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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,329 3,509 7,065
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.34% 25.98% 21.78%
As % of the General category 32.84% 36.02% 35.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,163 2,604 4,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,077 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -8.09%

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 10,137 9,741 20,090
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.84% 72.13% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,720 6,502 15,087
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 28 April 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 81 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.20%) Confluence
3 31 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.42%) SAS
5 11 (0.33%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
6 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.21%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.15%) IIS
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.060%) nginx
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.030%) Camunda
12 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.030%) WordPress
Applications
1 223 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
6 9 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.030%) SPSS
10 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (2.01%) Oracle Financials
2 58 (1.74%) NetSuite
3 52 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
4 48 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 38 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 34 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
8 30 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
10 27 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.42%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
15 11 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
15 11 (0.33%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.30%) SAP CO
16 10 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 758 (22.77%) Azure
2 449 (13.49%) AWS
3 302 (9.07%) SaaS
4 244 (7.33%) Power Platform
5 180 (5.41%) GCP
6 156 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
7 141 (4.24%) GitHub
8 126 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 116 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 114 (3.42%) Snowflake
11 105 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
12 104 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
13 77 (2.31%) Entra ID
14 68 (2.04%) Azure Machine Learning
14 68 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
15 61 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
16 59 (1.77%) Azure AI
17 48 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
18 45 (1.35%) dbt
19 39 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.74%) Firewall
2 51 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.38%) VPN
4 44 (1.32%) WAN
5 40 (1.20%) DNS
6 38 (1.14%) DHCP
7 35 (1.05%) HTTP
8 28 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 27 (0.81%) CHAP
10 24 (0.72%) Network Security
11 19 (0.57%) BGP
12 17 (0.51%) Wireless
13 16 (0.48%) Broadband
13 16 (0.48%) LAN
13 16 (0.48%) MPLS
14 14 (0.42%) VLAN
15 13 (0.39%) Internet
16 11 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
17 9 (0.27%) SSL
17 9 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (5.62%) Power BI
2 183 (5.50%) SQL Server
3 74 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (2.16%) Tableau
5 60 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 51 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
9 31 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (0.87%) Big Data
11 24 (0.72%) Metadata
12 22 (0.66%) MySQL
13 21 (0.63%) Relational Database
14 18 (0.54%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.51%) DB2
16 15 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 14 (0.42%) Delta Lake
17 14 (0.42%) SAP BW
18 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
18 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 122 (3.66%) JIRA
2 69 (2.07%) Git
3 37 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
4 36 (1.08%) TeamCity
5 34 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 29 (0.87%) Selenium
7 20 (0.60%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.33%) GitLab
13 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Storybook
13 8 (0.24%) Subversion
14 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
15 4 (0.12%) ERwin
15 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,083 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 592 (17.78%) Banking
3 504 (15.14%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 297 (8.92%) Retail
6 258 (7.75%) Legal
7 248 (7.45%) Public Sector
8 241 (7.24%) Law
9 237 (7.12%) Marketing
10 172 (5.17%) Financial Institution
11 126 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
12 121 (3.63%) Back Office
13 107 (3.21%) Manufacturing
14 102 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
15 96 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
16 85 (2.55%) Front Office
17 75 (2.25%) Telecoms
18 45 (1.35%) Billing
19 38 (1.14%) Advertising
20 37 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 589 (17.69%) Senior
2 410 (12.32%) Analyst
3 269 (8.08%) Developer
4 264 (7.93%) Lead
5 217 (6.52%) Software Engineer
6 175 (5.26%) Architect
7 174 (5.23%) Consultant
8 124 (3.72%) Finance Manager
9 108 (3.24%) Business Analyst
10 107 (3.21%) Senior Manager
11 102 (3.06%) Accountant
12 92 (2.76%) Project Manager
13 90 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
14 84 (2.52%) Data Engineer
15 83 (2.49%) C# Developer
16 78 (2.34%) Financial Analyst
17 77 (2.31%) Software Developer
18 76 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
19 73 (2.19%) Graduate
20 71 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (3.66%) .NET
2 121 (3.63%) React
3 116 (3.48%) REST
4 67 (2.01%) Kafka
4 67 (2.01%) Node.js
5 61 (1.83%) SOAP
6 56 (1.68%) RESTful
7 54 (1.62%) GraphQL
8 49 (1.47%) JSON
9 45 (1.35%) CSS
10 43 (1.29%) Redux
11 40 (1.20%) OAuth
11 40 (1.20%) Spring
12 33 (0.99%) HTML
13 32 (0.96%) Middleware
14 30 (0.90%) jQuery
14 30 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
14 30 (0.90%) XML
15 25 (0.75%) AngularJS
16 21 (0.63%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 212 (6.37%) Cloud Native
2 208 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 130 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 128 (3.84%) Onboarding
5 95 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
6 75 (2.25%) Virtual Team
7 71 (2.13%) Data Centre
8 63 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 62 (1.86%) Fixed Income
10 60 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 59 (1.77%) Data Structures
12 57 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 53 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
14 51 (1.53%) Blog
15 43 (1.29%) Security Posture
16 40 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
17 38 (1.14%) Low-Code
18 35 (1.05%) Driving Licence
19 31 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
20 29 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (3.48%) Windows
2 94 (2.82%) Linux
3 43 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 28 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 27 (0.81%) Unix
6 20 (0.60%) Android
7 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.060%) CentOS
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.030%) AIX
12 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.030%) VMS
12 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (24.63%) Agile
2 525 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 522 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
4 463 (13.91%) Roadmaps
5 441 (13.25%) AI
6 399 (11.99%) Decision-Making
7 383 (11.50%) Analytics
8 381 (11.44%) DevOps
9 368 (11.05%) CI/CD
10 355 (10.66%) Mentoring
11 354 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 347 (10.42%) ERP
13 338 (10.15%) Software Engineering
14 331 (9.94%) Coaching
15 287 (8.62%) Risk Management
16 286 (8.59%) Project Management
17 247 (7.42%) Business Intelligence
18 232 (6.97%) Test Automation
19 215 (6.46%) Process Improvement
20 211 (6.34%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 562 (16.88%) SQL
2 346 (10.39%) Python
3 326 (9.79%) Java
4 202 (6.07%) C#
5 123 (3.69%) TypeScript
6 112 (3.36%) JavaScript
7 84 (2.52%) Go
8 83 (2.49%) C++
8 83 (2.49%) PowerShell
9 71 (2.13%) PHP
10 38 (1.14%) PL/SQL
11 30 (0.90%) C
12 29 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 23 (0.69%) Apex Code
13 23 (0.69%) Bicep
14 19 (0.57%) Rust
15 18 (0.54%) Shell Script
16 17 (0.51%) T-SQL
17 15 (0.45%) Bash
18 14 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 380 (11.41%) Degree
2 271 (8.14%) ACCA
3 225 (6.76%) CIMA
4 192 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 154 (4.63%) CISSP
6 110 (3.30%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.97%) CISA
8 78 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 72 (2.16%) CISM
10 66 (1.98%) CRISC
11 55 (1.65%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.47%) PMI Certification
13 39 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 39 (1.17%) SANS
14 38 (1.14%) DBS Check
15 31 (0.93%) Azure Certification
16 28 (0.84%) PMP
17 27 (0.81%) AAT
17 27 (0.81%) CGEIT
17 27 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (3.88%) NIST
2 127 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 123 (3.69%) QA
4 116 (3.48%) GDPR
5 92 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 74 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.10%) IFRS
8 62 (1.86%) GRC
9 58 (1.74%) Accessibility
10 49 (1.47%) PMO
11 40 (1.20%) GAAP
12 34 (1.02%) SLA
13 33 (0.99%) COBIT
14 27 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.69%) SOC 2
16 18 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.45%) MiFID
17 15 (0.45%) P3O
18 13 (0.39%) EMIR
19 12 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 102 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.22%) Docker
3 71 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
4 48 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.45%) Firmware
6 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 190 (5.71%) Terraform
2 136 (4.09%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.47%) Grafana
4 40 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (0.93%) Ansible
6 29 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.33%) Argo
7 11 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.15%) Endace
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.090%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.090%) Puppet
12 3 (0.090%) QRadar
13 2 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 536 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 223 (6.70%) Oracle
3 141 (4.24%) SAP
4 136 (4.09%) Databricks
5 86 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.86%) Google
7 61 (1.83%) Sage
8 51 (1.53%) VMware
9 44 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 36 (1.08%) Cisco
11 30 (0.90%) Workday
12 27 (0.81%) Xero
13 25 (0.75%) Okta
14 21 (0.63%) Adobe
14 21 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.63%) IBM
15 17 (0.51%) Red Hat
16 16 (0.48%) Aderant
16 16 (0.48%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.39%) Ab Initio