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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,405 4,025 7,035
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.24% 26.58% 21.61%
As % of the General category 32.75% 35.62% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,235 2,501 4,881
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -6.40%
75th Percentile £89,750 £102,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 10,396 11,301 20,212
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.68% 74.64% 62.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,923 6,421 15,099
10th Percentile £31,510 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 18 May 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 86 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.12%) Confluence
3 30 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.47%) SAS
5 10 (0.29%) CMS
6 7 (0.21%) JBoss
6 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.15%) Ethereum
7 5 (0.15%) IIS
7 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.12%) Apache
9 2 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.029%) Camunda
10 1 (0.029%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.029%) nginx
Applications
1 203 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.15%) Sketch
8 3 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.088%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.088%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.088%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.088%) Productboard
9 2 (0.059%) SPSS
10 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 68 (2.00%) Oracle Financials
2 50 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 47 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
4 43 (1.26%) Oracle Assets
5 42 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
6 31 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
7 29 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
9 26 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
10 17 (0.50%) Elite 3E
11 16 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
11 16 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
14 13 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
14 13 (0.38%) SAP ERP
15 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
16 8 (0.23%) SAP CO
16 8 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 730 (21.44%) Azure
2 469 (13.77%) AWS
3 297 (8.72%) SaaS
4 222 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 176 (5.17%) GCP
6 136 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
7 126 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
8 103 (3.02%) GitHub
9 100 (2.94%) Snowflake
10 90 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 84 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
12 80 (2.35%) Entra ID
13 67 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.94%) Azure Machine Learning
15 64 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
16 61 (1.79%) Azure AI
17 49 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
18 37 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (1.06%) dbt
20 35 (1.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.00%) Firewall
2 48 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.32%) VPN
4 44 (1.29%) WAN
5 39 (1.15%) DNS
6 38 (1.12%) HTTP
7 37 (1.09%) DHCP
8 30 (0.88%) Network Security
9 29 (0.85%) SD-WAN
10 23 (0.68%) CHAP
11 19 (0.56%) BGP
11 19 (0.56%) LAN
11 19 (0.56%) MPLS
12 18 (0.53%) Broadband
13 17 (0.50%) Wireless
14 15 (0.44%) VLAN
15 13 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
17 11 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 154 (4.52%) Power BI
3 66 (1.94%) Tableau
4 59 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (1.50%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (0.76%) Big Data
8 26 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 24 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 22 (0.65%) Metadata
11 22 (0.65%) MongoDB
12 17 (0.50%) DB2
13 16 (0.47%) MySQL
13 16 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.41%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.41%) SAP BW
15 13 (0.38%) Looker
15 13 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 115 (3.38%) JIRA
2 66 (1.94%) Git
3 40 (1.17%) TeamCity
4 27 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 26 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.76%) Selenium
6 18 (0.53%) Postman
7 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
8 14 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (0.38%) SoapUI
10 12 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.23%) GitLab
11 8 (0.23%) JUnit
12 6 (0.18%) Maven
12 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.15%) Mockito
13 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.15%) Storybook
14 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,063 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 584 (17.15%) Banking
3 461 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (9.72%) Legal
5 329 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 320 (9.40%) Retail
7 257 (7.55%) Law
8 231 (6.78%) Public Sector
9 228 (6.70%) Marketing
10 176 (5.17%) Financial Institution
11 162 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
12 132 (3.88%) Back Office
13 111 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
14 94 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
15 91 (2.67%) Manufacturing
16 74 (2.17%) Front Office
17 67 (1.97%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.15%) Investment Banking
19 38 (1.12%) Billing
20 35 (1.03%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 581 (17.06%) Senior
2 386 (11.34%) Analyst
3 288 (8.46%) Lead
4 281 (8.25%) Developer
5 230 (6.75%) Software Engineer
6 179 (5.26%) Consultant
7 178 (5.23%) Architect
8 138 (4.05%) Finance Manager
9 123 (3.61%) Senior Manager
10 107 (3.14%) Accountant
11 100 (2.94%) Business Analyst
12 89 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
13 85 (2.50%) Project Manager
14 82 (2.41%) C# Developer
15 80 (2.35%) Data Engineer
16 74 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
17 73 (2.14%) Software Developer
18 72 (2.11%) Graduate
18 72 (2.11%) Senior Software Engineer
19 68 (2.00%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (3.96%) .NET
2 129 (3.79%) React
3 117 (3.44%) REST
4 69 (2.03%) Node.js
5 61 (1.79%) Kafka
6 49 (1.44%) RESTful
7 48 (1.41%) GraphQL
8 46 (1.35%) SOAP
9 45 (1.32%) CSS
10 43 (1.26%) Redux
11 42 (1.23%) Spring
12 38 (1.12%) JSON
13 36 (1.06%) HTML
14 32 (0.94%) .NET Core
15 31 (0.91%) OAuth
16 30 (0.88%) jQuery
17 27 (0.79%) Middleware
17 27 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
17 27 (0.79%) XML
18 26 (0.76%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.61%) Product Ownership
2 204 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 136 (3.99%) Virtual Team
4 135 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 120 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 89 (2.61%) Web Conferencing
7 83 (2.44%) Podcast
8 75 (2.20%) Data Centre
9 68 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
10 64 (1.88%) Data Structures
10 64 (1.88%) Public Cloud
11 59 (1.73%) Fixed Income
12 50 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 49 (1.44%) Blog
14 48 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
15 43 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (1.23%) Security Posture
17 37 (1.09%) Driving Licence
18 35 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
18 35 (1.03%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.58%) Windows
2 102 (3.00%) Linux
3 39 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.79%) Unix
5 25 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.50%) Android
7 15 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.088%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.029%) AIX
11 1 (0.029%) CentOS
11 1 (0.029%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.029%) VMS
11 1 (0.029%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (23.73%) Agile
2 499 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
3 486 (14.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 472 (13.86%) Roadmaps
5 411 (12.07%) AI
6 373 (10.95%) Mentoring
7 361 (10.60%) DevOps
8 356 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 352 (10.34%) CI/CD
10 349 (10.25%) Analytics
11 348 (10.22%) Software Engineering
12 343 (10.07%) Decision-Making
13 337 (9.90%) ERP
14 294 (8.63%) Coaching
15 292 (8.58%) Project Management
16 253 (7.43%) Risk Management
17 216 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 215 (6.31%) Fintech
19 210 (6.17%) Test Automation
20 194 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 547 (16.06%) SQL
2 341 (10.01%) Python
3 321 (9.43%) Java
4 214 (6.28%) C#
5 129 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 123 (3.61%) TypeScript
7 81 (2.38%) C++
8 80 (2.35%) PowerShell
9 78 (2.29%) Go
10 65 (1.91%) PHP
11 35 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 29 (0.85%) C
13 22 (0.65%) Apex Code
14 18 (0.53%) Bicep
15 17 (0.50%) Rust
16 16 (0.47%) R
17 15 (0.44%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.41%) Shell Script
19 13 (0.38%) Bash
20 12 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 370 (10.87%) Degree
2 247 (7.25%) ACCA
3 204 (5.99%) CIMA
4 187 (5.49%) Security Cleared
5 117 (3.44%) CISSP
6 105 (3.08%) SC Cleared
7 103 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 76 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (1.97%) CISA
10 64 (1.88%) CISM
11 57 (1.67%) PMI Certification
12 51 (1.50%) DV Cleared
13 39 (1.15%) DBS Check
14 38 (1.12%) CRISC
14 38 (1.12%) PMP
15 35 (1.03%) SANS
16 33 (0.97%) Azure Certification
17 31 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (0.73%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (3.96%) QA
2 118 (3.47%) Data Quality
3 116 (3.41%) GDPR
4 96 (2.82%) NIST
5 87 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (1.88%) IFRS
7 61 (1.79%) Accessibility
8 59 (1.73%) PMO
9 53 (1.56%) GRC
10 46 (1.35%) PCI DSS
11 44 (1.29%) SLA
12 35 (1.03%) GAAP
13 32 (0.94%) COBIT
14 22 (0.65%) SOC 2
15 20 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
16 15 (0.44%) MiFID
17 13 (0.38%) COREP
17 13 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
17 13 (0.38%) FINREP
System Software
1 106 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.23%) Docker
3 70 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 48 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.35%) Firmware
7 11 (0.32%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.15%) vSphere
10 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.029%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 178 (5.23%) Terraform
2 142 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 51 (1.50%) Grafana
4 47 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (0.91%) Ansible
6 22 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.23%) Argo
7 8 (0.23%) Istio
7 8 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.15%) Endace
9 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.15%) SCCM
10 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.088%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.088%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.059%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 559 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 232 (6.81%) Oracle
3 132 (3.88%) SAP
4 129 (3.79%) Databricks
5 91 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 60 (1.76%) Sage
7 54 (1.59%) Google
8 49 (1.44%) VMware
9 41 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 40 (1.17%) Cisco
11 33 (0.97%) Xero
12 30 (0.88%) Workday
13 24 (0.70%) Adobe
14 23 (0.68%) HubSpot
14 23 (0.68%) Okta
15 21 (0.62%) Aderant
15 21 (0.62%) IBM
16 16 (0.47%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.38%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.38%) CheckPoint