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 3 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,693 2,185 2,439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 21.43% 22.89% 25.37%
As % of the General category 32.80% 33.24% 39.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 1,233 1,841
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,690 £42,439
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +2.73% +4.56%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £69,447
% change year-on-year -13.79% +4.40% -0.22%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,162 6,574 6,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.33% 68.87% 64.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,162 3,175 4,712
10th Percentile £27,711 £37,403 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +0.81% -0.80%
75th Percentile £77,446 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -16.67% +0.75% -4.71%

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 3 months to 19 November 2025.

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
1 122 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
2 96 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 69 (2.03%) Apache
4 56 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 52 (1.53%) Confluence
6 12 (0.35%) CMS
6 12 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 11 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.32%) SAS
8 10 (0.29%) IIS
9 9 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.24%) Appian
11 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
11 7 (0.21%) JBoss
11 7 (0.21%) WordPress
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 6 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (0.15%) HCL Notes
14 3 (0.088%) HCL Domino
14 3 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 366 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 168 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
8 6 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.18%) Civil 3D
9 5 (0.15%) Trello
10 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.088%) Sketch
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.059%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.059%) Elementor
13 1 (0.029%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 61 (1.80%) Unit4 Business World
2 54 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 43 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 41 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
6 36 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 31 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
9 30 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
10 23 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
11 21 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
11 21 (0.62%) SAP FI
12 20 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
13 17 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
13 17 (0.50%) SAP CO
13 17 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
14 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
15 14 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
16 13 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
17 12 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 689 (20.32%) Azure
2 472 (13.92%) AWS
3 386 (11.38%) Power Platform
4 254 (7.49%) SaaS
5 202 (5.96%) GCP
6 185 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
7 170 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
8 152 (4.48%) dbt
9 149 (4.39%) GitHub
10 142 (4.19%) Snowflake
11 100 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (2.62%) Entra ID
13 77 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 57 (1.68%) Power Automate
15 50 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
15 50 (1.47%) PowerApps
16 47 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
16 47 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
16 47 (1.39%) OCI
17 42 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.30%) Firewall
2 61 (1.80%) Wireless
3 59 (1.74%) LAN
3 59 (1.74%) WAN
4 47 (1.39%) VPN
5 44 (1.30%) Network Security
6 40 (1.18%) SD-WAN
7 39 (1.15%) Wireshark
8 35 (1.03%) TCP/IP
9 23 (0.68%) Software-Defined Radio
10 19 (0.56%) Internet
11 17 (0.50%) DNS
12 15 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (0.38%) DHCP
14 11 (0.32%) VLAN
15 10 (0.29%) BGP
16 9 (0.27%) Junos
16 9 (0.27%) SSL
16 9 (0.27%) WLAN
17 8 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (8.52%) Power BI
2 158 (4.66%) SQL Server
3 119 (3.51%) Apache Iceberg
4 116 (3.42%) Amazon Athena
4 116 (3.42%) Apache Arrow
4 116 (3.42%) Dremio
5 108 (3.18%) Data Lake
6 107 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
7 93 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
8 84 (2.48%) Tableau
9 64 (1.89%) Apache Ignite
10 56 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 48 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 47 (1.39%) MySQL
13 35 (1.03%) MongoDB
13 35 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 31 (0.91%) Metadata
15 26 (0.77%) Big Data
16 23 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
17 22 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 139 (4.10%) JIRA
2 70 (2.06%) Git
3 52 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 47 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.80%) Selenium
6 23 (0.68%) Postman
7 20 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (0.56%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.56%) TeamCity
9 16 (0.47%) GitLab
9 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
10 15 (0.44%) ER Studio
11 14 (0.41%) ERwin
12 13 (0.38%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.24%) webpack
14 6 (0.18%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.18%) Storybook
15 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 1,193 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 565 (16.66%) Analytical Skills
3 419 (12.36%) Banking
4 297 (8.76%) Marketing
5 202 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (5.96%) Retail
6 200 (5.90%) Public Sector
7 192 (5.66%) Front Office
8 191 (5.63%) Legal
9 137 (4.04%) Manufacturing
10 134 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
11 131 (3.86%) Financial Institution
12 127 (3.75%) Telecoms
13 113 (3.33%) Law
14 112 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
15 94 (2.77%) Investment Banking
16 89 (2.62%) Back Office
17 82 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
18 71 (2.09%) Electronics
19 48 (1.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 521 (15.36%) Senior
2 487 (14.36%) Analyst
3 383 (11.29%) Developer
4 248 (7.31%) Software Engineer
5 237 (6.99%) Lead
6 211 (6.22%) Consultant
7 148 (4.36%) Architect
8 131 (3.86%) Financial Analyst
9 126 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
9 126 (3.72%) Python Engineer
10 116 (3.42%) AWS Software Engineer
11 114 (3.36%) Python Software Engineer
12 109 (3.21%) Business Analyst
13 104 (3.07%) Java Engineer
14 98 (2.89%) Accountant
15 94 (2.77%) Java Software Engineer
16 90 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
17 87 (2.57%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 84 (2.48%) Project Manager
19 82 (2.42%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (4.92%) .NET
2 162 (4.78%) React
3 134 (3.95%) Pandas
4 122 (3.60%) NumPy
5 116 (3.42%) SciPy
6 114 (3.36%) Node.js
7 106 (3.13%) AngularJS
8 85 (2.51%) REST
9 84 (2.48%) RESTful
10 77 (2.27%) CSS
11 76 (2.24%) Vue
12 70 (2.06%) SOAP
13 65 (1.92%) gRPC
14 62 (1.83%) Protocol Buffers
15 61 (1.80%) HTML
16 52 (1.53%) Kafka
17 48 (1.42%) Spring
18 45 (1.33%) ASP.NET
18 45 (1.33%) GraphQL
19 41 (1.21%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 168 (4.95%) Fixed Income
2 161 (4.75%) Management Information System
3 157 (4.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 149 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
5 145 (4.28%) e-Learning
6 138 (4.07%) Equities
7 136 (4.01%) Product Ownership
8 116 (3.42%) Cloud Native
9 110 (3.24%) Onboarding
10 86 (2.54%) Hedge funds
11 85 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 84 (2.48%) Derivative
13 68 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
14 63 (1.86%) Pricing Data
15 62 (1.83%) Data Centre
15 62 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
16 42 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 39 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
18 38 (1.12%) Social Media
19 37 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 173 (5.10%) Linux
2 116 (3.42%) Windows
3 48 (1.42%) Unix
4 37 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
6 21 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.32%) Android
8 11 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.27%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.15%) VMS
11 3 (0.088%) CentOS
12 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.029%) AIX
13 1 (0.029%) MVS
13 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.029%) Solaris
13 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 956 (28.19%) Agile
2 605 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
3 548 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 437 (12.89%) Asset Management
5 422 (12.44%) AI
6 399 (11.77%) Analytics
7 390 (11.50%) Decision-Making
8 385 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
9 384 (11.32%) Software Engineering
10 368 (10.85%) DevOps
11 357 (10.53%) Roadmaps
12 356 (10.50%) ERP
13 354 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 330 (9.73%) Mentoring
15 326 (9.61%) Coaching
16 323 (9.53%) Project Management
17 306 (9.02%) Risk Management
18 296 (8.73%) CI/CD
19 235 (6.93%) Fintech
20 209 (6.16%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 561 (16.54%) SQL
2 478 (14.10%) Python
3 332 (9.79%) Java
4 270 (7.96%) JavaScript
5 235 (6.93%) TypeScript
6 158 (4.66%) C#
7 101 (2.98%) PowerShell
8 91 (2.68%) C++
9 63 (1.86%) PHP
10 51 (1.50%) Go
11 49 (1.45%) Bash
11 49 (1.45%) C
12 46 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 40 (1.18%) PL/SQL
14 27 (0.80%) T-SQL
15 26 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 19 (0.56%) Bicep
17 18 (0.53%) R
18 17 (0.50%) Scala
18 17 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 442 (13.03%) Degree
2 263 (7.76%) ACCA
3 257 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 208 (6.13%) CIMA
4 208 (6.13%) SC Cleared
5 104 (3.07%) CISSP
6 92 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 83 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 66 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
9 59 (1.74%) CCNP
10 56 (1.65%) DBS Check
11 50 (1.47%) CISA
12 49 (1.45%) CISM
13 47 (1.39%) AAT
14 43 (1.27%) CRISC
14 43 (1.27%) Master's Degree
15 38 (1.12%) PMI Certification
16 37 (1.09%) Azure Certification
16 37 (1.09%) CCNA
16 37 (1.09%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (4.22%) NIST
2 134 (3.95%) QA
3 115 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 108 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 106 (3.13%) GDPR
6 101 (2.98%) Accessibility
7 76 (2.24%) PCI DSS
8 70 (2.06%) PMO
9 47 (1.39%) IFRS
10 45 (1.33%) GRC
11 40 (1.18%) GAAP
12 38 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 28 (0.83%) SLA
14 22 (0.65%) COBIT
15 20 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.56%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.35%) SEPA
18 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
19 9 (0.27%) ISO 9001
20 8 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 90 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 52 (1.53%) Docker
3 36 (1.06%) Firmware
3 36 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.18%) NFS
8 6 (0.18%) vSphere
9 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.029%) vCloud
9 1 (0.029%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 159 (4.69%) Terraform
2 83 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.62%) Ansible
4 52 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (0.88%) Grafana
7 14 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.38%) SCCM
9 12 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 5 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.12%) Argo
13 4 (0.12%) Cilium
14 3 (0.088%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.088%) Control-M
14 3 (0.088%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.088%) QRadar
15 2 (0.059%) Puppet
15 2 (0.059%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 598 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.31%) SAP
3 163 (4.81%) Oracle
4 123 (3.63%) Cisco
5 77 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 70 (2.06%) Databricks
7 63 (1.86%) Google
8 59 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 52 (1.53%) VMware
10 48 (1.42%) Red Hat
10 48 (1.42%) Sage
11 47 (1.39%) Workday
12 45 (1.33%) Blue Prism
13 35 (1.03%) Xero
14 32 (0.94%) Sparx
15 30 (0.88%) Palo Alto
15 30 (0.88%) SolarWinds
16 29 (0.86%) CheckPoint
16 29 (0.86%) Meraki
17 25 (0.74%) IBM