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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,153 4,100 5,406
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.28% 24.69% 21.78%
As % of the General category 30.42% 34.27% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 2,408 3,436
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,436 £98,474 £102,738
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -0.66%

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 13,654 11,963 15,210
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.12% 72.03% 61.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,633 6,606 10,206
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14 August 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
1 107 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 55 (1.32%) Confluence
3 29 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.41%) Apache
5 16 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) CMS
9 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.096%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) JBoss
13 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 259 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) Simulink
5 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
8 6 (0.14%) Trello
9 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.096%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.096%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.096%) Sketch
11 3 (0.072%) Productboard
12 2 (0.048%) InDesign
12 2 (0.048%) SPSS
13 1 (0.024%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.024%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.024%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 67 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 51 (1.23%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
7 21 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.46%) Elite 3E
10 17 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
11 16 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
12 15 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
12 15 (0.36%) Primavera
13 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (0.34%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.29%) SAP ERP
16 10 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
16 10 (0.24%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 880 (21.19%) Azure
2 598 (14.40%) AWS
3 336 (8.09%) SaaS
4 308 (7.42%) Power Platform
5 210 (5.06%) GCP
6 159 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
7 144 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 108 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
9 107 (2.58%) Snowflake
10 79 (1.90%) PaaS
11 78 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
12 71 (1.71%) Entra ID
13 69 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 65 (1.57%) GitHub
16 57 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
16 57 (1.37%) PowerApps
17 54 (1.30%) Serverless
18 51 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
19 45 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.93%) LAN
1 80 (1.93%) WAN
2 63 (1.52%) Firewall
3 42 (1.01%) Network Security
3 42 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 39 (0.94%) HTTP
5 38 (0.92%) DNS
6 30 (0.72%) VPN
7 29 (0.70%) DHCP
8 21 (0.51%) Broadband
9 16 (0.39%) Wireless
10 15 (0.36%) MPLS
10 15 (0.36%) VLAN
11 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.26%) BGP
12 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
12 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.24%) Internet
13 10 (0.24%) NGFW
14 8 (0.19%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (4.70%) Power BI
2 179 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 70 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 58 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.35%) Tableau
7 43 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 40 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (0.87%) Metadata
11 32 (0.77%) Relational Database
12 28 (0.67%) Big Data
13 25 (0.60%) MySQL
14 22 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.51%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.46%) Power Query
17 18 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 16 (0.39%) Looker
18 16 (0.39%) Oracle Database
18 16 (0.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 139 (3.35%) JIRA
2 85 (2.05%) Git
3 39 (0.94%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.60%) JUnit
5 24 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 22 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.46%) Claude Code
7 19 (0.46%) Maven
8 17 (0.41%) Mockito
9 16 (0.39%) Selenium
10 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.17%) GitLab
11 7 (0.17%) Postman
12 6 (0.14%) Gatling
12 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.096%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.096%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.096%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,350 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 651 (15.68%) Banking
3 558 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 449 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 429 (10.33%) Legal
6 306 (7.37%) Retail
7 283 (6.81%) Law
8 263 (6.33%) Marketing
9 243 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
10 210 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
11 206 (4.96%) Public Sector
12 150 (3.61%) Manufacturing
13 144 (3.47%) Aerospace
14 131 (3.15%) Financial Institution
15 111 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
16 109 (2.62%) Back Office
17 82 (1.97%) Billing
18 80 (1.93%) Telecoms
19 63 (1.52%) Front Office
20 54 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 581 (13.99%) Senior
2 456 (10.98%) Lead
3 419 (10.09%) Analyst
4 342 (8.24%) Developer
5 334 (8.04%) Architect
6 266 (6.41%) Software Engineer
7 216 (5.20%) Consultant
8 164 (3.95%) Finance Manager
9 149 (3.59%) Senior Manager
10 121 (2.91%) Accountant
11 117 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
12 108 (2.60%) Project Manager
13 107 (2.58%) IT Manager
14 101 (2.43%) Business Analyst
15 99 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
16 96 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
17 95 (2.29%) Engineering Manager
18 83 (2.00%) Graduate
19 77 (1.85%) Data Analyst
20 73 (1.76%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (3.85%) .NET
1 160 (3.85%) React
2 117 (2.82%) REST
3 90 (2.17%) Node.js
4 68 (1.64%) CSS
5 67 (1.61%) .NET Core
6 61 (1.47%) Spring
7 60 (1.44%) ASP.NET
8 54 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
9 50 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 44 (1.06%) AngularJS
11 42 (1.01%) LangChain
12 41 (0.99%) Kafka
13 39 (0.94%) jQuery
14 36 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
14 36 (0.87%) PyTorch
14 36 (0.87%) TensorFlow
15 35 (0.84%) HTML
15 35 (0.84%) LangGraph
16 32 (0.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 268 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 205 (4.94%) Cloud Native
3 173 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 162 (3.90%) Virtual Team
5 156 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.52%) Web Conferencing
7 138 (3.32%) Podcast
8 114 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 93 (2.24%) Blog
10 91 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 69 (1.66%) Data Centre
12 62 (1.49%) Data Structures
12 62 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 57 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
14 53 (1.28%) AI Agents
15 52 (1.25%) Fixed Income
16 51 (1.23%) Credit Risk
17 50 (1.20%) Driving Licence
18 44 (1.06%) Hedge funds
19 41 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 139 (3.35%) Windows
2 120 (2.89%) Linux
3 45 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.46%) Unix
5 17 (0.41%) Android
6 16 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.072%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (21.24%) Agile
2 711 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 693 (16.69%) Roadmaps
4 643 (15.48%) AI
5 635 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 528 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 516 (12.42%) Decision-Making
8 494 (11.90%) Software Engineering
9 428 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 424 (10.21%) Analytics
11 403 (9.70%) ERP
12 378 (9.10%) CI/CD
13 351 (8.45%) DevOps
14 335 (8.07%) Risk Management
15 319 (7.68%) Project Delivery
16 306 (7.37%) Project Management
17 304 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 295 (7.10%) Process Improvement
19 272 (6.55%) Machine Learning
20 259 (6.24%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 627 (15.10%) SQL
2 418 (10.07%) Python
3 295 (7.10%) Java
4 250 (6.02%) C#
5 168 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 143 (3.44%) TypeScript
7 113 (2.72%) C++
8 83 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.73%) PHP
10 42 (1.01%) Go
11 32 (0.77%) C
12 28 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 27 (0.65%) Bash
14 24 (0.58%) Bicep
14 24 (0.58%) R
15 22 (0.53%) MATLAB
16 19 (0.46%) VBA
17 17 (0.41%) Rust
18 14 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 412 (9.92%) Degree
2 354 (8.52%) Security Cleared
3 270 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 253 (6.09%) ACCA
5 248 (5.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 218 (5.25%) CIMA
7 134 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 88 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 75 (1.81%) CISSP
10 52 (1.25%) CISM
11 48 (1.16%) PMI Certification
12 47 (1.13%) PMP
13 44 (1.06%) Azure Certification
14 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (0.77%) CISA
16 29 (0.70%) CRISC
16 29 (0.70%) DBS Check
17 28 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.58%) ICAEW
19 23 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (4.21%) Accessibility
2 167 (4.02%) QA
3 163 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 144 (3.47%) GDPR
5 91 (2.19%) GRC
6 90 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 75 (1.81%) PMO
8 73 (1.76%) NIST
9 71 (1.71%) SLA
10 63 (1.52%) IFRS
11 48 (1.16%) GAAP
12 30 (0.72%) COBIT
12 30 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 23 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.41%) MiFID
16 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.36%) FINREP
17 14 (0.34%) COREP
17 14 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 108 (2.60%) Docker
2 100 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.18%) Firmware
5 41 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 4 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 167 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 162 (3.90%) Terraform
3 57 (1.37%) Grafana
4 45 (1.08%) Ansible
5 40 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) SCCM
8 6 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.096%) QRadar
10 4 (0.096%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.072%) Argo
11 3 (0.072%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.048%) CASB
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.048%) Salt
Vendors
1 726 (17.48%) Microsoft
2 223 (5.37%) Oracle
3 145 (3.49%) SAP
4 129 (3.11%) Databricks
5 88 (2.12%) Salesforce
6 65 (1.57%) Sage
7 64 (1.54%) Google
8 60 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.18%) Workday
10 46 (1.11%) VMware
11 43 (1.04%) Cisco
12 37 (0.89%) Xero
13 34 (0.82%) HubSpot
14 30 (0.72%) IBM
15 29 (0.70%) Aderant
16 25 (0.60%) BMC
17 23 (0.55%) Adobe
18 20 (0.48%) Remedy
18 20 (0.48%) Splunk
19 19 (0.46%) FIS