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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,637 3,915 5,114
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.59% 23.35% 22.86%
As % of the General category 30.29% 33.08% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,703 2,223 2,882
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -8.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £108,938
90th Percentile £113,750 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -

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 15,309 11,835 14,031
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.38% 70.57% 62.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,277 6,191 7,857
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,934 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 30 September 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
1 115 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.14%) Confluence
3 28 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (0.37%) Apache
7 14 (0.30%) CMS
8 11 (0.24%) nginx
9 10 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (0.19%) SAS
11 6 (0.13%) Ethereum
11 6 (0.13%) IIS
12 4 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.043%) Hedera
13 2 (0.043%) WordPress
14 1 (0.022%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.022%) CICS
14 1 (0.022%) FactoryTalk
14 1 (0.022%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.022%) Moodle
Applications
1 289 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.37%) Simulink
7 12 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.22%) CorelDRAW
9 6 (0.13%) Trello
10 5 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.11%) InDesign
11 4 (0.086%) Mathcad
11 4 (0.086%) Notion
11 4 (0.086%) Sketch
12 3 (0.065%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.065%) Productboard
13 2 (0.043%) SPSS
13 2 (0.043%) Weka
Business Applications
1 58 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 40 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
3 36 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
4 35 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 34 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
6 30 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
7 24 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
8 20 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
9 19 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
9 19 (0.41%) Primavera
10 18 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
10 18 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 17 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
11 17 (0.37%) Sage 50
12 16 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 15 (0.32%) Elite 3E
13 15 (0.32%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
14 13 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
15 12 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 836 (18.03%) Azure
2 623 (13.44%) AWS
3 402 (8.67%) SaaS
4 356 (7.68%) Power Platform
5 239 (5.15%) GCP
6 161 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
6 161 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
7 115 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (2.16%) Snowflake
9 87 (1.88%) PaaS
10 85 (1.83%) Entra ID
11 83 (1.79%) GitHub
12 80 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
13 79 (1.70%) PowerApps
14 73 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
15 62 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 60 (1.29%) Serverless
17 58 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
18 47 (1.01%) Amazon Bedrock
19 39 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 78 (1.68%) LAN
1 78 (1.68%) WAN
2 61 (1.32%) Firewall
3 44 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 39 (0.84%) Network Security
5 38 (0.82%) HTTP
6 35 (0.75%) DNS
7 34 (0.73%) VPN
8 25 (0.54%) 5G
8 25 (0.54%) Broadband
8 25 (0.54%) DHCP
9 18 (0.39%) Internet
9 18 (0.39%) VLAN
10 16 (0.35%) Wireless
11 13 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.26%) BGP
12 12 (0.26%) Ethernet
13 11 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (0.24%) MPLS
14 9 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 241 (5.20%) Power BI
2 128 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 69 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.40%) MongoDB
5 64 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (1.23%) Tableau
7 54 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 43 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 42 (0.91%) Metadata
10 39 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
11 38 (0.82%) Relational Database
12 27 (0.58%) Big Data
13 22 (0.47%) MySQL
13 22 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
14 21 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 20 (0.43%) NoSQL
15 20 (0.43%) Power Query
16 18 (0.39%) DynamoDB
16 18 (0.39%) Looker
16 18 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 132 (2.85%) JIRA
2 90 (1.94%) Git
3 68 (1.47%) TeamCity
4 42 (0.91%) Claude Code
5 33 (0.71%) JUnit
6 23 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.50%) Maven
7 22 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (0.41%) Mockito
9 12 (0.26%) Selenium
10 9 (0.19%) GitLab
11 8 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.15%) Postman
12 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.13%) Gatling
13 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.13%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.086%) CMake
14 4 (0.086%) MLflow
General
1 1,645 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 755 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 736 (15.87%) Banking
4 593 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 497 (10.72%) Legal
6 396 (8.54%) Retail
7 386 (8.32%) Law
8 335 (7.22%) Marketing
9 325 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
10 268 (5.78%) Public Sector
11 254 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
12 183 (3.95%) Manufacturing
13 171 (3.69%) Financial Institution
14 160 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
15 157 (3.39%) Back Office
16 155 (3.34%) Aerospace
17 107 (2.31%) Telecoms
18 93 (2.01%) Billing
19 69 (1.49%) General Ledger
20 62 (1.34%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 643 (13.87%) Senior
2 515 (11.11%) Lead
3 448 (9.66%) Analyst
4 408 (8.80%) Architect
5 333 (7.18%) Developer
6 283 (6.10%) Software Engineer
7 233 (5.02%) Consultant
8 172 (3.71%) Senior Manager
9 154 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
10 149 (3.21%) Finance Manager
11 142 (3.06%) Accountant
12 118 (2.54%) IT Manager
13 106 (2.29%) Project Manager
13 106 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
14 104 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
15 96 (2.07%) Business Analyst
16 89 (1.92%) Data Analyst
16 89 (1.92%) Enterprise Architect
17 81 (1.75%) Business Manager
18 80 (1.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (4.08%) Terraform
2 160 (3.45%) .NET
3 139 (3.00%) React
4 111 (2.39%) REST
5 73 (1.57%) Spring
6 71 (1.53%) Node.js
7 62 (1.34%) .NET Core
8 61 (1.32%) LangChain
9 59 (1.27%) ASP.NET
10 54 (1.16%) LangGraph
11 53 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
11 53 (1.14%) CSS
11 53 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
12 49 (1.06%) .NET Framework
13 46 (0.99%) XML
14 44 (0.95%) RESTful
15 41 (0.88%) AngularJS
15 41 (0.88%) PyTorch
15 41 (0.88%) TensorFlow
16 37 (0.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 311 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 254 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 243 (5.24%) Cloud Native
4 221 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 180 (3.88%) Web Conferencing
6 175 (3.77%) Podcast
7 156 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
8 152 (3.28%) Virtual Team
9 99 (2.14%) Blog
10 87 (1.88%) AI Agents
11 83 (1.79%) Public Cloud
12 77 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 72 (1.55%) Social Media
14 70 (1.51%) Hedge funds
15 68 (1.47%) Credit Risk
16 65 (1.40%) Data Centre
17 57 (1.23%) Data Structures
18 48 (1.04%) Mobile App
19 45 (0.97%) Driving Licence
20 43 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 125 (2.70%) Windows
2 99 (2.14%) Linux
3 49 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.50%) Android
5 20 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.22%) Unix
7 9 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.065%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.022%) AIX
10 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.022%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 880 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 793 (17.10%) Agile
2 793 (17.10%) AI
3 766 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
4 731 (15.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 720 (15.53%) Roadmaps
6 709 (15.29%) Decision-Making
7 528 (11.39%) Software Engineering
8 495 (10.68%) Mentoring
9 462 (9.96%) Analytics
10 454 (9.79%) ERP
11 435 (9.38%) CI/CD
12 385 (8.30%) Risk Management
13 370 (7.98%) Process Improvement
14 363 (7.83%) Project Delivery
15 360 (7.76%) Coaching
16 359 (7.74%) DevOps
17 352 (7.59%) Customer Service
18 340 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 320 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 652 (14.06%) SQL
2 434 (9.36%) Python
3 316 (6.81%) Java
4 237 (5.11%) C#
5 154 (3.32%) JavaScript
6 119 (2.57%) TypeScript
7 88 (1.90%) C++
8 83 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 45 (0.97%) PHP
10 37 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 37 (0.80%) R
11 29 (0.63%) Bash
12 28 (0.60%) Bicep
13 25 (0.54%) C
13 25 (0.54%) Go
14 22 (0.47%) MATLAB
15 21 (0.45%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.37%) VBA
17 15 (0.32%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 416 (8.97%) Degree
2 393 (8.48%) Security Cleared
3 300 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 270 (5.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 252 (5.43%) ACCA
6 228 (4.92%) CIMA
7 130 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 73 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 71 (1.53%) CISSP
10 66 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 53 (1.14%) CISM
12 52 (1.12%) Azure Certification
13 49 (1.06%) PMI Certification
14 42 (0.91%) PMP
15 41 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (0.71%) CISA
17 32 (0.69%) CRISC
18 29 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
19 26 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
20 25 (0.54%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (4.70%) Accessibility
2 194 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 169 (3.64%) QA
4 153 (3.30%) GDPR
5 99 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 92 (1.98%) GRC
7 80 (1.73%) PMO
7 80 (1.73%) SLA
8 65 (1.40%) NIST
9 53 (1.14%) IFRS
10 37 (0.80%) GAAP
11 36 (0.78%) PCI DSS
12 28 (0.60%) COBIT
13 25 (0.54%) SOC 2
14 21 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
15 19 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (0.35%) NCSC
17 14 (0.30%) Def Stans
18 12 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 108 (2.33%) Docker
2 97 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.08%) Firmware
4 35 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.13%) Squid
10 4 (0.086%) vSphere
11 3 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.022%) HDFS
12 1 (0.022%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.022%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 199 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 101 (2.18%) Grafana
3 39 (0.84%) Ansible
4 32 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.086%) QRadar
8 4 (0.086%) SCCM
9 3 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.065%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.043%) CASB
10 2 (0.043%) Cilium
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.043%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.043%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.043%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.043%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.022%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 760 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 239 (5.15%) Oracle
3 149 (3.21%) SAP
4 110 (2.37%) Databricks
5 102 (2.20%) Salesforce
6 75 (1.62%) Sage
7 73 (1.57%) Google
8 66 (1.42%) Workday
9 62 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 44 (0.95%) VMware
11 40 (0.86%) Xero
12 37 (0.80%) HubSpot
13 34 (0.73%) Cisco
14 29 (0.63%) YouTube
15 28 (0.60%) Aderant
15 28 (0.60%) Adobe
16 25 (0.54%) BMC
17 22 (0.47%) Dynatrace
17 22 (0.47%) Splunk
18 21 (0.45%) IBM