%) GCP
6 155 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
8 120 (2.73%) Snowflake
9 109 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (1.95%) PaaS
11 79 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
12 76 (1.73%) Entra ID
13 73 (1.66%) GitHub
13 73 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 68 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 67 (1.52%) Azure AI
16 62 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (1.34%) Serverless
18 57 (1.30%) Azure Machine Learning
19 54 (1.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.80%) LAN
2 78 (1.77%) WAN
3 57 (1.30%) Firewall
4 41 (0.93%) HTTP
5 39 (0.89%) Network Security
5 39 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 35 (0.80%) DNS
7 29 (0.66%) VPN
8 26 (0.59%) DHCP
9 23 (0.52%) Broadband
10 21 (0.48%) 5G
11 16 (0.36%) VLAN
12 14 (0.32%) Wireless
13 13 (0.30%) MPLS
14 11 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.25%) Ethernet
14 11 (0.25%) Internet
15 10 (0.23%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.20%) BGP
16 9 (0.20%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (4.91%) Power BI
2 172 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.50%) MongoDB
5 61 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (1.25%) Tableau
7 53 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 41 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (0.91%) Metadata
10 37 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.61%) Big Data
12 21 (0.48%) MySQL
12 21 (0.48%) NoSQL
13 20 (0.45%) Power Query
14 18 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.39%) DynamoDB
15 17 (0.39%) Looker
16 16 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
17 15 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 136 (3.09%) JIRA
2 93 (2.11%) Git
3 50 (1.14%) TeamCity
4 31 (0.70%) Claude Code
5 30 (0.68%) JUnit
6 24 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.52%) Maven
8 22 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.43%) Mockito
10 13 (0.30%) Selenium
11 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.18%) GitLab
12 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.16%) Postman
12 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.14%) Gatling
13 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.11%) IntelliJ
15 4 (0.091%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.091%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,485 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 709 (16.11%) Banking
3 670 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 536 (12.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 445 (10.11%) Legal
6 344 (7.82%) Retail
7 336 (7.64%) Law
8 291 (6.61%) Marketing
9 282 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
10 248 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
11 232 (5.27%) Public Sector
12 161 (3.66%) Manufacturing
13 149 (3.39%) Aerospace
14 146 (3.32%) Financial Institution
15 135 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
16 132 (3.00%) Back Office
17 90 (2.05%) Billing
18 89 (2.02%) Telecoms
19 57 (1.30%) General Ledger
20 51 (1.16%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 605 (13.75%) Senior
2 478 (10.86%) Lead
3 428 (9.73%) Analyst
4 386 (8.77%) Architect
5 317 (7.20%) Developer
6 264 (6.00%) Software Engineer
7 222 (5.05%) Consultant
8 162 (3.68%) Senior Manager
9 159 (3.61%) Finance Manager
10 145 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
11 134 (3.05%) Accountant
12 111 (2.52%) IT Manager
13 108 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
14 105 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
15 104 (2.36%) Project Manager
16 101 (2.30%) Engineering Manager
17 93 (2.11%) Business Analyst
18 83 (1.89%) Data Analyst
19 82 (1.86%) Support Analyst
20 79 (1.80%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (4.07%) Terraform
2 151 (3.43%) .NET
3 140 (3.18%) React
4 116 (2.64%) REST
5 73 (1.66%) Node.js
6 69 (1.57%) Spring
7 64 (1.45%) .NET Core
8 61 (1.39%) CSS
9 60 (1.36%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
11 52 (1.18%) LangChain
12 50 (1.14%) .NET Framework
13 45 (1.02%) LangGraph
13 45 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
14 43 (0.98%) AngularJS
15 41 (0.93%) XML
16 40 (0.91%) PyTorch
16 40 (0.91%) TensorFlow
17 35 (0.80%) HTML
17 35 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 306 (6.95%) Product Ownership
2 228 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 212 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 201 (4.57%) Management Information System
5 160 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 158 (3.59%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.32%) Podcast
8 131 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
9 96 (2.18%) Blog
10 95 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 72 (1.64%) AI Agents
12 68 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
13 62 (1.41%) Data Centre
14 58 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 56 (1.27%) Credit Risk
16 52 (1.18%) Hedge funds
17 49 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
18 45 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
18 45 (1.02%) Social Media
19 43 (0.98%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 125 (2.84%) Windows
2 105 (2.39%) Linux
3 44 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.45%) Android
5 16 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.34%) Unix
7 10 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.068%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.023%) AIX
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 842 (19.14%) Agile
2 802 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 747 (16.98%) AI
4 746 (16.95%) Roadmaps
5 694 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
6 635 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 632 (14.36%) Decision-Making
8 503 (11.43%) Software Engineering
9 455 (10.34%) Mentoring
10 434 (9.86%) ERP
11 427 (9.70%) Analytics
12 405 (9.20%) CI/CD
13 370 (8.41%) Risk Management
14 353 (8.02%) DevOps
15 347 (7.89%) Project Delivery
16 327 (7.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 326 (7.41%) Process Improvement
18 309 (7.02%) Customer Service
19 307 (6.98%) Coaching
20 306 (6.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 641 (14.57%) SQL
2 411 (9.34%) Python
3 300 (6.82%) Java
4 235 (5.34%) C#
5 156 (3.55%) JavaScript
6 125 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 99 (2.25%) C++
8 85 (1.93%) PowerShell
9 54 (1.23%) PHP
10 33 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.66%) Bash
11 29 (0.66%) C
12 24 (0.55%) Bicep
12 24 (0.55%) Go
12 24 (0.55%) R
13 22 (0.50%) MATLAB
14 19 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 18 (0.41%) VBA
16 16 (0.36%) Rust
17 15 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 413 (9.39%) Degree
2 370 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 281 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 251 (5.70%) ACCA
5 249 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 224 (5.09%) CIMA
7 135 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 81 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (1.61%) CISSP
10 54 (1.23%) DBS Check
10 54 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 52 (1.18%) CISM
12 49 (1.11%) PMP
13 47 (1.07%) Azure Certification
14 37 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 33 (0.75%) CISA
16 31 (0.70%) CRISC
17 28 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (0.57%) ICAEW
19 22 (0.50%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (4.50%) Accessibility
2 185 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 162 (3.68%) QA
4 145 (3.30%) GDPR
5 92 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 91 (2.07%) GRC
7 79 (1.80%) SLA
8 75 (1.70%) PMO
9 66 (1.50%) NIST
10 57 (1.30%) IFRS
11 44 (1.00%) GAAP
12 30 (0.68%) PCI DSS
13 27 (0.61%) COBIT
14 23 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.34%) MiFID
17 14 (0.32%) Def Stans
17 14 (0.32%) NCSC
17 14 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (2.48%) Docker
2 96 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 65 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 51 (1.16%) Firmware
5 39 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.023%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.023%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 181 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 77 (1.75%) Grafana
3 44 (1.00%) Ansible
4 33 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.14%) Istio
6 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.11%) SCCM
8 4 (0.091%) QRadar
8 4 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.068%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.068%) Argo
9 3 (0.068%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.068%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.045%) CASB
10 2 (0.045%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.045%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.045%) Puppet
10 2 (0.045%) Salt
Vendors
1 751 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 226 (5.14%) Oracle
3 145 (3.30%) SAP
4 139 (3.16%) Databricks
5 92 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 77 (1.75%) Sage
7 62 (1.41%) Google
8 59 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 57 (1.30%) Workday
10 47 (1.07%) VMware
11 41 (0.93%) Xero
12 34 (0.77%) Cisco
13 33 (0.75%) Aderant
14 32 (0.73%) HubSpot
15 25 (0.57%) BMC
16 23 (0.52%) IBM
17 21 (0.48%) Adobe
17 21 (0.48%) Splunk
18 20 (0.45%) Remedy
18 20 (0.45%) YouTube