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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 3,373 4,023 7,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 18.22% 27.68% 21.63%
As % of the General category 32.72% 37.03% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,205 2,514 4,866
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £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 £88,750 £102,500 £87,500
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 10,310 10,863 20,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.70% 74.74% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,853 6,353 15,057
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,450 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 14 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 84 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.16%) Confluence
3 29 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.44%) SAS
5 10 (0.30%) CMS
6 8 (0.24%) JBoss
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.15%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.15%) IIS
9 4 (0.12%) Apache
10 2 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.030%) Camunda
11 1 (0.030%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.030%) nginx
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 202 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 108 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.12%) Sketch
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.089%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.089%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.059%) Productboard
11 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 69 (2.05%) Oracle Financials
2 50 (1.48%) NetSuite
3 49 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
4 45 (1.33%) Oracle Assets
5 44 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
6 33 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
7 31 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
8 27 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
9 26 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
9 26 (0.77%) 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 13 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
13 13 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
13 13 (0.39%) SAP ERP
14 9 (0.27%) SAP FI
15 8 (0.24%) SAP CO
15 8 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 741 (21.97%) Azure
2 467 (13.85%) AWS
3 292 (8.66%) SaaS
4 222 (6.58%) Power Platform
5 174 (5.16%) GCP
6 143 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
8 112 (3.32%) GitHub
9 104 (3.08%) Snowflake
10 90 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 87 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
12 79 (2.34%) Entra ID
13 70 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
14 66 (1.96%) Azure Machine Learning
15 61 (1.81%) Azure AI
16 60 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
17 56 (1.66%) GitHub Copilot
18 40 (1.19%) dbt
19 38 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
20 37 (1.10%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (1.99%) Firewall
2 49 (1.45%) TCP/IP
3 45 (1.33%) VPN
4 44 (1.30%) WAN
5 39 (1.16%) DNS
6 38 (1.13%) HTTP
7 37 (1.10%) DHCP
8 29 (0.86%) Network Security
8 29 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 23 (0.68%) CHAP
10 19 (0.56%) BGP
10 19 (0.56%) LAN
10 19 (0.56%) MPLS
11 18 (0.53%) Broadband
12 17 (0.50%) Wireless
13 15 (0.44%) VLAN
14 13 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 155 (4.60%) Power BI
3 68 (2.02%) Tableau
4 62 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (0.74%) Big Data
10 24 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 22 (0.65%) Metadata
12 22 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 18 (0.53%) MySQL
14 17 (0.50%) DB2
15 16 (0.47%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.42%) Delta Lake
16 14 (0.42%) SAP BW
17 13 (0.39%) Looker
17 13 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 117 (3.47%) JIRA
2 68 (2.02%) Git
3 36 (1.07%) TeamCity
4 30 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
5 29 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 26 (0.77%) Selenium
7 18 (0.53%) Postman
8 16 (0.47%) WebDriver
9 14 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 13 (0.39%) SoapUI
11 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.24%) GitLab
12 8 (0.24%) JUnit
13 6 (0.18%) Maven
13 6 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
13 6 (0.18%) Storybook
14 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.15%) Mockito
14 5 (0.15%) SpecFlow
15 4 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,048 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 592 (17.55%) Banking
3 463 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 313 (9.28%) Retail
6 312 (9.25%) Legal
7 250 (7.41%) Law
8 236 (7.00%) Public Sector
9 228 (6.76%) Marketing
10 170 (5.04%) Financial Institution
11 146 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
12 127 (3.77%) Back Office
13 110 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
14 95 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
15 94 (2.79%) Manufacturing
16 75 (2.22%) Front Office
17 68 (2.02%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.16%) Investment Banking
19 38 (1.13%) Billing
20 36 (1.07%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 583 (17.28%) Senior
2 388 (11.50%) Analyst
3 283 (8.39%) Developer
4 282 (8.36%) Lead
5 222 (6.58%) Software Engineer
6 180 (5.34%) Architect
7 178 (5.28%) Consultant
8 133 (3.94%) Finance Manager
9 119 (3.53%) Senior Manager
10 104 (3.08%) Accountant
11 101 (2.99%) Business Analyst
12 91 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
13 85 (2.52%) Project Manager
14 84 (2.49%) C# Developer
15 81 (2.40%) Data Engineer
16 75 (2.22%) Software Developer
17 74 (2.19%) Graduate
17 74 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
18 71 (2.10%) Senior Software Engineer
19 70 (2.08%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (3.97%) .NET
2 129 (3.82%) React
3 119 (3.53%) REST
4 68 (2.02%) Node.js
5 61 (1.81%) Kafka
6 52 (1.54%) RESTful
7 50 (1.48%) GraphQL
7 50 (1.48%) SOAP
8 47 (1.39%) CSS
9 43 (1.27%) Redux
9 43 (1.27%) Spring
10 41 (1.22%) JSON
11 36 (1.07%) HTML
12 34 (1.01%) OAuth
13 32 (0.95%) .NET Core
13 32 (0.95%) jQuery
14 29 (0.86%) Middleware
15 28 (0.83%) XML
16 27 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
17 26 (0.77%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 224 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 204 (6.05%) Cloud Native
3 134 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 122 (3.62%) Virtual Team
5 119 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 75 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 75 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
7 69 (2.05%) Podcast
8 64 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 63 (1.87%) Data Structures
9 63 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 60 (1.78%) Fixed Income
11 53 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 51 (1.51%) Blog
13 48 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
14 43 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
15 42 (1.25%) Security Posture
16 36 (1.07%) Driving Licence
16 36 (1.07%) Low-Code
17 33 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 120 (3.56%) Windows
2 103 (3.05%) Linux
3 39 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.80%) Unix
5 25 (0.74%) 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 (0.089%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.030%) AIX
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.030%) VMS
11 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (24.07%) Agile
2 495 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
3 485 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 485 (14.38%) Roadmaps
4 411 (12.18%) AI
5 372 (11.03%) Mentoring
6 365 (10.82%) DevOps
7 356 (10.55%) CI/CD
8 352 (10.44%) Analytics
9 351 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 343 (10.17%) Software Engineering
11 337 (9.99%) Decision-Making
11 337 (9.99%) ERP
12 306 (9.07%) Coaching
13 283 (8.39%) Project Management
14 262 (7.77%) Risk Management
15 216 (6.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 215 (6.37%) Test Automation
17 213 (6.31%) Fintech
18 198 (5.87%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 555 (16.45%) SQL
2 342 (10.14%) Python
3 324 (9.61%) Java
4 215 (6.37%) C#
5 127 (3.77%) JavaScript
6 122 (3.62%) TypeScript
7 82 (2.43%) C++
7 82 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 78 (2.31%) Go
9 67 (1.99%) PHP
10 38 (1.13%) PL/SQL
11 30 (0.89%) C
12 24 (0.71%) Apex Code
13 19 (0.56%) Bicep
14 17 (0.50%) Rust
15 16 (0.47%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.44%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.42%) R
18 13 (0.39%) Bash
19 12 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 368 (10.91%) Degree
2 248 (7.35%) ACCA
3 205 (6.08%) CIMA
4 191 (5.66%) Security Cleared
5 130 (3.85%) CISSP
6 108 (3.20%) SC Cleared
7 88 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 79 (2.34%) CISA
8 79 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (1.93%) CISM
10 53 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 52 (1.54%) PMI Certification
12 50 (1.48%) CRISC
13 39 (1.16%) DBS Check
14 35 (1.04%) SANS
15 33 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 33 (0.98%) PMP
16 30 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
17 27 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (0.74%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (3.94%) QA
2 117 (3.47%) Data Quality
3 115 (3.41%) GDPR
4 108 (3.20%) NIST
5 87 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (1.90%) IFRS
7 61 (1.81%) Accessibility
8 58 (1.72%) PCI DSS
9 54 (1.60%) GRC
9 54 (1.60%) PMO
10 40 (1.19%) SLA
11 36 (1.07%) GAAP
12 32 (0.95%) COBIT
13 22 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.44%) MiFID
16 14 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
17 13 (0.39%) COREP
17 13 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
17 13 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 105 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.28%) Docker
3 70 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
4 49 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.36%) Firmware
6 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.15%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.030%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 179 (5.31%) Terraform
2 138 (4.09%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.42%) Grafana
4 46 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (0.89%) Ansible
6 24 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Argo
8 8 (0.24%) Istio
9 7 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.15%) Endace
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.12%) QRadar
11 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.089%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.059%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 553 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 236 (7.00%) Oracle
3 133 (3.94%) SAP
4 131 (3.88%) Databricks
5 88 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 59 (1.75%) Sage
7 53 (1.57%) Google
8 50 (1.48%) VMware
9 40 (1.19%) Cisco
10 39 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 31 (0.92%) Xero
12 30 (0.89%) Workday
13 24 (0.71%) Okta
14 23 (0.68%) Adobe
14 23 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 21 (0.62%) IBM
16 20 (0.59%) Aderant
17 17 (0.50%) Red Hat
18 13 (0.39%) Atlassian
18 13 (0.39%) Splunk