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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,796 4,173 6,719
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.81% 25.34% 20.95%
As % of the General category 29.97% 34.94% 34.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,555 2,548 4,529
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,991 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +10.64% -6.31%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +8.00% -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 12,668 11,945 19,679
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.44% 72.52% 61.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,277 6,680 14,215
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £56,435
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.77% -9.70%
75th Percentile £78,800 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 11 July 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 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.03%) Confluence
3 32 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.37%) SAS
5 11 (0.29%) CMS
6 7 (0.18%) Apache
7 6 (0.16%) IIS
8 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.13%) nginx
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.11%) JBoss
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.053%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 226 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.26%) CorelDRAW
7 9 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.11%) Sketch
9 4 (0.11%) Trello
10 3 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) Productboard
11 2 (0.053%) SPSS
12 1 (0.026%) Notion
12 1 (0.026%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 62 (1.63%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.53%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
4 29 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
5 28 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 28 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 25 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
7 24 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
8 23 (0.61%) Elite 3E
9 21 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
11 16 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
12 15 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
13 14 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
13 14 (0.37%) SAP ERP
14 13 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
15 12 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
16 11 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
17 10 (0.26%) SAP CO
17 10 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 800 (21.07%) Azure
2 550 (14.49%) AWS
3 351 (9.25%) SaaS
4 287 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 198 (5.22%) GCP
6 169 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
7 125 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
8 110 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.08%) Snowflake
10 74 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 71 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 65 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (1.66%) Azure AI
14 61 (1.61%) Azure Machine Learning
15 54 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
15 54 (1.42%) PaaS
16 49 (1.29%) GitHub
17 46 (1.21%) PowerApps
18 35 (0.92%) Power Automate
18 35 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 77 (2.03%) Firewall
2 64 (1.69%) WAN
3 51 (1.34%) LAN
3 51 (1.34%) TCP/IP
4 41 (1.08%) Network Security
5 40 (1.05%) VPN
6 39 (1.03%) HTTP
7 38 (1.00%) DNS
8 32 (0.84%) DHCP
9 21 (0.55%) BGP
10 20 (0.53%) Broadband
11 19 (0.50%) MPLS
11 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 19 (0.50%) VLAN
12 18 (0.47%) Wireless
13 13 (0.34%) CHAP
13 13 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (4.69%) Power BI
2 166 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 75 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 55 (1.45%) Tableau
6 51 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
9 37 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 27 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 24 (0.63%) Big Data
13 23 (0.61%) MySQL
14 20 (0.53%) Metadata
15 18 (0.47%) Db2
16 16 (0.42%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.42%) SAP BW
17 14 (0.37%) Power Query
18 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 102 (2.69%) JIRA
2 64 (1.69%) Git
3 49 (1.29%) TeamCity
4 19 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.40%) JUnit
5 15 (0.40%) Selenium
6 12 (0.32%) Maven
7 10 (0.26%) Mockito
8 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 5 (0.13%) GitLab
9 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.079%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.079%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.079%) Postman
11 3 (0.079%) SonarQube
General
1 1,250 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 661 (17.41%) Banking
3 496 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 406 (10.70%) Legal
5 336 (8.85%) Retail
6 334 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 310 (8.17%) Law
8 209 (5.51%) Marketing
9 203 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
10 202 (5.32%) Public Sector
11 172 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
12 167 (4.40%) Financial Institution
13 137 (3.61%) Back Office
14 120 (3.16%) Manufacturing
15 108 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
16 69 (1.82%) Front Office
17 67 (1.77%) Telecoms
18 58 (1.53%) Billing
19 55 (1.45%) Investment Banking
20 46 (1.21%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 543 (14.30%) Senior
2 388 (10.22%) Analyst
3 365 (9.62%) Lead
4 349 (9.19%) Developer
5 271 (7.14%) Architect
6 255 (6.72%) Software Engineer
7 200 (5.27%) Consultant
8 152 (4.00%) Finance Manager
9 148 (3.90%) Senior Manager
10 121 (3.19%) Accountant
11 113 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
12 95 (2.50%) Project Manager
13 91 (2.40%) IT Manager
14 89 (2.34%) Engineering Manager
15 88 (2.32%) Business Analyst
16 78 (2.05%) Graduate
17 77 (2.03%) Azure Engineer
17 77 (2.03%) Support Analyst
18 76 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
19 70 (1.84%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (4.27%) .NET
2 153 (4.03%) React
3 111 (2.92%) REST
4 101 (2.66%) Node.js
5 64 (1.69%) CSS
6 63 (1.66%) .NET Core
7 57 (1.50%) ASP.NET
7 57 (1.50%) Kafka
8 55 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
9 53 (1.40%) Spring
10 47 (1.24%) .NET Framework
11 41 (1.08%) Redux
12 39 (1.03%) AngularJS
12 39 (1.03%) jQuery
13 38 (1.00%) GraphQL
14 37 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
15 36 (0.95%) HTML
16 33 (0.87%) Vue
17 32 (0.84%) RESTful
17 32 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 247 (6.51%) Product Ownership
2 221 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.21%) Virtual Team
4 148 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 147 (3.87%) Onboarding
6 142 (3.74%) Web Conferencing
7 134 (3.53%) Podcast
8 83 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 80 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.95%) Data Centre
11 69 (1.82%) Data Structures
12 66 (1.74%) Fixed Income
13 56 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 47 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
15 46 (1.21%) Driving Licence
16 45 (1.19%) Security Posture
17 44 (1.16%) Blog
18 41 (1.08%) Credit Risk
19 40 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 127 (3.35%) Windows
2 111 (2.92%) Linux
3 37 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.47%) Unix
5 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.26%) Android
7 9 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.026%) AIX
10 1 (0.026%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 803 (21.15%) Agile
2 601 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 589 (15.52%) Roadmaps
4 554 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
5 466 (12.28%) AI
6 446 (11.75%) Decision-Making
7 434 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 426 (11.22%) Software Engineering
9 400 (10.54%) Mentoring
10 382 (10.06%) ERP
11 365 (9.62%) Analytics
12 336 (8.85%) CI/CD
13 332 (8.75%) DevOps
14 301 (7.93%) Project Management
15 297 (7.82%) Risk Management
16 266 (7.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 243 (6.40%) Project Delivery
18 239 (6.30%) Coaching
19 230 (6.06%) CRM
20 229 (6.03%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 569 (14.99%) SQL
2 378 (9.96%) Python
3 313 (8.25%) Java
4 252 (6.64%) C#
5 164 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 144 (3.79%) TypeScript
7 92 (2.42%) C++
8 75 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.82%) PHP
10 66 (1.74%) Go
11 29 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 27 (0.71%) Bicep
13 25 (0.66%) C
14 21 (0.55%) Bash
14 21 (0.55%) R
15 17 (0.45%) Rust
15 17 (0.45%) VBA
16 12 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.32%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 348 (9.17%) Degree
2 253 (6.66%) ACCA
3 219 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 210 (5.53%) CIMA
5 122 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 121 (3.19%) SC Cleared
7 105 (2.77%) CISSP
8 82 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (1.69%) CISM
10 54 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 45 (1.19%) CISA
11 45 (1.19%) DV Cleared
12 42 (1.11%) PMP
13 41 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 33 (0.87%) CRISC
15 32 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 31 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
17 27 (0.71%) AAT
17 27 (0.71%) DBS Check
18 26 (0.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (4.24%) QA
2 136 (3.58%) GDPR
3 132 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 113 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 87 (2.29%) NIST
6 77 (2.03%) GRC
7 71 (1.87%) IFRS
8 66 (1.74%) PMO
9 55 (1.45%) SLA
10 49 (1.29%) Accessibility
11 47 (1.24%) GAAP
12 41 (1.08%) PCI DSS
13 33 (0.87%) COBIT
14 27 (0.71%) SOC 2
15 24 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
16 20 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
18 15 (0.40%) MiFID
19 14 (0.37%) COREP
19 14 (0.37%) FINREP
System Software
1 91 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 84 (2.21%) Docker
3 64 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.21%) Firmware
7 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.079%) Squid
9 3 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 162 (4.27%) Terraform
2 159 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.55%) Grafana
4 45 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (0.90%) Ansible
6 8 (0.21%) Istio
7 7 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.13%) Endace
9 5 (0.13%) QRadar
9 5 (0.13%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.13%) SCCM
10 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.079%) Argo
11 3 (0.079%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.079%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.053%) Salt
Vendors
1 672 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 234 (6.16%) Oracle
3 137 (3.61%) SAP
4 109 (2.87%) Databricks
5 86 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.82%) Sage
7 61 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 54 (1.42%) Google
9 47 (1.24%) Cisco
10 38 (1.00%) VMware
11 37 (0.97%) Xero
12 36 (0.95%) Workday
13 27 (0.71%) Adobe
14 26 (0.68%) Aderant
15 25 (0.66%) HubSpot
16 23 (0.61%) IBM
17 20 (0.53%) OpenAI
17 20 (0.53%) Splunk
18 19 (0.50%) BMC
19 18 (0.47%) iManage
1,726 hybrid/remote Finance jobs