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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4,069 4,168 5,486
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.24% 25.10% 21.80%
As % of the General category 30.47% 34.61% 35.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,622 2,505 3,517
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,335 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £49,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

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 13,352 12,044 15,384
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.86% 72.52% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8,552 6,755 10,486
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 3 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 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.20%) Confluence
3 29 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.39%) Apache
5 14 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.27%) nginx
7 10 (0.25%) CMS
7 10 (0.25%) SAS
8 9 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.098%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.074%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.049%) JBoss
12 2 (0.049%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.049%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.025%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 252 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.25%) CorelDRAW
7 10 (0.25%) Simulink
8 5 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.12%) Trello
9 4 (0.098%) Sketch
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.074%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.074%) Productboard
11 2 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 54 (1.33%) Oracle Financials
3 33 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 31 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 28 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
7 23 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
8 22 (0.54%) Elite 3E
9 19 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
10 18 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
11 17 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
13 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
14 14 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (0.32%) SAP ERP
16 12 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
16 12 (0.29%) SAP CO
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI
16 12 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 868 (21.33%) Azure
2 599 (14.72%) AWS
3 354 (8.70%) SaaS
4 303 (7.45%) Power Platform
5 214 (5.26%) GCP
6 169 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
7 141 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 108 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 98 (2.41%) Snowflake
10 80 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
11 73 (1.79%) Entra ID
11 73 (1.79%) PaaS
12 67 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 64 (1.57%) Azure AI
14 60 (1.47%) GitHub
15 58 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
16 57 (1.40%) Azure Machine Learning
17 53 (1.30%) PowerApps
18 44 (1.08%) Serverless
19 41 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (1.94%) WAN
2 77 (1.89%) LAN
3 66 (1.62%) Firewall
4 42 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 41 (1.01%) HTTP
5 41 (1.01%) Network Security
6 37 (0.91%) DNS
7 29 (0.71%) VPN
8 28 (0.69%) DHCP
9 21 (0.52%) Broadband
10 16 (0.39%) MPLS
10 16 (0.39%) Wireless
11 13 (0.32%) BGP
11 13 (0.32%) VLAN
12 11 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.27%) Internet
12 11 (0.27%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.25%) CHAP
13 10 (0.25%) NGFW
13 10 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (4.69%) Power BI
2 174 (4.28%) SQL Server
3 71 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 61 (1.50%) MongoDB
5 57 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.38%) Tableau
7 46 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.69%) Big Data
10 28 (0.69%) Metadata
10 28 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 24 (0.59%) MySQL
12 23 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (0.47%) Power Query
13 19 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.44%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.42%) SAP BW
16 16 (0.39%) Db2
Development Applications
1 126 (3.10%) JIRA
2 82 (2.02%) Git
3 45 (1.11%) TeamCity
4 24 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 24 (0.59%) JUnit
5 18 (0.44%) Selenium
6 17 (0.42%) Maven
7 15 (0.37%) Mockito
8 14 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
9 13 (0.32%) Claude Code
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 (0.15%) Gatling
12 5 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.12%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.098%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,322 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 651 (16.00%) Banking
3 536 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 429 (10.54%) Legal
5 405 (9.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 324 (7.96%) Retail
7 304 (7.47%) Law
8 243 (5.97%) Marketing
9 228 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
10 217 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
11 203 (4.99%) Public Sector
12 143 (3.51%) Financial Institution
13 139 (3.42%) Manufacturing
14 124 (3.05%) Back Office
15 119 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
16 86 (2.11%) Aerospace
17 79 (1.94%) Front Office
17 79 (1.94%) Telecoms
18 77 (1.89%) Billing
19 53 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 582 (14.30%) Senior
2 434 (10.67%) Lead
3 411 (10.10%) Analyst
4 357 (8.77%) Developer
5 317 (7.79%) Architect
6 272 (6.68%) Software Engineer
7 229 (5.63%) Consultant
8 160 (3.93%) Finance Manager
9 152 (3.74%) Senior Manager
10 127 (3.12%) Accountant
11 116 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
12 104 (2.56%) Project Manager
13 101 (2.48%) IT Manager
14 96 (2.36%) Business Analyst
15 95 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
15 95 (2.33%) Engineering Manager
16 91 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
17 82 (2.02%) Graduate
18 76 (1.87%) Support Analyst
19 75 (1.84%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (4.18%) React
2 157 (3.86%) .NET
3 123 (3.02%) REST
4 106 (2.61%) Node.js
5 65 (1.60%) CSS
6 63 (1.55%) .NET Core
7 58 (1.43%) ASP.NET
8 56 (1.38%) Kafka
8 56 (1.38%) Spring
9 54 (1.33%) ASP.NET Core
10 47 (1.16%) .NET Framework
11 42 (1.03%) GraphQL
12 41 (1.01%) AngularJS
12 41 (1.01%) Redux
13 39 (0.96%) jQuery
14 38 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
15 35 (0.86%) HTML
16 34 (0.84%) LangChain
16 34 (0.84%) PyTorch
16 34 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 264 (6.49%) Product Ownership
2 214 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 167 (4.10%) Onboarding
4 161 (3.96%) Virtual Team
5 153 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 146 (3.59%) Web Conferencing
7 137 (3.37%) Podcast
8 105 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
9 90 (2.21%) Public Cloud
10 72 (1.77%) Fixed Income
11 71 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 66 (1.62%) Blog
13 64 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 61 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
15 52 (1.28%) Driving Licence
15 52 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
16 44 (1.08%) Credit Risk
17 42 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
18 40 (0.98%) Derivative
19 39 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 136 (3.34%) Windows
2 118 (2.90%) Linux
3 45 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.47%) Unix
5 17 (0.42%) Android
6 15 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.098%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.049%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.025%) AIX
11 1 (0.025%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (21.53%) Agile
2 689 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 676 (16.61%) Roadmaps
4 618 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
5 586 (14.40%) AI
6 502 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 485 (11.92%) Decision-Making
8 478 (11.75%) Software Engineering
9 436 (10.72%) Mentoring
10 409 (10.05%) ERP
11 408 (10.03%) Analytics
12 369 (9.07%) CI/CD
13 344 (8.45%) DevOps
14 326 (8.01%) Risk Management
15 309 (7.59%) Project Management
16 306 (7.52%) Project Delivery
17 296 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 283 (6.96%) Process Improvement
19 250 (6.14%) CRM
20 248 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 597 (14.67%) SQL
2 414 (10.17%) Python
3 312 (7.67%) Java
4 246 (6.05%) C#
5 185 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 158 (3.88%) TypeScript
7 105 (2.58%) C++
8 81 (1.99%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.74%) PHP
10 60 (1.47%) Go
11 29 (0.71%) C
11 29 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 25 (0.61%) Bash
12 25 (0.61%) Bicep
13 24 (0.59%) R
14 20 (0.49%) VBA
15 15 (0.37%) Rust
16 14 (0.34%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.32%) MATLAB
18 11 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 388 (9.54%) Degree
2 297 (7.30%) Security Cleared
3 257 (6.32%) ACCA
4 219 (5.38%) CIMA
5 211 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 193 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 87 (2.14%) DV Cleared
8 85 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 82 (2.02%) CISSP
10 55 (1.35%) CISM
11 49 (1.20%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.20%) PMP
12 43 (1.06%) Azure Certification
13 37 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 36 (0.88%) CISA
15 31 (0.76%) CRISC
16 28 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 26 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
18 23 (0.57%) AAT
18 23 (0.57%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (3.96%) QA
2 152 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 145 (3.56%) GDPR
4 125 (3.07%) Accessibility
5 95 (2.33%) GRC
6 91 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 79 (1.94%) NIST
8 70 (1.72%) PMO
9 66 (1.62%) IFRS
10 62 (1.52%) SLA
11 49 (1.20%) GAAP
12 33 (0.81%) PCI DSS
13 32 (0.79%) COBIT
14 24 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.42%) MiFID
16 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 15 (0.37%) FINREP
18 14 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 104 (2.56%) Docker
2 94 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 37 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 30 (0.74%) Firmware
6 17 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.15%) Squid
9 6 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 3 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.025%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 173 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 159 (3.91%) Terraform
3 62 (1.52%) Grafana
4 41 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (0.98%) Ansible
6 8 (0.20%) Istio
7 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.12%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.12%) SCCM
9 4 (0.098%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.098%) QRadar
9 4 (0.098%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.074%) Argo
10 3 (0.074%) Endace
10 3 (0.074%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.049%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.049%) Puppet
11 2 (0.049%) Salt
Vendors
1 728 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 235 (5.78%) Oracle
3 148 (3.64%) SAP
4 121 (2.97%) Databricks
5 83 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.65%) Sage
7 65 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 61 (1.50%) Google
9 48 (1.18%) Workday
10 43 (1.06%) Cisco
11 41 (1.01%) VMware
12 37 (0.91%) Xero
13 32 (0.79%) HubSpot
14 29 (0.71%) IBM
15 26 (0.64%) Aderant
15 26 (0.64%) Adobe
16 23 (0.57%) BMC
17 19 (0.47%) FIS
17 19 (0.47%) Splunk
18 18 (0.44%) iManage