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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,090 3,547 6,280
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.13% 26.51% 20.80%
As % of the General category 31.78% 36.98% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,979 2,506 4,823
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £125,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -9.42%

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 9,722 9,591 18,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.04% 71.69% 61.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,246 6,275 14,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,902 £45,000 £42,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,979 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 21 March 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 74 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.20%) Confluence
3 33 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (0.61%) SAS
5 13 (0.42%) JBoss
5 13 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.39%) CMS
7 11 (0.36%) Apache
7 11 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
8 10 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.097%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.097%) WordPress
13 2 (0.065%) IIS
13 2 (0.065%) nginx
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 234 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
5 11 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.16%) Sketch
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.097%) Trello
9 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.032%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 56 (1.81%) NetSuite
1 56 (1.81%) Oracle Payables
2 47 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
3 45 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
4 42 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
5 40 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 33 (1.07%) Oracle General Ledger
7 30 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
7 30 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
8 24 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
9 16 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
9 16 (0.52%) SAP FI
10 15 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
10 15 (0.49%) SAP CO
10 15 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
12 11 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
13 10 (0.32%) Elite 3E
13 10 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
13 10 (0.32%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 715 (23.14%) Azure
2 435 (14.08%) AWS
3 295 (9.55%) SaaS
4 265 (8.58%) Power Platform
5 189 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
6 178 (5.76%) GCP
7 164 (5.31%) GitHub
8 136 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
9 110 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 94 (3.04%) Snowflake
11 92 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
12 77 (2.49%) Entra ID
13 74 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 71 (2.30%) GitHub Copilot
15 70 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
16 58 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
17 54 (1.75%) dbt
18 42 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
19 39 (1.26%) OCI
20 37 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (2.10%) Firewall
2 51 (1.65%) VPN
3 49 (1.59%) TCP/IP
4 47 (1.52%) WAN
5 34 (1.10%) DNS
6 32 (1.04%) DHCP
6 32 (1.04%) SD-WAN
7 25 (0.81%) Network Security
8 24 (0.78%) CHAP
9 22 (0.71%) Wireless
10 21 (0.68%) LAN
11 17 (0.55%) BGP
12 16 (0.52%) HTTP
13 15 (0.49%) VLAN
14 14 (0.45%) Internet
15 12 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (0.39%) Wireshark
16 11 (0.36%) MPLS
17 10 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
17 10 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (6.41%) Power BI
2 130 (4.21%) SQL Server
3 92 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 76 (2.46%) Tableau
5 54 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 53 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 52 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 47 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
9 38 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 30 (0.97%) Big Data
11 25 (0.81%) Metadata
12 22 (0.71%) MySQL
13 20 (0.65%) DB2
13 20 (0.65%) Relational Database
14 18 (0.58%) NoSQL
15 15 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.45%) MongoDB
17 12 (0.39%) BigQuery
17 12 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 122 (3.95%) JIRA
2 63 (2.04%) Git
3 49 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 47 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
5 44 (1.42%) TeamCity
6 34 (1.10%) Selenium
7 23 (0.74%) Postman
8 19 (0.61%) SoapUI
8 19 (0.61%) WebDriver
9 17 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.42%) GitLab
12 12 (0.39%) ERwin
13 10 (0.32%) ER Studio
14 9 (0.29%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.29%) Storybook
14 9 (0.29%) Subversion
15 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
16 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,042 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 508 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
3 502 (16.25%) Banking
4 297 (9.61%) Retail
5 290 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 247 (7.99%) Public Sector
7 229 (7.41%) Marketing
8 227 (7.35%) Law
9 215 (6.96%) Legal
10 205 (6.63%) Financial Institution
11 141 (4.56%) Back Office
12 122 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
13 102 (3.30%) Manufacturing
14 98 (3.17%) Telecoms
15 87 (2.82%) Front Office
16 86 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
17 83 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
18 47 (1.52%) Electronics
19 38 (1.23%) General Ledger
19 38 (1.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 568 (18.38%) Senior
2 389 (12.59%) Analyst
3 259 (8.38%) Lead
4 256 (8.28%) Developer
5 204 (6.60%) Software Engineer
6 161 (5.21%) Architect
7 159 (5.15%) Consultant
8 98 (3.17%) Business Analyst
9 92 (2.98%) Project Manager
10 90 (2.91%) Finance Manager
11 88 (2.85%) Data Engineer
12 87 (2.82%) Senior Manager
13 74 (2.39%) Accountant
13 74 (2.39%) Senior Software Engineer
14 73 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
14 73 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
15 65 (2.10%) Financial Analyst
15 65 (2.10%) IT Manager
16 62 (2.01%) C# Developer
17 60 (1.94%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (4.11%) .NET
2 115 (3.72%) React
3 106 (3.43%) REST
4 80 (2.59%) RESTful
5 76 (2.46%) SOAP
6 70 (2.27%) Kafka
6 70 (2.27%) Node.js
7 59 (1.91%) GraphQL
8 54 (1.75%) JSON
9 45 (1.46%) OAuth
10 43 (1.39%) Redux
11 38 (1.23%) Spring
12 36 (1.17%) CSS
13 35 (1.13%) Middleware
14 33 (1.07%) HTML
15 29 (0.94%) XML
16 25 (0.81%) jQuery
17 24 (0.78%) .NET Core
17 24 (0.78%) AngularJS
17 24 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 216 (6.99%) Cloud Native
2 186 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 123 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 120 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 99 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
6 72 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 66 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
8 62 (2.01%) Blog
9 61 (1.97%) Fixed Income
10 57 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
11 56 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 50 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
13 48 (1.55%) Security Posture
14 42 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 40 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 40 (1.29%) Virtual Team
16 38 (1.23%) Low-Code
17 35 (1.13%) Public Cloud
18 30 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 30 (0.97%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 119 (3.85%) Windows
2 104 (3.37%) Linux
3 39 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 29 (0.94%) Unix
5 26 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.61%) Android
7 15 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.065%) CentOS
10 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.032%) AIX
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.032%) VMS
11 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 787 (25.47%) Agile
2 521 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 507 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
4 415 (13.43%) AI
5 401 (12.98%) DevOps
6 396 (12.82%) Analytics
7 395 (12.78%) CI/CD
8 389 (12.59%) Coaching
9 372 (12.04%) Roadmaps
10 366 (11.84%) Decision-Making
11 360 (11.65%) Mentoring
12 336 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 310 (10.03%) Software Engineering
14 281 (9.09%) Project Management
15 276 (8.93%) ERP
16 272 (8.80%) Asset Management
17 268 (8.67%) Risk Management
18 262 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
19 244 (7.90%) Test Automation
20 219 (7.09%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 522 (16.89%) SQL
2 353 (11.42%) Python
3 318 (10.29%) Java
4 181 (5.86%) C#
5 117 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 112 (3.62%) TypeScript
7 90 (2.91%) PowerShell
8 86 (2.78%) Go
9 70 (2.27%) C++
10 64 (2.07%) PHP
11 47 (1.52%) PL/SQL
12 33 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 27 (0.87%) C
14 26 (0.84%) Apex Code
15 24 (0.78%) Bicep
15 24 (0.78%) Shell Script
16 22 (0.71%) Bash
17 16 (0.52%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.49%) Rust
19 13 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 390 (12.62%) Degree
2 214 (6.93%) ACCA
3 175 (5.66%) Security Cleared
4 173 (5.60%) CIMA
5 149 (4.82%) CISSP
6 103 (3.33%) SC Cleared
7 95 (3.07%) CISA
8 71 (2.30%) CISM
8 71 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (2.10%) CRISC
10 56 (1.81%) DV Cleared
11 47 (1.52%) PMI Certification
12 45 (1.46%) DBS Check
13 38 (1.23%) Azure Certification
14 35 (1.13%) AAT
15 33 (1.07%) SANS
16 27 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
17 25 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
18 24 (0.78%) CGEIT
18 24 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (4.43%) NIST
2 120 (3.88%) QA
3 114 (3.69%) Data Quality
4 110 (3.56%) GDPR
5 108 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.49%) PCI DSS
7 71 (2.30%) GRC
8 65 (2.10%) IFRS
9 56 (1.81%) Accessibility
10 43 (1.39%) PMO
11 35 (1.13%) GAAP
12 34 (1.10%) SLA
13 30 (0.97%) COBIT
14 29 (0.94%) SOC 2
15 27 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
16 18 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.55%) P3O
18 11 (0.36%) SEPA
19 9 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
20 8 (0.26%) EMIR
System Software
1 93 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 71 (2.30%) Docker
3 38 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (0.68%) Firmware
6 18 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.42%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
11 1 (0.032%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 216 (6.99%) Terraform
2 133 (4.30%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.81%) Grafana
4 43 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 34 (1.10%) Ansible
7 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.36%) Argo
9 8 (0.26%) Istio
10 7 (0.23%) SCCM
11 5 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.16%) Endace
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) Cilium
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.13%) QRadar
13 2 (0.065%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.065%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 503 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 177 (5.73%) Oracle
3 126 (4.08%) SAP
4 100 (3.24%) Databricks
5 88 (2.85%) Salesforce
6 61 (1.97%) Google
7 53 (1.72%) Cisco
8 49 (1.59%) Sage
9 45 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 44 (1.42%) VMware
11 28 (0.91%) Workday
12 26 (0.84%) IBM
13 24 (0.78%) Okta
14 21 (0.68%) Adobe
14 21 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 20 (0.65%) CheckPoint
16 17 (0.55%) Blue Prism
17 16 (0.52%) Ab Initio
17 16 (0.52%) Meraki
18 14 (0.45%) Red Hat
1,835 hybrid/remote Finance jobs