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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,084 3,473 6,419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.29% 26.88% 20.88%
As % of the General category 32.13% 37.36% 33.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,000 2,513 4,881
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +11.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £127,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -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 9,598 9,295 18,928
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.91% 71.93% 61.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,259 6,315 14,862
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 26 March 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 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.23%) Confluence
3 31 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.58%) SAS
5 13 (0.42%) JBoss
5 13 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.36%) Apache
7 11 (0.36%) CMS
8 9 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.097%) WordPress
13 2 (0.065%) IIS
13 2 (0.065%) nginx
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 231 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.097%) Trello
9 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 59 (1.91%) NetSuite
2 57 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
3 50 (1.62%) Oracle Financials
4 46 (1.49%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
6 40 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 34 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
8 29 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
9 28 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
10 24 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
11 16 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.52%) SAP FI
12 15 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
12 15 (0.49%) SAP CO
12 15 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
13 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
14 11 (0.36%) Elite 3E
14 11 (0.36%) SAP ERP
15 10 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
15 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 701 (22.73%) Azure
2 435 (14.11%) AWS
3 302 (9.79%) SaaS
4 251 (8.14%) Power Platform
5 178 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
5 178 (5.77%) GCP
6 159 (5.16%) GitHub
7 132 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
8 108 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 93 (3.02%) Snowflake
10 88 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 72 (2.33%) Entra ID
13 70 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
14 69 (2.24%) GitHub Copilot
15 57 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
16 52 (1.69%) dbt
17 41 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
18 39 (1.26%) OCI
18 39 (1.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (1.95%) Firewall
2 49 (1.59%) VPN
3 48 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 43 (1.39%) WAN
5 35 (1.13%) DNS
6 33 (1.07%) DHCP
7 28 (0.91%) SD-WAN
8 24 (0.78%) CHAP
8 24 (0.78%) Network Security
9 18 (0.58%) Wireless
10 17 (0.55%) BGP
10 17 (0.55%) HTTP
10 17 (0.55%) LAN
11 15 (0.49%) VLAN
12 13 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
13 12 (0.39%) Internet
14 11 (0.36%) MPLS
15 10 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (0.32%) SSL
16 9 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (6.26%) Power BI
2 132 (4.28%) SQL Server
3 87 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
4 73 (2.37%) Tableau
5 55 (1.78%) Data Lake
6 54 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 51 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 46 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (0.94%) Big Data
11 24 (0.78%) Metadata
12 22 (0.71%) MySQL
13 20 (0.65%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.62%) DB2
14 19 (0.62%) Relational Database
15 15 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.45%) MongoDB
17 13 (0.42%) Delta Lake
18 12 (0.39%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 120 (3.89%) JIRA
2 68 (2.20%) Git
3 47 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.43%) Oracle Forms
4 44 (1.43%) TeamCity
5 33 (1.07%) Selenium
6 22 (0.71%) Postman
7 18 (0.58%) SoapUI
7 18 (0.58%) WebDriver
8 16 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.39%) GitLab
11 11 (0.36%) ERwin
12 9 (0.29%) ER Studio
12 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
12 9 (0.29%) Storybook
12 9 (0.29%) Subversion
13 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,032 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 515 (16.70%) Banking
3 511 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (9.66%) Retail
5 293 (9.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 246 (7.98%) Public Sector
7 228 (7.39%) Law
7 228 (7.39%) Marketing
8 217 (7.04%) Legal
9 193 (6.26%) Financial Institution
10 139 (4.51%) Back Office
11 119 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
12 98 (3.18%) Manufacturing
13 92 (2.98%) Telecoms
14 89 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
15 86 (2.79%) Front Office
16 82 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
17 45 (1.46%) Electronics
18 43 (1.39%) Billing
19 39 (1.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 559 (18.13%) Senior
2 384 (12.45%) Analyst
3 258 (8.37%) Lead
4 251 (8.14%) Developer
5 205 (6.65%) Software Engineer
6 162 (5.25%) Architect
7 158 (5.12%) Consultant
8 98 (3.18%) Business Analyst
9 97 (3.15%) Finance Manager
10 91 (2.95%) Project Manager
11 90 (2.92%) Senior Manager
12 86 (2.79%) Data Engineer
13 82 (2.66%) Accountant
14 75 (2.43%) Senior Software Engineer
15 74 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
16 73 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
17 67 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
18 63 (2.04%) C# Developer
19 62 (2.01%) IT Manager
20 58 (1.88%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (4.05%) .NET
2 115 (3.73%) React
3 103 (3.34%) REST
4 77 (2.50%) RESTful
5 70 (2.27%) Kafka
5 70 (2.27%) SOAP
6 69 (2.24%) Node.js
7 58 (1.88%) GraphQL
8 51 (1.65%) JSON
9 44 (1.43%) OAuth
10 43 (1.39%) Redux
11 39 (1.26%) Spring
12 35 (1.13%) Middleware
13 34 (1.10%) CSS
14 32 (1.04%) HTML
15 27 (0.88%) XML
16 26 (0.84%) AngularJS
17 24 (0.78%) .NET Core
18 23 (0.75%) jQuery
18 23 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 183 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 121 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 120 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 93 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 68 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 63 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
8 61 (1.98%) Fixed Income
9 60 (1.95%) Blog
10 58 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
11 57 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 47 (1.52%) Security Posture
13 45 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
14 42 (1.36%) Data Structures
14 42 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
15 40 (1.30%) Virtual Team
16 38 (1.23%) Low-Code
16 38 (1.23%) Public Cloud
17 31 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 30 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.86%) Windows
2 103 (3.34%) Linux
3 39 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 29 (0.94%) Unix
5 27 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.62%) Android
7 15 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.065%) CentOS
10 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 777 (25.19%) Agile
2 517 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 509 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
4 415 (13.46%) AI
5 391 (12.68%) DevOps
6 389 (12.61%) CI/CD
7 388 (12.58%) Analytics
8 373 (12.09%) Coaching
9 369 (11.96%) Decision-Making
9 369 (11.96%) Roadmaps
10 354 (11.48%) Mentoring
11 341 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 311 (10.08%) Software Engineering
13 283 (9.18%) ERP
14 278 (9.01%) Project Management
15 267 (8.66%) Risk Management
16 259 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
17 253 (8.20%) Asset Management
18 241 (7.81%) Test Automation
19 217 (7.04%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 511 (16.57%) SQL
2 345 (11.19%) Python
3 314 (10.18%) Java
4 180 (5.84%) C#
5 113 (3.66%) JavaScript
6 111 (3.60%) TypeScript
7 86 (2.79%) Go
8 85 (2.76%) PowerShell
9 68 (2.20%) C++
10 63 (2.04%) PHP
11 44 (1.43%) PL/SQL
12 32 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 26 (0.84%) C
14 25 (0.81%) Apex Code
15 23 (0.75%) Bicep
16 21 (0.68%) Shell Script
17 20 (0.65%) Bash
18 15 (0.49%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.49%) Rust
19 13 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 383 (12.42%) Degree
2 236 (7.65%) ACCA
3 195 (6.32%) CIMA
4 176 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 150 (4.86%) CISSP
6 103 (3.34%) SC Cleared
7 94 (3.05%) CISA
8 71 (2.30%) CISM
9 69 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 65 (2.11%) CRISC
11 56 (1.82%) DV Cleared
12 47 (1.52%) PMI Certification
13 44 (1.43%) DBS Check
14 39 (1.26%) Azure Certification
15 35 (1.13%) AAT
16 34 (1.10%) SANS
17 26 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
18 24 (0.78%) CGEIT
18 24 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (4.44%) NIST
2 118 (3.83%) Data Quality
2 118 (3.83%) QA
3 111 (3.60%) GDPR
4 109 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 70 (2.27%) GRC
7 64 (2.08%) IFRS
8 57 (1.85%) Accessibility
9 44 (1.43%) PMO
10 36 (1.17%) GAAP
11 35 (1.13%) SLA
12 29 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 29 (0.94%) COBIT
12 29 (0.94%) SOC 2
13 18 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.55%) P3O
15 11 (0.36%) SEPA
16 10 (0.32%) EMIR
16 10 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 91 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.40%) Docker
3 38 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (0.68%) Firmware
6 15 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.42%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
11 1 (0.032%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 211 (6.84%) Terraform
2 135 (4.38%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.82%) Grafana
4 40 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.17%) Ansible
6 34 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.39%) Argo
7 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.26%) Istio
9 6 (0.19%) SCCM
10 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.16%) Endace
10 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.13%) Cilium
11 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.13%) QRadar
12 3 (0.097%) Puppet
13 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 491 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 178 (5.77%) Oracle
3 127 (4.12%) SAP
4 103 (3.34%) Databricks
5 86 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 65 (2.11%) Google
7 53 (1.72%) Sage
8 48 (1.56%) Cisco
9 44 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 43 (1.39%) VMware
11 26 (0.84%) IBM
11 26 (0.84%) Workday
12 23 (0.75%) Okta
13 21 (0.68%) Adobe
13 21 (0.68%) HubSpot
14 16 (0.52%) CheckPoint
15 15 (0.49%) Ab Initio
15 15 (0.49%) Red Hat
16 14 (0.45%) Atlassian
16 14 (0.45%) Fortinet