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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,218 4,020 5,395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.21% 24.29% 21.74%
As % of the General category 30.25% 34.04% 35.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,596 2,385 3,312
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,759 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,840 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -4.33% +4.29%
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £106,563
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -4.41% -2.08%

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 13,945 11,811 15,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.22% 71.37% 61.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,777 6,569 9,830
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,800 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -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 25 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
1 111 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.23%) Confluence
3 26 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.40%) Apache
5 16 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.26%) nginx
7 10 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.21%) CMS
9 8 (0.19%) SAS
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
11 4 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.095%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.024%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.024%) CICS
13 1 (0.024%) JBoss
13 1 (0.024%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 252 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.40%) Simulink
6 15 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.24%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.14%) Trello
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.095%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.095%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.095%) Sketch
12 3 (0.071%) Productboard
13 2 (0.047%) InDesign
13 2 (0.047%) SPSS
13 2 (0.047%) Weka
14 1 (0.024%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.024%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 66 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 51 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 29 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
5 24 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
6 23 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
7 20 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
7 20 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
8 18 (0.43%) Elite 3E
9 16 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
9 16 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
10 15 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
10 15 (0.36%) Primavera
10 15 (0.36%) Workday HCM
11 14 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 13 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
12 13 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
13 11 (0.26%) Sage 50
14 10 (0.24%) SAP ERP
15 8 (0.19%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 865 (20.51%) Azure
2 604 (14.32%) AWS
3 345 (8.18%) SaaS
4 315 (7.47%) Power Platform
5 216 (5.12%) GCP
6 152 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
7 141 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
8 114 (2.70%) Snowflake
9 105 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (1.97%) PaaS
11 74 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
12 69 (1.64%) Entra ID
13 68 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 67 (1.59%) Azure AI
15 66 (1.56%) GitHub
16 64 (1.52%) PowerApps
17 59 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
18 57 (1.35%) Azure Machine Learning
18 57 (1.35%) Serverless
19 50 (1.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 80 (1.90%) LAN
2 79 (1.87%) WAN
3 61 (1.45%) Firewall
4 42 (1.00%) TCP/IP
5 40 (0.95%) Network Security
6 39 (0.92%) HTTP
7 37 (0.88%) DNS
8 30 (0.71%) VPN
9 28 (0.66%) DHCP
10 21 (0.50%) Broadband
11 16 (0.38%) VLAN
11 16 (0.38%) Wireless
12 14 (0.33%) MPLS
13 13 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (0.26%) Ethernet
14 11 (0.26%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.24%) BGP
15 10 (0.24%) NGFW
16 9 (0.21%) Internet
17 8 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (4.93%) Power BI
2 178 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 68 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (1.56%) MongoDB
5 59 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (1.28%) Tableau
7 46 (1.09%) Data Lake
8 43 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 38 (0.90%) Metadata
11 35 (0.83%) Relational Database
12 27 (0.64%) Big Data
13 23 (0.55%) MySQL
14 21 (0.50%) NoSQL
14 21 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 20 (0.47%) Power Query
16 17 (0.40%) Oracle Database
16 17 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 16 (0.38%) Looker
18 15 (0.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 135 (3.20%) JIRA
2 86 (2.04%) Git
3 45 (1.07%) TeamCity
4 26 (0.62%) JUnit
5 25 (0.59%) Claude Code
6 22 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
7 21 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 21 (0.50%) Maven
8 17 (0.40%) Mockito
9 14 (0.33%) Selenium
10 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.17%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.17%) GitLab
10 7 (0.17%) Postman
10 7 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.14%) Gatling
11 6 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.095%) CMake
12 4 (0.095%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.095%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,395 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 693 (16.43%) Banking
3 596 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 489 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 425 (10.08%) Legal
6 319 (7.56%) Retail
7 316 (7.49%) Law
8 267 (6.33%) Marketing
9 252 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
10 231 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
11 206 (4.88%) Public Sector
12 148 (3.51%) Financial Institution
13 147 (3.49%) Aerospace
13 147 (3.49%) Manufacturing
14 124 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
15 123 (2.92%) Back Office
16 83 (1.97%) Billing
17 78 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 56 (1.33%) Front Office
19 53 (1.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 581 (13.77%) Senior
2 459 (10.88%) Lead
3 434 (10.29%) Analyst
4 353 (8.37%) Architect
5 332 (7.87%) Developer
6 266 (6.31%) Software Engineer
7 211 (5.00%) Consultant
8 161 (3.82%) Finance Manager
9 150 (3.56%) Senior Manager
10 127 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
11 121 (2.87%) Accountant
12 111 (2.63%) IT Manager
12 111 (2.63%) Project Manager
13 110 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
14 103 (2.44%) Business Analyst
15 101 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
16 96 (2.28%) Engineering Manager
17 81 (1.92%) Data Analyst
18 78 (1.85%) Graduate
18 78 (1.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (4.17%) Terraform
2 155 (3.67%) .NET
3 148 (3.51%) React
4 115 (2.73%) REST
5 81 (1.92%) Node.js
6 66 (1.56%) .NET Core
7 64 (1.52%) CSS
8 63 (1.49%) Spring
9 60 (1.42%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
11 50 (1.19%) .NET Framework
12 49 (1.16%) LangChain
13 43 (1.02%) AngularJS
14 42 (1.00%) LangGraph
15 40 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
16 37 (0.88%) PyTorch
16 37 (0.88%) TensorFlow
17 35 (0.83%) HTML
18 34 (0.81%) jQuery
19 33 (0.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 284 (6.73%) Product Ownership
2 213 (5.05%) Cloud Native
3 192 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 168 (3.98%) Management Information System
5 163 (3.86%) Virtual Team
6 156 (3.70%) Web Conferencing
7 146 (3.46%) Podcast
8 123 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (2.25%) Blog
10 92 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 68 (1.61%) Data Centre
12 62 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 61 (1.45%) AI Agents
14 58 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
15 57 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
16 54 (1.28%) Credit Risk
17 49 (1.16%) Hedge funds
18 47 (1.11%) Driving Licence
19 44 (1.04%) Fixed Income
20 42 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 136 (3.22%) Windows
2 114 (2.70%) Linux
3 46 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.43%) Android
5 16 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.38%) Unix
6 10 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.071%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.024%) AIX
11 1 (0.024%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (20.70%) Agile
2 747 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 710 (16.83%) Roadmaps
4 666 (15.79%) AI
5 656 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
6 560 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 553 (13.11%) Decision-Making
8 499 (11.83%) Software Engineering
9 423 (10.03%) Mentoring
10 422 (10.00%) Analytics
11 407 (9.65%) ERP
12 388 (9.20%) CI/CD
13 357 (8.46%) Risk Management
14 349 (8.27%) DevOps
15 342 (8.11%) Project Delivery
16 320 (7.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 303 (7.18%) Project Management
18 297 (7.04%) Process Improvement
19 281 (6.66%) Machine Learning
20 274 (6.50%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 635 (15.05%) SQL
2 418 (9.91%) Python
3 294 (6.97%) Java
4 247 (5.86%) C#
5 160 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 133 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 108 (2.56%) C++
8 86 (2.04%) PowerShell
9 66 (1.56%) PHP
10 35 (0.83%) Go
11 31 (0.73%) C
12 28 (0.66%) Bash
13 27 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 25 (0.59%) R
15 24 (0.57%) Bicep
16 22 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 18 (0.43%) Rust
18 17 (0.40%) VBA
19 16 (0.38%) Kotlin
20 15 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 420 (9.96%) Degree
2 345 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 265 (6.28%) SC Cleared
4 252 (5.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 243 (5.76%) ACCA
6 212 (5.03%) CIMA
7 133 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 84 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (1.64%) CISSP
10 54 (1.28%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.19%) CISM
12 49 (1.16%) PMP
13 45 (1.07%) Azure Certification
14 34 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (0.76%) CISA
16 29 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 28 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (0.64%) CRISC
19 24 (0.57%) ICAEW
20 22 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (4.13%) Accessibility
2 171 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 161 (3.82%) QA
4 144 (3.41%) GDPR
5 91 (2.16%) GRC
5 91 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (1.83%) PMO
7 76 (1.80%) SLA
8 69 (1.64%) NIST
9 61 (1.45%) IFRS
10 50 (1.19%) GAAP
11 30 (0.71%) COBIT
11 30 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 23 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 21 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.40%) MiFID
15 16 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
16 14 (0.33%) FINREP
16 14 (0.33%) SOC 2
17 13 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 107 (2.54%) Docker
2 98 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 50 (1.19%) Firmware
5 40 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.14%) Squid
10 6 (0.14%) vSphere
11 3 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.024%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.024%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 176 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 69 (1.64%) Grafana
3 43 (1.02%) Ansible
4 35 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.19%) Istio
5 8 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.12%) SCCM
6 5 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.095%) QRadar
7 4 (0.095%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.071%) Argo
8 3 (0.071%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.047%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.047%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 2 (0.047%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.047%) Puppet
9 2 (0.047%) Salt
Vendors
1 724 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 218 (5.17%) Oracle
3 138 (3.27%) SAP
4 134 (3.18%) Databricks
5 92 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 64 (1.52%) Sage
7 61 (1.45%) Google
8 58 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 49 (1.16%) Workday
10 47 (1.11%) VMware
11 41 (0.97%) Cisco
12 39 (0.92%) Xero
13 33 (0.78%) HubSpot
14 32 (0.76%) Aderant
15 27 (0.64%) IBM
16 25 (0.59%) BMC
17 22 (0.52%) Splunk
18 20 (0.47%) Remedy
19 19 (0.45%) FIS
19 19 (0.45%) Veeam