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 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,478 3,933 5,256
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.57% 24.21% 22.52%
As % of the General category 30.54% 33.67% 35.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,640 2,292 3,056
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,988
25th Percentile £49,938 £48,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -6.88% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £97,625 £108,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £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 14,665 11,680 14,610
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.83% 71.90% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9,041 6,362 8,449
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,000 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%

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 16 September 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
1 116 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 55 (1.23%) Confluence
3 25 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.38%) Apache
7 13 (0.29%) CMS
8 11 (0.25%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (0.20%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) IIS
12 5 (0.11%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.045%) WordPress
15 1 (0.022%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.022%) CICS
15 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
15 1 (0.022%) Hedera
15 1 (0.022%) Moodle
15 1 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 273 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.38%) Simulink
7 12 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.13%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.089%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.089%) Sketch
12 3 (0.067%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.067%) InDesign
12 3 (0.067%) Productboard
13 2 (0.045%) SPSS
13 2 (0.045%) Weka
14 1 (0.022%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 60 (1.34%) NetSuite
2 46 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
3 36 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
4 35 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
4 35 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
5 28 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 24 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
7 20 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
8 19 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
8 19 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 19 (0.42%) Primavera
9 16 (0.36%) Elite 3E
9 16 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
9 16 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 16 (0.36%) Sage 50
10 15 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
10 15 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 15 (0.33%) Workday HCM
11 12 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
12 11 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 871 (19.45%) Azure
2 620 (13.85%) AWS
3 380 (8.49%) SaaS
4 333 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 230 (5.14%) GCP
6 154 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
7 148 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
8 124 (2.77%) Snowflake
9 110 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (1.92%) PaaS
11 78 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
12 77 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 75 (1.67%) PowerApps
14 73 (1.63%) GitHub
15 68 (1.52%) Azure AI
15 68 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 64 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (1.32%) Serverless
18 58 (1.30%) Azure Machine Learning
19 57 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 78 (1.74%) LAN
1 78 (1.74%) WAN
2 55 (1.23%) Firewall
3 42 (0.94%) HTTP
4 38 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 37 (0.83%) Network Security
6 35 (0.78%) DNS
7 29 (0.65%) VPN
8 26 (0.58%) DHCP
9 25 (0.56%) 5G
10 24 (0.54%) Broadband
11 17 (0.38%) Internet
12 16 (0.36%) VLAN
13 13 (0.29%) MPLS
13 13 (0.29%) Wireless
14 11 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.25%) Ethernet
15 9 (0.20%) BGP
15 9 (0.20%) NGFW
15 9 (0.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 224 (5.00%) Power BI
2 170 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 67 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 65 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 61 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.25%) Tableau
7 55 (1.23%) Data Lake
8 42 (0.94%) Metadata
9 40 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
11 38 (0.85%) Relational Database
12 27 (0.60%) Big Data
13 22 (0.49%) MySQL
13 22 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
14 21 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 21 (0.47%) Power Query
15 19 (0.42%) NoSQL
16 17 (0.38%) DynamoDB
16 17 (0.38%) Looker
16 17 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 136 (3.04%) JIRA
2 96 (2.14%) Git
3 59 (1.32%) TeamCity
4 35 (0.78%) Claude Code
5 30 (0.67%) JUnit
6 24 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 23 (0.51%) Maven
8 22 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
9 19 (0.42%) Mockito
10 13 (0.29%) Selenium
11 9 (0.20%) GitLab
12 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.16%) Postman
13 7 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.13%) Gatling
14 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
14 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
15 4 (0.089%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.089%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,528 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 717 (16.01%) Banking
3 700 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 549 (12.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 461 (10.29%) Legal
6 357 (7.97%) Retail
7 350 (7.82%) Law
8 300 (6.70%) Marketing
9 296 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
10 244 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
11 242 (5.40%) Public Sector
12 169 (3.77%) Manufacturing
13 156 (3.48%) Financial Institution
14 154 (3.44%) Aerospace
15 144 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
16 138 (3.08%) Back Office
17 98 (2.19%) Telecoms
18 93 (2.08%) Billing
19 62 (1.38%) General Ledger
20 55 (1.23%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 614 (13.71%) Senior
2 497 (11.10%) Lead
3 435 (9.71%) Analyst
4 398 (8.89%) Architect
5 324 (7.24%) Developer
6 273 (6.10%) Software Engineer
7 220 (4.91%) Consultant
8 169 (3.77%) Senior Manager
9 167 (3.73%) Finance Manager
10 148 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
11 138 (3.08%) Accountant
12 109 (2.43%) IT Manager
13 107 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
14 105 (2.34%) Azure Engineer
15 104 (2.32%) Project Manager
16 101 (2.26%) Engineering Manager
17 94 (2.10%) Business Analyst
18 85 (1.90%) Data Analyst
19 83 (1.85%) Enterprise Architect
20 82 (1.83%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (4.02%) Terraform
2 153 (3.42%) .NET
3 138 (3.08%) React
4 116 (2.59%) REST
5 72 (1.61%) Node.js
6 71 (1.59%) Spring
7 63 (1.41%) .NET Core
7 63 (1.41%) CSS
8 59 (1.32%) ASP.NET
9 55 (1.23%) LangChain
10 53 (1.18%) ASP.NET Core
11 49 (1.09%) .NET Framework
11 49 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
12 48 (1.07%) LangGraph
13 46 (1.03%) XML
14 41 (0.92%) AngularJS
15 40 (0.89%) PyTorch
15 40 (0.89%) TensorFlow
16 39 (0.87%) RESTful
17 37 (0.83%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 309 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 232 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 218 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 212 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 166 (3.71%) Web Conferencing
6 161 (3.60%) Virtual Team
7 160 (3.57%) Podcast
8 137 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
9 96 (2.14%) Blog
10 94 (2.10%) Public Cloud
11 77 (1.72%) AI Agents
12 76 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
13 60 (1.34%) Data Centre
14 59 (1.32%) Credit Risk
14 59 (1.32%) Hedge funds
15 57 (1.27%) Data Structures
16 51 (1.14%) Social Media
17 47 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
18 45 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
19 42 (0.94%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 121 (2.70%) Windows
2 102 (2.28%) Linux
3 44 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.42%) Android
5 15 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.31%) Unix
7 9 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.067%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.022%) AIX
12 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 836 (18.67%) Agile
2 824 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 777 (17.35%) AI
4 750 (16.75%) Roadmaps
5 717 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
6 662 (14.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 660 (14.74%) Decision-Making
8 515 (11.50%) Software Engineering
9 480 (10.72%) Mentoring
10 447 (9.98%) ERP
11 432 (9.65%) Analytics
12 418 (9.33%) CI/CD
13 373 (8.33%) Risk Management
14 352 (7.86%) DevOps
15 351 (7.84%) Project Delivery
16 343 (7.66%) Process Improvement
17 330 (7.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 329 (7.35%) Coaching
19 322 (7.19%) Customer Service
20 305 (6.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 654 (14.60%) SQL
2 414 (9.25%) Python
3 315 (7.03%) Java
4 238 (5.31%) C#
5 160 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 121 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 99 (2.21%) C++
8 86 (1.92%) PowerShell
9 54 (1.21%) PHP
10 38 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 29 (0.65%) Bash
12 28 (0.63%) C
12 28 (0.63%) R
13 24 (0.54%) Bicep
14 22 (0.49%) MATLAB
15 19 (0.42%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.38%) Go
16 17 (0.38%) VBA
17 16 (0.36%) Rust
18 15 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 421 (9.40%) Degree
2 369 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 280 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 262 (5.85%) ACCA
5 256 (5.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 235 (5.25%) CIMA
7 134 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 80 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (1.59%) CISSP
10 63 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 52 (1.16%) CISM
11 52 (1.16%) PMI Certification
12 49 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 47 (1.05%) PMP
14 38 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 33 (0.74%) CISA
16 31 (0.69%) CRISC
17 27 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (0.56%) ICAEW
19 23 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (4.58%) Accessibility
2 186 (4.15%) Data Quality
3 165 (3.68%) QA
4 147 (3.28%) GDPR
5 94 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 90 (2.01%) GRC
7 80 (1.79%) SLA
8 76 (1.70%) PMO
9 65 (1.45%) NIST
10 55 (1.23%) IFRS
11 43 (0.96%) GAAP
12 31 (0.69%) PCI DSS
13 27 (0.60%) COBIT
14 22 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.36%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.33%) MiFID
18 14 (0.31%) Def Stans
18 14 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (2.37%) Docker
2 96 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 59 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.12%) Firmware
5 37 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.13%) Squid
9 6 (0.13%) vSphere
10 3 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.022%) HDFS
11 1 (0.022%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 187 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 86 (1.92%) Grafana
3 44 (0.98%) Ansible
4 32 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.089%) QRadar
8 4 (0.089%) SCCM
8 4 (0.089%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.067%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.067%) Argo
9 3 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.067%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.045%) CASB
10 2 (0.045%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.045%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.045%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.045%) Puppet
10 2 (0.045%) Salt
Vendors
1 758 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 233 (5.20%) Oracle
3 145 (3.24%) SAP
4 141 (3.15%) Databricks
5 94 (2.10%) Salesforce
6 76 (1.70%) Sage
7 63 (1.41%) Google
7 63 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 58 (1.30%) Workday
9 45 (1.00%) VMware
10 40 (0.89%) Xero
11 33 (0.74%) Cisco
12 32 (0.71%) HubSpot
13 30 (0.67%) Aderant
14 25 (0.56%) BMC
15 23 (0.51%) YouTube
16 22 (0.49%) Adobe
17 21 (0.47%) IBM
17 21 (0.47%) Splunk
18 20 (0.45%) Remedy