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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,634 4,056 7,067
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.78% 25.96% 21.04%
As % of the General category 30.35% 35.01% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 2,463 4,837
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,018 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.20% +10.43% -7.41%

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 11,974 11,585 20,494
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.60% 74.14% 61.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,859 6,406 14,974
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,154 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,212
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 27 June 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
1 105 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.05%) Confluence
3 32 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.39%) SAS
5 11 (0.30%) CMS
6 6 (0.17%) IIS
7 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.14%) JBoss
8 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.083%) Apache
9 3 (0.083%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.083%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.028%) nginx
11 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.028%) WordPress
Applications
1 212 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
7 7 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.11%) Sketch
9 3 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.083%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.083%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.083%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.083%) Productboard
10 2 (0.055%) SPSS
11 1 (0.028%) Notion
11 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 58 (1.60%) Oracle Financials
2 57 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 32 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 28 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 26 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
5 26 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
7 24 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
8 21 (0.58%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
10 18 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
11 14 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
11 14 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
12 12 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 10 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
14 9 (0.25%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 735 (20.23%) Azure
2 528 (14.53%) AWS
3 333 (9.16%) SaaS
4 250 (6.88%) Power Platform
5 191 (5.26%) GCP
6 134 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
7 109 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
8 107 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
9 75 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 74 (2.04%) Snowflake
11 72 (1.98%) Entra ID
12 64 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (1.73%) Azure AI
13 63 (1.73%) Azure Machine Learning
14 43 (1.18%) PaaS
15 42 (1.16%) PowerApps
16 41 (1.13%) GitHub
17 39 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
18 35 (0.96%) Serverless
19 34 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.84%) Firewall
2 45 (1.24%) TCP/IP
3 38 (1.05%) HTTP
3 38 (1.05%) VPN
4 37 (1.02%) Network Security
5 34 (0.94%) DNS
5 34 (0.94%) WAN
6 32 (0.88%) DHCP
7 21 (0.58%) Broadband
7 21 (0.58%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.52%) BGP
8 19 (0.52%) MPLS
9 18 (0.50%) LAN
10 17 (0.47%) CHAP
10 17 (0.47%) VLAN
11 16 (0.44%) Wireless
12 13 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 12 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (4.68%) Power BI
2 165 (4.54%) SQL Server
3 61 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (1.54%) Tableau
5 45 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (1.13%) MongoDB
8 40 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 27 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (0.72%) Big Data
10 26 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 24 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (0.61%) MySQL
14 20 (0.55%) Metadata
15 18 (0.50%) Db2
16 15 (0.41%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.41%) SAP BW
17 12 (0.33%) Looker
17 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 97 (2.67%) JIRA
2 62 (1.71%) Git
3 46 (1.27%) TeamCity
4 20 (0.55%) Selenium
5 17 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.41%) JUnit
7 11 (0.30%) Maven
8 10 (0.28%) Mockito
9 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.22%) Postman
9 8 (0.22%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.17%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.14%) GitLab
11 5 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.083%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.083%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.083%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,174 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 650 (17.89%) Banking
3 482 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 402 (11.06%) Legal
5 334 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 320 (8.81%) Retail
7 265 (7.29%) Law
8 215 (5.92%) Marketing
9 203 (5.59%) Public Sector
10 190 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
11 166 (4.57%) Financial Institution
12 131 (3.60%) Back Office
13 129 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
14 110 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
14 110 (3.03%) Manufacturing
15 66 (1.82%) Front Office
16 64 (1.76%) Telecoms
17 53 (1.46%) Billing
18 49 (1.35%) Investment Banking
19 44 (1.21%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 546 (15.02%) Senior
2 377 (10.37%) Analyst
3 341 (9.38%) Lead
4 330 (9.08%) Developer
5 255 (7.02%) Software Engineer
6 224 (6.16%) Architect
7 186 (5.12%) Consultant
8 150 (4.13%) Finance Manager
9 149 (4.10%) Senior Manager
10 114 (3.14%) Accountant
11 104 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
12 91 (2.50%) Business Analyst
13 89 (2.45%) Engineering Manager
13 89 (2.45%) Project Manager
14 86 (2.37%) IT Manager
15 78 (2.15%) Graduate
16 77 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
17 71 (1.95%) Support Analyst
18 69 (1.90%) Lead Software Engineer
18 69 (1.90%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (4.05%) .NET
2 145 (3.99%) React
3 110 (3.03%) REST
4 88 (2.42%) Node.js
5 58 (1.60%) CSS
6 54 (1.49%) Spring
7 53 (1.46%) Kafka
8 49 (1.35%) .NET Core
9 42 (1.16%) Redux
10 40 (1.10%) GraphQL
11 39 (1.07%) ASP.NET
12 38 (1.05%) ASP.NET Core
12 38 (1.05%) jQuery
13 36 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
14 34 (0.94%) .NET Framework
15 33 (0.91%) HTML
16 32 (0.88%) AngularJS
16 32 (0.88%) PyTorch
16 32 (0.88%) TensorFlow
17 29 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 246 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 216 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 156 (4.29%) Virtual Team
4 143 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 141 (3.88%) Web Conferencing
6 139 (3.82%) Management Information System
7 133 (3.66%) Podcast
8 81 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 78 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
10 74 (2.04%) Data Centre
11 65 (1.79%) Data Structures
12 60 (1.65%) Fixed Income
13 54 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 44 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 42 (1.16%) Driving Licence
16 42 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
17 41 (1.13%) Blog
18 37 (1.02%) Credit Risk
19 33 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 115 (3.16%) Windows
2 102 (2.81%) Linux
3 33 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.50%) Unix
5 15 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.25%) Android
6 9 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.028%) AIX
9 1 (0.028%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.028%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.028%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (21.52%) Agile
2 559 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 551 (15.16%) Roadmaps
4 532 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
5 449 (12.36%) AI
6 421 (11.59%) Decision-Making
7 413 (11.36%) Software Engineering
8 406 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 379 (10.43%) Mentoring
10 362 (9.96%) ERP
11 357 (9.82%) Analytics
12 325 (8.94%) CI/CD
13 317 (8.72%) DevOps
14 303 (8.34%) Project Management
15 264 (7.26%) Risk Management
16 260 (7.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 237 (6.52%) Coaching
18 220 (6.05%) Fintech
19 216 (5.94%) Customer Service
20 213 (5.86%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 543 (14.94%) SQL
2 362 (9.96%) Python
3 314 (8.64%) Java
4 237 (6.52%) C#
5 157 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 135 (3.71%) TypeScript
7 87 (2.39%) C++
8 69 (1.90%) PHP
9 67 (1.84%) PowerShell
10 66 (1.82%) Go
11 27 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.72%) Bicep
12 26 (0.72%) C
13 19 (0.52%) R
14 17 (0.47%) Bash
14 17 (0.47%) Rust
15 15 (0.41%) VBA
16 12 (0.33%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.33%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 365 (10.04%) Degree
2 253 (6.96%) ACCA
3 211 (5.81%) CIMA
4 204 (5.61%) Security Cleared
5 123 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 115 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 106 (2.92%) CISSP
8 81 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (1.84%) CISM
10 53 (1.46%) PMI Certification
11 51 (1.40%) CISA
12 44 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 39 (1.07%) PMP
15 31 (0.85%) CRISC
15 31 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (0.83%) DBS Check
16 30 (0.83%) SANS
17 29 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (0.74%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (4.54%) QA
2 132 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 130 (3.58%) GDPR
4 105 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 87 (2.39%) NIST
6 71 (1.95%) IFRS
7 64 (1.76%) PMO
8 49 (1.35%) SLA
9 46 (1.27%) GRC
10 44 (1.21%) Accessibility
11 42 (1.16%) GAAP
12 38 (1.05%) PCI DSS
13 36 (0.99%) COBIT
14 26 (0.72%) SOC 2
15 21 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
16 18 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.41%) MiFID
19 14 (0.39%) COREP
19 14 (0.39%) FINREP
System Software
1 90 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.12%) Docker
3 64 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.17%) Firmware
7 6 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.14%) vSphere
9 3 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.028%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.028%) Squid
10 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 151 (4.16%) Terraform
2 147 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 54 (1.49%) Grafana
4 45 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.83%) Ansible
6 8 (0.22%) Istio
7 7 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.14%) Endace
9 5 (0.14%) QRadar
9 5 (0.14%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.083%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.083%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.055%) Argo
12 2 (0.055%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 590 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 226 (6.22%) Oracle
3 131 (3.60%) SAP
4 112 (3.08%) Databricks
5 87 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 70 (1.93%) Sage
7 55 (1.51%) ServiceNow
8 51 (1.40%) Google
9 43 (1.18%) Cisco
10 37 (1.02%) Xero
11 36 (0.99%) VMware
12 30 (0.83%) Workday
13 27 (0.74%) Adobe
14 24 (0.66%) Aderant
15 21 (0.58%) HubSpot
16 20 (0.55%) IBM
17 19 (0.52%) Splunk
18 18 (0.50%) OpenAI
19 15 (0.41%) iManage
19 15 (0.41%) Okta