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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,170 4,103 5,423
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.35% 24.70% 21.79%
As % of the General category 30.52% 34.24% 35.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,421 3,441
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 £103,750
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% -0.04%

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 13,661 11,982 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.11% 72.12% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,647 6,626 10,239
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 13 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
1 108 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.29%) Confluence
3 30 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.41%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) 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
1 260 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.27%) 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%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.096%) Sketch
11 3 (0.072%) Chatbot
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 52 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 30 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 28 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
7 21 (0.50%) Elite 3E
7 21 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
9 17 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
11 15 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
11 15 (0.36%) Primavera
12 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (0.34%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.29%) SAP ERP
15 11 (0.26%) SAP FI
15 11 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 885 (21.22%) Azure
2 612 (14.68%) AWS
3 339 (8.13%) SaaS
4 309 (7.41%) Power Platform
5 217 (5.20%) GCP
6 161 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
7 143 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 106 (2.54%) Snowflake
10 79 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
10 79 (1.89%) PaaS
11 72 (1.73%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 66 (1.58%) Azure AI
14 65 (1.56%) GitHub
15 57 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
16 56 (1.34%) PowerApps
17 53 (1.27%) Serverless
18 52 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
19 44 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.92%) WAN
2 79 (1.89%) LAN
3 65 (1.56%) Firewall
4 43 (1.03%) Network Security
5 42 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 40 (0.96%) HTTP
7 39 (0.94%) DNS
8 31 (0.74%) VPN
9 30 (0.72%) DHCP
10 21 (0.50%) Broadband
11 17 (0.41%) Wireless
12 16 (0.38%) MPLS
13 15 (0.36%) VLAN
14 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (0.29%) BGP
16 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.24%) Ethernet
17 10 (0.24%) Internet
17 10 (0.24%) NGFW
18 9 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (4.68%) Power BI
2 180 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 70 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 57 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.34%) Tableau
7 45 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (0.98%) Data Lake
9 40 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (0.86%) Metadata
11 32 (0.77%) Relational Database
12 28 (0.67%) Big Data
13 25 (0.60%) MySQL
14 23 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (0.43%) Power Query
18 17 (0.41%) Looker
19 16 (0.38%) Oracle Database
19 16 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 137 (3.29%) JIRA
2 85 (2.04%) Git
3 39 (0.94%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 24 (0.58%) JUnit
6 21 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.46%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.43%) Maven
9 17 (0.41%) Selenium
10 16 (0.38%) Mockito
11 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.17%) GitLab
11 7 (0.17%) Postman
11 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
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 1,355 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 653 (15.66%) Banking
3 562 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 454 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 441 (10.58%) Legal
6 314 (7.53%) Retail
7 290 (6.95%) Law
8 264 (6.33%) Marketing
9 239 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
10 213 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
11 210 (5.04%) Public Sector
12 148 (3.55%) Manufacturing
13 141 (3.38%) Aerospace
14 134 (3.21%) Financial Institution
15 113 (2.71%) Back Office
16 112 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
17 83 (1.99%) Telecoms
18 81 (1.94%) Billing
19 73 (1.75%) Front Office
20 54 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 590 (14.15%) Senior
2 465 (11.15%) Lead
3 421 (10.10%) Analyst
4 352 (8.44%) Developer
5 333 (7.99%) Architect
6 274 (6.57%) Software Engineer
7 222 (5.32%) Consultant
8 165 (3.96%) Finance Manager
9 153 (3.67%) Senior Manager
10 122 (2.93%) Accountant
11 117 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
12 109 (2.61%) Project Manager
13 106 (2.54%) IT Manager
14 101 (2.42%) Business Analyst
15 99 (2.37%) Azure Engineer
16 96 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
17 95 (2.28%) Engineering Manager
18 83 (1.99%) Graduate
19 78 (1.87%) Data Analyst
20 73 (1.75%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (4.05%) React
2 162 (3.88%) .NET
3 119 (2.85%) REST
4 100 (2.40%) Node.js
5 68 (1.63%) CSS
6 67 (1.61%) .NET Core
7 60 (1.44%) ASP.NET
8 59 (1.41%) Spring
9 54 (1.29%) ASP.NET Core
10 50 (1.20%) .NET Framework
11 48 (1.15%) Kafka
12 45 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 40 (0.96%) LangChain
14 39 (0.94%) jQuery
15 36 (0.86%) GraphQL
15 36 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (0.86%) PyTorch
15 36 (0.86%) TensorFlow
16 35 (0.84%) HTML
16 35 (0.84%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 270 (6.47%) Product Ownership
2 210 (5.04%) Cloud Native
3 173 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 163 (3.91%) Virtual Team
5 160 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 145 (3.48%) Web Conferencing
7 138 (3.31%) Podcast
8 114 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 93 (2.23%) Blog
10 91 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 68 (1.63%) Data Centre
12 63 (1.51%) Data Structures
13 62 (1.49%) Fixed Income
14 61 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
15 58 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
16 52 (1.25%) AI Agents
17 51 (1.22%) Credit Risk
18 50 (1.20%) Driving Licence
19 44 (1.06%) Hedge funds
20 41 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 140 (3.36%) Windows
2 121 (2.90%) Linux
3 45 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.46%) Unix
5 18 (0.43%) Android
6 17 (0.41%) 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
1 897 (21.51%) Agile
2 708 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 699 (16.76%) Roadmaps
4 639 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
5 637 (15.28%) AI
6 533 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 513 (12.30%) Decision-Making
8 500 (11.99%) Software Engineering
9 434 (10.41%) Mentoring
10 425 (10.19%) Analytics
11 403 (9.66%) ERP
12 377 (9.04%) CI/CD
13 354 (8.49%) DevOps
14 337 (8.08%) Risk Management
15 320 (7.67%) Project Delivery
16 311 (7.46%) Project Management
17 301 (7.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 294 (7.05%) Process Improvement
19 272 (6.52%) Machine Learning
20 259 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 629 (15.08%) SQL
2 429 (10.29%) Python
3 303 (7.27%) Java
4 252 (6.04%) C#
5 180 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 152 (3.65%) TypeScript
7 113 (2.71%) C++
8 83 (1.99%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.73%) PHP
10 51 (1.22%) Go
11 31 (0.74%) C
12 29 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 27 (0.65%) Bash
14 24 (0.58%) Bicep
14 24 (0.58%) R
15 22 (0.53%) MATLAB
16 20 (0.48%) VBA
17 16 (0.38%) Rust
18 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
19 13 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 417 (10.00%) Degree
2 358 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 272 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 253 (6.07%) ACCA
5 246 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 218 (5.23%) CIMA
7 134 (3.21%) DV Cleared
8 89 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 79 (1.89%) CISSP
10 53 (1.27%) CISM
11 49 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 48 (1.15%) PMP
13 44 (1.06%) Azure Certification
14 33 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (0.77%) CISA
16 30 (0.72%) CRISC
17 29 (0.70%) DBS Check
18 28 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
19 24 (0.58%) ICAEW
20 23 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (4.12%) Accessibility
2 167 (4.00%) QA
3 163 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 144 (3.45%) GDPR
5 92 (2.21%) GRC
6 90 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 75 (1.80%) NIST
8 74 (1.77%) PMO
9 71 (1.70%) SLA
10 63 (1.51%) IFRS
11 48 (1.15%) GAAP
12 30 (0.72%) COBIT
12 30 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 22 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
13 22 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.41%) MiFID
15 15 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
15 15 (0.36%) FINREP
16 14 (0.34%) COREP
16 14 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (2.61%) Docker
2 100 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 47 (1.13%) Firmware
5 42 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.14%) Squid
9 6 (0.14%) vSphere
10 5 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 168 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 162 (3.88%) Terraform
3 58 (1.39%) Grafana
4 46 (1.10%) Ansible
5 40 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.19%) Istio
6 8 (0.19%) SCCM
7 6 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.096%) QRadar
9 4 (0.096%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.072%) Argo
10 3 (0.072%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.048%) CASB
11 2 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.048%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.048%) Endace
Vendors
1 730 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 227 (5.44%) Oracle
3 149 (3.57%) SAP
4 128 (3.07%) Databricks
5 87 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.61%) Google
7 65 (1.56%) Sage
8 62 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 50 (1.20%) Workday
10 47 (1.13%) VMware
11 44 (1.06%) Cisco
12 37 (0.89%) Xero
13 35 (0.84%) HubSpot
14 31 (0.74%) IBM
15 29 (0.70%) Aderant
16 25 (0.60%) BMC
17 24 (0.58%) Adobe
18 20 (0.48%) Remedy
19 19 (0.46%) Splunk
19 19 (0.46%) Veeam