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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,098 4,143 5,502
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.27% 25.11% 21.76%
As % of the General category 30.54% 34.59% 35.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 2,482 3,517
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £49,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,436 £100,000 £102,500
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% -

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 13,419 11,978 15,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.82% 72.59% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,575 6,695 10,479
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 5 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
1 113 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.24%) Confluence
3 29 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.39%) Apache
5 15 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) CMS
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.22%) SAS
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.098%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.049%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.049%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.049%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.024%) JBoss
12 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 251 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.27%) Simulink
7 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
8 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.12%) Trello
9 4 (0.098%) Sketch
10 3 (0.073%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.073%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.073%) Productboard
11 2 (0.049%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.049%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 53 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 31 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 28 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
7 23 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
8 22 (0.54%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
9 19 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
10 18 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
11 17 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
14 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (0.32%) SAP ERP
16 12 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
16 12 (0.29%) SAP CO
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 876 (21.38%) Azure
2 603 (14.71%) AWS
3 353 (8.61%) SaaS
4 305 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 214 (5.22%) GCP
6 171 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
7 142 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 103 (2.51%) Snowflake
10 80 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
11 74 (1.81%) PaaS
12 73 (1.78%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 66 (1.61%) Azure AI
15 61 (1.49%) GitHub
16 58 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
17 57 (1.39%) Azure Machine Learning
18 54 (1.32%) PowerApps
19 46 (1.12%) Serverless
20 42 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.95%) WAN
2 78 (1.90%) LAN
3 66 (1.61%) Firewall
4 42 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.00%) HTTP
5 41 (1.00%) Network Security
6 37 (0.90%) DNS
7 28 (0.68%) DHCP
7 28 (0.68%) VPN
8 21 (0.51%) Broadband
9 16 (0.39%) MPLS
9 16 (0.39%) Wireless
10 13 (0.32%) BGP
10 13 (0.32%) VLAN
11 11 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
11 11 (0.27%) Internet
11 11 (0.27%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.24%) NGFW
12 10 (0.24%) SSL
13 9 (0.22%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (4.69%) Power BI
2 177 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 71 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.51%) MongoDB
5 58 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.37%) Tableau
7 44 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (0.98%) Data Lake
8 40 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (0.71%) Big Data
9 29 (0.71%) Metadata
9 29 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 25 (0.61%) MySQL
11 23 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.51%) NoSQL
13 19 (0.46%) Power Query
13 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.41%) SAP BW
15 16 (0.39%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.37%) Looker
Development Applications
1 130 (3.17%) JIRA
2 82 (2.00%) Git
3 45 (1.10%) TeamCity
4 25 (0.61%) JUnit
5 24 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.44%) Maven
6 18 (0.44%) Selenium
7 16 (0.39%) Claude Code
7 16 (0.39%) Mockito
8 15 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.17%) GitLab
9 7 (0.17%) Postman
9 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.15%) Gatling
11 5 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.098%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,331 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 657 (16.03%) Banking
3 541 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 430 (10.49%) Legal
5 415 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 326 (7.96%) Retail
7 302 (7.37%) Law
8 246 (6.00%) Marketing
9 231 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
10 215 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
11 206 (5.03%) Public Sector
12 145 (3.54%) Financial Institution
13 140 (3.42%) Manufacturing
14 124 (3.03%) Back Office
15 119 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
16 96 (2.34%) Aerospace
17 79 (1.93%) Front Office
17 79 (1.93%) Telecoms
18 77 (1.88%) Billing
19 55 (1.34%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 584 (14.25%) Senior
2 440 (10.74%) Lead
3 415 (10.13%) Analyst
4 359 (8.76%) Developer
5 322 (7.86%) Architect
6 273 (6.66%) Software Engineer
7 227 (5.54%) Consultant
8 163 (3.98%) Finance Manager
9 150 (3.66%) Senior Manager
10 124 (3.03%) Accountant
11 117 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
12 107 (2.61%) IT Manager
13 105 (2.56%) Project Manager
14 96 (2.34%) Azure Engineer
14 96 (2.34%) Business Analyst
15 95 (2.32%) Engineering Manager
16 91 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
17 82 (2.00%) Graduate
18 77 (1.88%) Support Analyst
19 74 (1.81%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (4.20%) React
2 159 (3.88%) .NET
3 125 (3.05%) REST
4 105 (2.56%) Node.js
5 65 (1.59%) CSS
6 63 (1.54%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.44%) ASP.NET
8 58 (1.42%) Spring
9 56 (1.37%) Kafka
10 54 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
11 48 (1.17%) .NET Framework
12 45 (1.10%) AngularJS
13 42 (1.02%) GraphQL
14 39 (0.95%) jQuery
14 39 (0.95%) Redux
15 38 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
16 37 (0.90%) LangChain
17 35 (0.85%) HTML
17 35 (0.85%) PyTorch
17 35 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 262 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 214 (5.22%) Cloud Native
3 166 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 161 (3.93%) Virtual Team
5 153 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.56%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.34%) Podcast
8 108 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 90 (2.20%) Public Cloud
10 71 (1.73%) Blog
10 71 (1.73%) Data Centre
11 70 (1.71%) Fixed Income
12 65 (1.59%) Data Structures
13 60 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 54 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 52 (1.27%) Driving Licence
16 45 (1.10%) AI Agents
17 44 (1.07%) Credit Risk
18 42 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
19 40 (0.98%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 138 (3.37%) Windows
2 119 (2.90%) Linux
3 45 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.46%) Unix
5 17 (0.41%) Android
6 15 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.098%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.049%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 883 (21.55%) Agile
2 692 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 685 (16.72%) Roadmaps
4 622 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
5 599 (14.62%) AI
6 503 (12.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 490 (11.96%) Decision-Making
8 485 (11.84%) Software Engineering
9 438 (10.69%) Mentoring
10 413 (10.08%) Analytics
11 409 (9.98%) ERP
12 377 (9.20%) CI/CD
13 351 (8.57%) DevOps
14 331 (8.08%) Risk Management
15 307 (7.49%) Project Management
16 306 (7.47%) Project Delivery
17 298 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 283 (6.91%) Process Improvement
19 253 (6.17%) CRM
20 251 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 606 (14.79%) SQL
2 419 (10.22%) Python
3 315 (7.69%) Java
4 252 (6.15%) C#
5 186 (4.54%) JavaScript
6 158 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 107 (2.61%) C++
8 80 (1.95%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.73%) PHP
10 60 (1.46%) Go
11 30 (0.73%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.71%) C
13 26 (0.63%) Bash
14 24 (0.59%) Bicep
14 24 (0.59%) R
15 20 (0.49%) VBA
16 16 (0.39%) Rust
17 15 (0.37%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 390 (9.52%) Degree
2 309 (7.54%) Security Cleared
3 256 (6.25%) ACCA
4 224 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 218 (5.32%) CIMA
6 203 (4.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 96 (2.34%) DV Cleared
8 85 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 82 (2.00%) CISSP
10 54 (1.32%) CISM
11 48 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 48 (1.17%) PMP
12 45 (1.10%) Azure Certification
13 37 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
14 35 (0.85%) CISA
15 32 (0.78%) CRISC
16 28 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 26 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
18 23 (0.56%) AAT
18 23 (0.56%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (3.93%) QA
2 155 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 144 (3.51%) GDPR
4 135 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 95 (2.32%) GRC
6 93 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 78 (1.90%) NIST
8 72 (1.76%) PMO
9 66 (1.61%) IFRS
10 63 (1.54%) SLA
11 48 (1.17%) GAAP
12 32 (0.78%) PCI DSS
13 31 (0.76%) COBIT
14 25 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.41%) MiFID
16 17 (0.41%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.37%) FINREP
18 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 106 (2.59%) Docker
2 96 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 32 (0.78%) Firmware
6 17 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
9 6 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 3 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 175 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 161 (3.93%) Terraform
3 62 (1.51%) Grafana
4 41 (1.00%) Ansible
4 41 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.20%) Istio
6 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.12%) SCCM
8 4 (0.098%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.098%) QRadar
8 4 (0.098%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.073%) Argo
9 3 (0.073%) Endace
9 3 (0.073%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.049%) CASB
10 2 (0.049%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.049%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 736 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 235 (5.73%) Oracle
3 147 (3.59%) SAP
4 125 (3.05%) Databricks
5 83 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.61%) Sage
6 66 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 63 (1.54%) Google
8 49 (1.20%) Workday
9 43 (1.05%) Cisco
10 41 (1.00%) VMware
11 36 (0.88%) Xero
12 32 (0.78%) HubSpot
13 29 (0.71%) IBM
14 27 (0.66%) Aderant
15 25 (0.61%) Adobe
16 24 (0.59%) BMC
17 19 (0.46%) FIS
17 19 (0.46%) Remedy
17 19 (0.46%) Splunk