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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,649 3,927 5,143
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.63% 23.34% 22.92%
As % of the General category 30.35% 33.06% 36.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,706 2,234 2,892
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,368 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -8.84% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £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 15,318 11,877 14,086
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 70.60% 62.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,287 6,217 7,891
10th Percentile £32,257 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,869 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 1 October 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
1 114 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.14%) Confluence
3 28 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 14 (0.30%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (0.19%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.13%) IIS
12 4 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.043%) Hedera
13 2 (0.043%) WordPress
14 1 (0.022%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
14 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.022%) Moodle
14 1 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 288 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 12 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.13%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.11%) InDesign
10 5 (0.11%) Notion
11 4 (0.086%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.086%) Sketch
12 3 (0.065%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.065%) Productboard
13 2 (0.043%) SPSS
13 2 (0.043%) Weka
Business Applications
1 58 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 37 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
3 36 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
4 35 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 33 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
6 30 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
7 25 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
9 19 (0.41%) Primavera
10 18 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 17 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
11 17 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
11 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
12 16 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 15 (0.32%) Elite 3E
13 15 (0.32%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
15 11 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 841 (18.09%) Azure
2 621 (13.36%) AWS
3 407 (8.75%) SaaS
4 358 (7.70%) Power Platform
5 241 (5.18%) GCP
6 162 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
7 160 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
8 115 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 100 (2.15%) Snowflake
10 87 (1.87%) PaaS
11 85 (1.83%) Entra ID
12 84 (1.81%) GitHub
13 80 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
14 79 (1.70%) PowerApps
15 74 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
16 62 (1.33%) Power Automate
17 60 (1.29%) Anthropic Claude
17 60 (1.29%) Serverless
18 47 (1.01%) Amazon Bedrock
19 40 (0.86%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 78 (1.68%) LAN
1 78 (1.68%) WAN
2 61 (1.31%) Firewall
3 44 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 39 (0.84%) Network Security
5 35 (0.75%) DNS
5 35 (0.75%) HTTP
5 35 (0.75%) VPN
6 25 (0.54%) 5G
6 25 (0.54%) Broadband
6 25 (0.54%) DHCP
7 19 (0.41%) VLAN
8 18 (0.39%) Internet
9 16 (0.34%) Wireless
10 13 (0.28%) BGP
10 13 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
12 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.24%) MPLS
13 9 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (5.23%) Power BI
2 128 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 71 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.40%) MongoDB
5 64 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.23%) Tableau
7 54 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 44 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (0.92%) Metadata
10 39 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
10 39 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 28 (0.60%) Big Data
12 22 (0.47%) MySQL
12 22 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
13 21 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 21 (0.45%) Power Query
14 20 (0.43%) NoSQL
15 18 (0.39%) DynamoDB
15 18 (0.39%) Looker
15 18 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 132 (2.84%) JIRA
2 90 (1.94%) Git
3 69 (1.48%) TeamCity
4 44 (0.95%) Claude Code
5 34 (0.73%) JUnit
6 23 (0.49%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.49%) Maven
7 22 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (0.41%) Mockito
9 12 (0.26%) Selenium
10 9 (0.19%) GitLab
11 8 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.15%) Postman
12 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.13%) Gatling
13 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.086%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.086%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,650 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 758 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
3 736 (15.83%) Banking
4 598 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 497 (10.69%) Legal
6 404 (8.69%) Retail
7 389 (8.37%) Law
8 337 (7.25%) Marketing
9 326 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
10 271 (5.83%) Public Sector
11 254 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
12 184 (3.96%) Manufacturing
13 174 (3.74%) Financial Institution
14 160 (3.44%) Back Office
14 160 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
15 158 (3.40%) Aerospace
16 109 (2.34%) Telecoms
17 93 (2.00%) Billing
18 69 (1.48%) General Ledger
19 64 (1.38%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 646 (13.90%) Senior
2 514 (11.06%) Lead
3 449 (9.66%) Analyst
4 410 (8.82%) Architect
5 335 (7.21%) Developer
6 284 (6.11%) Software Engineer
7 234 (5.03%) Consultant
8 174 (3.74%) Senior Manager
9 157 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
10 150 (3.23%) Finance Manager
11 141 (3.03%) Accountant
12 117 (2.52%) IT Manager
13 107 (2.30%) Project Manager
14 105 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
15 104 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
16 96 (2.06%) Business Analyst
17 92 (1.98%) Data Analyst
18 89 (1.91%) Enterprise Architect
19 82 (1.76%) Business Manager
20 80 (1.72%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (4.09%) Terraform
2 161 (3.46%) .NET
3 140 (3.01%) React
4 108 (2.32%) REST
5 72 (1.55%) Spring
6 71 (1.53%) Node.js
7 62 (1.33%) .NET Core
8 61 (1.31%) LangChain
9 59 (1.27%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.16%) LangGraph
11 53 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
11 53 (1.14%) CSS
11 53 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
12 49 (1.05%) .NET Framework
13 47 (1.01%) XML
14 46 (0.99%) RESTful
15 41 (0.88%) AngularJS
15 41 (0.88%) PyTorch
15 41 (0.88%) TensorFlow
16 37 (0.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 307 (6.60%) Product Ownership
2 254 (5.46%) Management Information System
3 244 (5.25%) Cloud Native
4 222 (4.78%) Onboarding
5 180 (3.87%) Web Conferencing
6 175 (3.76%) Podcast
7 156 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
8 152 (3.27%) Virtual Team
9 100 (2.15%) Blog
10 89 (1.91%) AI Agents
11 79 (1.70%) Public Cloud
12 77 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 72 (1.55%) Hedge funds
13 72 (1.55%) Social Media
14 68 (1.46%) Credit Risk
15 65 (1.40%) Data Centre
16 57 (1.23%) Data Structures
17 48 (1.03%) Mobile App
18 45 (0.97%) Driving Licence
19 43 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 124 (2.67%) Windows
2 98 (2.11%) Linux
3 49 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 24 (0.52%) Android
5 21 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.22%) Unix
7 9 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.065%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.022%) AIX
10 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
2 799 (17.19%) AI
3 797 (17.14%) Agile
4 766 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
5 734 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 718 (15.44%) Roadmaps
7 713 (15.34%) Decision-Making
8 529 (11.38%) Software Engineering
9 498 (10.71%) Mentoring
10 469 (10.09%) Analytics
11 452 (9.72%) ERP
12 437 (9.40%) CI/CD
13 384 (8.26%) Risk Management
14 369 (7.94%) Process Improvement
15 363 (7.81%) Project Delivery
16 362 (7.79%) Coaching
17 361 (7.77%) DevOps
18 355 (7.64%) Customer Service
19 342 (7.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 321 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 656 (14.11%) SQL
2 440 (9.46%) Python
3 316 (6.80%) Java
4 238 (5.12%) C#
5 154 (3.31%) JavaScript
6 121 (2.60%) TypeScript
7 87 (1.87%) C++
8 83 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 45 (0.97%) PHP
10 37 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 37 (0.80%) R
11 30 (0.65%) Bash
12 28 (0.60%) Bicep
12 28 (0.60%) Go
13 24 (0.52%) C
14 23 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 22 (0.47%) MATLAB
16 17 (0.37%) VBA
17 15 (0.32%) Rust
17 15 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 420 (9.03%) Degree
2 394 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 301 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 273 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 251 (5.40%) ACCA
6 227 (4.88%) CIMA
7 129 (2.77%) DV Cleared
8 74 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 71 (1.53%) CISSP
10 66 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 55 (1.18%) Azure Certification
12 53 (1.14%) CISM
13 49 (1.05%) PMI Certification
14 42 (0.90%) PMP
15 41 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (0.71%) CISA
17 32 (0.69%) CRISC
18 29 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
19 26 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
20 25 (0.54%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (4.78%) Accessibility
2 197 (4.24%) Data Quality
3 170 (3.66%) QA
4 154 (3.31%) GDPR
5 100 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 92 (1.98%) GRC
7 80 (1.72%) PMO
7 80 (1.72%) SLA
8 65 (1.40%) NIST
9 53 (1.14%) IFRS
10 37 (0.80%) GAAP
10 37 (0.80%) PCI DSS
11 28 (0.60%) COBIT
12 27 (0.58%) SOC 2
13 21 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
14 19 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 17 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (0.34%) NCSC
17 14 (0.30%) Def Stans
18 12 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 109 (2.34%) Docker
2 97 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.08%) Firmware
4 34 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
9 7 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.13%) Squid
11 4 (0.086%) vSphere
12 3 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.022%) HDFS
13 1 (0.022%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 200 (4.30%) Kubernetes
2 102 (2.19%) Grafana
3 39 (0.84%) Ansible
4 31 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.086%) QRadar
8 4 (0.086%) SCCM
9 3 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.065%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.043%) CASB
10 2 (0.043%) Cilium
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.043%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.043%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.043%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.022%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 762 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 236 (5.08%) Oracle
3 149 (3.20%) SAP
4 110 (2.37%) Databricks
5 104 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 76 (1.63%) Google
7 74 (1.59%) Sage
8 66 (1.42%) Workday
9 62 (1.33%) ServiceNow
10 43 (0.92%) VMware
11 40 (0.86%) Xero
12 37 (0.80%) HubSpot
13 34 (0.73%) Cisco
14 30 (0.65%) YouTube
15 28 (0.60%) Aderant
15 28 (0.60%) Adobe
16 25 (0.54%) BMC
17 22 (0.47%) Dynatrace
17 22 (0.47%) Splunk
18 21 (0.45%) IBM