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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,346 4,103 7,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.12% 28.21% 21.61%
As % of the General category 32.60% 37.98% 34.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,193 2,579 4,873
10th Percentile £35,850 £31,335 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.31%
75th Percentile £88,750 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 10,264 10,803 20,165
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.60% 74.27% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,811 6,473 15,093
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £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 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 12 May 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 84 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.14%) Confluence
3 29 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.45%) SAS
5 9 (0.27%) CMS
6 8 (0.24%) JBoss
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.15%) Apache
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.15%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.060%) nginx
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.030%) Camunda
10 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 203 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.060%) Productboard
10 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 68 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
2 51 (1.52%) NetSuite
3 49 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
4 45 (1.34%) Oracle Assets
5 43 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 33 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
7 31 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
8 27 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
9 26 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
10 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
11 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 13 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
12 13 (0.39%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
14 9 (0.27%) SAP FI
15 8 (0.24%) SAP CO
15 8 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 741 (22.15%) Azure
2 458 (13.69%) AWS
3 276 (8.25%) SaaS
4 218 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 169 (5.05%) GCP
6 144 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
8 115 (3.44%) GitHub
9 104 (3.11%) Snowflake
10 91 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
11 90 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 80 (2.39%) Entra ID
13 70 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.97%) Azure Machine Learning
15 61 (1.82%) Azure AI
16 56 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
16 56 (1.67%) GitHub Copilot
17 38 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
18 37 (1.11%) dbt
19 36 (1.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 66 (1.97%) Firewall
2 49 (1.46%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.34%) VPN
4 43 (1.29%) WAN
5 40 (1.20%) DNS
6 38 (1.14%) DHCP
7 37 (1.11%) HTTP
8 28 (0.84%) Network Security
8 28 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 23 (0.69%) CHAP
10 19 (0.57%) BGP
10 19 (0.57%) LAN
10 19 (0.57%) MPLS
11 17 (0.51%) Wireless
12 16 (0.48%) Broadband
13 15 (0.45%) VLAN
14 13 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 151 (4.51%) Power BI
3 66 (1.97%) Tableau
4 63 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.52%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 27 (0.81%) Big Data
10 25 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 25 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 22 (0.66%) MongoDB
12 21 (0.63%) Metadata
13 18 (0.54%) MySQL
14 17 (0.51%) DB2
15 16 (0.48%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.42%) Delta Lake
16 14 (0.42%) SAP BW
17 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
17 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 116 (3.47%) JIRA
2 69 (2.06%) Git
3 31 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
3 31 (0.93%) TeamCity
4 30 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 28 (0.84%) Selenium
6 20 (0.60%) Postman
7 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
8 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
9 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.27%) GitLab
12 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.18%) JUnit
12 6 (0.18%) Maven
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
12 6 (0.18%) Storybook
12 6 (0.18%) Subversion
13 5 (0.15%) Mockito
13 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,040 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 582 (17.39%) Banking
3 461 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (9.21%) Legal
5 299 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 293 (8.76%) Retail
7 236 (7.05%) Public Sector
8 228 (6.81%) Law
9 226 (6.75%) Marketing
10 157 (4.69%) Financial Institution
11 145 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
12 115 (3.44%) Back Office
13 109 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
14 97 (2.90%) Manufacturing
15 90 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
16 76 (2.27%) Front Office
17 70 (2.09%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.17%) Investment Banking
19 38 (1.14%) Billing
20 36 (1.08%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 575 (17.18%) Senior
2 386 (11.54%) Analyst
3 284 (8.49%) Developer
4 277 (8.28%) Lead
5 217 (6.49%) Software Engineer
6 179 (5.35%) Architect
7 174 (5.20%) Consultant
8 131 (3.92%) Finance Manager
9 117 (3.50%) Senior Manager
10 106 (3.17%) Accountant
11 101 (3.02%) Business Analyst
12 87 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
13 84 (2.51%) C# Developer
13 84 (2.51%) Project Manager
14 81 (2.42%) Data Engineer
15 75 (2.24%) Software Developer
16 74 (2.21%) Graduate
17 71 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
18 70 (2.09%) Graduate Developer
19 69 (2.06%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (3.95%) .NET
2 127 (3.80%) React
3 114 (3.41%) REST
4 68 (2.03%) Node.js
5 61 (1.82%) Kafka
6 51 (1.52%) RESTful
6 51 (1.52%) SOAP
7 49 (1.46%) GraphQL
8 47 (1.40%) CSS
9 44 (1.32%) Spring
10 43 (1.29%) Redux
11 41 (1.23%) JSON
12 36 (1.08%) HTML
13 34 (1.02%) OAuth
14 32 (0.96%) jQuery
15 31 (0.93%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.87%) Middleware
17 28 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
18 26 (0.78%) AngularJS
18 26 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 196 (5.86%) Cloud Native
3 132 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.65%) Virtual Team
5 119 (3.56%) Management Information System
6 75 (2.24%) Data Centre
6 75 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
7 69 (2.06%) Podcast
8 64 (1.91%) Public Cloud
9 62 (1.85%) Data Structures
10 61 (1.82%) Fixed Income
10 61 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 53 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
12 47 (1.40%) Blog
13 45 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
14 44 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
15 42 (1.26%) Security Posture
16 35 (1.05%) Low-Code
17 34 (1.02%) Driving Licence
18 32 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 120 (3.59%) Windows
2 103 (3.08%) Linux
3 39 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.81%) Unix
5 23 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.45%) Android
6 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.060%) CentOS
10 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.030%) AIX
11 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.030%) VMS
11 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (23.88%) Agile
2 489 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
3 482 (14.41%) Roadmaps
4 478 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 409 (12.22%) AI
6 364 (10.88%) DevOps
7 362 (10.82%) Mentoring
8 354 (10.58%) CI/CD
9 348 (10.40%) Analytics
10 346 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 338 (10.10%) Decision-Making
12 335 (10.01%) Software Engineering
13 334 (9.98%) ERP
14 300 (8.97%) Coaching
15 278 (8.31%) Project Management
16 268 (8.01%) Risk Management
17 211 (6.31%) Test Automation
18 207 (6.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 203 (6.07%) Fintech
19 203 (6.07%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 550 (16.44%) SQL
2 338 (10.10%) Python
3 323 (9.65%) Java
4 214 (6.40%) C#
5 127 (3.80%) JavaScript
6 121 (3.62%) TypeScript
7 82 (2.45%) C++
7 82 (2.45%) PowerShell
8 80 (2.39%) Go
9 69 (2.06%) PHP
10 39 (1.17%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.87%) C
12 24 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 20 (0.60%) Bicep
14 17 (0.51%) Rust
15 16 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.45%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.42%) Bash
17 14 (0.42%) R
18 12 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 359 (10.73%) Degree
2 255 (7.62%) ACCA
3 210 (6.28%) CIMA
4 188 (5.62%) Security Cleared
5 142 (4.24%) CISSP
6 108 (3.23%) SC Cleared
7 92 (2.75%) CISA
8 88 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 77 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 64 (1.91%) CISM
11 63 (1.88%) CRISC
12 55 (1.64%) DV Cleared
13 48 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 39 (1.17%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.05%) SANS
16 31 (0.93%) Azure Certification
17 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
18 29 (0.87%) PMP
19 25 (0.75%) CIPFA
19 25 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (3.89%) QA
2 119 (3.56%) NIST
3 115 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.44%) GDPR
4 86 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 69 (2.06%) PCI DSS
6 66 (1.97%) IFRS
7 56 (1.67%) Accessibility
8 54 (1.61%) GRC
9 48 (1.43%) PMO
10 40 (1.20%) SLA
11 38 (1.14%) GAAP
12 29 (0.87%) COBIT
13 21 (0.63%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.45%) MiFID
16 14 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
17 13 (0.39%) COREP
17 13 (0.39%) FINREP
17 13 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 106 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 79 (2.36%) Docker
3 70 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.15%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.030%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 174 (5.20%) Terraform
2 135 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (1.29%) Grafana
5 31 (0.93%) Ansible
6 25 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.27%) Argo
7 9 (0.27%) 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%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 556 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 233 (6.96%) Oracle
3 133 (3.97%) SAP
4 131 (3.92%) Databricks
5 88 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 59 (1.76%) Sage
7 52 (1.55%) Google
8 50 (1.49%) VMware
9 41 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 39 (1.17%) Cisco
11 30 (0.90%) Workday
11 30 (0.90%) Xero
12 24 (0.72%) Okta
13 23 (0.69%) Adobe
13 23 (0.69%) HubSpot
14 20 (0.60%) IBM
15 19 (0.57%) Aderant
16 18 (0.54%) Red Hat
17 14 (0.42%) Atlassian
18 13 (0.39%) CheckPoint