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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,787 4,161 6,847
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 17.86% 25.36% 21.01%
As % of the General category 30.02% 34.90% 34.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,549 2,546 4,643
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,503
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +10.76% -6.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £122,861
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 12,617 11,921 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.66% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 6,677 14,546
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% -11.20%
75th Percentile £79,127 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £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 9 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
1 110 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.03%) Confluence
3 32 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.37%) SAS
5 12 (0.32%) 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%) JBoss
8 5 (0.13%) nginx
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.079%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 223 (5.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.69%) 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 60 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 58 (1.53%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 29 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 27 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 27 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 24 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
6 24 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (0.61%) Elite 3E
8 20 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
11 14 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
11 14 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
11 14 (0.37%) SAP ERP
12 12 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
12 12 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 10 (0.26%) SAP CO
13 10 (0.26%) SAP FI
13 10 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 803 (21.20%) Azure
2 550 (14.52%) AWS
3 347 (9.16%) SaaS
4 286 (7.55%) Power Platform
5 198 (5.23%) GCP
6 167 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
7 120 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
8 112 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.09%) Snowflake
10 74 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 71 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 65 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (1.66%) Azure AI
14 62 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
15 54 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
15 54 (1.43%) PaaS
16 49 (1.29%) GitHub
17 45 (1.19%) PowerApps
18 36 (0.95%) Serverless
19 35 (0.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 74 (1.95%) Firewall
2 65 (1.72%) WAN
3 51 (1.35%) LAN
4 49 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.08%) VPN
6 40 (1.06%) Network Security
7 39 (1.03%) HTTP
8 38 (1.00%) DNS
9 32 (0.84%) DHCP
10 21 (0.55%) BGP
10 21 (0.55%) Broadband
11 20 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 19 (0.50%) MPLS
13 18 (0.48%) VLAN
13 18 (0.48%) Wireless
14 15 (0.40%) CHAP
15 13 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
15 13 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (4.67%) Power BI
2 166 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 75 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 55 (1.45%) Tableau
6 50 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
9 37 (0.98%) 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 (0.48%) Db2
16 16 (0.42%) SAP BW
17 15 (0.40%) Oracle Database
18 14 (0.37%) Power Query
19 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 102 (2.69%) JIRA
2 65 (1.72%) Git
3 48 (1.27%) TeamCity
4 19 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.42%) Selenium
6 15 (0.40%) JUnit
7 12 (0.32%) Maven
8 10 (0.26%) Mockito
9 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.16%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.13%) GitLab
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.11%) Postman
12 3 (0.079%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.079%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.079%) SonarQube
General
1 1,248 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 663 (17.51%) Banking
3 495 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 405 (10.69%) Legal
5 336 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 330 (8.71%) Retail
7 307 (8.11%) Law
8 209 (5.52%) Marketing
9 203 (5.36%) Public Sector
10 201 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
11 171 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
12 167 (4.41%) Financial Institution
13 135 (3.56%) Back Office
14 120 (3.17%) Manufacturing
15 108 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
16 69 (1.82%) Front Office
17 67 (1.77%) Telecoms
18 57 (1.51%) Billing
19 55 (1.45%) Investment Banking
20 44 (1.16%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 543 (14.34%) Senior
2 384 (10.14%) Analyst
3 364 (9.61%) Lead
4 350 (9.24%) Developer
5 267 (7.05%) Architect
6 257 (6.79%) Software Engineer
7 197 (5.20%) Consultant
8 152 (4.01%) Finance Manager
9 148 (3.91%) Senior Manager
10 121 (3.20%) Accountant
11 111 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
12 95 (2.51%) Project Manager
13 92 (2.43%) IT Manager
14 89 (2.35%) Engineering Manager
15 88 (2.32%) Business Analyst
16 78 (2.06%) Graduate
17 77 (2.03%) Azure Engineer
18 76 (2.01%) Support Analyst
19 75 (1.98%) Senior Analyst
20 69 (1.82%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (4.33%) .NET
2 157 (4.15%) React
3 111 (2.93%) REST
4 103 (2.72%) Node.js
5 64 (1.69%) CSS
6 63 (1.66%) .NET Core
7 57 (1.51%) ASP.NET
8 55 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
8 55 (1.45%) Kafka
9 54 (1.43%) Spring
10 47 (1.24%) .NET Framework
11 42 (1.11%) Redux
12 40 (1.06%) GraphQL
13 39 (1.03%) AngularJS
13 39 (1.03%) jQuery
14 37 (0.98%) HTML
15 36 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
16 33 (0.87%) Vue
17 32 (0.84%) PyTorch
17 32 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 244 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 223 (5.89%) Cloud Native
3 160 (4.22%) Virtual Team
4 148 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 148 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 142 (3.75%) Web Conferencing
6 134 (3.54%) Podcast
7 82 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 80 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 74 (1.95%) Data Centre
10 67 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 66 (1.74%) Fixed Income
12 56 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 46 (1.21%) Driving Licence
13 46 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 45 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
14 45 (1.19%) Security Posture
15 44 (1.16%) Blog
16 41 (1.08%) Credit Risk
17 38 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 124 (3.27%) Windows
2 109 (2.88%) Linux
3 37 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.48%) Unix
5 14 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.29%) Android
7 10 (0.26%) 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
1 806 (21.28%) Agile
2 594 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 587 (15.50%) Roadmaps
4 554 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 466 (12.31%) AI
6 440 (11.62%) Decision-Making
7 430 (11.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 425 (11.22%) Software Engineering
9 399 (10.54%) Mentoring
10 377 (9.96%) ERP
11 367 (9.69%) Analytics
12 340 (8.98%) CI/CD
13 333 (8.79%) DevOps
14 304 (8.03%) Project Management
15 299 (7.90%) Risk Management
16 261 (6.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 241 (6.36%) Project Delivery
18 238 (6.28%) Coaching
19 226 (5.97%) CRM
19 226 (5.97%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 571 (15.08%) SQL
2 380 (10.03%) Python
3 312 (8.24%) Java
4 254 (6.71%) C#
5 165 (4.36%) JavaScript
6 146 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 92 (2.43%) C++
8 75 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.82%) PHP
10 66 (1.74%) Go
11 28 (0.74%) 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
1 351 (9.27%) Degree
2 251 (6.63%) ACCA
3 217 (5.73%) Security Cleared
4 210 (5.55%) CIMA
5 122 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 122 (3.22%) SC Cleared
6 107 (2.83%) CISSP
7 82 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 64 (1.69%) CISM
9 54 (1.43%) PMI Certification
10 45 (1.19%) CISA
11 44 (1.16%) 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 28 (0.74%) SANS
18 27 (0.71%) DBS Check
19 26 (0.69%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (4.28%) QA
2 134 (3.54%) GDPR
3 131 (3.46%) Data Quality
4 111 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 89 (2.35%) NIST
6 76 (2.01%) GRC
7 70 (1.85%) IFRS
8 66 (1.74%) PMO
9 53 (1.40%) SLA
10 48 (1.27%) Accessibility
11 47 (1.24%) GAAP
12 41 (1.08%) PCI DSS
13 33 (0.87%) COBIT
14 27 (0.71%) SOC 2
15 23 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
16 18 (0.48%) 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 90 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.24%) Docker
3 64 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.18%) Firmware
9 5 (0.13%) vSphere
10 3 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.079%) Squid
10 3 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.026%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 162 (4.28%) Terraform
2 159 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.53%) Grafana
4 46 (1.21%) 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
1 668 (17.64%) Microsoft
2 232 (6.13%) Oracle
3 136 (3.59%) SAP
4 109 (2.88%) Databricks
5 85 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.82%) Sage
7 61 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 54 (1.43%) Google
9 47 (1.24%) Cisco
10 39 (1.03%) VMware
11 37 (0.98%) Xero
12 35 (0.92%) Workday
13 27 (0.71%) Adobe
14 26 (0.69%) Aderant
15 24 (0.63%) HubSpot
16 23 (0.61%) IBM
17 20 (0.53%) OpenAI
17 20 (0.53%) Splunk
18 19 (0.50%) BMC
19 18 (0.48%) iManage
1,892 hybrid/remote Finance jobs