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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,059 4,157 5,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.27% 25.14% 21.56%
As % of the General category 30.52% 34.63% 35.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,643 2,501 3,618
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,343 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.26% -1.48%

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 13,299 12,005 15,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.87% 72.59% 61.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,558 6,727 10,957
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £102,500
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 1 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
1 110 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.18%) Confluence
3 29 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.39%) Apache
5 13 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.25%) CMS
7 10 (0.25%) SAS
8 9 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.099%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.049%) JBoss
12 2 (0.049%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.049%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.025%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 251 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
6 10 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.22%) Simulink
8 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.12%) Trello
9 4 (0.099%) Sketch
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.074%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.074%) Productboard
11 2 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 65 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 54 (1.33%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
5 29 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 24 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
7 22 (0.54%) Elite 3E
8 20 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
8 20 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
9 18 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
9 18 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
10 16 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
11 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
12 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.32%) SAP ERP
14 12 (0.30%) SAP CO
14 12 (0.30%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 871 (21.46%) Azure
2 591 (14.56%) AWS
3 351 (8.65%) SaaS
4 304 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 211 (5.20%) GCP
6 168 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
7 139 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 108 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 98 (2.41%) Snowflake
10 80 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
11 73 (1.80%) Entra ID
12 72 (1.77%) PaaS
13 67 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 64 (1.58%) Azure AI
15 60 (1.48%) GitHub
16 57 (1.40%) Azure Machine Learning
17 56 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
18 53 (1.31%) PowerApps
19 43 (1.06%) Serverless
20 41 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.95%) WAN
2 77 (1.90%) LAN
3 66 (1.63%) Firewall
4 43 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.01%) Network Security
6 40 (0.99%) HTTP
7 37 (0.91%) DNS
8 29 (0.71%) VPN
9 28 (0.69%) DHCP
10 21 (0.52%) Broadband
11 16 (0.39%) Wireless
12 15 (0.37%) MPLS
13 13 (0.32%) BGP
13 13 (0.32%) VLAN
14 11 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.27%) Internet
14 11 (0.27%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.25%) CHAP
15 10 (0.25%) NGFW
15 10 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (4.73%) Power BI
2 175 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 71 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 58 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
6 57 (1.40%) Tableau
7 46 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.69%) Big Data
10 28 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 27 (0.67%) Metadata
12 24 (0.59%) MySQL
12 24 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 20 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (0.47%) Power Query
15 17 (0.42%) Db2
15 17 (0.42%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 120 (2.96%) JIRA
2 80 (1.97%) Git
3 43 (1.06%) TeamCity
4 24 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 24 (0.59%) JUnit
5 18 (0.44%) Selenium
6 17 (0.42%) Maven
7 15 (0.37%) Mockito
8 13 (0.32%) Claude Code
8 13 (0.32%) 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 (0.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.099%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,323 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 647 (15.94%) Banking
3 535 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
4 424 (10.45%) Legal
5 387 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 326 (8.03%) Retail
7 298 (7.34%) Law
8 240 (5.91%) Marketing
9 227 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
10 217 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
11 202 (4.98%) Public Sector
12 142 (3.50%) Financial Institution
13 138 (3.40%) Manufacturing
14 121 (2.98%) Back Office
15 120 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
16 78 (1.92%) Front Office
16 78 (1.92%) Telecoms
17 77 (1.90%) Billing
18 76 (1.87%) Aerospace
19 54 (1.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 581 (14.31%) Senior
2 431 (10.62%) Lead
3 413 (10.17%) Analyst
4 361 (8.89%) Developer
5 317 (7.81%) Architect
6 266 (6.55%) Software Engineer
7 226 (5.57%) Consultant
8 161 (3.97%) Finance Manager
9 152 (3.74%) Senior Manager
10 128 (3.15%) Accountant
11 115 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
12 104 (2.56%) Project Manager
13 101 (2.49%) IT Manager
14 97 (2.39%) Business Analyst
15 95 (2.34%) Azure Engineer
16 94 (2.32%) Engineering Manager
17 91 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
18 82 (2.02%) Graduate
19 77 (1.90%) Support Analyst
20 73 (1.80%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (4.16%) React
2 160 (3.94%) .NET
3 123 (3.03%) REST
4 104 (2.56%) Node.js
5 65 (1.60%) CSS
6 64 (1.58%) .NET Core
7 59 (1.45%) ASP.NET
8 58 (1.43%) Spring
9 57 (1.40%) Kafka
10 55 (1.36%) ASP.NET Core
11 47 (1.16%) .NET Framework
12 41 (1.01%) AngularJS
12 41 (1.01%) GraphQL
12 41 (1.01%) Redux
13 39 (0.96%) jQuery
14 38 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
15 35 (0.86%) HTML
16 34 (0.84%) LangChain
16 34 (0.84%) PyTorch
16 34 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 260 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 214 (5.27%) Cloud Native
3 166 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 161 (3.97%) Virtual Team
5 151 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.60%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.38%) Podcast
8 101 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 88 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.77%) Fixed Income
11 71 (1.75%) Data Centre
12 65 (1.60%) Data Structures
13 62 (1.53%) Blog
14 60 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 52 (1.28%) Driving Licence
15 52 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
16 45 (1.11%) Credit Risk
17 41 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
18 40 (0.99%) Derivative
19 39 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 136 (3.35%) Windows
2 118 (2.91%) Linux
3 45 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.47%) Unix
5 16 (0.39%) Android
6 14 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.099%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.049%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.025%) AIX
11 1 (0.025%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 869 (21.41%) Agile
2 683 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 671 (16.53%) Roadmaps
4 611 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
5 582 (14.34%) AI
6 504 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 487 (12.00%) Decision-Making
8 471 (11.60%) Software Engineering
9 430 (10.59%) Mentoring
10 409 (10.08%) ERP
11 406 (10.00%) Analytics
12 361 (8.89%) CI/CD
13 338 (8.33%) DevOps
14 324 (7.98%) Risk Management
15 306 (7.54%) Project Management
16 305 (7.51%) Project Delivery
17 298 (7.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 278 (6.85%) Process Improvement
19 249 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
20 248 (6.11%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 599 (14.76%) SQL
2 409 (10.08%) Python
3 309 (7.61%) Java
4 248 (6.11%) C#
5 183 (4.51%) JavaScript
6 157 (3.87%) TypeScript
7 105 (2.59%) C++
8 81 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.75%) PHP
10 59 (1.45%) Go
11 30 (0.74%) C
11 30 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.64%) Bicep
13 24 (0.59%) Bash
13 24 (0.59%) R
14 20 (0.49%) VBA
15 15 (0.37%) Rust
16 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.27%) VB.NET
17 11 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 380 (9.36%) Degree
2 284 (7.00%) Security Cleared
3 260 (6.41%) ACCA
4 221 (5.44%) CIMA
5 198 (4.88%) SC Cleared
6 183 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 85 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 82 (2.02%) CISSP
9 77 (1.90%) DV Cleared
10 55 (1.36%) CISM
11 49 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.21%) PMP
12 43 (1.06%) Azure Certification
13 37 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 36 (0.89%) CISA
15 31 (0.76%) CRISC
16 28 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 27 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.59%) AAT
19 23 (0.57%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (3.92%) QA
2 151 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 141 (3.47%) GDPR
4 115 (2.83%) Accessibility
5 95 (2.34%) GRC
6 92 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 80 (1.97%) NIST
8 70 (1.72%) PMO
9 67 (1.65%) IFRS
10 63 (1.55%) SLA
11 49 (1.21%) GAAP
12 33 (0.81%) PCI DSS
13 32 (0.79%) COBIT
14 24 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
17 16 (0.39%) MiFID
18 15 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.37%) FINREP
19 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 104 (2.56%) Docker
2 93 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (0.64%) Firmware
6 17 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) 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 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.025%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 172 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 156 (3.84%) Terraform
3 60 (1.48%) Grafana
4 41 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (0.99%) Ansible
6 8 (0.20%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.12%) SCCM
9 4 (0.099%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.099%) QRadar
9 4 (0.099%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.074%) Argo
10 3 (0.074%) Endace
10 3 (0.074%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.049%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.049%) Puppet
11 2 (0.049%) Salt
Vendors
1 727 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 235 (5.79%) Oracle
3 146 (3.60%) SAP
4 122 (3.01%) Databricks
5 83 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 66 (1.63%) Sage
7 65 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 62 (1.53%) Google
9 47 (1.16%) Workday
10 43 (1.06%) Cisco
11 41 (1.01%) VMware
12 37 (0.91%) Xero
13 32 (0.79%) HubSpot
14 29 (0.71%) IBM
15 26 (0.64%) Aderant
15 26 (0.64%) Adobe
16 23 (0.57%) BMC
17 19 (0.47%) FIS
17 19 (0.47%) OpenAI
17 19 (0.47%) Splunk