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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,318 3,496 7,102
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.45% 25.88% 21.85%
As % of the General category 32.89% 35.88% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,163 2,605 4,949
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,103 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -5.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +15.19% -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 10,087 9,744 20,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.08% 72.14% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,708 6,522 15,161
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,439 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 25 April 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 80 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.18%) Confluence
3 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.42%) SAS
5 11 (0.33%) JBoss
6 9 (0.27%) CMS
6 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.18%) Apache
8 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.12%) IIS
11 2 (0.060%) nginx
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.030%) Camunda
12 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.030%) WordPress
Applications
1 225 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
6 9 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.030%) SPSS
10 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 65 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
2 59 (1.78%) NetSuite
3 52 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
4 48 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
5 42 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
6 38 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 34 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
8 30 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
9 29 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
10 27 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
11 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
11 17 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
12 16 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (0.39%) SAP ERP
13 13 (0.39%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
14 12 (0.36%) SAP CO
14 12 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
15 10 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 750 (22.60%) Azure
2 452 (13.62%) AWS
3 304 (9.16%) SaaS
4 240 (7.23%) Power Platform
5 180 (5.42%) GCP
6 155 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
7 140 (4.22%) GitHub
8 126 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
9 115 (3.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 114 (3.44%) Snowflake
11 103 (3.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 100 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
13 74 (2.23%) Entra ID
14 68 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
14 68 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
15 62 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
16 58 (1.75%) Azure AI
17 47 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
18 46 (1.39%) dbt
19 37 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.75%) Firewall
2 51 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 46 (1.39%) VPN
4 44 (1.33%) WAN
5 40 (1.21%) DNS
6 38 (1.15%) DHCP
7 34 (1.02%) HTTP
8 28 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 26 (0.78%) CHAP
10 24 (0.72%) Network Security
11 19 (0.57%) BGP
12 17 (0.51%) Wireless
13 16 (0.48%) Broadband
13 16 (0.48%) LAN
13 16 (0.48%) MPLS
14 14 (0.42%) VLAN
15 13 (0.39%) Internet
16 11 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
17 9 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
17 9 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (5.64%) Power BI
2 182 (5.49%) SQL Server
3 73 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (2.20%) Tableau
4 60 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 56 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 49 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 42 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 28 (0.84%) Big Data
10 23 (0.69%) Metadata
11 22 (0.66%) MySQL
11 22 (0.66%) Relational Database
12 19 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.51%) DB2
14 16 (0.48%) SAP BW
15 15 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 13 (0.39%) Delta Lake
16 13 (0.39%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 121 (3.65%) JIRA
2 71 (2.14%) Git
3 37 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
4 36 (1.08%) TeamCity
5 34 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 28 (0.84%) Selenium
7 19 (0.57%) Postman
8 16 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.45%) SoapUI
10 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.33%) GitLab
13 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Storybook
13 8 (0.24%) Subversion
14 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.18%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
15 4 (0.12%) ERwin
15 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,075 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 584 (17.60%) Banking
3 505 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 302 (9.10%) Retail
6 256 (7.72%) Legal
7 248 (7.47%) Public Sector
8 242 (7.29%) Law
9 240 (7.23%) Marketing
10 174 (5.24%) Financial Institution
11 129 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
12 123 (3.71%) Back Office
13 107 (3.22%) Manufacturing
14 103 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
15 94 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
16 85 (2.56%) Front Office
17 76 (2.29%) Telecoms
18 45 (1.36%) Billing
19 38 (1.15%) Advertising
20 37 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 589 (17.75%) Senior
2 405 (12.21%) Analyst
3 266 (8.02%) Developer
4 259 (7.81%) Lead
5 224 (6.75%) Software Engineer
6 173 (5.21%) Architect
7 168 (5.06%) Consultant
8 123 (3.71%) Finance Manager
9 109 (3.29%) Business Analyst
10 106 (3.19%) Senior Manager
11 103 (3.10%) Accountant
12 92 (2.77%) Project Manager
13 88 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 84 (2.53%) Data Engineer
15 83 (2.50%) C# Developer
16 79 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
17 76 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
17 76 (2.29%) Software Developer
18 73 (2.20%) Graduate
19 71 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (3.77%) React
2 122 (3.68%) .NET
3 116 (3.50%) REST
4 69 (2.08%) Node.js
5 67 (2.02%) Kafka
6 61 (1.84%) SOAP
7 58 (1.75%) RESTful
8 55 (1.66%) GraphQL
9 49 (1.48%) JSON
10 45 (1.36%) Spring
11 44 (1.33%) CSS
12 43 (1.30%) Redux
13 41 (1.24%) OAuth
14 32 (0.96%) HTML
14 32 (0.96%) Middleware
15 30 (0.90%) jQuery
15 30 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
15 30 (0.90%) XML
16 25 (0.75%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 211 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 129 (3.89%) Onboarding
4 128 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 97 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 75 (2.26%) Virtual Team
7 70 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 62 (1.87%) Fixed Income
9 60 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 60 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 56 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 56 (1.69%) Data Structures
11 53 (1.60%) Blog
11 53 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 42 (1.27%) Security Posture
13 41 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
14 38 (1.15%) Low-Code
15 35 (1.05%) Driving Licence
16 34 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
17 29 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (3.50%) Windows
2 95 (2.86%) Linux
3 42 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 27 (0.81%) Unix
5 19 (0.57%) Android
6 15 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.090%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.060%) CentOS
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.030%) AIX
10 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.030%) VMS
10 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (24.71%) Agile
2 528 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 524 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 453 (13.65%) Roadmaps
5 441 (13.29%) AI
6 399 (12.03%) Decision-Making
7 381 (11.48%) DevOps
8 377 (11.36%) Analytics
9 370 (11.15%) CI/CD
10 357 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 349 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 342 (10.31%) ERP
12 342 (10.31%) Software Engineering
13 336 (10.13%) Coaching
14 288 (8.68%) Risk Management
15 285 (8.59%) Project Management
16 248 (7.47%) Business Intelligence
17 234 (7.05%) Test Automation
18 213 (6.42%) Fintech
19 211 (6.36%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 555 (16.73%) SQL
2 343 (10.34%) Python
3 328 (9.89%) Java
4 201 (6.06%) C#
5 126 (3.80%) TypeScript
6 112 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 83 (2.50%) C++
7 83 (2.50%) Go
7 83 (2.50%) PowerShell
8 72 (2.17%) PHP
9 38 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 30 (0.90%) C
11 28 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 23 (0.69%) Apex Code
13 22 (0.66%) Bicep
14 18 (0.54%) Rust
14 18 (0.54%) Shell Script
15 15 (0.45%) Bash
15 15 (0.45%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 383 (11.54%) Degree
2 271 (8.17%) ACCA
3 224 (6.75%) CIMA
4 191 (5.76%) Security Cleared
5 153 (4.61%) CISSP
6 109 (3.29%) SC Cleared
7 98 (2.95%) CISA
8 78 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (2.14%) CISM
10 66 (1.99%) CRISC
11 56 (1.69%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.48%) PMI Certification
13 39 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 38 (1.15%) SANS
15 36 (1.08%) DBS Check
16 29 (0.87%) Azure Certification
17 28 (0.84%) PMP
18 27 (0.81%) AAT
19 26 (0.78%) CGEIT
19 26 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (3.86%) NIST
2 123 (3.71%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.47%) QA
4 112 (3.38%) GDPR
5 91 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 74 (2.23%) PCI DSS
7 70 (2.11%) IFRS
8 62 (1.87%) GRC
9 59 (1.78%) Accessibility
10 49 (1.48%) PMO
11 40 (1.21%) GAAP
12 34 (1.02%) SLA
13 32 (0.96%) COBIT
14 27 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.69%) SOC 2
16 19 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.45%) MiFID
17 15 (0.45%) P3O
18 13 (0.39%) EMIR
19 12 (0.36%) COREP
System Software
1 98 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 74 (2.23%) Docker
3 71 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
4 48 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.45%) Firmware
6 14 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 191 (5.76%) Terraform
2 137 (4.13%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.48%) Grafana
4 40 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (0.93%) Ansible
6 29 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.33%) Argo
7 11 (0.33%) 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
1 528 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 216 (6.51%) Oracle
3 143 (4.31%) SAP
4 135 (4.07%) Databricks
5 86 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 62 (1.87%) Sage
7 61 (1.84%) Google
8 51 (1.54%) VMware
9 45 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 37 (1.12%) Cisco
11 30 (0.90%) Workday
12 28 (0.84%) Xero
13 25 (0.75%) Okta
14 21 (0.63%) Adobe
14 21 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 21 (0.63%) IBM
15 17 (0.51%) Red Hat
16 16 (0.48%) Aderant
16 16 (0.48%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.39%) Ab Initio